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noona96n · 2 years

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Beyond Evil characters as the major arcana

Han Juwon | 0 - The Fool

He’s literally a dumbass, like boi accused my man Dongsik of multiple murders T^T

But on a more serious note, in upright position, The Fool can mean beginning, innocence, free-spiritedness, idealism, adventure. All the good and beautiful things in life that are experienced by a ‘newborn’ / a fledging is symbolized by The Fool. And is Juwon not all of that?? Did Beyond Evil not started by Juwon starting a sting operation? Is it not his adventure? Is he not living by an idealistic set of morals and principles that he tries his very best to uphold even in the worst of times? He basically begged to be arrested for his sting operation and forcing a victim and mtfckn setup the scene for the arrest of his own father. He is the embodiment of The Fool.

In reverse, The Fool represents recklessness, inconsideration, dumbassery. It can also mean to be taken advantage of, to be naive and gullible and foolish. And, uh, Juwon. Just- recklessly starting the sting operation, accusing Dongsik and barging into his basement and pointing a gun to his head and jabbing his chest, naively thinking that the world is black and white only to have the rug pulled from under him.

The major arcana is considered as The Fool’s journey in life… so The Fool can either be placed at the beginning (= starting a journey) or the end after The World (21) (= an adventure just came to an end, time to go on another one). I actually wanted to do a Beyond Evil-Major Arcana thing bcs i feel like the drama is a study in Juwon’s character development (or hero’s journey tbh… the phases Juwon went thru throughout the drama isn’t dissimilar from the hero’s journey way of storytelling). And that the character(s) I think fits The World is the ending of Juwon’s foolishness and naivety, the one who completes his story and ends the Beyond Evil story.

Lee Dongsik | 1 - The Magician

Dongsik walks a fine line between policeman and criminal w/ the way he moved Minjungie’s fingers and took her and Lee Geumhwa’s phones… with the way he tried to incarcerate himself, with the way he’s more than willing to break the law to achieve justice. And that’s what The Magician is… an inbetween of magic and mortal, of heaven and earth.

He’s willful, smart and resourceful, and so, so good at his job. But he’s also full of trickery and deception, more than willing to manipulate the police, the evidence, the circumstances for his own gain. Juwon fell into his trap many times.

Also, in The Fool’s journey, The Magician is the first being that The Fools encounter… whatever tool The Fool chooses from The Magician’s table (pentacle, sword, coin, wand) will help him through his time and maybe even indicates what kind of adventure he’s going on… So, if The Fool is the adventure, then The Magician is the one leading us down the road.

Even though I place him as The Magician, I think Dongsik can be represented by A LOT of other tarots… as himself or in relation to Juwon. I think he could also be:

2 The High Priestess = Dongsik is smart and intuitive and he knows everything, he holds the answer to everything Juwon wants to know. But he’s sneaky and secretive and confusing… he held all the cards but messed w/ Juwon constantly, he hid who he really is, hid his intention. His actions didn’t always align w/ his true intention and he continuously sowed doubts into everyone’s minds.

7 The Chariot = the way Dongsik has continues to live on in spite of all the tremendous loses and unfairness pitted against him… the way he’s determined to catch Kang Jinmook in the act even if it means breaking the law, the way he’s so focused on bringing justice to Yuyeon and putting her to rest. But also, the way he just… got lost and gave up on life after what happened to Sangyeob. And also, Dongsik was the one turning Juwon’s life upside down… he was the person who made Juwon lose control and question everything.

8 The Strength = i think Dongsik is the reason why Juwon becomes compassionate and confident in his ethics and profession. By wanting to save Dongsik from further hurt, Juwon also mustered the courage and bravery to stand up to his father and take him down. I’m not saying Juwon’s moral won’t hold up on his own, I’m saying Dongsik gave him that inner strength to arrest his father because he had wronged Dongsik so terribly. He gave him conviction. Dongsik was also the person who shook Juwon’s foundation and made Juwon doubt everything.

12 The Hanged Man = Dongsik’s literally the definition of The Hanged Man with his enormous capacity of love and compassion and kindness and the alarming lack of self-preservation.

20 Judgment = Dongsik was literally the reason why Juwon went to Manyang… so yeah, quite obvious there. But in a more emotional context, I like to think that Dongsik was the reckoning in Juwon’s life… the rebirth, the only forgiveness that mattered, the promise of a new beginning. But I also think that he might’ve instilled some degree of self-loathing into Juwon as well, esp if Juwon had the time to sit down and reflect on his past actions toward Dongsik.

21 The World = there’s always an emptiness within him bcs of what happened to his family and how his twin was never given closure, how he wasn’t given closure. But, at the end of it all, he managed to give himself closure… to his sister and family and all of Kang Jinmook’s victims as well. He closed the cycle. He can move on with life now, he can be at peace now. He’s also the culmination of Juwon’s hero’s journey and the closure to a dark and tumultuous period of Juwon’s life. The one who soothed Juwon’s doubt and instilled a sense of clarity into him and sent him on another adventure: repent by helping the lost ones and their families. He is The World just as much as Yuyeon is.

Dongsik is The World to Juwon.

Dongsik is the only person I couldn’t place in one single tarot. (Can u tell how much of a simp I am for him? I love him and his poetic suffering so much.)

