the queen mother and my thoughts

i think the queen mother is such a fascinating character in this manwha bc of the subversion of our thoughts towards her as the story progresses. when we first see her, she seems like a delusional, grieving parent who lost her child and couldn’t handle the grief so she lost her mind. but as the story progresses, we see moments where she seems like she’s seeing the future and knows things others do not, like when leticia comes and she calls her child. now originally, of course, we think of it as another person she thinks of as julian, but we realize that she KNOWS leticia, and she KNOWS that in the future, leticia will be her child. and that subversion of thought relates to her relation to the gilliard(? i think that’s how u spell it ), the power of foresight in the manwha. even though we, as the reader, see her as “insane”, she subverts that expectation again and again while still having those comedy moments where she thinks her guard is her child to continue the “i’m delusional” aspect of her character. and my favorite aspect of this case is when she finally gets julian’s remains in the beginning, i believe she mentions that her child has returned to her, which is what she said since the beginning of her character, when she’s first introduced. of course, we’re meant to believe that that’s the end of it, that that’s the last we’ll see of that storyline. until the VERY END. julian is revived and returns to his mother, alive and well and happy. that’s what she meant this entire time. she knew he would come back to her, not as the “big child” or even “the child” (aka leticia), her “REAL child”. i find her character the most well-thought out and beautiful because of this and it ties up so well in my eyes. beautiful storytelling and one of the most stunning manwhas i’ve ever read!!