The Lonely Shining Goblin: Episode 13
by girlfriday
So many big things are happening in this show lately that part of me is excited (finally, big plot movement!) and part of me is scared for what’ll be left for the final three episodes (flashbacks and musical interludes?). But let’s focus on what we do get, because it’s pretty momentous stuff, and we gotta get a move on if we’re going to fix a bromance that’s been broken for a millennium!
Note: The Lonely Shining Goblin will only be airing one episode this week, and plans to air Episode 14 next Friday, and the final two episodes in a double header next Saturday.
EPISODE 13 RECAP
After learning that Reaper is the reincarnation of the young king who betrayed him, Shin walks up the steps of the temple with purpose and greets him with a stranglehold. “General Kim Shin is here to see the king,” he announces. The coldness in his voice sends a chill up my spine.
Shin wonders if he was blinded by the 900 years that passed, and calls Reaper by name: “You are Wang Yeo.” That brings tears to Reaper’s eyes, and he asks, trembling, “In the end am I… that man… am I Wang Yeo? That young and foolish face is mine?”
Shin says that the battlefield was always hell, but they returned, enemies vanquished. He cries, “My soldiers, my young sister, my innocent family—they were slashed with swords and shot with arrows before me. On command! Because of one word spit out by a young and foolish king!”
Reaper breaks down in tears, asking again if that was really him, so heartbroken that it shakes Shin’s resolve. Shin begins to squeeze his hand around Reaper’s throat, but at the last second he wavers and drops his hand. He says that he remembers every minute of that moment every day of his life, then scoffs that Reaper must be living comfortably with no memory of it.
Thinking of that sneering young king saying that heaven would never be on Shin’s side, Shin throws back at Reaper, “Even though 900 years have passed, heaven is still on your side.” He walks off, leaving Reaper devastated. Reaper returns to the temple to ask at the altar what he did, why his memories have been wiped, and what choice he made. He wonders just how cowardly he was.
Eun-tak searches the empty house and paces back and forth in worry, and jumps to greet Shin when he finally returns. He tells her that he met Park Joong-heon and Wang Yeo, and tells her to go pack a bag because they’re staying at Grandpa’s house.
Shin wonders why she isn’t asking him anything, and realizes that she must’ve known who Reaper was. She admits that Park Joong-heon told her as much, but she didn’t know his motives, and determined that if it was a fate Shin was meant to face, he would.
Deok-hwa is confused when the goblin couple arrives at his house with bags. Eun-tak says that she’ll go stay with Sunny to keep an eye on her, volunteering Deok-hwa to drive her there.
Deok-hwa asks if Shin and Reaper had a fight, and why Shin was the one to leave his own house. Eun-tak guesses that he’s being considerate, given that Reaper doesn’t have anywhere else to go. Aw.
Sunny shows up at Shin and Reaper’s house, though no one is there to answer the door. She thinks of Shin saying angrily that she was protecting that fool even in this life. Does she remember Reaper despite his attempt to wipe her memory?
By the time Reaper arrives, she’s gone, and he stands outside on the front stoop for a long time, unable to go inside. When he finally does, he finds the house cold and empty.
Sunny seems to remember everything about Reaper and how she recovered the memory of her past life (when Eun-tak asks how, she answers, “sexily”), and Sunny says that this must be her fourth life, because she met her brother and her lover in this lifetime.
Eun-tak hopes that this is her first lifetime, because she’d like to be with Shin in her second, third, and fourth lives too. Sunny counters that Eun-tak might feel differently had she seen her stubborn oraboni in Goryeo, wondering with a sigh why he came back from war knowing he’d die.
Up on the rooftop of Sunny’s building, Hoobae Reaper argues with landlady Samshin Granny over the utility bill, thinking it unfair. She agrees that fate is really unfair, talking to him but thinking of Sunny and Reaper. She wonders if they’ll have to pay the steep price of fate, then tells Hoobae to pay up in cash.
Shin drinks and drinks and drinks, thinking of the young king sending him to his death and banishing him from his homeland, and Reaper telling him sincerely that he doesn’t want for Shin to die.
The next day, Hoobae Reaper tells Reaper that someone may have run into his missing person, and we see that female reaper meet Park Joong-heon again, after she’d touched Sunny’s hand.
She denies seeing herself in Sunny’s past, but Park Joong-heon reminds her of the poisoned tonics she presented to the queen with her own hands, and says that his sins are her sins. He promises to keep her secret, if she keeps his.
Park Joong-heon watches Sunny like a creeper while she works, and now that he’s made sure she is the queen, he declares that she’ll have to die by his hands in this lifetime too. But just as he says it, Reaper appears before him and lifts his hat just high enough to glare at him. Aw, yeah.
Reaper still doesn’t know who he is, only recognizing the soul as the missing person who’d escaped from him twenty years ago. Reaper calls him a demon feeding off of human darkness to survive, and Park Joong-heon argues that he only helped along the dark ambition that was already inside of people.
We see that he was actually the demon whispering into people’s ears every time Eun-tak was in danger: when Eun-tak’s mother was hit by the car, when that bicyclist nearly caused the bus crash, when that murderer ex-husband was about to shove Eun-tak off the building.
Reaper strangles him and demands his name, but Park Joong-heon just poofs over to the other side of the room and says knowing his name won’t do anything when Reaper doesn’t even know his own. He offers, “Shall I tell you? As always, you’re holding something lowly.”
They both turn to look at Sunny, who can’t see either of them. Park Joong-heon says that even in this life, Reaper will hold tightly because it’s precious to him, and she’ll die. With that, he vanishes and appears in the street below, possessing and sucking the souls out of people and making them collapse.
