One Last Ride On The Road To GTA VI 📅 87 Days to launch
Rejection Hurts More When It Challenges Your Identity
Trevor says; “This is my life’s work”. Then he admits; “I’ve always wanted to be an international drug dealer and a weapons trader.”
It’s hilarious because most people don’t grow up dreaming of becoming an international drug lord but Trevor genuinely means it.
This isn’t simply a business opportunity to him. It’s part of the identity he’s built for himself.
So when Cheng rejects him, Trevor doesn’t hear; “We’re going with another supplier”. He hears; “You’re not good enough”, and that’s why his reaction becomes so extreme.
Trevor’s speech about his dreams is absolutely ridiculous but it’s also completely sincere; “Since I was a little kid I dreamt big”. That line changes the scene. We’re suddenly not listening to a psychopath ranting about drugs. We’re listening to someone who has a genuine ambition. It’s just that Trevor’s idea of success is… spectacularly unhealthy.
He doesn’t want money simply to become wealthy. He wants recognition. He wants an empire. He wants people to know Trevor Phillips’ name. We’ve already seen it in; “Trevor Phillips Industries”. Now we understand why.
Trevor has spent his entire life trying to prove that he’s somebody and that’s why rejection is so dangerous for him. It doesn’t merely challenge his business. It challenges his identity… and then comes the O’Neil revelation. This is where Trevor’s thinking changes completely.
He can’t have the business? Fine, but if the people who took it from him are the O’Neil brothers… that’s a problem he can solve. Trevor converts disappointment into revenge almost instantly and that’s becoming one of the clearest patterns in his character:
Michael internalises failure. Trevor externalises it.
Michael gets depressed. Trevor gets even.
Michael asks, “What’s wrong with me?”. Trevor asks, “Who do I blame?”
That’s why they’re such fascinating opposites.
Ambition can drive you forward but when your identity becomes tied to winning, every rejection starts to feel like an attack and that is exactly what happens here. Trevor doesn’t simply lose a contract. He loses face.
And the O’Neil brothers are about to discover that Trevor Phillips is a very, very bad man to make feel like he’s lost.
With Grand Theft Auto VI on the horizon, I thought it was the perfect time to revisit one of the greatest games ever made. Over the days leading up to the launch of GTA VI, I’m returning to Los Santos for one last ride through the narrative.
In this new collection I’m analysing the story in the comments to tell you what I think is going on. Disagree with what I say? Get in there! My challenge is to get the whole game covered by GTAVI launch.
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Have you ever taken rejection personally when you probably shouldn’t have?