#tiger and magpie kpdh

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sorry i really did intend for this account to just be about skz but, well... saja boys are almost skz

anyway, kpop demon hunters spoilers because i cannot stop watching / listening to it (because of course i cant, it was made for me specifically after all, a kpop bg who are also literally demons? the only way to be more My Type would be... uh... hm... [one day of contemplation later] GOT IT! if one of them had white hair and red eyes. or a buzzcut)

much like 'soda pop' kpdh is infectious

content warnings: LONG POST, exvangelical fan of religious corruption trope, z (me) being incredibly queer and horny for demons (as always), extended mental health metaphor, acting like im getting graded in a language arts class and the assignment is to analyze a diegetic kpop song from a netflix movie, also doing a french class as well (i have been out of high school for well over a decade but you just cant take the teachers pet out of the gifted student, i guess)

to start with. 'your idol' is an absolute GIFT

the way it takes 'kpop idol' back to the religious meaning of 'idol', but in a corrupted way? exactly the way the saja boys themselves (at least jinu, rip to the others who never even got proper names, much less backstories) were corrupted by gwima? (btw headcanon that jinus memories are much worse than what actually happened, because memories are influenced by emotions and gwima has had 4 centuries to force him to feel only guilt, shame, pain, and suffering about it)

how it frames fannish devotion as parallel to religious zealotry, juxtaposing the comfort a fan feels from their parasocial relationship with their idol, with the comfort a religious adherent feels from their faith and their deity(/ies)??

the twist on the dies irae??? im obsessed

plus the way the melody goes down in pitch whenever the word 'idol' is sung, using word painting to bring to mind the imagery of it being something demonic, fallen, infernal, as opposed to the heavenly, uplifted, exalted??

and speaking of word painting, 'can i get the mic a little higher' having 'higher' go up in pitch, i love word painting so much, its absolutely perfect every time a song does it (or inverts it, as the case may be)

the line 'more than power, more than gold' like 1) what a perfect way of saying to huntrix 'you will not be successful in achieving the golden honmoon, no matter how powerful you are, we are going to win' but also 2) reminded me so much of felixs line in 'stray kids' (the song) of 'money or fame/honor/power, which do you want more' and honestly, the depth of the extended metaphor between religion and fandom makes this song feel very much skz-coded to me because ive lost count of how many times ive lost my cool in a stay group chat over how many levels of metaphor are layered in a single skz song (hello 'parade')

'dont let it show, keep it all inside, the pain and the shame, keep it out of sight' (whyyyyy did they have to cut that line from the movie) being literally what huntrix were always told, in a 'never let anyone know that you have struggles or doubts' way, but also thats exactly what gives gwima his power over the demons, they have to (are forced to) keep hold of their pain and shame, they have to keep it inside of them, because without it, he would have nothing to use against them, nothing to keep them under his control (like how he has no control over rumi until her shame is strong enough to cover her head to toe), but in order to succeed with their mission, the saja boys have to keep it hidden from view, they have to appear perfectly harmless, perfectly human, until enough of their audience are already entranced enough to believe its all just special effects (if they are thinking about ANYTHING other than their shame). they have to carry their pain and shame (instead of working through it and releasing it) because gwima demands it of them and reinforces it in them, so they have to 'keep it all inside' them even if it causes them so much misery that they would rather forget their families entirely rather than remember how terribly they failed them

'anytime it hurts, play another verse, i can be your sanctuary' with sanctuary meaning both a literal house of worship but also a figurative source of comfort and security? or a verse being a part of a song and also part of a scripture?? 'if your emotions are unbearable, listen to another one of our songs and we will give you comfort' but also 'every time you feel punished, return to our scriptures and find in us a holy place' like when i tell you this movie was made SPECIFICALLY FOR ME because hoooo boy, the exvangelical religious trauma to corruption kink pipeline goes HARD

plus its just so damn CLEVER. like 'down on your knees' as in religious devotion and supplication, but also as in how a victim is subjugated by an oppressor, but ALSO as in how a lover might... ahem... uhhh... propose marriage! yes, that. like,,,, yeah id absolutely get on my knees for jinu ngllllll

