#nuances

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im trying so hard to not think about supernatural as someone who was once a huge fan (I cannot let it rot my brain again) but does anyone else think Sam Winchester was practically a witch by the end of the series? he was basically Rowena's apprentice and with how many spells he's done throughout the series he could've been.

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As much as Jinu gets glaze from one side of the fandom and the hate he gets from the other, I think he is a pretty good example of a well-written morally gray character. Like, a true neutral imo.

Sure, he was manipulated by Gwi-Ma. But going out of his way to make the Saja Boys was not Gwi-Ma. It was all Jinu's idea. As the demon king himself says "In 400 years, you've never done a single thing that didn't serve yourself". Forming the Saja Boys wasn't in Gwi-Ma's interest or the world's interest, it was purely for Jinu's benefit. If Gwi-Ma gained from it, that was just a byproduct.

Also, Jinu was willing to kill innocent people for what he wanted, erasing his memories. As seen in the train scene, the bath house, etc. We don't know how many more were killed off-screen. He is a mass murderer by proxy.

Jinu starts to have a "redemption" midway through the movie. We learn about his past, his sister and his mother, growing up in poverty.

He was in a bad situation, starving, a peasant, and he made a deal with the devil. One that left his family alone, that made him a performer for the king. He lived a comfortable live, leaving his family alone. He did a bad thing for a good reason.

Rumi believes he can change. They sing an entire song about escaping from their past and their insecurities, being free. He promises to let her win the idol awards. Then, he can finally be free from Gwi-Ma.

Then Jinu fucks it up again by betraying her. He was manipulated by Gwi-Ma. It does explain why, but it doesn't make it right. He hijacks the event, pretends to kidnap Bobby to lure Mira and Zoey away, and sends in fakes of them to reveal Rumi's deepest, darkest secret. The secret she has only told him. He reveals it in front of everyone. He got to know her, her secrets, her deepest fear, and used it against her.

Rumi has a mental breakdown and gets weapons held to her by her own friends. These things upset her so much that she literally begged her own mother (figure), Celine, to end her life. She thinks she's as worthless as a demon. That's all she deserves. The day before, with Jinu, she probably felt better than ever about herself. Because of his actions, her self-esteem was destroyed to the point of suicidality.

Rumi then has to clean up Jinu's mess. Gwi-Ma attacks Rumi, and she likely would have been hurt or died if Jinu didn't save her. His act is heroic, but he only has to sacrifice himself because of things that he caused. Without Jinu, there is no Saja Boys. Without the Saja Boys, Gwi-Ma would have died or been weakened to the point that it never happened.

While there is nuance to the idea that if the Golden Honmoon did happen, Rumi would have been killed because it "cleansed the world of demons", the way the movie plays out is still mostly Jinu, and moreso Gwi-ma's fault. If he had followed the plan, he never would have died. But also, he was tortured to make sur he didn't. Because he fell victim to Gwi-Ma, the whole movie ensued, and he sacrificed himself to save Rumi.

I honestly don't think the sacrifice was enough to fully redeem him. Jinu can't take back the harm he caused to Rumi, the people he killed, the fans he manipulated. He will have to do the work in the second movie for me to forgive him.

I do think Jinu is a good example of manipulation, though. His actions are his own, though they were heavily motivated by Gwi-Ma's psychological torture.

This post is getting long and rambly now. Jinu isn't a favorite character of mine by any means, but I do admit he is a well-written morally gray character.

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Omg I love your howdy head canon post (the one about conversion therapy). Can I ask what lead you to this conclusion?

I wouldn’t say it’s the most concrete headcanon but I’ve seen a conversation floating around on the true wealth of the pillar family due to the jewelry of Hiya and Aunt toodaloo, and though it has a place to be true that they are of high status, I’d argue it’s only a really well put front to make it seem like their family is more wealthy and put together than they actually are.

Considering welcome home takes place in the 70’s, if howdy’s at the very least 25yrs of age, he would’ve been alive during the 50’s through 60’s where family image was heavily pushed and enforced by society. I do acknowledge that howdy being 25 still makes him very young for a conversion camp (being that at 8 years old it’d be the year 1957) but in the end it could also highlight just how important image may be to the pillar family, that they were willing to fix whatever they saw wrong with him “early” before it got too “unreversable”

Maybe it’s stereotypical but including the fact they are also butterflies seems like they’d care even more about image and prospect as they are seen as a “pretty” bug, whether or not that’s actually true.

Plus I feel like it could also add a more complex and strange dynamic between Howdy and his brother where his brothers is more obvious in his queerness yet experiences no consequences in the matter. (I may be wrong and something does happen behind closed doors)

Which leads to the idea that the family either:

1. Chooses to ignore it, of which Howdy is frustrated with as he was raised/taught that this matter was something to be “dealt” with.

Or a more frustrating (but less canon) number 2…

2. His family embraces it. They learn from media and from the growing times that maybe you can’t get rid of such queer attributes in a person. Which could lead to howdy being ultimately jealous towards his brother as he himself received no sympathy or kindness from his family when he showed any sense of queerness, further bottling himself up in these conservative values (and locking that closet shut)

There are many minor reasons that play a part with this theory like maybe him being older and possibly seen as more mature then his brother ergo he would “know better” but ultimately this is what I came up with. As of working on this post there has been people speculating something from the older bug audios but I’m not quite sure if those are canon anymore to be viable evidence.

Overall: Howdy’s family image and the time period, is what made me come to this conclusion

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j’ai admiré 101 minutes de verts je les ai compté les uns après les autres la lumière les a fixé dans son recueil j’ai examiné la proximité de leurs nuances et leurs nuances sont devenues la durée de mon repos

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I admired 101 minutes of greens I counted them one after another the light fixed them within its collection I examined how close their shades were and their shades became the duration of my rest

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ho ammirato 101 minuti di verdi li ho contati uno dopo l’altro la luce li ha fissati nella sua raccolta ho esaminato la vicinanza delle loro sfumature e le loro sfumature sono diventate la durata del mio riposo

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