Even after that, Reaper can’t seem to put the pieces together and just wonders if that demon knows him. You think?
Shin sighs dejectedly as he thinks of all the times he and Reaper cooked their meals together, all the beers they shared, and all the times they laughed together.
Reaper calls Deok-hwa in that moment, and Shin answers the call, though he doesn’t say a word. Reaper begins to speak, but then realizes what the silence must mean, and the screen splits to show both goblin and reaper sitting alone, not speaking but not hanging up. Oh, you two.
Eun-tak comes out of class to find Reaper waiting for her, and at his request she draws a picture of the goblin’s sword, given to him by the king. Reaper guesses by her lack of questions that she’s on Shin’s side, and he asks if she’ll take his side, just once.
He hands her the jade ring and asks her to return it to Sunny, since he doesn’t think it’s good for him to have that excuse to see her. He assumes that Sunny won’t remember him at all, and Eun-tak doesn’t say otherwise, but thinks to herself that Sunny seems to remember him just fine.
At the chicken shop, Eun-tak asks if Sunny is still waiting for her king, and Sunny sighs that she can’t anymore when the person who loves the king is a traitor’s sister. She says it’s confusing to have Sun’s memories blurring with her own, and she wonders if Wang Yeo was sad when she died, because all she saw was his back as he walked away.
Sunny muses, “He told me only to keep happy memories, but even that must’ve made me happy, for me to remember it all.” Eun-tak decides against giving her the ring and tucks it into her pocket. She reaches over tentatively and holds Sunny’s hand, making her smile.
Sunny goes to see Shin and asks him to let go of what’s past, but he points out that what is a past lifetime for her is his current life. He says, much like he did back in Goryeo, that he has nowhere else to go but forward.
Sunny says her answer is the same now as it was then, and she tells him to go if he must. He makes it clear that if he goes forth this time, it is not to forgive Yeo. The answer pains her, but she says she’ll be okay, and promises to truly become happy in this lifetime.
Reaper sits in his room staring at the sketch of the goblin’s sword, thinking about how Shin has lived 900 years with it stuck in his heart. All of a sudden, the sounds of wind chimes rattling puts Reaper on high alert, and he vanishes out of his room in a flash.
He reappears in his tea room, where the chimes are ringing, and finds two men in black sitting at the table, who introduce themselves as the Reaper Division Investigation Team. Ruh-roh.
They’re here to investigate reaper misconduct, for outing his identity as a reaper to a human and using his powers for personal gain. Reaper only realizes now how many times he’s abused his memory-wiping ability and other powers, and readily admits to his sins.
He says he’ll accept whatever punishment he’s due, but the investigators tell him that grim reapers are human beings who committed grave sins, who endure 200 years of hell and then choose to erase their own memories. But as his punishment for breaking the rules, they tell Reaper that he will have to face his sins once again.
Instantly, Reaper is struck with a sharp pain, and he clutches his head in anguish. His memories come flooding back, and we flash back to Goryeo, just after Shin and Sun have been killed.
Park Joong-heon reports of nothing but praise for the king among his people, but Wang Yeo overturns his dinner table in a rage, and this becomes his habit day after day, year after year.
He remains just as angry as he becomes an adult, and then one day, Park Joong-heon orders tonic instead of a dinner table, and the court lady’s eyes widen. Despite likely knowing what is in the tonic, the king drinks it without hesitation.
He spends his days drawing portraits of his dead queen like an obsessed maniac, drinking more and more tonic until he completes that final portrait that Shin has in his possession.
A court lady brings him Sun’s bloody clothes and the jade ring he forced on her finger the day she died, and he crumples into a sobbing mess. He wanders the streets like a madman, calling out for anyone who wants to wear this beautiful robe and this ring.
The one who answers is Samshin Granny. She asks him for the jade ring and says with a smile that she’ll have a use for it someday in the future, so he blankly tosses it to the ground at her feet. When no one claims the queen’s robes, he tosses them into a fire.
At the palace, the court lady brings him another bowl of tonic, and the king says, “My people, my lieges, my woman, even me—no one loved me. In the end I could not be loved.”
He orders for more tonic to be brought, because he knows what’s inside and wants to end it all at once. The court lady falters, so he tells her that it’s a command.
In the present, Reaper gasps as he recovers his memories, and the investigator tells him that the biggest sin is to take your own life, and says that he will now remember his sins and the hell he lived through to pay for them. Reaper is taken off duty for the time being, until further notice. But! What about Eun-tak’s death notes?
They leave him alone, and Reaper breaks down crying, “I was Wang Yeo. I killed them all! I killed myself.”
Shin sits at the temple, asking the souls of those who died what he ought to do about Wang Yeo.
When he returns home, Shin flares up in anger to find Reaper standing in his room, gazing at the portrait of Sun. He snatches it out of Reaper’s hands and tells him not to lay his hands on it again, because he doesn’t have the right to cry in front of this painting.
But Reaper stops him in his tracks when he says that he gave Shin that sword, and that he killed everyone: “I was Wang Yeo.” Shin slams him into the wall and says that he did kill everyone: “You killed, and killed, and even killed yourself. Your woman, your loyal subjects, your Goryeo, even yourself—you could not protect a single one of them!”
Shin seethes as he says that he should’ve lived to the end, when Sun gave her life to protect his. Shin says that Sun knew her name would be the next out of Park Joong-heon’s mouth, and so rather than see her king give up everything because of her, she chose to die as the sister of a traitor first, to protect him.
