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TW: Bruises, Freezing, Torture, blood

(ID in ALT text) congratulation to @ihni for winning the small contest in last years ZukkaThirst event. (@zukkathirst) Ihni was very generous and gave me lots of freedom for the price peaces. so at the end it became like three drawings. hope you like these!

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Hug - Baby , Zoey and Mystery Ver.

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On Jinu, Rumi, and Self-Acceptance in K-Pop Demon Hunters

The Jinu we meet in K-Pop Demon Hunters is a “broken soul trapped in the nastiest shell"; A man beaten down from centuries of psychological torture. According to Gwi-ma, he’s so selfish that he has never done anything in 400 years that didn’t serve himself. That’s the kicker though…that’s what Gwi-ma tells us. In this story, demons represent our own self-doubts, the things we believe about ourselves, also known as Cognitive Distortions. Our entire view of Jinu is as distorted as his view of himself. Objectively, it is desperation, not selfishness, that drives Jinu’s choice to make a deal with the demon king. A truly selfish person would not feel such crushing guilt for leaving behind his family. Seriously is this the face of a person who knew he'd have to leave his family?

Anyone who has read folklore knows that making deals often comes with unintended consequences. If you ask a faerie for help, they might make you dance until you die. Ask Rumpelstiltskin to help you spin straw into gold and sign away your first-born child. The devil is tricky. Deals come with loopholes and he always comes to collect. The demon king found a desperate and vulnerable young man and tricked him into trading his soul.

The tragedy of his character is that he can’t see himself objectively. He’s a cautionary tale of what happens when we hide our faults and fears. Jinu’s beliefs about himself become a self-fulfilling prophecy. He’s so detached, so desperate to escape Gwi-ma’s relentless torment, that he’s willing to make another deal, and this time the cost is all of humanity (Side note, I highly doubt this deal would have worked out in his favor in the end even if his plan had succeeded, but unfortunately, he’s also tragically STUPID). The irony is that he is in desperate need of saving, but he doesn’t realize it. Until he meets Rumi.

All we get to do is live with our pain, our misery. That's all we deserve.

Cognitive distortions are tricky; they feel like reality to a person suffering. To beat them, you have to be able to challenge them, and that can be difficult unless someone else points them out to you. That’s what Rumi and Jinu do for each other. Jinu challenges Rumi’s view of herself as a mistake, and Rumi challenges Jinu’s belief that the sum of his worth is only his mistakes. They give each other hope that they can fight back against their respective demons. Unfortunately, Jinu has a literal demon king to contend with beating him into submission, so things go off the rails fairly quickly and he self-destructs.

Jinu’s betrayal was an important, and inevitable, part of Rumi’s journey to self-acceptance. Had her plan succeeded, she would have hid a part of herself away forever. She wasn’t facing it; she was running from it. In hitting rock bottom, she was forced confront her fears, and emerged stronger. She became a beacon for others, including Jinu, giving them the courage to fight. Jinu is not redeemed, he is freed. Rumi now has the capacity to do more than vanquish demons, she can also free other broken souls trapped in Gwi-ma’s domain.

Now, does that completely absolve Jinu of responsibility for his choices? Absolutely not. Regardless of his circumstances, it was his plan that nearly ended the world (Errr South Korea? Eh who knows) and thus it was his responsibility to set things right. No one made him volunteer. He may have had a change of heart halfway through, but by then it was too late because Gwi-ma already knew everything. The moment he hesitated in telling Rumi the truth about his past, and hid his shame again, he gave Gwi-ma the keys to his destruction. Being able to dissect and understand a character’s motivations is not the same of condoning their actions. Jinu made mistakes and he paid for them with his life. With that being said I do not believe Jinu is evil or that he is deserving of continued misery, nor do I think we’ve seen the last of him. In fact, I’d say his journey has just begun, but that discussion is for another post.  For now, I’ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes:

To forgive is an act of compassion. It’s not done because people deserve it, it’s done because they need it.

Until next time friends!

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On Jinu, Rumi, and Self-Acceptance in K-Pop Demon Hunters

The Jinu we meet in K-Pop Demon Hunters is a “broken soul trapped in the nastiest shell"; A man beaten down from centuries of psychological torture. According to Gwi-ma, he’s so selfish that he has never done anything in 400 years that didn’t serve himself. That’s the kicker though…that’s what Gwi-ma tells us. In this story, demons represent our own self-doubts, the things we believe about ourselves, also known as Cognitive Distortions. Our entire view of Jinu is as distorted as his view of himself. Objectively, it is desperation, not selfishness, that drives Jinu’s choice to make a deal with the demon king. A truly selfish person would not feel such crushing guilt for leaving behind his family. Seriously is this the face of a person who knew he'd have to leave his family?

