#celine kpdh

[quartergremlin]

Monster in your own home.

do you think celine stood over her bed at night? flinched when she came up behind her? Did she ever look her in the eye? or would rumi remind her too much of her lost friend twisted and tainted by the thing she hated most.

[d-atalog]

wanted to share euni cho's norigae designs here for the folks who don't use twitter 🥰 their caption:

Norigae designs for #KPOPDEMONHUNTERS 🎀 Norigae are traditional Korean decorative pendants — the Huntrix girls rock cute, modernized versions, while their mentor Celine, from an older generation of hunters, keeps it classic in traditional style.

(the zoey and rumi charms on mira's norigae 😭💕 SHE LOVES HER GIRLS!!!)

[gothamundernightlight]

K-Pop Demon Hunters Headcanons

- Rumi and Mira were both privately educated; Rumi because of Celine’s fear about Rumi’s patterns being discovered, and Mira because her family is uber wealthy

- Mira and Rumi didn’t get along together when the band was first put together, because of this. Mira had a deep-seated distrust of anyone who she considered to be like her parents, and Rumi’s reputation as music royalty and her isolating tendencies were red flags in that respect

- The two had many creative differences, and frequently fought, but the only thing they could agree on was that they both were insanely protective of Zoey

- Zoey doesn’t need protection, she can handle herself just fine, but she grew up an only child, and both Rumi and Mira are the closest thing she can imagine to sisters so she doesn’t mind

- Zoey isn’t just torn between her culture and her upbringing, she’s torn between her parents too. A child of divorce, her mom lived in South Korea and her dad in California, and their custody agreement was split, so Zoey went to school in the US while with her dad and spent the summers with her mom. This means she didn’t get to hang out with people a whole lot in either country, and while people thought she was interesting, they didn’t share her interests, so she was pretty isolated

- Zoey is a big Sunlight Sisters fan because it was something she could bond with her mom over, so meeting Rumi and Celine for the first time was an experience.

- Mira has an older brother that she doesn’t speak to anymore. She was cut off from her parents after they refused to accept her for who she is, and he picked their side. Mira pretends it doesn’t bother her, but will admit she’s closer to her friends than she ever was with him. He on the other hand has a daughter that LOVES Huntrix and doesn’t know Mira’s her aunt, so she punishes him every day by listening to Mira’s music

- Mira outright rejects luxury items. Her parents’ wealth bothered her growing up, so she frequently uses her fame and money to support small businesses and charities, and would happily wear cheap clothes over designer, and even a sleeping bag over a bespoke gown. The most expensive things she voluntarily wears are the concert costumes, but they’re okay because even those are “luxuries” her parents would never approve of

- Rumi bought them all loungewear, including the fun patterned pajama sets, which all the girls frequently wore on their downtime. The other girls originally thought it was a quirk, not realizing Rumi used it as a way to keep herself covered even in private.

- Bobby was planning to leave the music industry after being a manager for so many bands that tore apart, but Celine brought him in to keep the girls together. He’s terrified of what failure will mean for them, not because of the demon stuff (which he doesn’t know about) but because he cannot take seeing another group of people he cares about become nameless strangers to each other and their fans

- Huntrix accidentally started a wave of self-defense classes becoming popular amongst their fans after letting slip in an interview that they use martial arts and fight training to stay in shape. It was covered up with the brand of being hunters, but honestly, all of them kinda dig that their fans could defend themselves if need be

- Mira was the first one of them to get recognized in public after the band got popular, because of her iconic hair. The interaction was super sweet, but all three started covering up when going out in public after that in case they got caught fighting

- Zoey is probably the most active on social media out of all of them, which she uses as a way to decompress, and has multiple fake accounts so that she can interact with content online without being swarmed by fans

- Rumi loves plants, but isn’t good at keeping them on the best watering schedule, so Zoey found an app where she can track the plants and set reminders for herself to care for them

- Mira and Zoey have a lot of inside jokes with each other as Rumi hangs out with them less and less during their downtime before her patterns are revealed. Rumi treasures the first inside joke all three make with each other after that because it truly is a sign she doesn’t have to keep walls between the three of them anymore