Reaper spills more tears, confronted with the truth. He cries that he put that ring on her finger so callously, and that it was passed between them in this lifetime too. “Please kill me,” he begs.
Shin lets out an incredulous laugh as a tear trickles down his face. “You’re throwing yourself away this time too? I think it’s enough for you to carry the sin for killing you,” Shin says.
Eun-tak gives Sunny the ring and apologizes for holding back a few days, because she didn’t know if passing it on was the right thing to do. Sunny picks it up and muses that the shaman was right after all, that one person’s regret, sin, and longing all belong to her.
She figures that she’s tied to Reaper because of her past life, but she asks why Eun-tak is connected to her brother. Eun-tak just calls it fate, and Sunny asks if she has any strange powers too. “I can make it rain a little less, and I can make the first snow come a little early,” Eun-tak says.
Sunny asks why her brother ended up a goblin, and Eun-tak says it’s because the world needs strange and beautiful miracles. Sunny guesses that Reaper became a reaper because all people die, and Eun-tak doesn’t really know what to tell her, so she says that it’s because there is death that life shines.
Eun-tak’s blood suddenly runs cold at the sight of Park Joong-heon in the window, and he zaps himself inside and greets Sun as the lowly warrior’s sister and lowly queen. Seeing what he’s after, Eun-tak jumps in front of Sunny protectively, and Park Joong-heon tells her that it’s not her time… yet.
Eun-tak tells Sunny to grab the lighter in her coat, while Sunny just looks around the empty restaurant wondering what she’s seeing. Park Joong-heon grinds out, “Yeo was no different than a son to me, but that bitch ruined everything. I’m going to kill her!”
Eun-tak shouts for Sunny to hurry, but Park Joong-heon suddenly appears right in front of her face, and Eun-tak instinctively covers Sunny and braces for impact. The goblin’s mark on her neck glows green and Park Joong-heon is repelled and vanishes, as Eun-tak falls to the floor unconscious. Wait, does that not call Shin to come to her rescue?
Later Sunny helps Eun-tak home and asks what all that was, when she said she was a person. She quotes the lyrics of “Some” and asks if she’s a “person like a person, but not a person,” and Eun-tak laughs it off.
Eun-tak lights a match to summon Shin, and when he appears, she runs into his arms and they say they missed each other. He says he’ll come to get her soon, and then notices that the mark on her neck has faded so much he can hardly see it anymore. He thinks that means he’s put her in harm’s way too many times, and that now it’ll be hard for him to know when she’s in danger and needs him. Great.
He can tell something happened and asks if she ran into Park Joong-heon again, and Eun-tak says she did, but Sunny was the one he was after. Shin tells her not to worry about that: “Someone else will protect her.” I don’t even think he means himself.
Shin promises to come get her soon, and he thinks back to god-Deok-hwa’s cryptic message that he simply asked the questions, and they needed to find the answers. Shin says now that the question has been asked, and he and Reaper need to come up with the answer.
Reaper fills out the official report on missing soul Park Joong-heon, and asks Hoobae Reaper to process it for him. He warns Hoobae to be careful, because Park Joong-heon has been feeding off of people for 900 years, and can’t be handled like any other soul.
Hoobae also hands over Eun-tak’s death note that was sent to him, now that Reaper is on probation. Reaper stops him from opening it and says that Hoobae never saw it, to make sure he isn’t liable. Her next death date is a week away.
Eun-tak looks in the mirror and sees that her mark has faded, wondering what Park Joong-heon meant when he said it wasn’t her time yet.
Shin finds Reaper and they exchange terse words: Reaper warns him that Eun-tak is due to die, and Shin guesses that it has to do with Park Joong-heon. He in turn warns Reaper that Park Joong-heon is after his sister, and says, “Protect her. Just once, protect my sister, the way she protected you.”
Reaper asks why he came forward that day in Goryeo, when he knew it would be his grave. Shin says he simply wanted to tell him something, and that it was only on the day Yeo was sure that Shin would die that he showed his face.
Reaper asks what he wanted to say, and Shin recounts the last words that his brother, the late king, had said on this deathbed as he made Shin promise to protect Yeo—that he’d looked after Yeo by not looking after him.
On that day, he says he marched up to the palace to say, “By your half-brother the late king, by my sister whom you loved, by me who protected your Goryeo… you were loved.” Reaper is floored.
Shin says he was going to lay down his sword and ask that Yeo kill Park Joong-heon; he just didn’t know that sword would end up in his own chest.
Suddenly Shin is struck with a sharp pain in his heart, and he thinks back to Park Joong-heon taunting him that he couldn’t be killed so easily with a sword made from water. Shin realizes now, “I’ve come this far, and yet in the end I must take up this sword.” Lightning and thunder strike overhead. Well that’s ominous.
Reaper looks concerned and asks if the sword is hurting him again, and Shin says that this was the sword’s purpose all this time—to slay Park Joong-heon. But… to do that it would have to come out of you first… noooooo.
Sunny cries at the memory of meeting Reaper for the first time, and she tells herself to pull it together and stop the tears. It’s because she knows Reaper is waiting outside to follow her wherever she goes, and she pretends not to notice, despite how conspicuous he is.
He follows her everywhere like a shadow all day, until they reach the bridge where they first met and Sunny asks if he’s her stalker, because he’s been following her for days. He swears that it’s not the case, but she says it was nice to feel like they were on a date, and calls him Kim Woo-bin.
Reaper’s jaw drops and he asks how Sunny remembers him, and she says it’s his fault for doing his mind-control the wrong way, because he told her to forget all unhappy memories in this or any lifetime. He’d naturally assumed that would erase him, but she says all moments with him—difficult and sad ones included—were happy for her.
