KIRILL VS. ADRIAN: THE DIFFERENCE
So,
The 2 most important men of the New York Bratva,
KIRILL MOROZOV: Pakhan (The Leader)
&
ADRIAN VOLKOV: Obshchak (The Treasurer)
What makes these two men different from each other and perfect for their current position?
How are their personality, nature and beliefs in life different?
Comparisons can be made between these factors which shaped them into who they are today:
Childhood
Parents
Family dynamics
Life partner
Kids
MY PERSONAL OPINION:
I believe the circumstances in one's life play a major role in shaping a person's character, however, each one of us is his own person that nothing can change.
Both of these Bratva men and their Trilogies are one of Rina Kent's best and my personal favourites, but, here is why I choose Kirill over Adrian.
KIRILL:
Kirill was the first legitimate son but rape child of Roman Morozov and Yulia Morozov. Both of his parents came from high ranking Russian families in the Bratva but could never become good humans or parents to him.
Yulia hated him and did not give a fuck if he was alive or not and after Konstantin, his younger half brother's birth, Yulia's entire love and care went towards him. Roman just saw Kirill as the Morozov heir and an extension of himself since Konstantin was not his own son, which was a fact that he already came to know. Even as an adult, he was slapped and spewed venom upon by Yulia and his men, his only comrades, were killed by his father so he would come back to him, even after the shit he did to him.
He loved both of his younger siblings and protected them from the physical, mental and psychological trauma their parents brought upon them in the form of tests which included being left stranded, beaten up, electrocuted and separated from each other in front of their eyes.
Now, Sasha, Kirill's other half, also belonged to Russian royalty, but, was forced to live as a man in the military after her whole family was brutally killed and taken away from her life. But, she like Kirill, did not break and lived to become the woman she is.
Vaughn, their only son, had the best childhood which Kirill and Sasha never had themselves and made sure that their own child had one. His conception was not FORCED by Kirill, PERIOD. As done by the Rina Kent MMCs repeatedly, by swapping the FMCs birth control, emotionally forcing her or justifying that it is something that it is meant to happen to them, sooner or later.
Although Kirill wanted Sasha to stay with him after she threatened him with a divorce and figured out that the best plan to do it was by having a baby together, he never acted upon it and decided against it as it would make Sasha hate her. When Sasha was shot and he got to know about the baby, he did not care about it and said that he doesn't want her to live with him just because of the baby.
Both of these strong people fixed each other's past and made a future for them by becoming an actual TEAM. Kirill and Sasha though having an 8 year old age gap between them, are one of the very few Rina Kent couples who are actually respected equals and partners in their relationship and hold the same amount of power on each one of them.
His life's consequences or not, he had always wanted to have all the fucking power to himself.
"I will take over the world, Sasha. And you'll be right by my side."
He is the motherfuckers of all motherfuckers and, yes, a master manipulator.
He killed his own father on his deathbed by removing his oxygen mask and watched as the life in his eyes disappeared before going out and announcing that he will be taking over now. He kidnapped his own mother and then pretended to save her and also reached the Bratva meeting in time, proving how he is both, a better son and leader than Konstantin. He arranged his fake engagement with Kristina, (Something I think could have been changed, which he understood and apologised to Sasha after she told him her feelings), then he made Kristina herself leave the altar in front of the whole Bratva and act as the stranded groom, catch her and Konstantin together and reveal their truth to the others, all while also making sure they both are still married to each other and he is made the pakhan as per the deal and voting!
Now, did him becoming the Pakhan put his family as second in his life?
Hell, no!
In fact, I have always wondered why Adrian locked Lia and shielded Annika from the world but Kirill always let Sasha and Vaughn be their own person and still protected them. The number of times Lia and Annika have been in a problem either because of Adrian's controlling behaviour directly or indirectly, or by external threats is actually so much more than Kirill's family! When Sasha was kidnapped and attempted to be raped by the Albanians, Kirill himself went after every single person involved in it, putting his position and himself in jeopardy and was ready to leave being the Pakhan, if his beautiful wife said so. Vaughn even specified in HTV, how when Kirill and he went horseback riding, there was a shootout, which Viktor and Kirill's men took care of and they continued to have their father-son bonding, after which Kirill again personally looked into it and killed the rest of the men who dared to attack them.
So, tell me your views!
P.S.: Can we please talk about how hot both the men look in their book covers and are perfect for their character?