r/Kubera • u/Rdasher123 • 13h ago
Webtoon I like how different Suras are compared to humans when it comes to perceiving time.
This is brought up a few times over the course of the story, but it’s highlighted the strongest in The Weight of Time.
Maruna is able to endure wandering aimlessly in the white void outside of time much more easily than Ran since his nature as a Sura means he has to endure an infinite lifespan. Ran, despite having a longer lifespan than most humans as a quarter, was still never meant to live much longer than the 200 years or so he was given. Spending so much time in that white space effectively broke his brain and we are just now seeing the consequences of that first hand.
Another example of this is Maruna’s mindset when he decides to stick with Ancient Human Brilith until she died. He said he’d only need to wait “a little while” for her to get old and pass on, which would take decades and he only sees it as a minor inconvenience. On the other hand, Ran treated being stuck in the past for 10 years straight as a pretty big deal.
It’s a very neat bit of world building through the characters and how differently they react to similar predicaments.