Lovecraft Country Theory JiAh Will Sacrifice Herself For Atticus

Lovecraft Country Theory: Ji-Ah Will Sacrifice Herself For Atticus

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Lovecraft Country episode 6, “Meet Me In Daegu”, introduces a mysterious woman from Atticus’ past: Ji-Ah, who might be the key to his safety.

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Lovecraft Country Theory JiAh Will Sacrifice Herself For Atticus

WARNING: Major spoilers for Lovecraft Country episode 6, “Meet Me In Daegu”

HBO’s Lovecraft Country is full of mysterious developments, but episode 6, “Meet Me In Daegu”, puts the story’s main hero, Atticus (Jonathan Majors) in potential danger by the end of season 1—could the mysterious Ji-Ah (Jamie Chung) be the one who ultimately saves his life?

“Meet Me In Daegu” is an ominous warning of what’s yet to come on Lovecraft Country season 1. Full of ups, downs, and genre exploration, the HBO series has taken some liberties with its source material, the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, but follows the same general story, deviating just enough to keep it relatively unpredictable. Since episode 1, “Sundown”, Atticus’ past has been teased, with showrunner Misha Green painting numerous worlds with side characters and events that all seem destined to collide. Finally, the woman he hallucinated seeing (and fighting) in episode 2, “Whitey’s On The Moon”, and had a mysterious phone exchange with during episode 5, “Strange Case”, has been revealed through a flashback episode that is likely soon to collide with the present narrative of Lovecraft Country.

Atticus and Ji-Ah met when the young nurse tended to a wounded Atticus during his military service in Korea. At first, she was determined to make him into her victim after he murdered her best friend in front of her, but once the two bonded over literature, she saw Tic’s softer side. Ji-Ah, who appears to be a starry-eyed romantic, was revealed to be cursed; though she has Ji-Ah’s body, she is actually a kumiho. In the context of Lovecraft Country’s lore, a kumiho is a many-tailed spirit that murders and absorbs the souls of men, often to exact vengeance. In Ji-Ah’s case, she must collect a specific amount of soul—after the events of “Meet Me In Daegu”, she only has one more soul to take. However, after almost killing Atticus, Ji-Ah sees a vision of his death that seems to disturb her enough to try to save him. Will she end up paying the ultimate price to save the man she seems to love?

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Atticus Will End Up In A Love Triangle With Ji-Ah & Leti

Lovecraft Country Theory JiAh Will Sacrifice Herself For Atticus

For Ji-Ah to be able to save Atticus, she’ll first have to make it to Chicago. Atticus and Ji-Ah left their romantic relationship in a strange place; Atticus was clearly frightened of Ji-Ah, but not so frightened that he wanted nothing to do with her. Likely, this means there are still some residual feelings that could resurface when she comes back into his life. It’s more likely that she’ll find a way to come to him than for him to go to Korea, as the events of Lovecraft Country are fairly centrally located. However, as it’s still becoming apparent the abilities that Atticus has—especially how it relates to his birthright with the Sons of Adam—it’s possible he could use magic to travel to Korea to see her, or vice-versa.

Regardless, his budding relationship with Leti (Jurnee Smollett) will likely be compromised. The two had a brief, sexual encounter that led to the revelation that Leti was a virgin before she slept with Atticus. His reaction to this was, after the events of “Meet Me In Daegu”, clearly explained by the fact that Ji-Ah had taken his virginity back in Korea. This was not only the event that started Atticus’ relationship with Ji-Ah, but also seemed to jumpstart his feelings for Leti, which had been teased since episode 2. There’s still likely a lot that requires explanation about Ji-Ah’s curse, but it’s possible that she’ll realize Atticus’ feelings for Leti and see her way out. Not only would this decision be a way to save someone she deeply cares for, but it would bring her story full circle, allowing her to find solace and even peace from her curse in death.

Ji-Ah was molested by her mother’s husband; a conversation between Ji-Ah and her mother alludes to his decision to marry her being about his inappropriate interest in Ji-Ah. This clearly not only hurt her, but damaged her relationship with her mother and led to her summoning the kumiho through the use of a mudang—or female shaman—to exact vengeance. Ji-Ah killed her stepfather, but had to keep killing to be free of her curse. When she decides not to take her final soul, the one that will presumably free her, this is a clear sign that she has unfinished business and wants to make her own decisions instead of being used as a pawn.

Ji-Ah Will Be Able To Escape Her Curse By Trading Her Life

The rules of Ji-Ah’s affliction are relatively unclear, but the ending of “Meet Me In Daegu”, where Ji-Ah and her mother meet the mudang to discuss her condition and Atticus reveals an ominous warning. The mudang tells Ji-Ah, “You have not even become one with the darkness yet. You will see countless deaths before your journey is done.” While this could certainly mean she’ll be a helpless bystander while the man she loves dies, it could also mean that she kills numerous people in order to save Atticus, or even kills herself to save him. Ji-Ah, as a cursed mortal, likely still has a soul to offer, and while offering it up likely wouldn’t be able to resolve her curse, it could be some sort of key to whatever ritual Atticus has found himself in. From Ji-Ah’s vision, Atticus is dunked into a pool of water by someone unknown, wearing white, in what appears to be some baptismal ritual. Finally, he is hooked up to a contraption—perhaps connected to the Sons of Adam or Christina Braithwhite somehow—and seemingly killed by it. However, the nature of visions are purposefully murky; the only known is that Ji-Ah saw him die.

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Ji-Ah’s question to Atticus in “Strange Case” about whether he believed her ties directly to how she warned him not to go back home after she absorbed his memories and almost killed him. Clearly, Atticus is more inclined to believe in the mystical forces that extend far beyond the woman he cares for being a murderous vengeance spirit. However, going home set off the predetermined chain of events that Ji-Ah saw, which could mean there’s no real hope for Atticus without intervention. Since Ji-Ah knows what’s going to happen to him, she might be able to better predict what’s going to happen based on what Atticus tells her of his travels and his life; it is here where she could make a choice to circumvent the situation somehow by putting herself in harm’s way to ensure the final frames of her vision don’t come to fruition.

This would be a sad ending for Ji-Ah and Atticus, but would negate the love triangle and allow him to find happiness with Leti as a way of honoring Ji-Ah’s sacrifice. Lovecraft Country still has numerous unsolved questions to address in season 1, but the finale’s title, “Full Circle”, could add weight to the notion that their story is far from finished.

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