- The fans notice a significant change in Rumi’s style after the events of Namsan Tower, as it becomes less modest and practical. Some like it, some don’t, but all of them appreciate how much more comfortable she looks on stage afterwards and they love that for her

- Sussie (the magpie) and Derpy (the tiger) come to live with the girls after the final showdown with Gwi-Ma. Sussie loves Mira, who happily lets the magpie hoard things in her room, and Derpy can frequently be found napping with Zoey. On one occasion, it became a group nap with all three girls leaning on Derpy and the tiger was in heaven

- Derpy’s OCD does lead to some funny moments though. He recognizes that the girls’ shoes need to be neat, and he lines them up, but doesn’t realize they should be paired together. After multiple instances where the girls each sport mismatched shoes outside, they now have to check every time that the shoes match when lined up

- Sussie’s hat collection grows as each of the girls continue to make him different ones for different events, even making him something to match their stage costumes, but his favorite hat remains the one Jinu made. Rumi pets him knowingly every single time she catches him wearing it, because they both miss him

- The girls very nearly refuse to record a studio version of “Takedown”, because of everything that was happening at the time of writing it, but eventually agree to do an EP with it and “What It Sounds Like” at the request of the fans. It is a win when between the two songs, the fans massively prefer the latter

- To recover from the game show slide snafu, they return to do the Spicy Challenge. Out of the three, Rumi has the best spice tolerance, and blows Baby Saja’s performance out of the water with the host crawling off the stage in tears begging for help. The spice company sponsors a show after that and Rumi has a lifetime supply of hot sauce that they keep in the penthouse. The show is aired, and Rumi becomes a meme, which makes Bobby so proud

- For a long while after Namsan Tower, the girls are frequently asked about the Saja Boys and their abrupt disappearance, especially Rumi, who is often implicated to have had a relationship with Jinu. She denies it every time, but her eyes always get so sad so no one believes her and the reporters learn to stop asking

- On the world tour they did before the events of the movie, the girls did a show in Los Angeles and Zoey got to show her friends all of her favorite places growing up. They even drove past her old high school, and were very surprised to see a message on the school sign commemorating the concert, for no other reason than because the school is proud of their alumni

- Also while in LA, Zoey goes on a rap battle tv show and goes absolute ham on her opponent, which is where the image of her “rapping scarily” comes from. She gets invited to collab with a bunch of rappers after that and is even offered an opportunity to do her own solo album, but she turns that down because she loves singing with Rumi and Mira

- The girls get offered the chance to return to the MET Gala, and Rumi blows everyone out of the water by actually tracing her patterns on with body paint, and wearing one yellow contact lens to really show off her “inner demon”. She makes the top of the best dressed list and it becomes a makeup trend on social media

I’d love to hear what other headcanons y’all have!

[saphir3333]

Rumi is such an amazing character. It’s rare that I connect with a character so deeply, but the way she’s written — raw, flawed, and painfully real — hits hard. Her insecurities and weaknesses don’t just weigh her down; they completely shatter her self-confidence, to the point where she literally loses her voice. It’s heartbreaking. Céline’s “education” didn’t make her stronger — it destroyed her self-esteem.

She cant accept her demonic heritage because it’s ugly, dangerous, a mistake. But it’s also part of her and her journey to accept that part of her that she hates so much comes with Jinu. He gives her a new perspective on her marks on who she is. That those marks don’t define her as a person but are still part of her identity.

But it also comes with Zoey and Mira. They both suffer from different issues but are also the victims of Céline lessons. They learned to be strong but at the cost of their mental health, their self esteem and even their relationship with each other.

And when you really look at it, Céline is just continuing a cycle of psychological abuse. One that probably started with the 1st Huntress. A legacy where self-sacrifice is everything. Where saving the world comes before your feelings, your mind, your life. But what makes this story so powerful is watching them finally push back. Watching them choose healing over duty. Watching them say, “We deserve more.”

It’s beautiful, it’s heartbreaking, it’s real.

[chillingspot]

Can we appreciate the attention to detail?

