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How Did Gu Won Become a Demon?

(may contain spoiler up to episode 8/9)

Ok:

So going off my pet theory that Do Do Hee was Gu Won’s body guard in their past life -

-(they very strongly imply it with her long look at the sword woman art piece and that fun bit of "I'm my body guard's body guard joke") (paired with GW starting to get his human memories of a sword woman back IMMEDIATLY after they start associating) -

-I’m guessing that DDH actually died somehow protecting Gu Won from a demon -

(- they’ve implied/said you have to kill the last demon to become a demon, and why else would a seemingly good natured young lord kill a demon except in either grief/rage or self defence)-

- so my guess is that Gu Won became a demon by either:

a) Killing the demon in retaliation of DDH death and thus became one

b) Struck a deal with the last demon to make sure he lived long enough to find DDH again

c) Some mix of both.

I’m honestly leaning towards a deal because of how he’s losing his abilities. If he struck a deal to become a demon to get immortality for long enough to find her again - in exchange for his memories, humanity, and doing deals - then meeting her again could be the reason why his powers are going wonky.

The deal is fulfilled; his time's up.

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(....You know, it would be an absolute crack theory to think that DDH was the one who was supposed to have been a demon or died or something in the past life, but was saved by Gu Won taking on the deal instead.

It would explain why the tattoo shifted to her the second they had a real skin connection going. Absolutely bonkers. There's no way. )

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UPDATE due to episode 9:

So I think I was RIGHT.

I think I was right about the deal due to his confirmation that God gave him the abilities - previously murdered demon or no- but I still can't figure what the parameter of the deal is beyond my earlier guesses.

And why did his powers shift?

If he was given abilities, then who took them in the first place? Unless DDH is a supernatural herself, someone has to be pulling the strings to have made this happen.

It either has to be:

a) A condition in the deal

(if it is a deal, and it would be a ridiculous condition to have his powers shift to her and result in him dying as soon as he met her again- oh that might be it. Literally live long enough to find her again.)

b) A side effect of the deal not getting completed

(We've now seen that deals left unfinished by a demon with no powers gets nullified. If his deal to be a demon was somehow unable to be fulfilled, that might be why he's dying? Doesn't make much sense though.)

c) Or some complete rando factor that hasn't been introduced yet.