secondly, the way guima could be read as the embodiment of mental health struggles? literally the voice in your head that you cant ignore or get rid of, that constantly lies to you that you are absolutely irredeemable, that no one will ever love you, that the people you love should hate you (and would if they knew the truth)... and the way its not just the demons that he can whisper to like that? because anyone can be depressed, even if you have absolutely everything, money, fame, a calling you are good at, sick glowing weapons, friends who love you... anyone can still have that voice in their head that says they arent enough, or they are too much, or they dont deserve nice things, or that they failed at what they love doing, or whatever

thirdly, celine. ohhhhhhh boise idaho, that woman. bigots that pretend to be (and call themselves) 'accepting' because they arent actively trying to kill the thing they hate. very easy to read it as a queer metaphor, at least for me, who grew up in a 'love the sinner, hate the sin' religion (where the 'sin' in question was queer attraction). but could also just be more of the mental health metaphor. 'just to ahead and hide this part of you (that you inherited from your dad) and do everything you can to get rid of it (and hope that 'getting rid of it' doesnt kill you or leave you a hollowed out husk of a person) and keep pretending that everything is fine!' like how many people have gone through 'treatments' that left them far worse off than they were before, because some well-meaning but ultimately unaccepting authority figure in their life made them feel like that was the only way to earn their acceptance. either way, whatever marginalization you want to read rumis patterns as, celine was a perfect example of that 'of course i support you! [has never supported you for a moment, only tried to mold you into the shape they wanted from you, only supported their idea of you, doesnt even see the real you, much less support it]' authority figure

and choosing to call the demon stripes 'patterns' feels like it was intentionally going for the mental health aspect. because like,,,, when you have untreated mental health issues, sometimes that leads to you doing the same bad things over and over. a pattern of hiding your struggles because you believe your loved ones will stop supporting you if they know youre not actually as perfect as youve been pretending to be. a pattern of selfishness and manipulation because youre so caught up in your suffering that you cant imagine anything beyond figuring out how to get what you need. a pattern of blaming yourself for the pain someone else went through because you couldnt protect them. a pattern of demanding perfection from yourself because you should be able to be stronger, tougher, flawless because people expect it from you and count on you. 'when your patterns start to show it makes the hatred wanna grow outta my veins' vs 'when your patterns start to show i see a pain that lies below' showing the difference between rejecting and hating someone for their mental health struggles that cause them to hurt people around them, versus accepting that they are hurting people because they themselves are hurting. and no one hating her patterns more than rumi herself

and jinu telling rumi that hatred cannot defeat shame just... i want to kiss whoever came up with that scene, right on the knuckles that they punched me in the gut with. because you cannot hate your shame hard enough to suddenly become proud of yourself instead. but imagining 400 years of him buried under the shame and suffering gwima inflicted on him, and the hatred he had for the source of that shame... which, in a way, is a kind of self-hatred...

and rumis hope that one final grand success will finally be the thing that removes her patterns. that succeeding will make it so she no longer has to hide her flaws and pretend to be perfect, that success will make it so shes no longer mentally ill, i mean part demon. her lifelong hope that a big enough victory, thanks to her being perfect, will fix her, so she HAS to be perfect, she MUST be perfect, no one can ever know that she struggles... that hope acting as a shield for so long that gwima cant reach her despite her demonic ancestry... until he goes through her chosen family

and gdddddd the way takedown was created as a diss track against all demons, particularly the saja boys, but ended up, like any ad hominem attack against a large group, hitting an unintended target. because rumi was also a demon. and if you insult, for example, a certain neurotype or whatever, saying they dont deserve to live because they dont feel like regular people do, then when you discover that label applies to you as well... gwima basically took huntrixs ableism and told rumi 'you know they wont accept you because they clearly said, to your face, that they hate people like you. you cant tell them the truth. you have to be ashamed of this thing that you cant change about yourself. you have to hide yourself away'. and again, could be queer metaphor. but i think it fits much easier as mental illness metaphor (especially because she inherited it from her dad, whom she seemingly never knew)

