#personal notes

Archie's personal notes!!

(They like to write down their thoughts and experiences)

What’s a tropey movie about kpop without some commentary on unhealthy working conditions? Rumi losing her voice because of the pressure she was put under (by her guardian, herself and her growing demon marks) was part of it too.

LOVE that Huntrix lyricist Zoey’s idols were the Sunlight Sisters and that she’s been writing since she was in US, even before meeting the other girls! AND that she brought her words with her to the stage 🥺 These girls are so supportive of each other.

Anyway... THE TIGER

I was looking for tiger symbolism in Korean temples and stumbled across this statue of a bodhisattva and his tiger xD The resemblance is uncanny!

(However further investigation revealed that it is… a lion. Oh well…)

However, that did lead me down a wonderful hole of Korean wall paintings called dancheong. Here's a lovely blog post about this art, a paper about their construction and a facebook post about who makes them and how xD In the paper, I noticed something most mysterious...

What does this remind you of?

THAT'S RIGHT it's the design of Huntrix's first stage!

So if blog and facebook posts are to be believed, one of the purposes of dancheong on religious buildings (or palaces) with its vibrant colour was to guard the structure from evil spirits.

Which then calls one other thing to mind!

The tree with streamers where Celine can often be found. Honestly, I believe that is where generations of Honmoon guardians are buried, and she just wants to remain near her sisters in spirit. More on this in another post?

We see this quite often in kdramas or movies. This is a seonangdang, which is a shrine that acts like the guardian of a village. There are different types of these shrines, and this particular form is with stones are piled around an old sacred tree with decorations attached.

This place was intended to help keep away misfortune from the village and drive out demons. People also hung colored fabric or five-grain rice on the tree between New Year's and January 15 to pray for a happy year. People passing by the shrine would pick up a stone and throw it onto the pile to drive out demons on the road. (Source)

غريب ان الناس تقول عليك حاجة عشان هما عايزين.. غريب انهم طالما بيهتموا بحاجات انهم عايزينك أنت كمان تهتم بها و لو غير كدة تبقى ولا حاجة.. أو غريب أنك تكون معظم الوقت مع ناس هما مش عارفين أنت حقيقي مهتم بإيه.

مش هعيش عشان أثبت لهم اني بفكر و يمكن أحسن منهم.. تكفيني أفكاري عليا و خلينا حلوين مع بعض دايماً.

Yuji actively sabotaged Suguru from consuming cursed spirit orbs

Suguru and Yuji are monitoring each other’s eating habits

Satoru being a general menace

march 30 | working on my prospectus steadily now. I have to give my supervisor a final draft of my proposal and I’m worried it isn’t enough… but it’s what I have. I’m hoping he’s happy with it, and I’ll submit it to the committee on April 7th. and an ultrasound of my tongue! how cool is that?

🎧 posthumous forgiveness — tame impala

📖 the sword of kaigen

🎮 batman arkham city

🪴 grateful for hot sauce