essentially from what i understood: jun and yeonwoo both look into the black mirror together, causing their reflection, and therefore their malice, to become one entity. so they need to be together in order for their 'taker' powers to be complete and at full strength. (i was originally guessing that maybe jun was the reflection of yeonwoo that came out of the mirror, which could explain why they are described as being 'one' and feeling whole together. and maybe since the black room is dark that would explain why if jun was the reflection he would have darker hair than yeonwoo lol)
the whole mirror entity is quite puzzling. i understood it as like this demon that exists in mirrors within these 'black rooms' across the world, and it wants people to act on their malice and devour other people. which apparently helps the mirror entity get stronger. but to what end?? why does this demon thing want to get stronger?
this sort of brings me to my next thought: i almost get the impression that jun and yeonwoo are in over their heads and dealing with something they don't truly understand. like when characters in a movie play with a ouija board or perform some ritual they saw online. they are believing whatever the entity tells them and enjoying the benefits of their powers, but they might just be pawns, and eventually be devoured or possessed or something.
the characters...tbh i can't say i liked them LMAO but this is a darker story so that's not really important. jun is like on the fence of being an unreliable narrator, where he would seem genuinely distraught about the deaths, but then other times we see that masochistic side, where besides enjoying pain he's also drawing things out to enjoy the dread and thrill of it. the DESPAIR (sorry). it makes you wonder if he ever truly cares and is concerned for others, or if everything is just part of this game of cat and mouse he's playing with himself and his memories + yeonwoo. the text to that girl was prob his last shred of...compassion?
but yeah this was interesting, rlly cynical story, i don't rlly agree with what its saying about the nature of people though
very interesting. very weird!
essentially from what i understood: jun and yeonwoo both look into the black mirror together, causing their reflection, and therefore their malice, to become one entity. so they need to be together in order for their 'taker' powers to be complete and at full strength.
(i was originally guessing that maybe jun was the reflection of yeonwoo that came out of the mirror, which could explain why they are described as being 'one' and feeling whole together. and maybe since the black room is dark that would explain why if jun was the reflection he would have darker hair than yeonwoo lol)
the whole mirror entity is quite puzzling. i understood it as like this demon that exists in mirrors within these 'black rooms' across the world, and it wants people to act on their malice and devour other people. which apparently helps the mirror entity get stronger. but to what end?? why does this demon thing want to get stronger?
this sort of brings me to my next thought: i almost get the impression that jun and yeonwoo are in over their heads and dealing with something they don't truly understand. like when characters in a movie play with a ouija board or perform some ritual they saw online. they are believing whatever the entity tells them and enjoying the benefits of their powers, but they might just be pawns, and eventually be devoured or possessed or something.
the characters...tbh i can't say i liked them LMAO but this is a darker story so that's not really important. jun is like on the fence of being an unreliable narrator, where he would seem genuinely distraught about the deaths, but then other times we see that masochistic side, where besides enjoying pain he's also drawing things out to enjoy the dread and thrill of it. the DESPAIR (sorry). it makes you wonder if he ever truly cares and is concerned for others, or if everything is just part of this game of cat and mouse he's playing with himself and his memories + yeonwoo. the text to that girl was prob his last shred of...compassion?
but yeah this was interesting, rlly cynical story, i don't rlly agree with what its saying about the nature of people though