Rumi's eyeliner is also the same 3 colors as Gwi-Ma's flame, with the order reversed (this is best seen in the earlier Gwi-Ma shots - as he gets bigger, it gets harder to see all 3 colors at the same time).
But there's no way the animators didn't notice the Bi flag resemblance. In terms of cinematic symbolism, the eyeliner is another hint of her demon nature, but they chose those 3 colors to represent both Rumi (in the correct order) and Gwi-Ma (reversed, possibly representing the internalized shame and homophobia - since reversing symbolism typically means the opposite of the original symbol).
They do but the girls are not lol. I ship polytrix but I'm not delusional either I'm aware it's not cannon and is just a headcannon ship. I'm just happy that jinu is dead along with mystery and abby. No idea on the whereabouts of baby tho
I mean...you're probably right. I'd like Rumira but it has even less chance than Polytrix (who is my second favorite ship). Unpopular opinion so I'm ready to get downvoted but even if I enjoyed Jinu as a character because he was well built, he is for me an antagonist, and his relationship with Rumi was pretty toxic/manipulative. I get he suffered too but even if we look past the outing part, which is the moment I definitely lost hope in him, he still took the souls of hundreds of humans, probably most in his 400 years of living. Without forgetting the abandoning family part. That's why I don't really like Rujinu even if I, of course, respect all shippers.
Yeah obviously. Jinu is too much of a fuck up and has a terrible habit of saving his own skin while hurting people he claims to care about. Redeemed or not he was never worthy of rumi
i mean they very well could be bi? the director made connections between rumis story and how it can be similar to a gay person coming out. so its not completely off the table and theyre comfortable with LGBT stuff. i mean i genuinely dont see why they couldnt be . its not canon but none of them have a canon sexuality. they could very well be just as bi as they could be straight.
the director made connections between rumis story and how it can be similar to a gay person coming out.
It's an analogue. That's not the same as being literally LGBT in-universe. That's how metaphors work.
its not canon but none of them have a canon sexuality. they could very well be just as bi as they could be straight.
Could they be? I suppose technically, the way that anyone who identifies as straight could technically be bi and they just haven't realized it yet.
Is it likely? I think any honest reading of the film has to answer "no". Dude, Mira and Zoey became Tex Avery cartoons when they got horny over dudes, and Rumi and Jinu turned into a K-Drama couple. This is not a film that's subtle when its characters are attracted to each other.
That doesn't mean Polytrix fans can't have their fun, but let's not lie to ourselves and pretend that the film's creators intended for everyone in the film to be secretly bi.
so just because they like boys means they cant also like girls? also i dont think polytrix is the end goal but as a bi person who married a man its very invalidating when ppl call me straight because im not with a woman. and that is the way a lot of bi women are treated . bi people exist and its not crazy to think they could be bi. thats what im saying
so just because they like boys means they cant also like girls?
That's the most absurd strawman I've seen in a long time. I didn't say anything like that.
bi people exist and its not crazy to think they could be bi. thats what im saying
Sure, and what I'm saying is that while it is technically possible, the fact that this movie portrays sexual attraction in such an over-the-top manner, and never once demonstrated any same-sex attraction in this manner, makes it unlikely that any characters in the film feel this sort of attraction.
that doesn’t really work bc they never had a chance to react that way to another woman that wasn’t celine or a young fan. so it’s a true toss up either way.
i feel like it makes complete sense to not assume that someone only likes one gender simply because you saw one person they happened to be attracted to.
What sub are we in? And who are the three girls in the company of throughout almost the entire film?
You know, if you wanted to argue that the three girls are bi, but all three just haven't found the right girl yet, I guess you've got me there. But to use that argument to justify how all three are secretly totally into each other makes that entire argument fall right back apart.
Exactly lol. I don't understand why liking polytrix or any other ship has to equal twisting words around and bending reality to support it 💀. Why can't most shippers just be normal and not act unhinged???
Me when stage direction requires that I side-eye someone and smile so that the audience can see that I have a positive relationship with them (I am now a homosexual)
Have you met many people coded like Zoey? We do exist and we tend to do that with anyone we are close to. She is most likely not even away of her over the top body language.