Sunny asks if her dying to save him led to a happy ending for him, and Reaper begins to cry. She muses that if he looks this young, he must not have lived very long, and he says, “Every day was bitter longing.” She chides him for his actions then, and he says, “Because I was foolish.”
Tears pool in Sunny’s eyes and she wipes his tears away sweetly, saying, “You could’ve realized that a little sooner.” She can’t believe she fell for him again in this lifetime, and wonders if it’s because he’s handsome.
But then she slides the ring off and gives it back to him, asking to break up for real this time. She begins to cry as she says, “I’m not going to fall for you in this lifetime. This is the only punishment I can give you.” She adds in her funny mix of English and formal address, “Goodbye king,” and walks away, leaving him in tears.
The little boy who lives near the chicken shop gets bullied by the older kids again, and Eun-tak yells at them when she sees him getting pushed around. The little boy threatens to use his wind-blast superpower on them and the older kids laugh, but when he stretches his hands out, a gust of wind suddenly blows.
Eun-tak looks over her shoulder and smiles to see Shin there, and gives him a proud thumbs-up. I love it when he uses his goblin powers for stuff like this. She tells the little boy to be careful not to use his superpower on people because it’s dangerous, and the boy runs off happily.
Shin suddenly says they should go on a trip, and Eun-tak is giddy at the idea, thinking that he seems happy. That’s exactly why you should be worried! Have you never seen a drama? We’re right at the entrance to Noble Idiocy Highway!
They pack up and head to a guesthouse, where Shin grills up meat and Eun-tak takes pictures of him. They read back to back for a while, and she makes him fall into her lap, caressing his face sweetly.
As they sit outside, Shin says he has a present for her, and Eun-tak puckers up her lips and closes her eyes, which he thinks is the cutest thing. The present is two copies of the contract she made him sign before trying to pull out the sword, and he says they’ll each take one.
She doesn’t like that he’s taking the original and giving her the copy, so she jumps him and tries to attack him with kisses until he gives it up, and they laugh and squeal as he plays keep-away.
But later when he’s alone, he’s awash in tears as he reads over the contract, with his promise to be summoned at the first snow of each year. He remembers how before, he told Eun-tak that there was no such thing as forever love or forever sadness, only to end up wanting to live because of her.
He breaks down in heaving sobs, and then one by one, he visits people and remains at a distance, saying quiet goodbyes. I knew it! Grar. He watches Deok-hwa misbehaving at work and says that he’ll miss him a lot. He watches Sunny smiling at customers and thinks that she looks comfortable and healthy, and that is enough for him.
He goes to see Eun-tak at school, and she runs to him as brightly as ever, making him smile. He says he missed her, and has a favor to ask regarding Park Joong-heon.
She admits that she’s been curious why Park Joong-heon appeared now of all times, after 900 years. He asks her to be brave for just a little while to help him figure that out and deal with Park Joong-heon, and takes her to the roof of a skyscraper.
He reminds her that he’ll call her, which is when she’s supposed to summon him. She takes out her trusty lighter and says it’ll be a piece of cake.
He turns to go, then suddenly whirls back around and launches at her with a kiss. The intensity of it makes her suddenly worried, but he just caresses her face and looks into her eyes one last time before teleporting away, leaving her feeling unsettled.
Shin goes to face off with Park Joong-heon, who isn’t afraid of the goblin’s water sword. Shin expects as much and lets Park Joong-heon poof away.
Eun-tak takes out the children’s book about goblins where she tucked away her dried buckwheat flowers from Shin, but when she opens it, the flowers blow into the wind like dust and scatter. Foreshadowing, check.
Park Joong-heon appears before her, but this time, Eun-tak can’t see him at all. He smiles devilishly, and at the same time, Reaper senses Eun-tak’s death note changing. She’s now set to die tonight of a heart attack, in twenty minutes.
It dawns on Eun-tak that Park Joong-heon’s timing might have to do with her—that he was waiting until her mark faded, so that he could use her to pull out the goblin’s sword. What she doesn’t realize is that he’s creeping up on her as she says this…
Shin calls and tells her to summon him now, but as she fumbles with the lighter, Park Joong-heon strangles her and leans her precariously over the ledge. She finally manages to get a flame going and blows it out just in time, and Shin knocks Park Joong-heon back.
Shin stands in front of Eun-tak, his sword at the ready, when suddenly Eun-tak grabs his sword with her bare hands and tries to stab herself with it. Shin makes it disappear into thin air, horrified.
Eun-tak says she knows why Park Joong-heon waited until now, and pleads with Shin to kill her. “If he enters my body, it’s over! He’s going to use my hands to pull out your sword!” She cries that she was already fated to die before he came along, and screams at him to kill her now.
But in that moment, Park Joong-heon possesses her body and says she was right, but Shin is always too busy looking back to notice. He says, speaking through Eun-tak now, “So you will die at my hands.” Oh shiiiiiiiiiiit.
That’s exactly what Shin seems to be waiting for though, and he doesn’t move at all as Park Joong-heon closes Eun-tak’s hands around the sword lodged in his heart.
In that moment, Reaper appears and shouts in a commanding voice that the dead will answer to the grim reaper, and calls out three times, “Park Joong-heon! Park Joong-heon! Park Joong-heon!” On the third cry he’s forced out of Eun-tak’s body, and she goes limp in Shin’s arms.
Shin lays her down carefully, but then… he takes her hands in his and pulls out his sword anyway. Agh!