They really gave the thought and effort in designing the logo for the Idol Awards in it’s 2008-ish era and transform it in how it would be redesigned today. I mean, in the past logo, they really included the title and star element as a whole, with its characteristic golden and black palette from the early 2000’s. And for the actual logo they really simplified it to its minimalistic form, such as we are living with so many minimalistic redesigns right now.

Here you can appreciate them better. I just wanted to give a shout-out to the whole team of the movie, especially for including so many well-thought details even if they are shown for like .3 seconds.

EDIT: hold up, I just realized something. Celine dressed baby Rumí with a sleeveless dress…. Did Celine applied makeup over Rumi’s patterns for the red carpet OR did the patterns appeared when Rumí was a little bit older?????????

[ryanthel0ser]

"WHY COULDN'T YOU LOVE ME?" "I do-" "ALL OF ME"

[yukishimas]

Early Concept for the Sunlight Sisters by Euni Cho

Here's the post:

[sharksarewaterdogs]

Honmoon Gone Right Gone Wrong Au

(...Hmm I might be going to lesbian hell for making my first kpdh au rujinu, and during June too... forgive me, Polytrix, I love you!/lh)

(DW it has heavy Huntrix friendship themes lol)

The girls harmonizing during the Honmoon is a success! Such a success, it banishes all demons from the world!

—Including Rumi's spirt. RIP.

Ok, I don't have the details yet, but in this au Jinu DOES betray Rumi at the Idol Awards BUT, somehow, Mira and Zoey probably don't find out she's a demon until after they harmonize & she gets zapped. Yes I just want the DRAMA of it, we're throwing in all the betrayals & trust issues.

In the human world, Rumi's body is basically in a magical stasis, unconscious. Zoey & Mira are shocked and horrified to see her collapse, and doubly so when they run to her & see the faint demon marks on her. Having no idea what's going on, they get her immediate medical help and call Celine asap.

Rumi, meanwhile, awakes in the demon realm heavily disoriented and in full demon form, which she does not initially realize because Jinu's there, and, oh, that guy just stabbed her in the back. So she probably attacks him (demons have more volatile/heightened emotions?), and he deflects like "Ok chill chill that's not gonna help matters rn"

(She gets a good hit or few in tho bc. C'mon, he kinda deserves it & also she's a badass.)

Jinu is still of course Very Down Bad for Rumi. He saw her flung into the demon realm as well & has been trying to make sure she's ok.

And internally also kind of "🥰 Wow you really are flawed just like me 🥰" and kind of guilty bc wow he really did just take advantage of & expose her insecurities with his backstabbing huh (he has what those in the romance biz call a hell of a grovel before him).

But mostly there to make sure she's ok bc 😬 a demon hunter in the realm of demons???

Ahahaha. Rumi's response is a big fat 🖕🖕to that

Except. She's here without her team, her girls, in a somewhat unsteady form she's not familiar with and despises, in ~a whole new world~ full of enemies. She is a badass but she has limits.

Oh the choices: Trust the guy she already trusted who JUST stabbed her in the back, or go it alone in a world and form against her.

Jinu propaganda: Tiger & Bird 🥺🥺

Forced proximity journey ensues! Rumi is Going Through It. Her friends probably know her secret and hate her now, she doesn't know if she'll ever see them again, this hated side of her is apparently what defines her very spirit if it sent her here, and she's in a hunter-hostile environment

Shit is going down in the demon realm, too. Either Gwi-Ma is weakened/defeated and there's a power vacuum, or he's stronger than ever, idk, either way, the normal balance of things has been radically thrown off and it's more unstable than ever.

Idk what's going on with the demons or the other Saja Boys but I hc the boys as becoming besties so Jinu's thing with Rumi probably complicates matters with them; and Rumi learns to see more to demons and embrace all sides of herself, while still taking into account demons are incredibly selfish beings who fed souls to their master/would typically feed on them if given the chance, and maybe she helps (some of) them like canonically she helped Jinu to realize they can and should be better

Zoey & Mira meanwhile grapple with feelings of betrayal from both Celine and Rumi, as well as self-worth issues because of the rift it's tearing in their found family, and grief and fear over losing Rumi. Their goal is to try to get her back, while Celine argues over whether or not they should—does it not show that she is more like her father, bound to be evil, with her being thrown out? (Celine is also struggling bc that's the child she raised and the last piece she had of Rumi's mother, but y'know she is a VERY VERY flawed parent and something of an antagonistic force)

There's stuff probably with the girls struggling with their families (brought up by Rumi's very public collapse? Or maybe just in Zoey's case, while Mira's come into the picture maybe bc she needs something from them for Rumi).

