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the trauma that the 73rd demon realm would’ve given KimCom is spoken about a lot, but I haven’t seen anyone get into the specifics of it. let’s put the focus on yoo joonghyuk and the kids.
as said in the notes of the last reblog, i feel like the real (as he believed) death of kim dokja happening in his arms would’ve deeply affected yjh’s psyche. imagine you find someone who so perfectly contrasts you and then having to kill him. he would’ve thought he lost the man forever. and the fact that the man was in his arms as he turned to dust? it would’ve ruined him because why does everything he touch become ashes and dust? and this is third round yoo jonghyuk. he just got betrayed to hell by anna croft. it’s lucky he didn’t remember, otherwise he would’ve never spoken to dokja again. the contrast between a cradle and a stab to the chest is so intriguing and so depressing. like the symbolism??? the opening to a character psyche????? this is why I like that one fanart (I can’t find it anymore someone help)
Ok I went I on a bit of a tangent so I’ll keep the children short. Of course, killing their father figure was deeply traumatizing. No child should ever have to go through that. And the fact that he encouraged it? I could go so deep into the psychological effects that death still has on the kids afterward. But the thing that’s so jarring to me is the fact that he tells them to “treat this as a game.” Correct me if I’m wrong, but that was the first time he ever “played a game” with them. That action is a moment of bonding between a father and a child. Dokja tried to shed some light into the horrible scenario they found themselves in, but his attempt ended up making everything so much darker. To take such an innocent phrase and distort it until it’s unrecognizable in the garden of death, blood, and mourning…