[asharkapologist]

Forgive me because I’m about to sorta put my tinfoil hat on.

So, Maggie and Chris have said Rujinu are soulmates, right? But like, they never intended to have a sequel to the movie because no one could’ve predicted its success.

This isn’t at all bashing Rujinu, but I kinda think that that Maggie and Chris only said Rumi and Jinu are soulmates because reception to Jinu was overall mostly positive, especially by the general public, but also because they saw people talking about how Rumi doesn’t seem especially torn up about Jinu in the epilogue (which i have my own thoughts on), and they were like, “Crap. We have to try to convince people that she actually did care about him, especially if we’re gonna have a sequel where so many people want him back.” So they just pulled the soulmate thing out of thin air, it definitely wasn’t something they were planning because their initial plan was just sorta a situationship that Rumi could move on from, and decided that Rujinu were soulmates only after they saw how much people loved Jinu and wanted him to return so they could run with that in the sequel.

[rujinupilled]

i think there’s a middle ground. i do think the film always intended rumi and jinu to be a tragic love story. maggie was describing their connection romantically very early on. i also think the romance was underdeveloped because of runtime, which is probably why the epilogue doesn’t linger on rumi’s grief as much as some people expected. soulmates feels less like something invented out of nowhere and more like the creators expanding on a relationship they now know they’ll have more time to explore in future installments.

[avyc02]

Derpy tiger cub! Alternatively, Jinu could just be bad at making appropriately sized hats. 🤣

[linelle-v]

The last day of Rujinu This or That event: Glowing

Well, light can only shine in the darkness

Thank you @rujinucafe I had so much fun and I was really happy to draw Rujinu again!

[fazbearoromeo]

Another drawing for Rujinu This or That Event - day 3, prompt glowing

Hot demons 😏

@rujinucafe

[itsdancingquen]

jinu loves when rumi let her hair down 💜

(my comms are open btw)

[fazbearoromeo]

Vacation chill 🌳 🌞

[lightningbreath]

Happy First Anniversary to KPDH. 🎉🎉🥳🥳

Here is my contribution to the first day of @rujinucafe Rujinu This or That (prompt: Acceptance) ❤❤❤

[itsdancingquen]

the sight of her always managed to leave him out of breath

[linelle-v]

HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY TO KPDH

♥And happy anniversary to all RuJinu enjoyers♥

Day 1 of @rujinucafe's This or That event: shame or and acceptance

[fazbearoromeo]

Happy KPDH anniversary eve and the start of Rujinu This or That event!

Today a simple drawing for the prompt: acceptance

@rujinucafe

[crowiin]

mer au stuff from march that I can’t let languish in my files any longer

[stardustamaryllis78]

I'll never get over how perfectly curated Jinu's character was thought out by the KPDH team, right down to even his name.

To those who are unaware, Jinu's name roughly translates to "true/genuine friend/companion".

진 Jin - truth, genuine, real

우 Woo - friend, companion

Jinu spent centuries putting on a masked persona on the outside; but the reality was, he was no more then a puppet dancing on a charismatic fire while self hatred was eating him alive.

Rumi saw the man underneath. She saw the truth. The man hidden behind the carefully crafted mask.

He was her Jinu - her truth. He was an amazing, genuine man - even if Jinu couldn't even see it in himself.

He was her forever companion.

Just as his name brought to light.

[dizylizy]

[asharkapologist]

I’ve seen a lot of bad takes in my years in fandom, but one of the worst has got to be that Jinu sacrificed himself for Rumi to manipulate her further and make her feel worse. Genuinely, do people who say this a) know what a character arc is or b) have actually watched the movie? If he wanted to make Rumi feel bad, he wouldn’t have been apologizing to her, ignoring the pain of being BURNED ALIVE, assuring her that she saved him, and giving her his soul. Instead, he’d be screaming in agony like Anakin Skywalker on Mustafar and accusing her of failing to save him.

Or, you know, he wouldn’t have jumped in front of a fire blast to begin with and would’ve just let her die.

I’m willing to entertain the idea that him dying for Rumi was an elaborate act of committing suicide and he was happy with his death because it meant no more suffering for himself, but saying that his death was him actively trying to make Rumi feel awful? I don’t think we watched the same movie, and that take is just, quite frankly, beyond media illiterate.

[purplecatghostposts]

Probably said this before at some point but I forever love to make the parallel that both of Rumi and Jinu’s goals that they were trying so hard to achieve would’ve ultimately ended in their detriment.

If the Golden Honmoon was ever achieved, it probably wouldn’t know the difference between demon and half-demon. It sees what it’s meant to banish and forces all of them below the Honmoon. Rumi could’ve ended up on the wrong side after spending her whole life building the very thing that sent her there. So much self-sacrifice, for a goal that damned her, and Rumi will only blame herself for not being human enough to be spared instead of realizing it never mattered in the first place. And a lone Hunter in the demon realm, right after the Honmoon is sealed? That’s, unfortunately, the perfect scapegoat. Even without Gwi-Ma ordering retribution, many demons would want it anyways.

On the flip side, if Jinu got what he wanted and lost such a core memory of himself? Forgetting his shame and god knows what else Gwi-Ma decided to wipe? Probably would have some pretty drastic changes in personality. How much would Gwi-Ma would take in response is another thing, because if he can remove memories, why not cause Jinu to forget the things that make him human? He asked for it, didn’t he? Why not take advantage of a newly mind wiped Jinu and mold him into someone loyal to him? Why not do whatever he wants? Jinu could be free of the shame that haunted him for centuries, but god knows what mistakes and vulnerabilities that would open him up to in return.

Two goals that could’ve (and probably even would’ve) gone very poorly for them but they were chasing anyways. And two goals, with each other’s influence, they learned to let go to embrace better things (change and acceptance; forgiveness and redemption).

Anyways. I’m so normal about them.

[fazbearoromeo]

Zoey has a new partner in yapping about films (they talked through the whole night)

[azizann661]

rehearsed aura farmer and gwi-ma troller despite the dire situation before launching a crazy plan that just might work

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rehearsed aura farmer and gwi-ma troller despite the dire situation before launching a crazy plan that just might work

Imma be real they were so extra for singing Jinu's Lament / Hunter's Mantra. And waiting for the most dramatically opportune time to crash the party. Like Rumi ily but I swear to god everyone was about to walk into fire

Also not her keeping her demon eye out for a good 45 seconds while giving Gwi-ma the light of day when she could've reverted at any time. Just to bait and switch him. As with Jinu mocking him. Lmao Bonus:

*smugly* "I'm about to end Rumi's whole career (I'm out of options)"

vs.

*smugly* "I'm about to end Jinu's whole career (caringly) (I'm out of options)"