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So I just watched Kpop Demon Hunters with my partner the other night, and while I really did like the movie for the most part, there is one thing that REALLY bothers me about the final message. There was a message of learning to accept ones self, about forgiveness and redemption, but -

even though Jinu tells Rumi about the voices that haunt him via the demon lord Gwi-Ma, and even says those voices of pain and suffering are affecting ALL demons, there was no attempt to save other demons from Gwi-Ma other than Jinu. Like, when Rumi is rewriting the song, the lyrics are -

And even when Rumi forsakes the original Honmoon because it's built on hateful discrimination, when Huntr/x create a 'new' Honmoon supposedly from a new level of understanding, NO demons make it through. They ALL get pushed back down, back to suffering the torment of Gwi-Ma (presuming he's not dead)

They were SO CLOSE to giving us a message of hope, but instead they went back to a completely closed off world with no hope for any demon-kind to be redeemed. I am in no way saying every demon is good. Just like humans, plenty are bad to their core. But many are acting from the shame of their past-

mistakes, and the false promises that Gwi-Ma feeds them saying he can free them from suffering. Sometimes, good people do bad things. To permanently condemn them is not a message of hope. Again, I really enjoyed this movie, and how they explored the concept that demons are not by default just -