Also Bobby's there freaking out bc he has NO idea what is going on. Does he maybe get clued in (esp since Rumi's not really in like a coma but a magical stasis) or no...? Idk but he's there and he's also not having a great time poor guy

Idk it's all spaghetti on the wall rn, don't look at this it's mostly for me lol

(That said if anyone DOES read this & get inspired... 👍👍👍)

[mich-vanadis]

KPDH AU where Baby survived out of the Saja Boys hear me out (Also includes my own and other's headcanons)

We technically didn't see Baby and Romance getting killed so this is me being delusional but also killing off Romance because I like seeing my favorites suffer (sorry Baby <3)

ANYWAY after the Honmoon is sealed and Gwi-Ma is defeated, Baby's demonic powers disappeared and fell into some kind of coma when he got his soul back. Sussie and Derpy (Jinu's pets) found him before the Huntrix did and took him to Rumi's and Jinu's old meeting place to rest. When Baby woke up and found out about the rest of the boys' deaths, he sucked up his emotions and went to the only people who can MAYBE help him with his current situation.

To say the girls weren't surprised is an underestimate, Zoey was sure he killed the guy but Baby is standing right in front of them. On their balcony. With a demon tiger and a demon bird next to him. Although reluctantly, they took Baby under their wing and had to make an excuse to Bobby why exactly Baby Saja of the Saja Boys is in their building. Besides, it's not like he can do anything without his powers. The girls were still a little warry of him but they eventually soften up and start knowing about each other.

They found out that outside of his Idol Persona, he's VERY chaotic and maniac like. He started making harmless pranks once they settled in a more even page.

Zoey hit it off with Baby first and it went pretty well. They became instatnt bestfriends when they found out that they actually have a lot in common other than being the rapper and maknae of their respective groups. Outside of the music industry, they'd go aroung shopping for cute clothes and accessories. And in a personal prespective, they know what it's like to not know where they belong.

Rumi and Baby bonded in grief about Jinu, she also let him talk about the rest of his friends. Baby would tell her crazy stories they did together when they first became an actual friend group years ago, how they'd create trouble and pranks for shits and giggles because those were the first times Gwi-Ma's voice couldn't get into them.

Baby was shunned and outcasted by his family and village because of his eyes. He had natural slit pupils and since he came from maybe hundreds of years ago, they saw him as cursed or associated with an evil spirit. And because of that, Baby gained a rather harsh and rash personality just to protect himself. That's how Mira found out that she and Baby weren't so different when it comes to being shunned by people who were suppose to care for you. She respected him even more after that conversation and understood his behavior.

Eventually, the girls learned about Baby's real name. Daeun (thank you for your service @/filijester🙏). He blurted it out during a movie night when Rumi called his stage name if he wanted more pop corn. The girls were delighted that Baby-sorry Daeun- trusted them enough for him to tell them his real name. (Zoey cried and hugged the life out of him)

And as for the SB Fans raging in the internet wanting to know what happened to the Saja Boys, Daeun simply told them that they were going on an Indefinite Hiatus because of an "argument". Besides what's he suppose to say? Oh yeah we were actually demons who wanted to feast on your souls but the Huntrix stopped us because they're demon hunters and I'm somehow the only one who survived out of all of us.

He still upload solos and sometimes even collabs with Huntrix. He really likes being an idol. He also made a song to subtley honor his members deaths.

When Celine found out about Daeun and his friendship with Rumi, Mira, and Zoey, she wasn't exactly happy but she wasn't exactly upset either. He's not a demon anymore so she thinks it's alright. (The girls got her to warm up to him though, mainly thanks to Rumi). But since it came to this, she made him train under her to become an honorary Hunter. And, in her words "While he can stand his ground, it's better to be safe than sorry."

