oh… guwon is conquering a sisyphean task.
sisyphus was the king of the city and did not stop at anything to make it thrive, even if it meant that he would defy gods, THE Zeus himself for water and Thanatos of the underworld where sisyphus defied death and people did not die for a while. He was sentenced to push a giant boulder up a hill and it would roll down right before reaching the top.
he had to keep starting over — that was his punishment.
all this to say — you can think that life is meaningless, minute, stupid, SURE! but i think the pushing of the boulder made sisyphus reflect on his life. He did not care about the gods, the certainty of death, or divine laws (like most people) he just did whatever. why? He had his reasons but MAINLY bc he rlly wanted to, and that made *his* life worth living to the point that he did not want to die (why he did that to Thanatos). after finally he died and was punished, there were no regrets.
NOW ABOUT GUWON. he said he didn’t care about life of death or life (assuming nothing and no one mattered to him), he did whatever he wanted but thats because he dedicated his life to what he thought was for the town. there is certainty of death in their world but he defied it because he wanted to. as he was about to die, he realized he did care. he cared about the town, the kids, and his relationship with jinwoo, he only realized that though when he was about to die. he had to "push the boulder to the top" like metaphorically go through shit until he was *almost* at the peak of his life but it all came rolling down and he has to start over again.
LIKE DAMMIT HE LITERALLY WENT UP THE HILL WITH JINWOO AND CRASHED DOWN.
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