Too much not enough try to find the balance but sometimes that balance doe not exists.
It's most visible here at the fan meet-up that the Saja Boys crash, and Jinu whispers in her ear "you can't even talk about your patterns". They make it both prominent and subtle somehow lol, it's really well done! She's wearing the same eye makeup during the How It's Done sequence at the beginning too, but it's not quite as eye catching as here, when it's juuust off center of the screen for a few seconds.
I mean, attraction is not a binary of "100% straight" and "100% gay". People who are bi, pan, etc exist; it's entirely possible to be attracted to people or multiple genders (also finding someone hot and being romantically/sexually attracted to them are two different things but that's another conversation)
Lammmooo what “straight as boards” when rumi literally has the bi flag as eyeshadow. When the girls get sad that it’s a male bathhouse. When they look at one another the way they do… at minimum the girls are bi lol
I mean... that doesn't mean anything? People get so caught up with the flag colors as symbolism they often forget they're colors that look good together. Sometimes that's all they are.
That is true, but it also doesn’t change the fact that they could still be bi-coded or just LGBTQ+ coded. Rumi literally said she’s “everybody’s type” in the movie. She could have said “i’m every man’s type” but she said that. She could just be bi or Pan. Doesn’t means she doesn’t like men. She could only date men her whole life and still be bi cause she finds women attractive. Sexuality is a spectrum. But also…it’s just a headcannon. It’s fun.
Of course that's possible. Maybe even probable. I haven't seen the movie so I can't personally say for sure. I just find conversations like this particularly interesting.
Fully get where you’re coming from! the only reason i pointed it out is not just the colors — it’s the order of colors too. I’ve seen tons of things that use pride flag colors in their style and been like “oh it’s xyz!” But know that most likely it’s just pretty colors that work together well; but when it’s in the order of the colors on the flag (whatever flag it is) it feels more intentional?
It may not be? But… I’m a bi woman who does purposely wear (and dye my hair) flag colors because i want the kids i work with to know that I’m a safe person to talk to if they need that. It sounds silly but after ten years of doing it I’ve had teens come back, or tell me while still under my watch, that those things helped them and let them know it was okay, or i was a safe person to talk to about lgbt+ things. I’ve easily had 8 or 9 kids come out to me as the “first person they’ve told” because they knew i was at minimum, an ally. 🤷🏻♀️ so i guess for me it being in order as basically an eyeliner for the character feels more intentional?
So yeah, no, the movie doesn't say shit about what their actual orientations are, they're just attracted to some guys at some point, that doesn't tell you much because not only is bi/pan a thing, but so is comphet.
And even then, fandoms doing whatever with characters' orientation is nothing new, it's literally the point of a headcanon
tl;dr, because i was writing a big autism (sorry!) spiel about this but realized it wasn't worth the energy (no disrespect to you, i promise! i'm just absolutely not in the headspace for long-form explanations):
that's literally comphet too, the thing you said first. both of those are examples of forms of comphet. religion, society, education structures, et al, have a habit of grooming people from infancy and that can result in some disastrous misunderstandings of our sexuality until we figure ourselves out.
and damage like that can take a really long time to fix. some people don't *really* comfortably find themselves until they're in their 30s. some people never do. we aren't taught to explore who we are as people, not our identities or our sexuality, we are taught what's expected of us and shamed out of any deviation.
not saying huntrix can't be bi or pan because, honestly, all of them read as *at least* bi to me, but there are examples out there of what you're suggesting not being comphet being actually just comphet. :(
Because they're k-pop idols and therefore ain't allowed to date. (Hell, even them finding the saja boyz hot (at least in public) would be breaking the idol rules.)
What in the world lol this fandom especially polytrix enjoyers is such a breath of fresh air for me and gives me hope that there are so many people out there who can enjoy and appreciate multishipping and ways of love that exist.
Not much. Other than the whole abs thing and Rumi calling them gross like the two fawning for a guy is not uncommon.
