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betawooper · 2 years

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anyways shinbyeong, at least thats the title im going with unless i come up with something more cool

the setting is korea in the early 1930s (so during the japanese occupation of the peninsula), where theres a single mother and her 18 year old child who refuses to get married are trying their best to get by

but then a fateful encounter with a mysterious shaman occurs causing both the mother and the child to be possessed/linked to a nature spirit, now they have to find that mysterious shaman and break their connections to the spirit with the help of other shamans in similar predicaments, all while avoiding being captured by the government, as you do

#wish i had names for the mom and her kid but since theyre both korean and japanese #during a time when the government mandated that korean people couldnt have japanese names makes this a bit difficult #but yeah the magic system is essentially like irl korean shamanism but with my own spin on it #shinbyeong is an actual phenomenon irl people can experience where they get sick or weak with no explainable reason why #and shamans have noted that this predicts who has been chosen to be a shaman by the spirits or gods #but im pretty sure irl shamans cant manipulate the elements lol #this story is meant to be about self acceptance and reconnecting with your culture when youve been denied it due to external factors #felt placing this in the 1930s when japan was really controlling of korean culture was a really good fit #focusing on shamanism was also deliberate since it is an indigenous religion to koreans thats been constantly been pushed away #in favor of buddhism or shintoism or whatever #and the fact that the rapid westernization of korea began around this point also serves to show that disconnect from tradition #idk its been pretty fun thinking about this stuff even if there is obviously a lot of heavy topics like war crimes and brutality #some of which will be covered in shinbyeong #now i do plan on working on this on and off since i do have the kny rewrite to complete #but its on my to do list :)#shinbyeong

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