which is another reason why i love 'your idol' so much. like its totally written from the perspective of the Mental Illness Voices In Your Head, as a toxic love song (plus the aforementioned religious interpretation of parasocialism in kpop) like. 'you are inherently broken, but im here to protect you from all the terrible things they could think of you, just trust me, do what i tell you to do' like anxiety, compulsions, negative self talk, 'your obsession (with how you appear to the world) feeds our connection (the connection between the illness and the sufferer)' because if you believe what the shame tells you and you act differently because of it and then nothing bad happens, its easy to connect that lack of bad with the fact that you obeyed the shame, so youre more tempted to obey it again next time. 'preaching to the choir' is telling you something you already know, because the choir is there every single week, they know every sermon just as well as the preacher does, but still 'can i get the mic a little higher' as not just a request to the sound team for a live performance so they can show off the fact that they arent lip syncing, but a challenge, a dare, 'lets see just how loud i (your mental illness) can be in your mind'

actually, just to prove that this song is a toxic love song from the perspective of gwima mental illness induced shame, fear, regret, and pain, let me go line by line and turn this into a true language arts essay. apologies for my attempts at translating the korean parts, im going from the romanization in the english captions of the movie, because i dont trust lyrics genius and color coded lyrics videos on youtube, but if anything is incorrect, i welcome any corrections. same if anyone has a better translation of the latin parts

'(pray for me now) [the day of wrath will burn you to ashes, cursed you will be in eternal flames] ill be your idol' the choir repeating the supplication (and then continuing here and there throughout the song) but buried underneath the warning / threat / promise of the more sinister version of the day of judgement hymn, and then the promises and temptations of shame (the main body of the song). incredibly compelling, given jinu wanting to be saved (pray for me) but still being the tool of gwima through this performance

'keeping you in check, keeping you obsessed, play it on repeat [endlessly] in your head' the shame spiral that keeps you locked in a deadly embrace with it, keeping you suffering, keeping you focused on yourself, imagining how others see you, repeating your worst traits and attributes

'anytime it hurts, play another verse, i can be your sanctuary' the more shame you feel, the more it pains you, the more ashamed you feel, in a vicious cycle, but at least if you are the loudest critic of yourself, then you can handle whatever anyone else tells you because no one is as harsh as your own shame is, so repeating your inner shame scriptures gives you a sense of control

'know im the only one right now, i will love you more when it all burns down' when things go wrong, your shame grows stronger, embraces you, strokes your hair and reassures you that you knew this was going to happen, this is all youre good for, this is all you deserve, this isnt a disaster, this was inevitable, even if everything else abandons you, at least your shame will always be there beside you

'more than power, more than gold, you gave me your heart now im here for your soul' there is no more powerful motivator than shame (says shame), so why not give your everything to obeying it? live in shame and submission and anytime anything goes wrong, you will be prepared because you will be expecting it

'(you know) im the only one wholl love your sins, feel the way my voice gets underneath your skin' could have been written by gwima (which is a hilarious mental image ngl 'you may have succeeded with that catchy soda pop song, but i need a villain anthem when i make my redebut into the human world... also while im at it, make me a logo and merch shirts as well' like why were there people with gwima shirts at the performance of 'your idol'? also didnt that show start at midnight? how did it end with the sun fully up? were saja boys performing for that long before rumi showed up? can the hunters just induce false daylight? is that why they were called the sunlight sisters? anyway) shame doesnt hate you for your selfishness, your cowardice, your violent outbursts, your untruthfulness. shame loves all the bad things about you. shame fills you up, getting under your skin like a million splinters, because it loves you

'listen cause im preaching to the choir, can i get the mic a little higher, give me your desire, i can be the star you rely on' the shame is not telling you anything you dont already know, but it still wants to be the only thing you listen to. it wants you to believe it, trust it, rely on it like a guiding star (also, lucifer morningstar vibes, im just saying)

'[drunk on my cheering], you cant look away, dont you know im here to save you? now we running wild, yeah im all you need, ima be your idol' framing shame as an addiction, something encouraging, enthralling, overwhelming and overpowering and all-consuming, but also something that convinces you that its good for you, it protects you, it saves you. focus on your shame, worship it, let it control you, dedicate your life to your shame

