Thread:Adat/@comment-26484417-20161013110413/@comment-26484417-20161025174728

I disagree with this interpretation. When Wangnan and Hwa Ryun spoke of the "shortcomings" of FUG's plan, they only brought up the issue of killing Zahard; if killing any one of them were as problematic as killing Zahard, I doubt they would keep them out of the discussion.

SIU has already stated that physical age is basically connected to Shinsoo mastery / control, so "agelessness" is basically a common trait among (High) Rankers. However, even if they appear young, they apparently still have a finite life-span. The contract that covers the Family Heads--including Bloodmadder if we account for his special terms--is simply addressing this issue, whereby they are granted infinite life-span. Now, it's anyone's guess whether this contract also extends to the members of their respective Families (Hendo Family excluded, obviously), whether Regulars / Rankers have an opportunity to gain this very contract by themselves, or what's the deal in this regard. However, I'm not convinced--and there hasn't really been a proper suggestion either--that anyone else has immortality contract like Zahard.

The blog post you quote de facto states that although Family Heads dismiss FUG in general despite the threat it poses to everyone else in their Families, they still react to Slayers. However, if Slayers pose no more threat than the rest of the FUG to the Family Heads themselves, then there should be literally no reason for them to react to Slayers differently. FUG Slayers may be truly powerful individuals, but individuals nonetheless; an ambush by a group of FUG Rankers is likely to yield similar result as an ambush by a FUG Slayer, why react to Slayers differently than to all of FUG?

Regardless of everything, there is basically nothing that lends clear support to either one of the interpretations, and I'm sure that--when it becomes relevant--SIU is going to go forth with whichever interpretation suits his story regardless of these things.