The blade goes from blue to red as he yanks it out with all his might, and it’s glowing with fire as he lifts it above his head. He seems more shocked than anyone that it’s finally out, and Eun-tak’s eyes widen when she sees what’s happened.
Shin wastes no time and winds up for one mighty swing at Park Joong-heon. At first it looks like the sword hasn’t cut him down, but Park Joong-heon says he isn’t upset about dying, since he got to kill Shin again. His eyes go wild as he says, “Look, in the end, it is destruction,” before he disappears for good.
The deed done, Shin falls to one knee, barely able to keep himself propped up with his sword. He looks over at Reaper, who’s already crying.
In formal address to the king, Shin says, “Forgive me. It is now that I send word—that I died a heroic death.”
He lets go of the sword, and it disappears. Eun-tak runs to him, sobbing and pleading with him not to go. He’s barely hanging on, as he hugs her close for just a little while longer.
He touches her face and says, “My life was a reward because I met you.” She cries angrily that she doesn’t want this, and that he promised not to let go of her hand.
Shin: “I’ll come as the rain. I’ll come as the first snow. I’ll beg for god to let me do at least that.”
Eun-tak wails, “Don’t! Don’t go like this! I love you. I love you!” He answers, “Me too. I love you.”
And then he adds, referring to his business-like offer to also love her if necessary, “I’ve already done that.”
He lowers his hand and looks at her lovingly, and then closes his eyes. The flame from his heart spreads, and his entire body turns to red embers, and scatters before her, in the wind. Eun-tak collapses in tears.
COMMENTS
Nooooo, is he really gone? Just like that? Obviously there’s going to be some way to bring him back—we can’t have The Lonely Shining Goblin without the goblin, for crying out loud!—but the worry is how. I’m pretty much going to cling to the hope that there’s a magic-presto Get Out of Heaven Free card Shin’s earned with the gods, because giving away all of those sandwiches and setting people on good paths will go rewarded somehow, right? He paid for his sins in the way that was deemed appropriate (even though it seems unnecessarily cruel to have him fall in love and want to live just when death was coming), and he even sacrificed himself nobly to kill Park Joong-heon and complete his original mission as a warrior. So there has to be a reward for that, butterfly-god!
My fear is that if they go the reincarnation route, it won’t feel as satisfying to see Shin come back as a different person. I’m never fully satisfied with reincarnations, because it feels like you lose too much of the original character, and a Shin who isn’t a 900-year-old goblin… that would be so strange. I suspect that’s a very big possibility though, given that a happy ending in his eyes probably doesn’t involve outliving Eun-tak by another 800 years. The one upside to this is that this show has dealt with reincarnations multiple times already, and we’ve established rules that allow for humans to remember their past lives and share a consciousness with them, so there’s a chance they’ll make it work decently.
I find it funny that Shin was always chiding his sister for being so faithful to that foolish young king, when in the end he was just like her. I had expected that Shin’s bromance with Reaper would contend with his 900-year-old grudge, which it did, but I thought it more poignant that Shin had loved Wang Yeo even back then. The moment Reaper learned that was perhaps the greatest revenge, to make him realize how truly idiotic he’d been not to know how much Sun and Shin loved him and what they sacrificed because of it. Making him face his own guilt and stupidity and weakness seemed far better a punishment than killing a guy who was already dead. Now that I think about it, getting to forget his painful past and work as a reaper seems like a pretty sweet gig for a guy who had so many sins. Maybe heaven really was on his side.
I definitely had more sympathy for Reaper before he recovered his memories—once he remembered who he was, I could no longer consider him innocent in all this, whereas up until that point, he had nothing but all of my sympathy because I couldn’t blame him for the things Wang Yeo had done if he couldn’t remember them. Now he’s taken on some of Wang Yeo’s cowardice, in asking Shin to just end his life instead of dealing with his guilt properly, but it’s mixed in there with Reaper’s sweetness and his devotion to Sunny, and I’m so torn between feeling bad for Reaper, who pretty much just woke up one day to find out he ordered the death of the woman he loves, and agreeing with Shin’s righteous anger directed at him for being such a weak and stupid king who didn’t know how much other people had given up to protect him.
Bringing Park Joong-heon into the story as a villain injected it with some great energy, for which I’m grateful after a middle stretch of this show where things seemingly went in circles. His arc suddenly brought about major revelations, raised the stakes and put everyone in danger for a legitimate reason, and gave the goblin a heroic purpose to pull out the sword and die, rather than the standard noble idiot version I was expecting, for him and Eun-tak to fight over who gets to die to save the other. There’s really only so much of that I can take. But I was thrilled when Park Joong-heon attempted to use Eun-tak by way of possession (creepy AND clever!), and though I’m not happy about Shin dying, it befits his character to be decisive when faced with a clear enemy and way to kill him. As a warrior, he would never hesitate, and the fact that he makes this sacrifice when he desperately wishes to live eighty more years by Eun-tak’s side is moving. I’m thinking it’s Reaper’s turn to help get Shin out of wherever he goes now, but until then, I guess I’ll spend the next week waiting for rain or snow.
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- The Lonely Shining Goblin: Episode 6
- The Lonely Shining Goblin: Episode 5
- The Lonely Shining Goblin: Episode 4
- The Lonely Shining Goblin: Episode 3
- The Lonely Shining Goblin: Episode 2
- The Lonely Shining Goblin: Episode 1
Tags: featured, Gong Yoo, Kim Go-eun, Lee Dong-wook, The Lonely Shining Goblin, Yoo Inna
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101 greenturtle
January 14, 2017 at 8:39 AM
What a creative way to pull out the goblin's sword.. glad it was put to good use to defeat the evil ghost. Glad Grim Reaper finally remembers all his past memories and seems to have redeemed himself a little... wonder what happens now though
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celine
January 14, 2017 at 6:52 PM
Right? I like how pulling the sword was not just about Euntak fulfilling her destiny as the Goblin's bride. How it went down is rather brilliant.