'[shining / glowing / luminous] fame, [keep on shouting], im your idol, thank you for the pain cause it got me going viral, [never-healing] fever, making you a believer, [for your sake i exist as an idol]' (again please correct any incorrect translations, that line twisted my brain up so bad) seems to be still more along the line of 'focus on me (your shame), give all your energy and attention to me, because the more you fight it, the more shame you feel, the more you are trapped in a subservient relationship to your shame'. because you cant get rid of shame by punishing yourself, so beating yourself up just makes more people know about how much shame you feel, embarrassing you, convincing you that what your shame tells you is real, is real, and its elevated to idol status because you give it that attention and power

'dont let it show, keep it all inside, the pain and the shame, keep it outta sight, your obsession feeds our connection, [this moment] give me all your attention' be ashamed of your shame, let the pain of it fester inside you, because every moment you spend ashamed of yourself makes it easier for shame to follow you, sink its claws into you, make you feel ashamed over smaller and smaller flaws and faults

'living in your mind now, too late cause youre mine now, i will make you free when youre all a part of me' literally gwima wrote these lyrics, hes literally right behind them when they sing this part, totally believable that hes mentally feeding them the words. anyway. the shame that lives in your head and whispers (or shouts) all your worst fears and regrets into your mind, and its so hard to escape it and so easy to give up and let it have its way. dont have hope, dont have confidence in yourself, dont try to be better, just let shame own you, become a servant to shame, forget your human aspirations and give yourself to the demon king of shame and self-hatred and suffering

'listen cause im preaching to the choir, now can i get the mic a little higher, gimme your desire, once we set your world on fire' the mask comes off. shame is not a guiding star, but an immolating flame. it does not want to lead you to success, but to annihilation. the promises of the demon king are stripped away, revealing the costs

'[drunk on my cheering] you cant look away, no one is coming to save you, now we running wild, youre down on your knees, ima be your idol' no one can save you from shame. you can only replace it with something else (like hope, or trust, or love). because no matter how often someone says 'theres nothing to be ashamed of', shame will whisper 'theyre just saying that. theyre lying to you. they dont know how truly despicable you are. if they knew, they would agree that you should be ashamed of yourself'. and under the weight of that enormous task, you fall to your knees. youre the only one who can save you, and its an impossible task if you worship your shame the way it wants you to

and the french version oh my goodness. using savior instead of idol? plus all the callbacks to 'free'??

free: si on laissait derrière notre chagrin, on serait libre [if we left behind our grief / sorrow, we would be free]

your idol: laisse-moi te libérer de ton chagrin [let me free you from your grief / sorrow]

free: tu as réveillé celui que j'étais et qui se cacher depuis longtemps [you have awakened whom i used to be and who was hiding for so long]

your idol: avec moi, tu n’as rien à cacher [with me, you have nothing to hide]

free: je veux y croire mais j'ai si peur si c'était une erreur [i want to believe it but i have so much fear if was an error / a mistake]

your idol: écoute-moi parler avec ardeur, que ma voix t’emmène loin de tes peurs [hear me speak with ardor / passion, may my voice lead you far from your fears]

plus all the callbacks to 'soda pop' like

soda pop: t'es ma lumière dans le noir [youre my light in the darkness]

your idol: ma lumière est si forte qu’elle t’éblouit [my light is so strong that it dazzles you]

soda pop: tes paroles, je les boit [the things you say, i drink them]

your idol: prends le pouvoir, bois mes mots [take the power, drink my words]

soda pop: je n'abandonnerais jamais [i will never give up]

your idol: il est temps de t’abandonner [it is time to give yourself up]

soda pop: bébé, tu me donnes chaud, avec toi tout est beau [baby you make me hot, with you everything is beautiful]

your idol: suis-moi, j’ai chaud quand je te vois [follow me, i get hot when i see you

bonus - free: alors suis moi, je te vois, tout est possible, j'y crois [so follow me, i see you, everything is possible, i believe it]

