Soon-Hee was a minor character in Lovecraft Country. She was portrayed by Cindy Chang.
She is Ji-Ah's mother.
History[]
Biography[]
Soon-Hee was born in South Korea and gave birth to Ji-Ah out of wedlock, which caused her family great shame and disgrace. To make matters worse, Ji-Ah was repeatedly sexually molested by Soon-Hee's late husband. So Soon-Hee went to a shaman and asked her to summon a kumiho to kill him.[1]
Throughout the Series[]
Season 1[]
Meet Me in Daegu[]
Soon-Hee explains her plan to cook with pumpkin broth to Ji-Ah. Ji-Ah claims that when she graduates from nursing school that she’ll be able to afford so much cabbage that her mother could make all the kimchi she’d like. She then says that they could always ask the neighbors for more, but Soon-Hee reminds her that they haven’t been invited to a gimjang in years. Not since her husband’s death. The only way for their family to be whole again is for Ji-Ah to bring men home.
Soon-Hee makes tteokguk in celebration of Ji-Ah’s birthday. Ji-Ah notes that the meal is made with anchovies, which was Soon-Hee’s husband’s favorite. When Ji-Ah absorbs a soul, she sees their entire life before they die. All of their memories are in her, including Soon-Hee's husband's. Soon-Hee asks that she never speak of him again and then scolds Ji-Ah for not bringing anyone home within the last month. She suggests that Ji-Ah lure an American soldier over. Ji-Ah has absorb two more souls and the memories she’s collected will be gone forever. According to the shaman when Soon-Hee asked her how to summon the kumiho spirit, after she absorbs 100 souls, the kumiho spirit within her will leave and Ji-Ah will be human again.
Ji-Ah brings an American soldier home and kills him. Afterward, Soon-Hee cleans up the blood and says that Ji-Ah has to absorb one last soul. The kumiho spirit inside Ji-Ah is unfamiliar with the different types of loves and asks why Soon-Hee’s husband’s love for Ji-Ah was wrong. Soon-Hee explains that her husband raped her daughter. And that’s why she went to the shaman and had her summon the kumiho spirit to kill him. Soon-Hee says that the spirit can’t understand why that love was wrong because it can’t feel love due to the fact that it’s a monster. Ji-Ah reveals that she has no intentions in taking another soul. She has seen the lifetimes of 99 men. All more bad than good. And she doesn’t want to be a part of that, but Soon-Hee wants her daughter back. She only wanted to protect Ji-Ah. The shaman said there would be a price, but she didn’t know the kumiho spirit would possess her daughter. Soon-Hee believes that her daughter's memories are buried deep within, but Ji-Ahi insists that there is nothing left of her.
Ji-Ah claims that she has genuine feelings for Atticus and that she won't kill him. She questions how Ji-Ah can have feelings for someone that killed her best friend and spits in her face.
Soon-Hee finds Ji-Ah sitting on the floor with just a thin blanket hanging off her body after Tic learned the truth about her. She comforts Ji-Ah that night, and the following morning, they head up into the mountains to speak to the shaman, Soon-Hee will accept whatever price she has to pay for coming to the shaman. Ji-Ah wants to know if the vision she had of Atticus’ death will come true. The shaman tells Ji-Ah that her mortal concerns are meaningless. She then sets a piece of paper on fire and holds it in the air. She tells Ji-Ah that she has not yet become one with the darkness and that she will see countless deaths before her journey is done.[1]
Personality[]
Soon-Hee is dishonored and disgraced after having her daughter, Ji-Ah, out of wedlock. Since then, she has been becoming determined to restore her family's honor by any means, even going to a shaman for help.
Physical Appearance[]
Soon-Hee is a middle-aged Korean woman with long brown hair and dark brown eyes.
Appearances[]
- Season One
Quotes[]
That's not true. I've seen her in you. The way you say things. Things that you remember. My daughter's memories are buried deep inside... and when you become human they'll all come flooding back.
Soon-Hee to Ji-Ah, Meet Me in Daegu
You... don't understand why his love was wrong... because you can't feel love. You can't feel anything because you're a monster.
Soon-Hee to Ji-Ah, Meet Me in Daegu
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