#daring rambles

to which I have another proposal: people who collect and wear lots of pins, keychains, bracelets with plastic beads, etc: would be impervious to The Fae.

Ji-Woon at least to me, one of the most terrifying and sadistic out of DBD’s original Killers, (lorewise) at least out of those who fit into the category of “started out as/still is a normal human who just so happened to go a little crazy”

Sure, Anna is built like a damn truck to where she could probably throw one. Tarhos is equally tanky, rocking full plate armor and three whole broskis who are just as ruthlessly violent as he is. Porsha has plenty of experience as a murderous pirate countess driven by revenge and ofc with good boy Snug at her side who will happily monch your fingers like Milk Bones. But Ji-Woon?

THAT IS JUST A GUY. He was a renowned K-POP STAR, I repeat, A K-POP STAR by day, serial torturer and murderer by night.

He didn’t kill to fulfill, defend, or avenge, heck not even for money like Adriana he already had plenty of that. he did it all 👏FOR👏 THE 👏LOVE 👏OF 👏THE 👏GAME.

He managed to pull off shit that would make Ghostface blush with ten times the eyes on him, without even needing a mask!!!!

At least most other Killers are rooted in some level of fantastical, have brushes with the supernatural/some kind of legendary, tall-tale elements within their backstories. Stuff you’d only find in horror short stories or long-beheld small town rumors. Things that still tell the viewer, “yeah, this is indeed a fictional character we’re talking about.” The horror that makes them Killers is expected.

Ji-Woon Hak, The Trickster, feels terrifyingly, unequivocally… real. Plausible. He is not some miserable monster, tormented victim, not some tale passed down from a bygone time long entrenched within and explained by history.

As implied by his ingame model, bro is blind. cannot see shit, and doesn’t need to! The glowy green magic that summons the Guards, acts as a substitute for his destroyed vision. It acts as a spooky mystical equivalent of radar or echolocation. (also the phenomenon of “blindsight.” very cool.) Feels and senses rather than needing to process things visually.

Because of aforementioned ability to sense the emotions of others to understand his surroundings, and how he rarely speaks much, I like to imagine Tarhos is, in general, really easy to get along with for most of the other Killers. Absolute Bro Magnet! Respects the methods of Ji Woon and Danny, spars with Kazan and PH, etc. When a new Killer enters The Fog, 9 times outta 10 Tarhos and his Boys are gonna find something to respectfully bond with them over.

Except Herman. Herman tries to experiment on just about everyone and Tarhos vehemently declines. (i am under the belief almost none of Killers have a good relationship with Herman besides maybe Talbott and Wesker)

Was a medieval case of Acromegaly! Explains his size, strength, and vision problems he likely had when alive.

I like to think instead of complete burning hatred, he sees tormenting Vittorio almost like a game, or as his sacred duty in The Fog.

dislikes lizards for no discernible reason. Does however, detest deep water from past experience. (fell into a castle moat one time and nearly drowned)

like it’s different from stuff I’ve talked about before but also not, things like knight and Tokusatsu helmets, where the entire face is obscured in a way it becomes the face itself? These two pull off that exact same vibe, just in a different way. It’s so Fascinating to me that just a simple shroud/mask and face paint gives these otherwise completely normal dudes, the same looming, cool inhuman vibe the way a suit of knight armor does. same concept, different fonts.

look at these two images and tell me these are NOT two wildly different subspecies of the same Weird Critter.