Ethan Salvacion

"If she thinks she could get away of abandoning me, then she's wrong. I'm gonna make her life miserable."

- Ethan Salvacion (Justice for Love Presents: The Obsession)

Ethan Salvacion is a character played by Martin del Rosario that first appeared in the 2020 Toho disaster film, #JusticeForLove: End of the World, and serves as the main antagonist in the 2021 series Justice for Love Presents: The Obsession.

#JusticeForLove: End of the World
Obsessed in seeking revenge on his sister Alicia, believing Alicia abandoned him intentionally 23 years ago, Ethan's attempts to kill Alicia always end up in failure. As a result, Ethan decides to intentionally ruin Alicia's life instead, by murdering his own father and frame Alicia, which resulted in Alicia escaping the Philippines and to seek a new life somewhere else.

However, Ethan still wants to see her sibling suffering a miserable life, and follows her to San Francisco, unaware that Alicia already lost her husband and newborn baby in a streetcar accident. When he discovers that Mylene is attempting to help Alicia recover from her depression, Ethan finally kidnaps Alicia and plans to kill her afterward. As Mylene seeks help on Lori, Ethan begins physically abusing Alicia, indirectly causing Alicia's brain tumor and internal bleeding.

Lori successfully locates Ethan's hideout and immediately organizes a rescue operation in cooperation with local authorities, forcing Ethan to escape with Alicia, turning the operation into a car chase around San Francisco, ending at the Embarcadero. Ethan then takes Alicia hostage while attempting to reach the Ferry Building, planning to escape by boat. Lori attempts to disarm Ethan, resulting in Alicia accidentally getting shot.

Following the incident, he is arrested for kidnapping Alicia and murdering his own father. Ethan is sentenced for life in a psychiatric hospital, unaware that the world is about to end in three months. A few days later, Alicia visits Ethan and blames him for permanently ruining her life after Alicia was diagnosed with brain tumor, and decides to forget him as her sibling.

Although not shown, Ethan is implied to be killed by the global firestorm along with the rest of mankind, as the entire surface of the Earth has been rendered uninhabitable.

Chapter 1 (1997)
In 1997, while the Salvacion family are celebrating Ethan's 7th birthday, Romina decides to spend their afternoon in a park. Due to Alicia's curiosity, she leaves Ethan near a tree, while Ethan wanders around and is now lost. Hours later, he is brought into an orphanage, where Ethan begins to develop intense hatred on Alicia, believing Alicia abandoned him intentionally. As Ethan is about to reunite with his family, a fire occurs at the orphanage, resulting in Ethan being presumed dead by the authorities.

Chapter 2 (2012 - 2015)
Fifteen years later, Ethan is revealed to be alive, and begins his plan to seek revenge on Alicia, by intentionally sabotaging Alicia's life. From 2012 until 2014, Ethan committed various acts that affect her and her loved ones, including trashing Alicia's personal room, sabotaging Alicia's first date with Nathan, contaminating Alicia's food with poison, and ruining Alicia's wedding dress.

Chapter 3 (2015 - 2016)
By 2015, Ethan kills his own father and successfully frames Alicia, resulting in Alicia losing much of her life, from her job, to her marriage. One year later, Alicia is proven guilty and is sentenced for life in prison, after Melissa failed to find enough evidence for Alicia's claims, after being threatened by Ethan of killing her if she attempts to clear Alicia's name. By December, Alicia escapes from prison and boards a ferry bound for Cebu City, which was caught in the middle of Typhoon Nock-ten, sinking the ferry and leaving only a few survivors. Due to the incident, Alicia is presumed dead in the Philippines, resulting in Ethan believing his revenge plan is successful as Alicia is now gone.

Chapter 5 (2018 - 2020)
Several years later, while in vacation in Honolulu, Ethan sees Alicia alive and well, working as a receptionist of Aloha Hotel. He begins to realize that Alicia survived the ferry sinking and never actually died. After finding out that Alicia already left Hawaii, Ethan confronts Catherine and begins threatening her. As she continues to refuse to tell Alicia's whereabouts, Ethan then proceeds to murder Catherine and decides to search the hotel's employee records by himself, revealing Alicia is now in San Francisco.

Trivia

 * The scene which shows Ethan murdering Catherine is no longer considered canon because Catherine is clearly shown to be alive during The Final Moments, which takes place on October 10, 2020.
 * Ethan also does not appear in The Final Moments short film.