GSGW ch 353 theory (spoiler up til that point)
My theory on Director Cheong's motives (◇), existence (♧),
. speculations about the terms of their apocalypse (♤), the terms of the nullified space (♡),
. And how Kim Soleum fit into all that (☆) with the help of what seems to be the ritual's inherent nuance ( 》 )
(with my mistaken ramblings - very messy, my thought process recorded live lmao)
((You can skip those sections (plural) marked with the 💥 explosion emojis))
. i really do be organizing and processing the novel in public urg... I'm slow ok, I need to write it out...
Doesnt it seem like Director Cheong is aiming for the same item Kim Soleum is? In a way?
◇ An original wish ticket potent enough to grant her wish since she is theorized//hinted to be something relating to an Imugi/is one (a being whos goal is to become a dragon)
At least thats the reason I speculated for why Director Cheong wasn't interfering with the Segwang City project
. Cause she herself also wants the Dream Essence from whoever clearing the Segwang ghost story -- and why would she need to do that herself when so many others can be predicted to move in that direction
--- (resealing vs clearing/eradicating the disaster both meeting the "escape from a ghost story" criteria + therfore able to yield Dream Essence)
And ofc that Dream Essence going toward her goal of Dragon Ascension
-- whether or not that means she's like a "pre-dragon" trying to accend /or/ a serpent trying to become a dragon (varies based on myth version)
-- or if she's already failed her ascension and become a spiteful byproduct (the myth of a Gancheori? Wasnt that mentioned along side the Imugi line? It might be a different term, I forget where I read this in GSGW)
Its clear based on her research projects that she's trying to figure out something with dragons tho (poor blue dragon)
◇ Would it be a stretch to theorize that Director Cheong values 'her company' because its a way for her to make [repeated attempts] at ascending?
__ she's seems to be obsessed with profits and gains ++ performance of the company overall(?) "Never making any decisions that would be disadvantageous for her"
. But Kim Soleum also theorized (ch 353) that she seems to be tied to the Daydream company in some way since it seems that company's rules are the only ones she follows, even if it goes against her will (i.e. not being able to interfere with Director Ho's project and those actively working on in)
So you could also technically theorize that she, herself, her being's existence, fundamentally needs Daydream, 'her company,' to make profits for the sake of her well-being (continued existence?)
♧ I find it more likely she's just an entity that depends on "Daydream co." in order to continuously make [Dragon Ascension attempts]
♧ but in that case why would she need to [follow the rules of Daydream] if she herself is an entity seperate from it?
Does that mean she's a being [contracted] to Daydream Co.?
--- ♧ Or more correctly, does that mean Daydream, the (company she basically founded) IS her ** [Contract] ** with some organization... say, [Cheerful Research Institute], in order to secure a system that can continuously produce [Dream Essance] and therefore [wish materials]?
. And that's why she's bound to its rules
♧ Cause she had to [agree] to Cheerful Institue's terms during her cooperation with Cheerful before absorbing the Institute completely
Since now we know that she backstabbed Cheerful In. because her goal was different from the Institue's from the beginning
♧ But those lingering contract terms still remains through the victorious surviving Company somehow?
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💥 editors note: this is where I veer onto the wrong track...
"A world without ghost stories *Except Me* "
Does that mean she's not an Imugi but like some entitiy based on one, but mixed with whatever entity that's parasitical to the Angel's Sigh conch?
. Since in order for the Angel's Sigh to function and "birth" the ghost story that mutated from "a world without ghost stories Except Me" wish to exist, it has to be a part of the [exception] clause
♤ Then doesnt that mean Director Cheong HAS to be related to the Angel's Sigh parasite in order for it to be effective in driving the Segwang Mega City's humans insane? - ♡ All throughout the Metropolis???
But
It also seems the "world without ghost stories" wish only covers the [above ground floors of Cheerful Institue's research center,] the Segwang City Hall
Cause
♡ Why are the different ghost stories at each station possible otherwise? They're not tied to Director Cheong is some way are they?
. No they can't be cause outside ghost stories were able to exist and interact with the station ghost stories (i.e. Braun taking care of the Blood Brodcast Station)
♡ So that must mean the "world without ghost stories" wish was only within a small area
And that Parasitic Angel's Sigh mutation - is the prophesied* Apocalypse (*from the title of the wiki Kim Soleum reads) that started all because of a small clause attatched to that wish: "Except for ME"
♤ Director Cheong related to the parasite that zombie apocolizes humans?
We see a very example of that Apocalyptic Parasitic Entity from the Mermaid Princess world... the aftermath as well as the "survivors" (the Moonlight Tattooist + the Blue Dragon Mascot)... jeez
♡ And that parasite only STARTED in the small space that was a "world without ghost stories except me" -> meaning that "world (small space)" completely neutralized any attempt to hinder the birth of the parasitic egg?
That sabotaged wish because the perfect hatching ground for a parasite??
