#baekilmong

[bybaekhan]

hllo meowld squad

[eardun]

Some wild thoughts on Baek Saheon’s name and future role in the story (spoilers ahead):

Go Youngeon says his black goat mask is the symbol of a devil.

Kim Soleum calls him an “ideal” Daydream employee because his traits align with their ideology (he’s selfish, does everything for personal gain, climbs over others, etc.).

His surname, Baek (백), matches the first syllable of Baekilmong, 백일몽 (“Daydream Inc.”). The hanja for 백 usually reads as “white” (白).

We all know Daydream Inc. is a pharmaceutical company. Since antiquity, the snake has symbolized pharmacy—coiled around a cup or bowl—and you still see it on storefronts, prescription bags, and professional insignia. There are also “feathered serpents,” which is interesting because, in the Jisan Village arc, Saheon had a feather pinned to his shirt.

Soleum’s test-subject name is 130666, and some fans noticed that if you sum the digits, 1+3+0+6+6+6 = 22 → 2+2 = 4. In Korea and other Asian countries, 4 is considered worse luck than 13 and is associated with death. Soleum’s birthday is also Sept 13th, and 13 → 1+3 = 4!

This is where it gets interesting: in Korean, 4 is 사 (sa), the same syllable in 백사헌 (Baek Saheon). "Sa” is also homophonous with “death.”

Around ch. 220, Soleum stumbles into a bunker of the Church of the Luminous Unknown. Braun oddly comments how there are no goats, sacrifices, or pentagrams (the usual “devil” symbols). Searching for a way out, they discover the bunker is right underneath Jisan Village—right where Saheon's from! The well there also turns out to be a sort of portal between places. Coincidence? I think not!

Saheon is a classic “white/black lotus” or “haraguro” (하라구로) character: nice and polite on the outside, but scheming (sometimes wicked, even) on the inside. Recently, they released official gsgw merch that included the employee orientation notebook with the line that said: “Act as Baekilmong-in, with strict ethics and a sense of social responsibility.” Ironic, isn’t it? Daydream couldn’t be further from ethics and responsibility. But it strangely fits Saheon’s vibe: white and “ethical” on the outside, shady on the inside, being able to easily turn on you at any time.

Saheon also pops up in almost every arc—Manor of the Blind, Mountain Lodge, Tamra, Mermaid’s Tomb (even the current one)!

And a final interesting detail: I saw tweets saying Soleum’s silver ring has a snake pattern. I don’t personally remember this, but in Dark Exploration Records, Soleum’s current ring belonged to an unidentified employee who had been in Segwang High, Tamra, and Segwang City. Could it be Baek Saheon (or his some kind of alternate self)?

I definitely saw more interesting details, but I’ll stop here before this spirals into something huge and I go down the rabbit hole with it, lol. Hope this was fun and gave you some things to think about ☺️

[solemnlyghostlyumbra]

If I read the DER or at least were as smart as kim soleum, ISTG working at daydream company would be the best thing EVER.

Like yeah I’ll probably piss myself everyday and stank my clothes and throw up all over the place and some other crazy disgusting shit bc I don’t have poker face like kse. But who cares when the payment is so good??? Like the company dorms are greaatt, even braun the hater said it was a cozy place! ‘Cozy’ by braun standards means AMAZING! Not to mention the payment omg…

every time kse gets his salary and makes those insane purchases from the alien shop, I am just.. in shock. Just how good is the payment? To be able to make those purchases?? I remember reading gsgw for the first time, I was like: “HOW MANY ZEROS IS THAT?!” If you read the DER wiki and was as smart as kse, Isn’t working at daydream the dream job?

Not to mention the incredible potions in the employee shop (yk what I mean I forgot it’s name)… well it’s not like i’ll work forever or as hard as kse, although i’m not sure i’d even get past the employee orientation arc since i’m not desperate for a wish ticket😗 what a shame

[laosinsin]

It occurs to me that we haven't actually met the management of any of the factions yet.

Of course the Church is the least explored faction, but we haven't met the mysterious DMB superiors who are the ones who made the decision to seal off Sekwang. Who do all the teams report to?

And Ho and Cheong are just directors and they are directors of the Development department specifically. At one point Cheong threatens Ho with wondering how his performance will be reviewed (after she messes up PMS and J3).

Who are the company CEO or chairpersons or whatever? Who are the other directors of the other departments (what other departments exist?)

I do think the Church is probably to be involved in Daydream at least, but we are definitely missing some thing here.

[momentaryl0ss]

Daydream Inc. in a nutshell

[r8ningcatz]

Has anyone done the Kakao event orientation?

I was poking at it and found 4 different badges you can get, but I wanted to know if anyone else got a different one since I refuse to brute force 5^11 different theoretical options

Spoilers for possible options if you haven’t already done them:

Field Exploration Team (헌장탐사팀)

Security Team (보한팀)

Research Team (연구팀)

HR Team (lmao) (인사팀)