So I watched skzflix. And then I watched it again. And then I watched the entire series again, and then the short film again. No answers, only thoughts and maybe some theories
There are multiple universes (which I also think connect to Megaverse), and to each its own story, and they're all connected somehow. Yongbok and I.n. are the ones who are "invisible" while Minho and Hyunjin are the more visible characters, and they're connected to each other - Yongbok to Minho and I.n. to Hyunjin.
In 'mixtape: on track', we first see Minho and Hyunjin as rivals of sorts or opposites, and the differences are there all throughout the story. One example that caught my eye and continued to skzflix is the drinks: Minho brings two boxes of milk to the girl, and Hyunjin brings two coffees. Fast forward to skzflix, Yongbok is drinking milk and even holds a box of milk in the scene in their film, but he brings coffee to I.n. which Hyunjin takes away from him. I think it means they represent the two universes - the one where Hyunjin and I.n. are the first universe we were encountered with, while Minho and Yongbok are the second one. All four of them appear in both universes, but the emphasis on each relationship shifts in each universe.
Han is the director, which I think means he sees more than he lets on. We see this when he "finds" "the one" - looking at Minho through his binocular.
Seungmin, being the writer, means he has the power to change things.
Bang Chan, I think, is the enabler of everything; he gives them the chance to create, and he supports their decisions.
Changbin, I truly don't know. However, he's the cutest man on earth in skzflix, and it's an important side note from my end :)
In the beginning of skzflix, we hear fire and see Minho lying down with his eyes closed. When he opens them up, the fire sound dissipates, and we hear Yongbok talking to him - connecting him to this universe. I think the fire is from the accident scene in 'mixtape: oh; when Minho passed out there, he woke up in this other universe, and the shift began, where I.n. as the invisible character that was only visible to Hyunjin was replaced by Yongbok, who is only visible to Minho.
I.n. is only visible to Hyunjin, and the fact that Hyunjin is the camera man symbolizes it: he can only be seen or 'captured' through his eyes. In skzflix, we hear I.n. say he wants to be the cameraman, but that Hyunjin is better with a camera so that I.n. will be an actor this time, like in "on track," while Hyunjin will once again be the camera operator. Again, I.n. will be visible thanks to Hyunjin as the cameraman.
Yongbok is only visible to Minho. Yongbok is the voice in Minho's head that pushed him to succeed and try to follow his dream to be an actor, and after he finally succeeded, Yongbok disappeared; Yongbok is not in the film even though he also filmed it with them, and I.n. says his line instead: "I have to go back."
This line, and in other words, this narrative that both Yongbok and I.n. walk on, of needing to go back to the other universe, as Seungmin described, paints them as the shifting protagonists in their stories; they have the ability to see the other universes, this us way they are visible to each other while the others can't see them.
I think the connection is between I.n. to Hyunjin to Minho to Yongbok and back to I.n.
When Minho runs to look for Yongbok, Hyunjin runs after him.
All throughout skzflix, Yongbok is only visible through Minho's eyes, except for I.n. who interacts with him. However, in the scene where they all sit in the room from day to night, I.n. sits alone by the window the whole time, and no one interacts with him besides Yongbok, who does interact with the others this time.
I really don't know what it all means or if I'm even making the right connections, but I just have sooooo many thoughts on this and had to share them. I love these boys and whatever they create, I'm so proud of them :')
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