Urg---
Wait but then why does Director Cheong need to depend on Cheerful to hatch the parasite?
What exactly are the conditions to hatching that parasite..?
♤ And im still not fully convinced that Director Cheong is a being relating to the parasite either...
◇ It makes more sense to me that Director Cheong is USING the parasite to take over Cheerful and keep the Bureau busy - in order to keep farming Dream Essence
Did she know the "no supernaturals world" wouldn't span across-
Aiy wait
Wait wait wait, scrap everything
I forgot
The original experiment on the rooftop was only to "summon a being from a non supernaturals world"
Wait
Ackkkkkkk so ive been taking the "World ... except me" quote too literally, that quote turns out just to be a villainous line, like ur standard antagonistic script ahh
Ok
So
Angel's Sigh music box parasite -> insanity supernatural mutation of the:
Egg in incubator + Dream Essence (summoning materials) -> Kim Soleum
= birth of the Mermaid Princess's parasitic entity being brought outside of the Mermaid Princess planet - being brought to Earth
💥💥 Jeez... ok sorry I got there eventually
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♡ I also wonder ab the condition of that "world without ghost stories except me" space is currently
. Has it been nullified now? Was it's mass blockage of the supernaturals effect only temporary?
. I can confidently speculate that it was only a small area to begin with (♡* mentioned earlier in the spades section)
Does it still even exist like Soleum hopes..?
Since he exists then his and K.LEE's logic was that his world without ghost stories and supernatural Has to exist
☆ Kim Soluem is acting like the [connection] of their two realities
But in turn doesn't that open up Soleum's original world to being tainted by the ghost stories?
》 Wouldnt that mean this world Soleum was dropped into - is now able to [leak] ghost stories into his original unsupernatural world?
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Wait also the timelines don't match up
. also does this mean Kim Soleum was by default infected or somehow biologically related to the Mermaid Princess's parasite?
I dont think so - cause the summoning ritual took the egg and Dream Essence on the rooftop
💥 But Kim Soleum woke up in Daydream's orientation?
Cause daydreams orientation happens YEARS after Segwang City's sealment
Was Kim Soleum summoning delayed?
Or
. Is he a different summoning, unrelated to the rooftop attempt? A second summoning?
Or
Did Director Cheong have a hand in that? Delaying and moving Kim Soleum
Wait no, 💥💥
Soleum was dragged into the ghost story world (as a reader of the wikis* - a parallel reality?) at the pop-up shop
. Meaning a ghost story was able to reach and influence that unsupernatural world (thx to Cheerful+Daydream's rooftop(?) experiment)
☆ So its only right he wakes up at the venue of the pop-up shop (and he does in the 613 loops of May 4th)
Not touched by the parasite which started on the rooftop
☆ But also meaning he, even when the outbreak first happened, managed to escape the city !! ..Right?
So outside the loop now and outside of Segwang City -> his memories erased by the Bureau + city's sealment
☆ But his memories before May 4th + unrelated to Segwang City are in tact -> so he remembers his prev reality of being a wiki reader + how it has nothing supernatural
+ with all the holes and gaps that we now see him slowly piecing together (YIPPIEE)
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》 That pop-up shop event and all the items relating to it
(Rewards Box items, notepad menu, Popsocket wiki acess, etc.)
Is that also sandwiched inbetween summoning?
Or
💥》 Were those the "beneficial" enhancements in the first 2 rounds of the music box's affects?
Cause holy shit did that sure help Kim Soleum
. The entire layout of this "transmigration" is insane argg, chewing on it, knawing on it like a dog toy
Cause no matter which way I look at it
》 Isnt that Pop-up shop in the parallelling reality (Kim Soleum's reality) the results of the Cheerful Institue's rooftop experiment?
And now that it's been affected by the Music Box, that means
-> 2 positive effects (saying this in general terms cause its stated affects in the novel before was healing and revitalization which doesn't really fit here??)
Then -> 3rd time hearing it means causing insanity + infecting whomever with the Mermaid Princess parasite
--- the 2 positive affects dont really seem to be the case tbh... 💥💥
So if none of that applies
》 Then would the Pop-up shop be the result of the experiment on its own, without the Music Box's aid?
So that pop-up still happened since the experiments was a success
》 But the music box introduced the parasite to Earth on the rooftop -> leading to the Sealed Off Apocalypse
Its 2 positive musical rounds maybe helping to ensure the success of the experiment?
Or maybe its healing + revitalizing effects worked but had no influence at all to the summoning - but helped the parasite sprout
☆ (since the physical Egg+Dream Essence were only materials to fuel the [wish -> transmigration] not Kim Soleum's body or form in the slightest right?)
》 so Kim Soeum's transmigration ultimately is still seperate from the Parasite
--- ☆ they just happened to both "be summoned" together orz TTTToTTTTTTTt
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. Pop-up shop goated first support player for Soleum tho !