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102 Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
January 14, 2017 at 9:00 AM
guys i don't know if you guys have heard this yet or not, but a youtube channel covered the background music which hasn't been officially uploaded. here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbF_B8G1Gg4
The mamamoo ost didn't help with my somber mood although it's a nice track. But the piano cover really suited my mood. It's really nice.
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Ally
January 14, 2017 at 1:42 PM
I've been listening to this music for the past week and a half. It's hauntingly beautiful--even learned the funguypiano arrangement of "never far away/path of the deceased" which is driving my family ?. I'm obsessed with this music right now.
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Cidorta
January 14, 2017 at 2:30 PM
Hope they release Never Far Away because of all the OST that is the ONE for me.
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celine
January 14, 2017 at 5:29 PM
Never far away needs to be released STAT!!! So epic! However, I will always be reminded of Gong Yoo and Dongwook strutting their stuff on their very own street runway! LMAO It will never get old.
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PakalanaPikake
January 16, 2017 at 12:45 PM
Thanks for posting the link. ;-)
Very soothing. Just what I needed to hear while awaiting the conclusion.
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Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
January 16, 2017 at 4:10 PM
You're welcome ?
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103 kororo
January 14, 2017 at 9:15 AM
I'm not okay at all, this episode was devastating. I'm curious now if Kim shin is somehow going to have another chance at life, that will be a happy ending. Or is he going to be remembered as the rain and the snow like he said...
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104 Adchicky
January 14, 2017 at 9:18 AM
About the summoning maybe because he need show up when the moment is right... if he too early maybe the ghost will back away and the can sense where ever Kim shin is around so he will wait in a distance and wait that blow the lighter signal...
Ooooh gosh can I move on from this drama when the final episode arrive???????
Maybe I should watch Lee min ho.... or watching goblin from the first episode...?? over n over again??
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105 Serendipity
January 14, 2017 at 9:29 AM
The way Goblin turned into ashes reminds me of an ancient myth that has its roots in Ancient Egyptian, Persian,Greek Mythologies and likewise has its Indian,Chinese and old Turkic counterparts,namely the 'Phoenix/Simurg' myth.
The Pnoenix is a myhtological bird with bright red-yellow plumage and according to the myth:
''... is a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn.
Associated with the Sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. According to some sources, the phoenix dies in a show of flames and combustion...''
Kim Shin,like a Phoenix,has made his majectic exit to be born yet again...the reference is crystal clear.
Whenihow and where we will see in the coming episodes.
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Kiara
January 15, 2017 at 7:11 AM
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. You got me at "majestic exit." That's exactly how I felt about his death.
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Jamie Opso
January 15, 2017 at 9:19 PM
I love how the Goblin turned into bright sparks--it was so beautiful and fitting for his fiery nature. Somehow, when it was mentioned he would turn into ashes I had pictured lifeless sooty flecks blowing away, but this is so much better.
The sparks were so alive.
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106 Serendipity
January 14, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Sorry,
When,how and where...
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107 Serendipity
January 14, 2017 at 9:58 AM
Sorry again:
PS:There is a birds' head on the hilt of Goblin's sword.
I should have had added this to my comment above.
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108 dramalover95
January 14, 2017 at 10:32 AM
Actually... has anyone thought of what are those decorations in the grim reaper's tea house? Whenever there is a zoom out, you can see that there are many different tea cups (?) located in small holes. What are they? Do they each represent a life that the grim reaper helped to move on to heaven? After he realised that he was wang yeol, there is a focus on a tea cup that is shaking. What does that mean? Maybe the tea cup represent his own 'life'?
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tesshan
January 14, 2017 at 10:38 AM
I do think every person gets a cup and all the cups represent souls that moved on to their next life.
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Napkiin
January 15, 2017 at 10:49 AM
Each soul gets their own tea cup, with an unique design and shape etc. The tea inside comes frm Chinese mythology that once you drink it you forget your past life once you reincarnate (in the original it was soup). So I'm assuming the whole focus on the tea cup is because he remembers again, opposite what the tea can do.
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109 tesshan
January 14, 2017 at 10:36 AM
I assume Shin will wake up in hell...at the end of the day even if he handed out sandwiches in the past and did pull out the sword his hands are covered in blood of so many enemies. Butterfly god will for sure make him go on some journey...
I think the kid that lives next to the shop is referring to the very powerful grandma we all know. I hope her involvement will somehow get Shin back to where he belongs...with ET. Not as a reincarnation but just as Shin finally allowed to age and be happy.
It will be interesting to see how the Grim Reaper situation will be resolved. Him and Sunny deserve to be happy but Grim Reaper needs to stop choosing cowardice (as he did in his past life) and step up his game.
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 10:59 AM
Butterfly god is so inconsistent tho. Kim shins second in command killed as many people n yet he got rewarded in this lifetime. I think the punishment has more to do with grudges than anything else. You have as much control over ur life than the deities does
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110 Sheri
January 14, 2017 at 10:47 AM
I've wondered through the show if perhaps the queen was pregnant when she died? Is the boy the reincarnation of their baby? Which is why he's being raised by a mysterious "grandma"?
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tesshan
January 14, 2017 at 10:59 AM
Nah...that would be just too much now, IMHO. The Queen would not have sacrificed herself like that if she was pregnant...