Anyone who has read folklore knows that making deals often comes with unintended consequences. If you ask a faerie for help, they might make you dance until you die. Ask Rumpelstiltskin to help you spin straw into gold and sign away your first-born child. The devil is tricky. Deals come with loopholes and he always comes to collect. The demon king found a desperate and vulnerable young man and tricked him into trading his soul.

The tragedy of his character is that he can’t see himself objectively. He’s a cautionary tale of what happens when we hide our faults and fears. Jinu’s beliefs about himself become a self-fulfilling prophecy. He’s so detached, so desperate to escape Gwi-ma’s relentless torment, that he’s willing to make another deal, and this time the cost is all of humanity (Side note, I highly doubt this deal would have worked out in his favor in the end even if his plan had succeeded, but unfortunately, he’s also tragically STUPID). The irony is that he is in desperate need of saving, but he doesn’t realize it. Until he meets Rumi.

All we get to do is live with our pain, our misery. That's all we deserve.

Cognitive distortions are tricky; they feel like reality to a person suffering. To beat them, you have to be able to challenge them, and that can be difficult unless someone else points them out to you. That’s what Rumi and Jinu do for each other. Jinu challenges Rumi’s view of herself as a mistake, and Rumi challenges Jinu’s belief that the sum of his worth is only his mistakes. They give each other hope that they can fight back against their respective demons. Unfortunately, Jinu has a literal demon king to contend with beating him into submission, so things go off the rails fairly quickly and he self-destructs.

Jinu’s betrayal was an important, and inevitable, part of Rumi’s journey to self-acceptance. Had her plan succeeded, she would have hid a part of herself away forever. She wasn’t facing it; she was running from it. In hitting rock bottom, she was forced confront her fears, and emerged stronger. She became a beacon for others, including Jinu, giving them the courage to fight. Jinu is not redeemed, he is freed. Rumi now has the capacity to do more than vanquish demons, she can also free other broken souls trapped in Gwi-ma’s domain.

Now, does that completely absolve Jinu of responsibility for his choices? Absolutely not. Regardless of his circumstances, it was his plan that nearly ended the world (Errr South Korea? Eh who knows) and thus it was his responsibility to set things right. No one made him volunteer. He may have had a change of heart halfway through, but by then it was too late because Gwi-ma already knew everything. The moment he hesitated in telling Rumi the truth about his past, and hid his shame again, he gave Gwi-ma the keys to his destruction. Being able to dissect and understand a character’s motivations is not the same of condoning their actions. Jinu made mistakes and he paid for them with his life. With that being said I do not believe Jinu is evil or that he is deserving of continued misery, nor do I think we’ve seen the last of him. In fact, I’d say his journey has just begun, but that discussion is for another post.  For now, I’ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes:

To forgive is an act of compassion. It’s not done because people deserve it, it’s done because they need it.

Until next time friends!

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You're all I can think of - every drop I drink up 🥤 My little Soda Pop ⭐️

I dared to do a background again - yay 💫 These two are just too sweet honestly. So let's pretend the ending went a little different and they all lived happily ever after 🙃

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I need a sequel of kpop demon Hunters where everyone's happy and aliveeee 😭😭🙌

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biiiiig kpop demon hunters dump thats not very polished but i need to get it out of my system

one thing i haven't really seen much talked about much as a whole (tho it could just be because i havent been in the right places) is how the movie definitely infers that gwi ma is jinu's (and all of the demons) abuser. mentally. he continously tortures jinu with his own guilt and shame, butters jinu up when jinu begins to show doubt, reminds jinu of his own selfishness despite how much self hatred it manifests in jinu, and of course when jinu tries to 'free' himself from gwi ma, he comes in to remind jinu how jinu CANNOT escape him at all. i know these are very standard villain things, but its meant to be a darker mirror to the way celine's misguided love had made self hatred manifest in rumi, and how gwi ma continously feeds that self hatred into jinu.

now, this ofc doesnt absolve jinu of his actions and betrayal of rumi NOR the suggestion to make a boyband to steal the fans from huntrix in the first place as those were still his own choices. but it absolutely represents a lot about how abusers remind you of your worst qualities to keep you dependant on them. hell the whole reason jinu wanted to start a boy band to steal the fans is to win gwi ma's favor and be free of the memories that gwi ma constantly assaults him with to keep him in check. it's a very vicious cycle.

gwi ma i know is meant to represent doubt, insecurities, mental illness (?) that's more internal for us, the viewers, but within the movie he acts the way an abuser would. from the moment jinu is introduced to us, gwi ma reminds him "he doesn't do anything that doesn't help himself".

