Take what I said for a grain of salt but the shaman explained this already, or Muni ( past live MC) aldeady. There are two Muni, our MC (Giyun) and the soul.
Essentially, our MC was born without a soul. This sounds confusing but technically, when Muni almost died in the pit and the ML in the past organised that ritual where they tried to revive Muni, the soul and the body seperated and the body was left as a husk while the soul wanders aimlessly. I guess he felt wronged and when he saw the reincarnation of the young master (ML) Muni was enraged seeing how he could move in (?).
But Muni still needed energy to control things, like maintaining a body. So, he saw Jumin (the guy who was obsessed with Yitae) and created this orchestration where using Jumin, lived out the live he never could. That way, Muni lived through Jumin, who recieved Yitae’s love. But here’s the problem, like the Shaman said, Yitae and Giyun are soulmates, but Muni thought Jumin was himself (I might be wrong here, but be possibly thinks he is the reincarnated version of himself) and controlled Yitae to love only him. The bookmark was the talisman that anchored Muni’s soul.
About the different versions of the ML, I believe Muni created the one who is like a snake, but the actual soul of the young master is there as well. That one soul who knew he was controlled by Muni.
Maybe, Muni harboured so much resentment that even the shaman from the past knew some lingering karma will return. That was why she comes through Giyun’s dream, also, the shamn gave him a talisman to protect his body from a vengeful soul taking it.
That’s all I gathered so far. The horror aspect is very interesting, let’s see how this goes.
Ok im parking here in case i forgot the plot back
I understand the back story but what is confusing me is the present, mainly because there are too many versions of the MC and ML that I am getting confused. So what am I gathering so far, and please can someone who understands who is who please confirm, I will be super grateful:
MC:
1. Snake MC that loves ML – this one is the shadow/scribble and possesses the Sharman and the other office worker that ended up in hospital
2. Present day human MC who doesn’t have a clue what is going on and feels nothing toward ML
3. Inside MC is the past MC who hates ML for how he treated him.
Are there any more MC’s I am missing because sometimes the MC is blushing at the ML so I wonder if there is another one as well?
ML:
1. Snake ML with yellow eyes. What confuses me here is the yellow eyes ML and the shadow snake act like two different entities, but it said they are the same one, and the snake created him after finding out the MC is the real reincarnation. So why did yellow eyes hide from the elevator shadow at the beginning if they are the same entity?
2. Present day human ML who doesn’t have a clue what is going on like MC, but he does have an attraction towards the MC so that is why the snake stepped in to stop their relationship before the snake learnt that MC is the real reincarnation.
3. Now there is this new ML who it seems is the past ML that fell in love with the dying MC? Is he within the ML, like the one who hates ML is in MC?
Am I on the right track? I think if I can get my head around who is who I will able to understand better.