anyway, in summary, i love that the kpop movie leaned into the 'kpop actually talks a LOT about mental health issues' thing, and i think it did so in a really accessible and widely-relatable way. also jinu is the new definition of 'poor little meow meow' blorbo, yes? are we still using that term? because the atrocities are definitely there

its just an incredible song. its an incredible MOVIE. i mean it got me to come back to tumblr after who knows how many years (my old blogs know, but that aint none of my business) just because i had more to say about it than any gc could possibly handle. like the fact that jinu is wearing the bracelet rumi gave him during that entire 'your idol' performance (because the tiger specifically brought it to him but also because he chose to put it on?? he chose to remind himself of her hope in the possibility of redemption for him, after trying so hard to convince her that he was only getting close to her to bring her secrets and weaknesses and shame back to gwima so they could defeat her?? he still held onto her hope in the goodness he had decided to try his best to forget?? even knowing she finally knew all the worst things about him, he still wanted to believe her hope was strong enough to mean something???? im gonna be sick about it for the rest of my life???)

if not for the tiger and magpie, jinu would never have connected with rumi, jinu would not have held on to rumis faith in his inner goodness, and rumi would not have been able to accept herself and gain the strength (that jinu gave her, because he believed he could still be redeemed, because SHE believed he could be redeemed) to defeat gwima. most important characters in the whole movie, argue with the wall, i am a ty and maggie supporter first and a person second. kkachi & pabohorangi supremacy

[fuck-it-darling]

I just had to doodle this adorable tiger demon from K-pop Demon Hunters. Cute movie, cute kitty!! Totally fell in love with the world and this derpy creature.

💫✨I also put this piece up for sale as stickers for everyone on my site Artemisia! Check it out in my linktree!✨💫

[tomwambsgays]

i bet derpy the tiger knows how to cat loaf as well

[lactoseincapable]

Maggie Kang (director of K-Pop Demon Hunters) just revealed the canon names of Jinu’s animal companions 😭

source:

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Anyway idk why everyone said that Jinu's gone or whatevs I literally just saw him and Rumi getting kimbap ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[momiji-ren]

Besties!

[andyarcana]

Forgot to post this here… this movie rules dude

[drag0n0fbutt3r]

This is rushed, but I love these two and I needed to get them out of my head

[wolfbeestudio]

♫You're my Soda Pop♫

♫My little Soda Pop~♫

(Thinking of making this into merch of some kind~)

[lara635kookie]

Rujinu Relationship Headcanons:

• So this happens after canon

• Jinu comes back, and as demons are not under Gwi-ma's control anymore, they don't steal souls as much

• Because they don't need it

• A few of them do and the girls just deal with them easily

• But the Saja Boys are back as just idols who don't steal souls even though they are still demons

• The move at Idol Awards and Namsan Tower is seen by the fandom of both groups as a big storyline collab to promote the Saja Boys's first comeback after they debuted with Soda Pop (Your Idol), and the Huntrix's first full album (How It's Done is their debut) (The album single is What It Sounds Like and Golden and Takedown are b-sides, Takedown being one of those songs the girls never perform)

• It works

• Both Your Idol and the girls entire album chart like it's easy

• Tons of PAK's (Perfect All Kill)

• And a lot of streams in all global platforms

• Because the whole world is literally taking turns hearing one song and then hearing the other

• While the Internet goes crazy over Zoeystery and Miromabby too, they go CRAZIER over Rujinu

• We know in real life people would be sending death threats and trucks in protest to the labels

• But I'm inspiring Rumi and Jinu in one case that South Korea actually supported them

• Supported them so much they ended because the midia didn't leave them alone and they had no privacy

• If you know Kpop, you know who they are, but I'm not going to say it just so people don't think I'm hating on any of them

• Rumi and Jinu wouldn't have this problem with the midia because Rumi hid her marks for years and the Saja Boys still hide the fact that they are demons pretty well

• So they would be pros at avoiding paparazzi, etc

• They would only give to the midia enough about them

• But after Jinu came back, they didn't immediately get together as one might think