and it's the fact that we know that that isn't true the moment jinu covers up rumi's marks in the bathhouse, an action that absolutely doesn't help anyone BUT rumi. an action that's inherently kind and could have been set up as a part of jinu's plan, but we see later he contemplates over his own choice because it was genuine. he could have let rumi deal with the fall out of huntrix seeing her marks by herself, but he didn't. and then he continues this by reaching out towards rumi and helping her understand demons are not as horrible as she's been raised to believe.

jinu is very much capable of kindness— but gwi ma can't let him know that, nor else his manipulation can't work anymore, much like many abusers always try to drill into your head you have no good qualities without them, that you NEED them. and of course, you aren't DESERVING of anything better, something jinu was slowly starting to accept for himself when he continously bonded with rumi and let her open his heart up and even accept her plan (which was abad plan since it was more suppression of their traumas but this isnt about that lmao). and of course jinu— whos lived under that guilt for 400 years, believes him and betrays rumi.

"your idol" is such a fascinating song, as its definitely more of gwi ma's villain song with the saja boys as the messengers, much of the song definitely comes from both his and jinu's perspectives. i've seen people say that "i'm the only one who loves your sins" parallels jinu's "im the only one who can understand" to rumi— and they're correct! it does! but it doesnt mean jinu was manipulating or trying to get rumi to rely on him solely during that moment, nor was it actually meant to a show of how unhealthy and toxic their relationship is— sometimes the only person who can understand you really is just someone who experiences the same thing! that's not inherrently bad! but its very much a representation of genuine kindness twisting into something far more sinister when intentions get in the way, and gwi ma and jinu's intentions were to control people. something we can even infer with "i'm the only one who can save you" turning to "no one is coming to save you".

rumi reminds him of what real companionship is— someone who doesn't look past your flaws but also believes you should be allowed to heal from them and that self hatred. she never downplayed jinu's act from the past (even after he tells her the full story) but she also understands how much he hurts over it and wants better for him and knows he's capable of kindness. "you should start listening to those voices instead" when that little girl gave him that drawing of him having a beautiful soul. and when jinu sacrifices himself for rumi, he reassures rumi that she did free him. she gave him his soul back, something he had surrended to gwi ma centuries ago. with rumi he finally learned to love someone more than he hates himself, truly escaping gwi ma's influence to finally choose for himself the person he wants to be: the selfish demon who aides in hurting people like gwi ma just to free himself or the demon who displayed that moment of genuine kindness he showed at the start of the movie.

i hope none of this means im blaming all of jinu's actions on gwi ma, because jinu has hurt many and especially rumi by his own actions, but its still a fascinating display to me. i loved rumi and jinu through out the movie, both as individuals and their relationship and find this part of jinu adds much to the complexity of his and rumi's relationship.

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On Jinu, Rumi, and Self-Acceptance in K-Pop Demon Hunters

The Jinu we meet in K-Pop Demon Hunters is a “broken soul trapped in the nastiest shell"; A man beaten down from centuries of psychological torture. According to Gwi-ma, he’s so selfish that he has never done anything in 400 years that didn’t serve himself. That’s the kicker though…that’s what Gwi-ma tells us. In this story, demons represent our own self-doubts, the things we believe about ourselves, also known as Cognitive Distortions. Our entire view of Jinu is as distorted as his view of himself. Objectively, it is desperation, not selfishness, that drives Jinu’s choice to make a deal with the demon king. A truly selfish person would not feel such crushing guilt for leaving behind his family. Seriously is this the face of a person who knew he'd have to leave his family?

Anyone who has read folklore knows that making deals often comes with unintended consequences. If you ask a faerie for help, they might make you dance until you die. Ask Rumpelstiltskin to help you spin straw into gold and sign away your first-born child. The devil is tricky. Deals come with loopholes and he always comes to collect. The demon king found a desperate and vulnerable young man and tricked him into trading his soul.

The tragedy of his character is that he can’t see himself objectively. He’s a cautionary tale of what happens when we hide our faults and fears. Jinu’s beliefs about himself become a self-fulfilling prophecy. He’s so detached, so desperate to escape Gwi-ma’s relentless torment, that he’s willing to make another deal, and this time the cost is all of humanity (Side note, I highly doubt this deal would have worked out in his favor in the end even if his plan had succeeded, but unfortunately, he’s also tragically STUPID). The irony is that he is in desperate need of saving, but he doesn’t realize it. Until he meets Rumi.

All we get to do is live with our pain, our misery. That's all we deserve.