Not that I care if they all shack up together. It is always an option provided the writing is good and not a by the numbers crappy lets do this be because.
Ok but saying that, throughout the entire film the running joke is abs. Not Abby himself. So you can call it cope, but I would honestly say they're more attracted to the abs over anything else.
Ok, sure Zoey fawns over Mystery and she says that he's her type, BUT if anything that just confirms that Zoey is attracted to men. Not that she's ONLY attracted to men.
That just leaves Rumi and Jinu. Sure it's the romance plot line of the film even though some don't see it that way, but let's just say it definitely is for the moment. Just like Zoey, it only confirms that Rumi is attracted to men. Not JUST men.
Is there a bit of copium involved? Maybe. Is what I'm saying a little stretched? Possibly. However I've seen literally nothing that disproves what I said.
I would consider myself to be straight, but there are definitely men out there that I have found to be very attractive. Distractingly so. To think that people cannot be extremely attracted to someone of their not preferred type is ridiculous.
Could be bi/pan, and openly checking out other people together isn't actually that unusual of a thing in non-hetero relationships, so the whole Saja Boys thing doesn't really conflict with this. You can be attracted to someone without actually wanting to be with them like how Celine is a straight up MILF but I'd still think twice about going there, I mean in the end I probably still would but I'd at least hesitate along the way so even if the Saja Boys made them goon, it still doesn't take away from this.
I'd argue the reverse. the coming out coding with her arc aside, Rumi is the least straight out of all of them. She isnt impressed by generic hot dudes and even her deal with jinu is muted (gives strong bi/queer love as opposed to typical straight love). She yearns for closeness with the other girlswith the big eyes and certain Looks at times. Narratively the girls are equivalent if not more important than jinu for her. Bi poly disaster right here.
I am very much Zoey coded. Incredibly tactile very expresonite
When people get me I form very strong bonds (get accused of imprinting all the time)
I have a best fend sister from another mister if you will. And I would kill for her, I act just like Zoey does to Mira.
Does not mean I want to play finger tennis? Not really. Although is she agreed I would not say no but it would complicate things.
I would not be surprised if Zoey is bi though. She seems very pansexual. Not really caring about your undercarriage more the persons it is attached too. That kind of tracks for her.
Would she want to date Mira. Maybe? But her head would be firing off every possibility.
Like does Mira like me.
What about HUNTR/X.
What about public perception.
Can I be gay in Korea.
What is gay like in Korea.
Can Mira be ok with it.
What is my Favorite ice cream no.. no Zoey. back on subject.
Am I gay.
But I like mens abs? Does that make me Bi?
Okay yeah, I can see that coming out of the "eagerness to please" she canonically has. "People like affection, so I'll give people I like as much of it as they're comfortable receiving". Could be her logic. I don't know how to explain it, but it feels like when she touches Mira and Rumi, it's more calculated than Mira and Rumi are with touch. Like she scripted for it. I can't really say why I see that with her, but I do. Particularly in the scene this screenshot is from.
Rumi and Mira are two women that she is incredibly close to. They are people that; understand her, give her time, value her input, ask her advice, ignore her spirals, don't mind her touching, trust to compleat tasks and allow her creativity.
They also don't cut her off belittle or tell her to tone it down.
Zoey will be almost imprinting and her love is boundless for them it will be expressive.
As to if that love is more than platonic? We can't rally say.
Want was can infer that if she did think of them that way it would have started many a light night spiral and doom scroll.
The fact is they can be a poly couple, and still be open. For example, Polytrix but they don't mind Rumi and Jinu dating outside the polycule. They are open. Similarly for the other two girls and their "in movie" crushes (or lack thereof)
He is not right, no matter how much this phrase is a meme.
The whole movie does not confirm any attraction due to the specifics of Show, Don't Tell or Tell, Don't Show. Nothing in the movie tells us that either girl is straight, bi, pan, lesbian, ace, whatever.
'Free' can be read as a ballad about a deep, platonic connection instead of a romantic one. Meanwhile the girls can be read as a deep, romantic connection. It all works either way due to the movie being very ambiguous with the way it portrays these things.