• Rumi gave Jinu his soul back so he can be truly free by owning his own soul instead of his soul being owned by Gwi-ma or by her

• Rumi told everything that happened between Jinu and her to Mira and Zoey, but in a way to hide the fact she's in love with him

• The only thing she didn't mention was Free

• After all that was their song, and a romantic duet would give her feelings away and a lot of room for teasing

• The thing is Rumi and Jinu are clueless and dumb af

• They clearly like each other, everyone can see it, but they just won't do anything about it

• They are both the leaders and main vocals in their respective groups, they have the same age (to the fans), they both had an alluring beauty, etc

• So the things they had in common just made the fans become obsessed with them

• And they gave reasons to

• The "discreet" looks and little smiles at events were all there

• When they became MCs together for Music Bank, the world became a better place

• Their first MC Stage was Soda Pop (In Dolphin by Soobin and Arin and Butter by Wonyoung and Sunghoon style) and their last MC Stage was Your Idol (but they performed Huntrix's songs during their time on the show, and they became the k-pop idol duo to stay there for the longest time and they just had to leave because of their schedule and the producers just kept begging them to stay, but in the end they hosted it for one year and one month)

• In Award shows, every time the other was performing and the camera would focus on one of them, their eyes would glow, and they would sing and make little dances and then try to disguise it

• One time, a male host at an award show was asked by the female host, which groups or kpop singers he liked the most

• He answered:"I listen to TWICE, Meovv and... Saja Boys, and personally I am a fan of HUNTR/X's Rumi"

• The Saja Boys were standing at a corner waiting for the announcement of the winners, and Jinu's face is just covered in pure and sheer jealousy looking at that host on stage

• Romance cracks up in laughter

• Baby just smiles and looks at Jinu like he knows what's up

• Mystery lets a chuckle escape

• Abby trying not to laugh even whispers on Jinu's ear:"Remember, we don't steal souls anymore, buddy" and gives him a little punch on his back and friendly wraps his arms around his shoulders in a way to hold him to make sure he wouldn't attack the poor guy

• When they are announced as the winners, Jinu stays behind Abby all the time

• In a way, it makes it impossible for the male host to reach him to shake his hands, only shaking hands with the female host and making it look like an accident

• In another award show, Jinu, that will be in a k-drama as the male lead for the first time, has a surprise performance with the lead actress to promote the drama

• When the performance is announced, Rumi immediately tries to contain a little smile

• "Jinu solo performance, I'll enjoy this" She thinks

• Then the lead actress appears, and her smile is gone, but she tries to keep a professional face

• It was the first time Jinu sang alone with another woman that wasn't her

• And God, didn't she hate every second of it

• The idea of Jinu singing a romantic duet with another girl was almost too much to bear

• The performance ends with an almost kiss

• Rumi has to drink lots of water to calm down and see if her face becomes less red, making sure the water bottle would hide her face

• Mira is enjoying it with a smirk

• While Zoey, also enjoying it, tries to help saying it's their characters, it's not real

• But then, after the performance, the lead actress keeps laughing at Jinu, making eyes at him, and she even touches his arm for a split second at the post-performance interview

• To Rumi, that was torture but she was hiding it as much as she could

• Later that night, while on their parenting duties with the tiger Derpy and the magpie Sussie

• Rumi asks him why he didn't mention the performance

• He says he wasn't allowed to because it was a surprise

• Jinu reassures Rumi he's got nothing with that actress

• And him and that actress never sing together again

• And it's later announced Rumi has an ost in said k-drama

• And they were seated together at the premiere

• And gave excuses to stay close to each other at the red carpet

• They later have a photoshoot for a very famous korean magazine together with Abby

• It was super clear Abby was third wheeling

• People barely noticed him there because not even his hot body could take attention to the chemistry Rujinu had

• After all of this, they finally decide to confess their feelings and start dating

• Thank God, Mira, Zoey and the other Saja Boys couldn't take it anymore

• The few Instagram posts they had started to match, with fans noticing accessories and exclusive jewelries from very specific brands, and not soon enough their feeds were almost the same

• And of course, it didn't take long for Dispatch to take photos of them in dates in couple outfits

