KPDH Core 4 symbolism I've been rotating in my head
(has this been explicitly done before? idk)
everyone has some kind of duality:
Rumi is half-hunter half-demon
Jinu lived a past life in the Joseon period and a new one as a demon into the modern day, while his memories were retained. (+ if he returns in some form in a sequel while continuing to retain his memories, same deal, just starting another new life)
Mira was raised in a traditional family but broke that mold
which gives everyone the potential to be a bridge:
Rumi bridging between human and supernatural life/realms
Jinu bridging between past and future, old and new life/times
Zoey bridging between different cultures (western and eastern, and of course there are cultures outside this split but that's what my girl is working with)
Mira bridging between traditional and new values
Rumi and Jinu together bridge different worlds in a spiritual sense
Zoey and Mira together bridge different worlds non-spiritual sense
a parallel among them if you really squint:
Rumi and Zoey both bridge across space (places.. realms.. locations.. type beat)
Jinu and Mira both bridge across times (with Jinu it's obvious, with Mira tradition relates to the past and novelty relates to change and the future)
The spacetime continuum of Jinutrix. Or: everyone's a bridge. That's it that's the theory
oh yeah if we pair them up in the remaining possible way:
Rumi and Mira together represent balancing traditional and new hunter duties as the relationship with demons changes
Jinu and Zoey together represent connecting people across geography and history (ok this is just restates what they individually represent but my ocd brain wants to complete the symmetry)
My strong feeling of the general arcs these guys will have in the sequel or other future stories: Each character will learn how to be the bridge they're supposed to represent
Huntrix's whole thing is connecting people but cultural/value differences can make this challenging. As Zoey and Mira learn how to deal with these challenges on a personal level, they strengthen the Honmoon too.
Zoey still deals with the insecurity of being neither Korean enough nor American enough and will learn to fully connect the two cultures she straddles rather than just play one side or the other. Y'know because the Honmoon will depend on it somehow.
Mira would continue to learn how to build/unburn bridges with people, and maybe she'll need to do this with a family member assuming at least one relationship is salvageable. ... Y'know because the Honmoon will depend on it somehow. Or she could be the linchpin in a reconciling a growing divide between Huntrix and Celine
I believe the hunters' whole thing should be to connect not just people, but all beings with souls. And they've recently learned it's possible for at least some demons to have souls.
Enter Rumi learning how to unite/protect human life and supernatural life for the good of both. She'll need the help of Jinu, the said demon with a recovered soul, who previously stepped up one (1) time to save her and throw a wrench in his own world-ending scheme, and who now needs to learn to actually step into a guardian role.
While Jinu made past mistakes that hurt his original family and helped Gwi-Ma, he has a second chance to keep helping Huntrix, using the special fact that he's a soul with memories that span across centuries. (Memories no longer manipulated by Gwi-Ma's voices!). He is their link to the past beyond Celine and recent hunter generations. And potentially he's their link to the afterlife if they ever need to talk to (other?) souls who passed on there. And of course he can help them learn Demon 101 (again, going beyond what Celine and recent hunter generations know).
And Rujinu will soulmate so hard that together they restore spiritual balance to life, death, and reality itself. Nothing big really
areudirty
jbbartram-illu
kianamaiart
snowghoul
yousharknotpass
blakekathryn