Cognitive distortions are tricky; they feel like reality to a person suffering. To beat them, you have to be able to challenge them, and that can be difficult unless someone else points them out to you. That’s what Rumi and Jinu do for each other. Jinu challenges Rumi’s view of herself as a mistake, and Rumi challenges Jinu’s belief that the sum of his worth is only his mistakes. They give each other hope that they can fight back against their respective demons. Unfortunately, Jinu has a literal demon king to contend with beating him into submission, so things go off the rails fairly quickly and he self-destructs.

Jinu’s betrayal was an important, and inevitable, part of Rumi’s journey to self-acceptance. Had her plan succeeded, she would have hid a part of herself away forever. She wasn’t facing it; she was running from it. In hitting rock bottom, she was forced confront her fears, and emerged stronger. She became a beacon for others, including Jinu, giving them the courage to fight. Jinu is not redeemed, he is freed. Rumi now has the capacity to do more than vanquish demons, she can also free other broken souls trapped in Gwi-ma’s domain.

Now, does that completely absolve Jinu of responsibility for his choices? Absolutely not. Regardless of his circumstances, it was his plan that nearly ended the world (Errr South Korea? Eh who knows) and thus it was his responsibility to set things right. No one made him volunteer. He may have had a change of heart halfway through, but by then it was too late because Gwi-ma already knew everything. The moment he hesitated in telling Rumi the truth about his past, and hid his shame again, he gave Gwi-ma the keys to his destruction. Being able to dissect and understand a character’s motivations is not the same of condoning their actions. Jinu made mistakes and he paid for them with his life. With that being said I do not believe Jinu is evil or that he is deserving of continued misery, nor do I think we’ve seen the last of him. In fact, I’d say his journey has just begun, but that discussion is for another post.  For now, I’ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes:

To forgive is an act of compassion. It’s not done because people deserve it, it’s done because they need it.

Until next time friends!

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quick post sexy rujinu at 2 am

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wanted an intimate moment between them

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Jinu x Rumi fanart 🍜

Fanart by mkun_art

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“We want more complex, morally Grey male characters”

Ya’ll couldn’t even handle Jinu

I’m going to preface this by saying that yes, there are things that this man does in this movie that are objectively horrible

1. He got hundreds of people killed

2. He betrayed rumi during the idol awards

However, THAT. IS.THE. FLIPPING. POINT!!!

This man has spent 400 years in the demon realm. 400 years of a manipulative, and seductive fire telling him that he doesn’t deserve any happiness, any comfort, any joy or love because of what he did to his family.

I think that the best way to describe his morality is through his verse in Free (which is the best song in the movie imo) :

“Oh time goes by

And I lose perspective

Hope only hurts,

So I just forget it

But your breaking through all the dark in me

When I thought that nobody could

And your waking up all these parts in me

That I thought were buried for good.

Between imposter and this monster

I’ve been lost inside my head

Ain’t no choice when all these voices keep me

Pointing towards no end

It’s just easy when I’m with you

No one sees me the way you do

I don’t trust it but I want to”

He wants to trust Rumi, he wants to believe her and be with her, but he can’t because he’s been manipulated so much. He does love Rumi, I truly believe he does, however you can’t just undo 400 years of manipulation in a couple days, and she understands that. Thats why she forgives him so easily after he humiliates her at the idol awards.

The thing that annoys me so much in the fandom is when people say that “jinu is just evil” or that “you only like him cause he is attractive”

1. Please for the sake of my sanity do not simplify characters by saying that they are evil or good. THEY ARE PEOPLE. God forbid someone makes a mistake or is not a perfect angel. He made mistakes. He did bad things. But, as Rumi told him, that is not all he is. The fact that he made those mistakes makes him human and makes him a person

2. Although yes he is attractive, that is NOT the reason that I enjoy his character so much. I love him because he makes mistakes. I love him because I can relate to his trauma. I love him because although he is the antagonist, he can be silly, dorky, and cute. I love him because he is such a big and important part of Rumi’s development throughout the movie. Lastly, I love him because he is so complicated and morally grey that there are so many parts of his character to decipher.

Sorry this is so long, I’ve just seen so much discourse and misunderstandings about Jinu and just wanted to share my thoughts.

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Arden Cho (voice actress of Rumi) is probably the biggest Rujinu shipper I have ever seen like…

(Even Kevin Woo [Mystery Saja singing voice] wants to know if they’ll bring back Jinu)

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What we had was real... ♡

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Cute Bickering Duo (Short Vid Clip) :

Huntrix X Saja Boy Collab Photoshoot

Rumi and Jinu are chosen for a front cover! Jinu seizes this chance to get Rumi to respond to his letters 😈

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"What did you wish for?

It's been a long time... Rumi."

Rumi and Jinu reunite on Lunar New Year~ 💜💙