Firedawn

i hope their roleplay is STRANGE and GOOFY

constantly worried and paranoid. (they get over it after some time)

bonus:

you can look at this two ways

on one hand, you can see it as the extent to which she hates that name and everything it represents, that she would still withhold it even with nothing to lose

on the other hand, she shared her given name moments before she gave her life for Sae-byeok. after spending years dragging her family name around with her, she was finally able to let it go and be herself

Sae-byeok gave Ji-yeong to opportunity to define herself, maybe for the first time in her life, and she died as the version of herself that she chose to be.

“Ji-yeong … that’s it.”

i don’t think we talk enough about how truly devastating ji-yeong’s story is and how heartbreaking her death actually was. ali’s death was upsetting too i will always defend him, but ji-yeong’s breaks me.

we know that her father was a pastor and abused her as a kid, also killing ji-yeong’s mom. ji-yeong then had to kill her dad, leaving her alone with two dead parents. we know she was sent to prison and was released back into the world aimlessly, no set goal in mind.

she came into the games as a last resort, something to keep her occupied. she ends up sacrificing her own life to keep sae-byeok moving forward in her journey. she is aware that her own journey is meaningless and empty. she knows that sae-byeok has a chance. she believed in her.

ji-yeong’s death encapsulates the absolute horrors of the world that we call home. ji-yeong was not selfish, she was not uncaring, she just knew that someone with people waiting for her had to prevail instead of her.

even though she was pushed to the brink, at her last end, ji-yeong still managed to have humility and humanity. she is proof that there is so much hope for our world, but in its conditions, it’s nearly impossible to see it.