JWDS

6 The Lovers = this card is about unity and harmony, about balances and choices. But, in reverse, it means bad decisions, disharmony, chaos. Well, I don’t really need to explain, do I?

10 The Wheel of Fortune = Dongsik is literally the turning point in Juwon’s life… and vice versa. Resisting each other is impossible.

13 Death = the end of a cycle, transition, metamorphosis… Dongsik is able to move into a new, more beautiful chapter of his life because of Juwon and Juwon extracting himself from under Han Gihwan’s heels and becoming someone who’s softer and kinder and more considerate because of Dongsik. Juwon also went through an internal transformation because of Dongsik.

Do Haewon | 3 - The Empress

She’s a mother who’s suffocating her child… she loves Jeongje so much she’s willing to ruin his life if it means she can keep him ‘safe’... she’s just so- idk

I think she sees Jeongje as an extension of herself but not in the way Han Gihwan sees Juwon as a self-extension to gain glory for himself, I think Do Haewon sees Jeongje as a literal part of herself. Not sth to use but sth to love and protect like oneself.

Kang Jinmook | 4 - The Emperor

This is the card of fatherhood but also the card of tyranny. Kang Jinmook was a literal serial killer… he was obsessed w/ Hyemi, obsessed w/ killing her. And he’s so controlling of Minjung too.

Kwon Hyuk | 5 - The Hierophant

He’s Juwon’s tutor. No, seriously, he’s Juwon’s tutor, educator, the one who gave Juwon the info he needed and that’s what The Hierophant is. Also, he’s the middleman who’s been keeping the peace in the Han household for ages. He is The Hierophant.

Also also, my man conformed, conformed, conformed… until he didn’t anymore… until he thought for himself and rebelled which yas. And it’s literally so funny that in career context, a reversed Hierophant means peer pressure and bureaucratic suffocation and Hyuk was literally choking on the pressure Han Gihwan put on him.

Oh Jihwa and Nam Sangbae | 11 - Justice

It’s a no-brainer for Jihwa tbh… she’s a straight-laced police officer who's all about fairness and accountability and consequences and integrity and JUSTICE. She has never wavered in her fight for justice. She’s so admirable and I am in awe of her.

The chief… Well, he made mistakes in the past but they were honest mistakes… he owned up to it and apologized and tried to amend things by taking care of Dongsik in his own ways. He caused an injustice and he continued to pay retributions… he tried to right his wrongs until his moment of death.

Han Gihwan | 15 - The Devil

Mtfck is so obsessed w/ power and so goddamn controling

The fact that he has zero compassion for anyone, not even his own son… he only gives a fck about himself

Park Jeongje and Lee Changjin | 16 - The Tower

My least favorite card in the major arcana… sorry? I just think it’s the most evil card ever… it has the most unsettling illustration in every deck… a tower splitting and catching fire while thunder and lightning kick up a fuss everywhere. It’s just so… chaotic and so insecure and disastrous and traumatic. In reverse, it literally means averting a disaster but only in the sense of delaying the inevitable.

I fckn hate this card and I’m sorry to Jeongje but he is The Tower thru and thru.

Lee Changjin is The Tower bcs he's the mtfck who's a part of the whole clusterfck… helped cover up for Han Gihwan only to have him thrown jail later. And he just gives me anxiety in general, so…

Yoo Jaeyi | 17 - The Star

She is The Star to Minjungie's moon and Jihoonie's Sun… the youthful inspiration for Minjungie and Jihoonie.

She's the twinkling hope in the sky that kept on believing in her mom and searching for her… even thru hopelessness and despondent, she still managed to kept her spirit up and let go of despair.

Even when she thought Kang Jinmook was going to kill her she still kept a somewhat positive outlook and believed that Dongsik would avenge her.

She's had loses but she also endured. She had suffered so beautifully. She's The Star to me.

Kang Minjung | 18 - The Moon

I’m not saying that Minjungie’s life is a lie but I associate her life with lies… but mb that’s bcs I think of her in conjunction w/ Kang Jinmook… i mean, she wasn’t his child and we were literally introduced to Minjungie thru lies… she went out partying instead of studying like she was supposed to.

Anyway, it's Minjungie who lifted the veil of deception off of Kang Jinmook… like, she’s the revealer of truth… anddd she was the first to fully embrace the fact that she wasn’t Kang Jinmook’s child… she was no longer going to live in this farce

Also, her fear… her being buried alive... the way her breathing can be heard when Dongsik wrecked that yard looking for her

also, i think like she's really full of love and emotions, mischievous, child-like emotions, and i associate those w/ The Moon

Oh Jihoon | 19 - The Sun

His smile, his softness, his kindness, his compassion. He's not the glaring summer Sun but the soft one in spring that glows rather than burns.

He’s just so full of joy and spirit, ya know? Such a sweet character, so easy to love.

But also, he can scourge the earth and burn everything in his path with his recklessness and anger as well.

Lee Yuyeon | 21 - The World

Yuyeon has always been The World to me… to Dongsik… and to Juwon too, in a sense.

She was the reason why Dongsik has been living half a life but she was also the reason why Dongsik was able to move on. The truth of her death also closed a chapter of Juwon and Jeongje’s life.

She holds all the cards. She's the full circle. She’s the beginning and the end.

PS. im an amateur tarot enthusiast, i went w/ vibes and my own interpretations more than anything else

wholehearted thanks to frog-san for encouraging this nonsense ✩