Also, Saja Boys are actually alive and found out their youngest believes that they're dead and is trying to live his new human life to the fullest through Sussie and Derpy. They made it their mission to find Baby and reunite with him once again.

(They also saw the song Baby made to honor them, they all cried)

[ughigottaheadache]

Spoilers for K-Pop Demon Hunters ahead, discussion of the Honmoon and how I think things have happened, theories about Rumi’s parents, the Saja Boys, and why I like the slightly open ending and unanswered questions.

Okay, we know the basics of the Honmoon, it acts as a barrier between mortal and demon realm, for that. It can be different colours:

Blue: actively working, between perfect and breaking, keeps most strong demons out, some can slip through. Gwi-Ma seems incapable of passing thru when it’s blue.

Gold: the ‘perfect and ideal’ Honmoon, is so effective that no demons can pass, and communication between Gwi-Ma and any demons still in the mortal realm is cut off. This is what all the huntresses work towards, and it appears once they reach this point, the only goal afterwards is to maintain it with regular music performances.

Red: unstable, breaking, weak. Any and all demons can come through as they please, hell could break loose at any moment.

The current Honmoon is a combination of these colours in Huntrix’s new formation of the Honmoon, what does this mean?

I theorise this new Honmoon is nowhere near the perfect Golden Honmoon, but is far easier to maintain, resulting on less stress to the Huntrix as they will maintain it until the next generation. Weak points and stable points migrating like an immune system almost. This does in fact leave them open for more demon centred stories should the studio allow for either a second movie or a spin off of sorts.

Now, my further speculation regarding the Honmoon of Celine’s era.

I believe that Rumi’s parents had been secretly eyeing each other and didn’t make a move until after they achieved the Golden Honmoon, effectively cutting her dad off from Gwi-Ma so they could actually have a relationship without the demon king in his head and looking through his eyes. Rumi was conceived at this point and she was born within their era of gold, but her mother died soon after.

With us knowing the Honmoon needs to be maintained through Rumi’s line that the idol awards gives it a boost, inferring it needs consistent charging, when the huntresses lose a member, they cannot maintain it any longer. Soon enough, the gold fades to blue, and then the blue slowly gets weaker. I think it’s safe to speculate that two huntresses can maintain a Blue Honmoon but it’s remarkably harder to do, especially when grieving the loss of Rumi’s mother.

With the gold fading and Rumi’s mother dying, we can speculate that her father was soon being manipulated by Gwi-Ma, and it’s safe to say his fate was either one of two things:

Gwi-Ma yanked him down to the demon realm and punished/is punishing him

Celine and the other huntress discovered him and killed him

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We don’t get clarification on how Rumi’s mother died, but we know she died when Rumi would still be considered a baby, so I don’t think she died in childbirth. Do I think Rumi’s father was involved in her death? It’s very likely. Could one speculate his punishment by Gwi-Ma was being forced to kill her? I think there’s wriggle room to theorise, which makes this all the more fun!

I do appreciate that even if the studio doesn’t green light an extension on the series that we have so many questions and lose ends to play with in the meantime because, guys, this movie was cooking for nine years, there’s simply no way the creators weren’t also playing around with what would happen after the fact with a soft closed ending like that. A story in development for this long, there are most definitely answers to all our questions written in notes and margins to explain why things happened the way they did.

There is also the fun thing of us only seeing the on screen deaths of Abby, Mystery and Jinu*, but not Romance and Baby. It’s possible that these demons who probably also had a selfish stake in doing this work for Gwi-Ma, their deals made offscreen, saw an opportunity where the king who had been lording over them so cruelly was distracted and so were the Huntrix. Maybe they ran off, maybe they’re living a life in South Korea now, whether they’re adapting or not would be up for discussion. But for those fans who wanted more insight on the Saja Boys this could be the opportunity to play around.

Neither of them seemed to actually care all that much about the mortal world besides feeding off souls, least of all Baby who literally didn’t interact with any of the Huntrix girls, and Romance’s flirting with Mira was more than likely him ‘playing with his food’ in a way, an act to annoy her.

Who are they outside of Saja Boys, who are they outside of Gwi-Ma’s control, what would they have to gain by doing all of this, what are their stories?

