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So… it took me some time to realize that even Ian’s name comes from (Br)Ian. He is literally a part of himself and his soul. And the reason a lot of people can’t wrap their head around them being the same person is because a part of him is still missing and I’m not talking only about his previous life’s memories. While I see decent amount of people waving to Ian/Lorkan in recent chapters, I decided to write my little essay on those things and why it can’t happen.
So, I think a lot of people got the impression that this is not a regular love triangle story with “I have feelings for both, who should I choose”, because Cardinal is not that interested in having romantic relationship with Ian (we’ll talk about it later) and Brian/Ian clearly has no romantic swings towards him either. The story itself is build around two opposite ideas, old as the time: mind vs heart, desire vs duty, etc. Lorkan and Sol clearly represent these ideas along with things around them. Sol is about magic, Arcaia, free choice, honesty, consent and all the good things. Lorkan is about order, Derwin, duty, “curse” and everything relatively bad. I think the most important part is how Ian feels about interacting with those things. If you go back to beginning of the story, you’ll notice how everything in Derwin is gray, lifeless, corrupted and based on lies. And more importantly, how unhappy Ian is in this world built for him (the whole Derwin is literally a cage Lorkan made for his “bird”). The fact that Ian oversleeps every single day, disrespects his knight’s duties occasionally is not only about his night agenda but also about how much he is depressed, lost and confused about his life. “People who are dissatisfied with their current lives (…) and I was one of those people”. While he is with Sol, he feels comfort, safety, being seen and understood, he finds peace within his presence and his mana (while Lorkan’s is suffocating). Being around Sol is like enjoying sun laying on the lawn, it is warm and fulfilling. Cardinal presence is more like desperately reaching to a lantern in the dark — it is the only source of light within darkness, it reminds you of the sun, but you end up bumping into cold glass casket hurting yourself.

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Hear me out. I think they're all players.

but first off...

RULES OF THE TAPES
- Tapes = save files/load point
- Tapes only reload if they were played before you died
- Faulty tape = faulty load point (i.e. Hyungshin thinking he's some spiritual guy that one time)
- Tapes can be marked AND THESE MARKS WILL NOT BE OVERWRITTEN. (ex. Yongtaek's smiley tape, Seongchan's check tape)
- The MOST RECENTLY USED TAPE of a player is considered their latest save file, regardless of markings.


PLAYERS:

1. Bada
- I agree with another comment that Bada probs has another tape with his old memories, but it's been lost for a LONG TIME.
- Bada DOESN'T mark his tapes, which is probs why he lost his Main one
- Whatever tape Bada used to replace his lost one might've been Doha's Main tape, hence why he knows he's in a game, but not much else

2. Seongchan [Main tape = tape with check, but no confirmed save file info]
- Since he's Bada's cousin AND has a marked tape, he probs also got numb to dying, WHICH IS WHY HE'S NORMALLY THE FIRST TO DIE. He doesn't care anymore.
- Him dying early is why he tag teams with Yongtaek. Yongtaek does double the work if Seongchan dies (lazy ahh)

3. Yongtaek [Main tape = smiley faces w/ "The End"]
- Was likely dragged into this freaky ahh death loop by Seongchan
- Joined AROUND THE SAME TIME as Bada

4. Hyungshin [unknown Main tape]
- His OG tape was either faulty or got completely wrecked
- His wrecked tape data is probs why he's a himbo (or he's just naturally that way)

5. Jaeseob [unknown Main tape. full theory, no confirmed info]
- His tape/save file is probs the most secure and hidden
- His chronic complaining can be explained cuz of HIM HAVING HIS COMPLETE MEMORIES FROM BEFORE THE GAME
- Might be the only player remaining who still remembers the ACTUAL way to end the game

6. Doha [unknown Main tape]
- Might be the newest player
- Clearly has practical and intellectual experience with horror
- Like Bada, he doesn't mark his tapes, which is why he's likely not using his Main tape with his pre-game memories. He might've found Bada's Main tape, which could explain why he's so into Bada.


RULES OF THE GAME (that we know so far)
A. Dying is not an escape
B. Different ways of dying = Different "endings"
C. Solving puzzles to reach certain areas (AND THEN dying) counts as a new ending
D. The killer normally appears when players trigger a death flag trope
E. The killer respawns unless Doha kills him for some reason, idk why
F. You can only save using casette tapes (see above)


If anyone else has stuff to pitch in/need me to edit, drop a reply.

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