now that all the ops are compiled together https://twitter.com/arbyslight/status/1381035630793138176?s=20 its actually interesting to see that juwon only has 'monster' on him when he doesn't have/trust dongsik, possibly implying that if he'd gone down this path alone, he would have turned himself into a monster (like we see with what he did to the immigrant, it wasn't intentional he was trying to solve a crime but he still ended up taking her life).
dongsik on the other hand, has monster on him when he's out doing crazy shit to protect the ppl he loves. for them, to keep them save, to bring them justice, he's willing to turn into a monster he doesn't care about what this would do to him, about the consequences he'll have to face (like when he nearly killed the dude who killed his ex-partner).
juwon was so justice driven, upheld the law so high he would out himself above ppl to solve crimes, thus turning into a monster. dongsik loved so dearly, he'd throw away his humanity to protect and avenge the ppl he loved. in the end, it was dongsik and juwon who saved each other. both had their own motives, but both of them were willing to go so far down that path of what they considered 'good', that if they didn't have each other they would have destroyed themselves.
dongsik taught juwon to love others as deeply as he loved the law and juwon taught dongsik to value the law as much as he valued his ppl. by themselves, they'd have to go too far to achieve what they wanted, turning into criminals (monsters), but together, they had someone to rely on, someone to help them move on, someone to pull them out before they fell too deep.
if i really sat down to talk about them i'd never stop but they really saved each other at the end of the day that was so beautiful.