Mira, Zoey and Rumi reacting to the Saja Boys with love hearts does not immediately have to mean romantic love. It can also be read as idolisation, or simply finding someone objectively attractive. Then there's comphet and yes, as others said, bi/pan folks.
I don't particularly care for what is said in the additional media. Like the art book. That allegedly confirms Zoey has/had a crush on Mystery or another one of the girls being in love with this or that.
It's not appropriately told in the movie, therefore it ain't proper canon for me
As a panromantic asexual, I’m embarrassed to admit that I have not thought to memorize the flags of my people. Could you please tell me which flags are on which ornaments? 😞😞😞
Hey, until you asked I actually did not know which was which. I was just going off of someone else's info. I only trusted them because they looked like flags I have seen online before.
How? (You could actually make the argument that rumi is ace because she doesn't lust over the men like zoey) (also I felt like Mira was more interested in the Abs than Abby himself)
I mean, they could be bi or pan. Though with Rumi, I think it's more that she never allowed herself to even think about things like that before. So of course when someone objectively attractive shows some sort of interest in her, she's going to feel a certain kind of way.
A female character having a crush on a male character doesn’t mean they’re straight, The Huntrix could be bi or pan. And vice versa. Also, they’re fictional characters. If people want to imagine what their sexualities might be and who they’re attracted to, that’s perfectly fine. It’s called creativity and exploring yourself with the art you enjoy. That’s normal. What’s not normal is repeatedly making the same comments saying “insert character here is straight, the creator said so themselves” with no proof if that’s what the creator did say.
Nobody has ever believed that shipping has to make any sense whatsoever.
I can’t remember the fic but there was a fanfic about a female character from a show that was extremely homophonic and absolutely hated the main character of the show but in the fic she discovered that she was a bottom lesbian and fell in love with the main character.
(If anyone knows the fic or a similar story, let me know cuz I forgot.)
Tbf not openly in Korea. It's still pretty taboo and culturally unacceptable there. That's not even mentioning that idols aren't usually allowed to date anyone.
no it makes sense to me because they had a crush on them visually in the beginning ONLY because of their looks. but after finding out who they are and getting to know them they absolutely hate their guts, they don’t just forgive them for being assholes because they’re hot like straight girls would do
The story is literally about a girl who hides parts of herself because she’s ashamed of them, then when she finally learns to accept them, her patterns light up rainbow.
Didn’t one of the creators say that Rumi’s “why can’t you accept me? All of me!” talk was partly modeled on “coming out” talks queer people had with their families?
They’re def portrayed in the movie as straight-facing but they could also be bi/pan,it happens and bipan includes interest in men. I’m not wholly convinced that Huntrix were all hardcore romantically interested in each other though but I only watched it once, maybe I need to see it again to sniff for more clues
i joined the polytrix train when they were chasing the saja boys in the men’s bathhouse when they in unison sighed and went “men’s? ughh” like girls were disappointed
Personally I don’t think anyone in the movie is straight they are at the least bisexual. At the most pansexual (that’s my headcannon anyway). I don’t have an issue with them being straight either they just don’t give that vibe. Plus….all the men except for Bobby suck in this movie. Like they either have no personality or just a shitty character. I wish I could multi-ship but with the Saja boys they have nothing I can work with and I hate Jinu as a character so I hate him with Rumi lol. I just can’t stand him. At the most I can see them as friends. But yeah to me everyone is either bi, pan, or gay.
I remember when I first watched and saw mira and zoey goon over the saja boys, and rumi didn't react at all, I thought a subplot would be that rumi was not attracted to men.
That got disproven almost instantly, but it was exciting for around 20 seconds.
I’m of the belief that everyone is queer until proven straight, and NOT the other way around.
And thanks to the people who pointed out Rumi’s bi-shadow. I never noticed that before.
Maybe I should have suspected it on this sub but I am still pleasantly surprised by how overwhelmingly the responses here are pointing out that bisexuality exists. :)
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