what IF they made a HALLOWEEN special set after huntr/x turn the honmoon rainbow (?) which MEANS they have to deal with more SUPERNATURAL stuff spilling into the human realm and one NIGHT they are hunting what they think is a DEMON but they can't FIND it in the deep dark forest or w/e bc it's not acting like a regular demon it's all elusive and there's all those horror/ thriller tropes of group split up/ monster in the dark/ cant see the monster but it can see you etc AND TURNS OUT it is a GUMIHO that's way too OP (I like to think of the KPDH power scaling as demons →demon hunters→spirits) and so even tho they cant see it/ arent quite sure what it is YET they feel that instant blood curdling bone chilling terror etc but also a weird sense of thrilling anticipation. which gives them pause like "hey i dont think we're the hunters here"
any plot plot idk they end up tracking the Gumiho to a CLUB where everyone is wearing masks like an underground masquerade so Huntrx shows up in this (Zoey=Imugi Mira=gumiho (for the thematic parellels ofc) and rumi= derpy tiger:
and they have to search and find out who is the demon/spirit/ whatever they're hunting they're still a bit in the dark (also gumiho shape shifts so there's that) and how to they know who is the REAL demon and who's just wearing masks etc and there's that dark rhythmic synth blasting and it's all chaotic w flashing neon strobes BUT THEN they for just a second see in the crowd a wildly beautiful woman WITHOUT a mask looking right back at them and they get that same sense of danger and thrill then she melts back into the crowd:
so the gumiho looks like this (huntr/x for scale it's as big as a Clydesdale in fox form):
(for general vibes think Eres from that sinbad movie)
AND turns out THIS gumiho isn't evil it is a truly ANCIENT being like it was old in 200 bce and speaks like. idk the korean equivalent of shakespeare. AND is essentially an allegory/ personification of nature ie it's neutrality/ moral indifference, completely outside of humanity.
and the Legends of gumiho bewitching men and killing them isnt entirely accurate bc the gumiho just mostly keeps to itself but HUMANS cannot mind their business and throughout history there are many examples of them trying to conquer/possess/control nature and it's beauty/power (beautiful things in general).
and so in both fox and human form the gumiho is hunted by Man bc fox form=conquering nature like how people hunt elephants/ lions etc and human form= beautiful woman (i dont think i need to explain that one)
and so like people trying to "conquer" frontiers/ mountains they try to conquer the gumiho. but like nature the gumiho doesn't give a fuck abt morality or w/e and kills those who dont respect it. fuck around and find out, if you will.
so there's a ethical bind for huntr/x since the gumiho could have easily killed them 20 times over but didnt, and only kills for self-preservation, so it is only a threat to humans if humans try to impose their will on the gumiho. do you hunt/ imprison/ kill the gumiho in order to protect people from the consequences of their own actions? when if you were a gumiho to you'd likely do the same?
anyway im not going to go on bc i feel like this:
general themes include adoration vs fetishization (where is the line), ancient clashing w the modern, amoral nature vs the human tendency to rationalise/moralise, power & control, the bias of history/ legends and who tells them, who controls the narrative, the horrors of being perceived and the entertainment industry writ large ie voyeurism, exploitation and its echoes throughout history etc etc
anyway there isn't any super thought out plot/ story here I just wanted to get those visuals out (my process is something like "oh this scene would look so cool" then i have to work backwards to find a story to match with the themes and vibes of the visual - so apologies to anyone hoping for a resolution/ coherent plot for any of the colour keys/ storyboards i've done in the past idk how to write anything properly D':) nothing here is that serious/coherent
on a completely different tangent I dont care about exactly which direction they take the sequel in (just don't resurrect jinu lol don't cheapen death/sacrifice)
buuut I do hope they a) don't nerf huntrix (rumi is so op now lol) but instead use power scaling to up the stakes/ introduce the antagonist/ new status quo. Bc in the first movie you never get the feeling that huntr/X is ever actually in danger/ not the most powerful ie saja boys had to go after the fans, gwi-ma was honestly not that hard to defeat once they got back together (I know that might be a consequence of script changes and rushed pacing but w/e)
SO I think IT would be VERY COOL for huntrx to get absolutely bodied in the first act by the new antagonist, thus upping the stakes immediately and introducing a new kind of threat (they might lose not just by not sealing the honmoon but by fkn dying lol) so now instead of being big fish in a little pond they're now big fish in the ocean w sharks or smth.
(I know it's a family movie but all the best kids films imo have genuine dire stakes like mufasa died on screen, implied massacre in mulan, panda genocide in kung fu panda 2, spiderman getting killed 20 mins into into the spiderverse, whatever was going on w the priest in humpback of notre dame. Toy story 3s incinerator bit. Also just how kids imaginations work anyway like they come up w some dark shit.)
And b) just go into the consequences of the first movie's end and not rely too much on flashbacks. Obviously it would be interesting to see stuff abt the sunlight sisters and rumis parents and huntrx origin story but not at the expense of developing the cause and effect part essential to sequels. Like its a sequel not a prequel. Godfather 2 is a great example of this kind of thing done right, but I think the KDPH narrative/ themes in particular lend itself to Consequences being super important ie yes tradition can be broken but there is always consequences for that, good and bad, and by breaking tradition you forgo the roadmap inherent in tradition, so everything is new and you kind of have to figure it out as you go. Fuck around and find out if you will. (Also I think all 3 can embody the theme of breaking tradition ie rumis literal existence, mira = black sheep, zoey= caught between 2 cultures/identities and must forge her own). I mean I don't think that they won't develop the story I just hope they don't overexplain the past lore or w/e in an effort to over correct the first movie not really getting into it all that much bc i feel like overexplaining can kill the mystery/ scope of a story and also bloats the narrative.
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