I took a break from this thinking I'll return to catch up for the season 3 finale, only to find out that this was THE finale. And I actually enjoyed the ending!! I wasn't sure how the author was going to pull the escape since they established Bada as an NPC but I think she managed it well.
I appreciate that we returned a bit to the cliche horror tropes at the end there as, like the author pointed out, they took a backseat in most of season 3.
With that being said, I like the implication that, for Bada who is an NPC in the game world, HIS world was able to move on—finally—from the events in the game. Almost like he specifically was stuck in a never ending time loop and could finally escape. Doha (and the others) "forgetting" everything that occured makes sense to me because if it were irl people "isekaied" into the game, then their escape would just be them finally able to disconnect from the game and return to the real world. I don't know if the author will expand on that, but it's a fun thread of thought nonetheless.
I also like the implication that Doha's personality (and the others) might've been influenced by the Player Character they were attached too, so even though in game Doha has no recollection of Doha outside of being Seongchan's cousin he fished out of the river (also great continuity, seeing as Bada followed after them on a motorcycle so him crashing solo makes sense!), Doha is still intrigued by this man acting out of the norm (and so boldly!). Twice, now, his dream man has fallen into his lap quite conveniently, how lucky!
And while I don't expect the author to delve too much into it, I would love to see their take on a "reveal" that irl!Doha returned to the real world without his man and ... I don't know, went mad trying to return and eventually ... Succeeding? ;)
I took a break from this thinking I'll return to catch up for the season 3 finale, only to find out that this was THE finale. And I actually enjoyed the ending!! I wasn't sure how the author was going to pull the escape since they established Bada as an NPC but I think she managed it well.
I appreciate that we returned a bit to the cliche horror tropes at the end there as, like the author pointed out, they took a backseat in most of season 3.
With that being said, I like the implication that, for Bada who is an NPC in the game world, HIS world was able to move on—finally—from the events in the game. Almost like he specifically was stuck in a never ending time loop and could finally escape. Doha (and the others) "forgetting" everything that occured makes sense to me because if it were irl people "isekaied" into the game, then their escape would just be them finally able to disconnect from the game and return to the real world. I don't know if the author will expand on that, but it's a fun thread of thought nonetheless.
I also like the implication that Doha's personality (and the others) might've been influenced by the Player Character they were attached too, so even though in game Doha has no recollection of Doha outside of being Seongchan's cousin he fished out of the river (also great continuity, seeing as Bada followed after them on a motorcycle so him crashing solo makes sense!), Doha is still intrigued by this man acting out of the norm (and so boldly!). Twice, now, his dream man has fallen into his lap quite conveniently, how lucky!
And while I don't expect the author to delve too much into it, I would love to see their take on a "reveal" that irl!Doha returned to the real world without his man and ... I don't know, went mad trying to return and eventually ... Succeeding? ;)