We could theorise that all the demons in this universe were once human, with Gwi-Ma controlling them through shame patterns, but what makes the more monstrous ones different from the type the Saja Boys are? Now I know in Korean culture and mythology the undead these guys are are actually a different type altogether but the movie has clearly lumped all demons and undead together probably to save on time and worldbuilding.

If anyone wants to discuss further feel free to drop into the comments or my ask box I’m more than happy to share my thoughts and theories!

*guys I’m in the same boat as most everyone else that Jinu technically isn’t dead bc his soul is in Rumi’s now but if he was able to communicate with her in any way they would’ve put that in the movie I’m thinking he’s basically completely dormant and sleeping in there nestled next to her soul.

[dangitronpa666]

Okay, so what if Rumi's mother didn't know that the person she fell in love with was a demon? What if he also covered up his patterns, similar to Rumi, as an attempt by Gwi-Ma to destroy the hunters from the inside instead of outright attacking them. Maybe the other Sunlight Sisters liked him as well, and had a general trust of him.

There are so many ways Rumi's mother could have died due to this as well. Like what if she and the other Sunlight Sisters only found out after Rumi was born and the demon killed her in her moment of suprise.

Or if you want to be really angsty, she found out before Rumi was born and killed the demon, consumed with grief and self loathing because of his death and the genuine love she felt for him, hoping that her child doesn't bear patterns. Then, once Rumi is born with patterns, she goes to Celine, begging her to kill her, for having a child with a demon, and out of worry that she will hurt Rumi. Only this time, Celine does what she asks. And Celine has to raise the daughter of the demon who she trusted, who led to her killing one of her closest friends.

[the-p-in-lgbtqa]

A question that was never answered in Kpdh that has me screaming is...

WHY IN HELL A DEMON HUNTER (Rumi's mom) FRICKED A DEMON AND HAD A CHILD WITH HIM?!

how in hell did that happen. Why. What possessed her to do that. I need answers

[ryanthel0ser]

I need a sequel delving into how Rumi came to be (demon and the hunter how??) and her relationship with Celine NOW

[virgosvoid]

The strong urge I have to write a fanfic about these three (specifically rumi’s mom)

⋆·˚ ༘ *credit: euni_chobot (instagram)⋆·˚ ༘ *

[astralspen]

Just finished watching kpop demon hunters and can we talk about how well written Rukis confrontation with Celine was? She didn't take Celines placating and blatantly pointed out that Celine did not fully love and accept her, and pointed out that Celine practically forcing Rumi to repress and hide herself is a big catalyst for the movies events. That's huge!! You rarely see anything fully face just how awful it is for someone to hang and worsen a source of shame for a person, especially when the person doing that is family. Not only that, but to show that it isn't always going to be purposeful. You can see how in that scene Celine wants to love and protect Rumi and genuinely believes she is, that she's helping Rumi, but how Celine can't bring herself to fully get over the fact that Rumi is half demon. And that's really sad to me, how Celine couldn't get over these ideals she was probably raised or at least grew up by for the sake of loving Rumi fully, but I'm glad that with Rumis outburst she seems to have started to see how wrong (and honestly kinda racist) that was.

Just in general how that scene makes it impossible to ignore that Celine was a problem too, that the enforcing of one's shame doesn't just come from opposing or evil forces, but also from people you love and are close to.

[patches-and-potions]

Not Doctor Who related at all for the regulars of my blog, but I just watched that new Netflix movie, K-Pop Demon Hunters. Normally it’s not something I’d be interested in, but I was doing laundry and wanted something easy to watch.

Anyways I have officially fallen for yet another “kind of shitty mom/maternal figure who the main character is terrified of disappointing and needs validation from because their self worth is based on this woman’s perception of them”. Her name is Celine and she sucks so bad at parenting. And I unfortunately relate to her adopted daughter, the MC (no spoilers), regarding their dynamic.

It’s fascinating how when I line up all my fictional crushes they’re all exactly the same woman in different fonts.

Anyways she’s terrible but I do in fact have the brand of Mommy Issues TM that makes me see emotionally challenged older woman and start twirling my hair and giggling so…if no one else is going to write fanfiction for this woman, I will do it myself.