• They let themselves be photographed on purpose so their labels could confirm it and they could live their lives normally

• They were very private

• So you can imagine the absolute CRASH that happened on Instagram when Jinu, now staring at a movie, appeared with Rumi at the red carpet of Cannes

• He knew it was going to happen but he decided to post anyway for shits and giggles

• He needed a new phone after that

• They almost never have their dates on their houses

• Otherwise Mira and Zoey and the other saja boys would tease them way too much

• Jinu helped Rumi with her demon side

• They always went to watch the other in an event disguised

• And left the place from behind

• Got married after 5 years of relationship

• Jinu insisted the family took Rumi's last name "Ryu" instead of his last name (Choi), becoming officially Ryu Jinu

• Had a daughter named Ryu Somi

• In terms of appearence, Rumi's genes barely even tried

• Nine months in her womb, making her suffer for Somi to look like her stupid dad

• Of course she had a human form

• But as Rumi is half demon (50%) and Jinu is full demon (100%)

• That makes Somi 75% demon

• In her human form, she has more patterns than Rumi and less than Jinu

• Her patterns shine with a rainbow color discreetly but still slightly more evident than Rumi's

• In her demon form, both her eyes turn gold instead of just one

• And her skin also becomes purple, but a lighter shade of purple than Jinu's

• Naturally blessed with otherworldly visuals

• She can also sing, dance, rap, act, and play many instruments

• Unlike Celine, Rumi and Jinu never told her to hide her patterns

• Derpy and Sussie sleep in her room

• And this happy family lived happily ever after for centuries

[yourstrulylightstar283]

Adorable💕😀

cutest adorable horangi and kkachi

[not-quite-normal]

Omg was the team's name for the tiger derpy? The bird and tiger are absolutely my favourite pair in the movie I adore them with my heart and soul 😌 congrats to you and the team for its success!!! Really fantastic job with the soundtrack and bold visuals ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و everything is so wonderfully eye-catching and has such a strong aesthetic of it's own, it's no wonder the animation is getting appreciated like spiderverse! Did anything from atsv help with figuring out the look of kpdh?

it was never said in the movie but yeah! the tiger is derpy and the magpie is sussie (confirmed by the director maggie kang on twitter, sorry for linking to the Bad Place)

and thank you! that's a great question, because although we wanted a very different look from spiderverse, we used a lot of stuff that we learned from it. we used more of a mix of animating on ones and twos, as well as "expression lines" (though not nearly as much as we would on spidey). spiderverse is meant to look very flat, hard, graphic, and comic-y, like it was printed in ink. the directors wanted kpop to have a lot more depth, softness, elegance and glamour to it. a lot of inspiration was taken from k dramas, which we watched a bunch of together as a crew haha, it was fun!

in general, spiderverse opened the doors to style exploration and a lot of kpop wouldn't have been possible without the tools and workflows set up from before! kpop required a lot of new stuff too though, like costume management, chibi faces, crowd tools, fx rigs for weapon smears, hair dynamics, a visible "metronome" for the songs, and probably a few more that i'm forgetting lol

[marigoldendragon]

@twst-aceofhearts

don't feel obligated to draw them to if you don't want to but like

the horangi (tiger) and kkamagi (magpie) from kpdh.

Yeah that took me a moment to decipher. I wasn't sure if you were talking about oc's there. Not sure if I'll ever draw them? But I did like them a lot. Funky lil' guys :D

[ot8spreadsheetstay]

i have a draft for an actual review of kpdh but real quick

netflix. are you listening to me netflix

a series of tiger and magpie going around korea and casually observing normal human behavior. noraebang. farmers in fields. sit down restaurants with one thing on the menu. office workers drinking together after a stressful project is completed. sitting at a bus stop in the rain. so many possibilities. you dont even need voice actors

call it 'tiger and magpie' (or 'ty and maggie' maybe)

[yourstrulylightstar283]

I adore this movie😀💕💐

[primadonnabish]

KPDH, Jinu’s Tiger & Magpie officially have names:

Please welcome Derpy & Sussy