I’m lowkey confused but I like what I’m reading so heck yeah !!!
“Their blood must mingle” as in bada and songchan?
No wait a minute " One blind by the rite = the Killer, and One who would dare defy it= A villager aka an NPC trying to escape the repetitive scenarios" what if the glass guy is the true NPC?
Omg, I need sleep, this detective shit is frying my brain
Seongchan and Bada aren't cousins, it was a fake "memory" that they put into Bada but I really like this theory and the poem interpretation
Might be part of the convoluted game plot so that they actually have a chance to gtfo
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"One blind by the rite" applies to BOTH [the killer] and the "One chosen" to watch everything rewind [aka they get left in the game]
"One who would dare defy it" = players AND the villager NPC who isnt into the cult shi
"Prepare the final rite"
"One blind to the rite and one who would dare to defy it."
This line has a double meaning. Bada explained one meaning, but I'll get back to the other meaning later.
"Their blood must mingle as one. Only then will the curse be lifted. Only then shall the rite be made whole."
Also double meaning. Wait for it.
"And only one person... He who partakes in the sacred act, shall be granted the honor of seeing all things returned to their proper place."
This line was misinterpreted.
Now, what's the double meaning of this rite?
The gameplay loop. Picture this from the perspective of a loop AND a player who knows this is a game.
If you know this is a game, then OTHERS HAVE PLAYED IT BEFORE.
Therefore, in the previous gameplay...
The "One who partakes in the sacred act" becomes the OTHER "One blind to the rite" in the next batch of players.
But how can "Their blood mingle as one" with the "One who would dare to defy it," hm?
BADA AND SEONGCHAN ARE COUSINS, REMEMBER?
That seals Seongchan's fate as the "One who dared to defy the rite" AND "one who partook in the sacred act"
But what sacred act? LOOPING THE GAME BY HIMSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Because of that, Seongchan doomed himself to be stuck in the game.
Just. Like. Bada. Who doesn't realize he used to be a player.
The only reason Doha doesn't qualify is that he isn't blood-related or marriage-bound to Bada before the game. Blood must mingle and allat.
So yeah basically Seongchan is doomed [deserved].