But I do think the granny he is referring to is the god in red and maybe the fact that ET and Shin helped the kid will play in Shin's favour wherever he is now.
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111 Bea
January 14, 2017 at 10:52 AM
Everytime I rewatch that last scene I cry
I do have some questions /observation about the scene if anyone has a good interpretation
1) goblin were able to slay pjw because of GR s involvement. What was KS s original plan to kill pjw? Was it to get pjw, et n him together, then force et to take out the sword to kill pjw?
2) after luring pjw in the alleyway to rooftop, why didn't the goblin just teleport back up to rooftop. I'm assuming that his plan to call et and have et summon him was because he thought he could get there before pjw did. Why didn't he get there earlier?
3) I know et will never kill the goblin, but still, having pjw possess et, then goblin physically use her body to pull out his sword is a minor critique I have about the plot.
4) lady in red in previous episode kept urging KS to pull out the sword. If he did, pjw would still have been alive as demon. So lady in red is still not all that knowing about pjw? She knew et s mom were going to die and gave her advise to pray. Did she know pjw was involved. Or did she care more about her creation than others that get their soul sucked by pjw, that she has her own agenda?
5) the last scene was done so beautifully. I love ETS crying. But what did it for me was the detail and the last moment before KS disappear. That look on ETS face, the moment of silent,the denial, the shock, the locked eye gaze, the attempt to savour the last moment and the disbelief that Kim shin will go away, to the devastation that he disappeared into thin air and there is nothing to physically hold onto, not even a ring. The same with Kim shin, when he gazed at et with his exhausted smile , devoured that last frozen moment, and he attemptted to give snow and rain as something et can hold on to when he disappeared without a trace into thin air.
6) I saw Kim shin the warrior when he decisively smite pjw. That was a short lived satisfying moment
7) so the deities has little to do with what happens in the story except to present then with opportunities/fate. I felt like the message is what gets sent will be returned as a creation. The citizens pray to God for the love of Kim shin returns him as the goblin. ETS mother pray with love to unborn et survived death. Kim shins send appreciation and love to his second in command came back reincarnated with good life. Of course there is the whole 4 life time to go through to reap the rewards. Some how when et and Kim shin declared love for each other will eventually bring them back together.
8) it has bugged me with the idea that et as human can't stay together with the goblin because she will be his daughter, his friend, his mother, his grandmother. The thought that he had to die came early. But that did not lessen the impact of the last scene
9) I welcome any goog yoo kiss.
10) after these intense episodes, I hope the writer has something that can match in the intensity in the last 3 episode
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tesshan
January 14, 2017 at 11:05 AM
1) yes, I do think Shin's plan was to get PJW in the same place with him and ET and then get ET to pull out the sword and kill PJW.
2) good question...was wondering the same. Not sure if he can just appear where the bride is by his own will or if he needs to be summoned. He did not know ET had lost the ability to see ghosts and maybe there was a 50/50 chance PJW would go to Sun and harm her instead of ET?
9) agree..always...in tight spaces and anywhere else... lol
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 11:31 AM
I though KS pretty much relegated the responsibility to protect sunny to GR.
The thought of forcing et to pull out the sword just bucks me even though there is no other way. At the same time et did owe him a favor for saving her life
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Cidorta
January 14, 2017 at 2:42 PM
He did left the resposability to reaper to protect Sunny, but i wish have seen something like reaper putting his "life" on the line to protect KS because it was him who order his death that way it would had felt that the the WY from the past he is no more but someone who truly care in this lifetime for KS and everyone around him. Someone who is not jealous or feel inferior.
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mitch
January 14, 2017 at 4:55 PM
I think that KS realized while he was talking to GR the reason for PJW's appearance after 900 years - that the Goblin's bride has appeared in KS' life. He seemed also to realize that PJW knows that it was a matter of time when the mark on ET will disappear & thus would enable PJW to possess ET, pull out sword & kill KS. KS, knowing all these, seemed to have decided on doing exactly that. I think it was significant that KS made that decision because whether PJW possessed the body of ET & pulled out the sword (as he originally intended) or him wrapping his hands around ET's hands & pulling the sword (we saw that it was really KS who made the pull), it took the decision out of ET to end KS' life. He didn't want ET to live with the guilt of his death (tho we might still see it in the next episodes).
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Marie Balangue
January 15, 2017 at 5:51 AM
Agree with you. ET wanted to be stabbed, so KS could live. KS made the decision to use ET's hands to pull out the sword to kill PJW. It was KS's final battle for WY. So KS gave WY the notice of his death.
112 Cake
January 14, 2017 at 10:52 AM
I've been secretly stalking the blog and comments, but not anymore lols.
After watching this episode I had to lay down for what felt like an age before I was emotionally ready to process everything that happened. It's been a while since I've seen a drama affect me with such force. KGE was a gem to watch as she charmed me with her sweet smiles and ripped my heart with her tears all at once. Her chemistry with GY really shinned (lols) through. The same is to be said for LDW and YIN! And I am emotionally damaged thanks to them.
So my theory is far-fetched and it's based on speculation that's been deliriously twist by grief from this episode, please excuse the crudity >.<
I'm not sure if the rule still applies that before Eun Tak reaches her 'perfect' (was that the right term?) age of 30, she might encounter death a last time?
I have a greedy wish that Kim Shin's spirit would find a way to hang around her through out that time even though she can't see ghosts anymore until her death. I mean as a goblin, he's centuries for her- ten more years isn't so bad right? In that way, he'll be keeping his promise by being by her side before they can be reunited that way when she dies?
I feel like I'm in Goblin Support Group xD
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 11:02 AM
That was my thought also. That if human is desperate enough, they will find a way. I don't know what the state of being of Kim shin is now, human, ghost or ashes, but I think he will be desperate enough to show up in front of et when GR shows up at her 29th birthday
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tesshan
January 14, 2017 at 11:11 AM
I do hope they manage to get a life together. Having to wait for her to die to be reunited is just too sad. Both of them deserve so much better.
Although ET said she does hope this is her 1st life...and the one that just ended was Shin's 1st as well (I assume) so in their 2nd life they could finally have a life together (for 3 more times).
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113 Sheri
January 14, 2017 at 10:58 AM
That's right. We were told, there would be another reaper attempt on her life at 29.
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tesshan
January 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM
Wondering if that will still happen now that she did fulfil her purpose. Maybe now she will just live her life and meet the GR only when it is really her time.
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114 leila
January 14, 2017 at 11:05 AM
lol i dont know why but one of my favorite scenes in this entire episode was when grim reaper was calling out park joong won's name. he just looked so cool and professional and powerful coming as a grim reaper to save the day :D
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 11:36 AM
That was very satisfying moment for me, for pjw to be finally under some sort of control
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chingu
January 14, 2017 at 9:30 PM
Yes, Grims was really cool there. As a lot of people speculated, the ultimate showdown included all three of them--Goblin, Grims and Eun-tak. Sometimes, I feel like even reading fans' theories are spoiling me because of how accurate they end up being! I should try harder to stay away from Goblin tags... I've already seen too much.
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115 pyromaniac
January 14, 2017 at 11:25 AM
Haha i love it.
' I’m pretty much going to cling to the hope that there’s a magic-presto Get Out of Heaven Free card Shin’s earned with the gods, because giving away all of those sandwiches and setting people on good paths will go rewarded somehow, right?'
Wondering if the gods have a loyalty card scheme where for every sandwich given away/shown on screen time/mentioned goblin gets a stamp. He must have a lot of stamps to get 'out of jail free'.
On another point. I have a question/future speculation - PREDICTION WARNING.
From a previous episode grandpa left a message for Secretary Kim, now CEO Kim.
"There’s one with his name, too, and it contains a letter telling him that he will meet Kim Shin, who will “come walking in the rain and go in blue flames,” to whom the grandpa’s every possession belongs. "
It was kind of weird thinking about it now. Secretary Kim knows goblin as the one who does not age and the one who saw potential in him. But i don't think he knows goblin as Kim Shin? Also i don't think we have seen a scene with him 'walking in the rain and going in blue flames'. Could this be foreshadowing of goblin return?
Also as CEO Kim knows goblin and what he looks like i presume when goblin returns he will have a different face hence why goblin may not have recognized the "CEO" Eun Tak was meeting for lunch in Canada was himself reincarnated with a new face.
I just hope goblin and Eun Tak recognize each other.
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pyromaniac
January 14, 2017 at 11:33 AM
Just had another thought. Wouldn't it be funny that he died now only for him to be sent back as a reaper??
Grim reaper came back because he willingly drank poison.
Goblin kept walking to the king willingly knowing he would die. And he willingly removed the sword in his chest knowing he would die.
A cruel twist of fate i tell you. Although technically not 'alive', at least he will be walking with ET. i just don't know what they would do about his punishment of not knowing who he was.
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cocraze
January 20, 2017 at 5:47 AM
Secretary (CEO) Kim knows Goblin as "Yoo Shin Jae". Chairman Yoo did mention "Kim Shin" name in an earlier episode though, Prior to his message in the letter.
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116 liz18
January 14, 2017 at 12:09 PM
I don't get something>
Kim shin blames the king for killing his sister, him, his relatives and servants. But if only Kim shin died, he would not cause so many people to die !! Because by dying Kim Shin would be ´´ loyal´´ to the king, this way he would not be called traitor, and his sister, relatives and servants wouldnt die.
So Kim shin is as sinful as the king imo.
The king was grow up being manipulated by his ´father´ figure the eunuch, who he thought loved him, only him.......
Idk, I feel bad for the king.
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 12:42 PM
I think WY was shaped by pjw, as much as Kim shin is shaped by society's expecting to be loyal. I'm not sure one can be blamed more than other.
I think there is a progression of thoughts as Kim shin approach the king
First is to love and loyalty to the king and the need to protect the king from pjw. And that the life of the king matters more. Then as he witness the death of his sister whom he probably knew would sacrifice her life, he became angry and vengeful. And then he had to stop approaching the king because his relatives whom he has personal connections die.
I'm not sure sacrificing himself when pjw was in control of Yeo is the best solution either. More innocent people will die until the puppet rule under pjw.
On the other hand, even tho Wang Yeo was shaped by pjw, he suspected pjw poisoning Kim sun, then poisoning himself. Instead of being grief stricken, a better solution was to get control of his country, get rid of pjw. He did say that it's insulting for Kim shin to protect him when the king should be protecting his people. Well he rejected Kim shin from protecting him so he should chose to protect his people but failed.
It is easy to say what people should have done when they are overwhelmed with emotions. There is still future to redeem oneself and that's why story is written.
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Napkiin
January 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Shin knows even if he dies alone, Park will still try to get rid of Sun. And if he dies alone, he's going against the previous King's wishes since it was to protect Yeo.
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117 Sara
January 14, 2017 at 2:17 PM
Wooooahhhhhhh!! Thank God I have a week to recover from this. I seriously havent enjoyed watching quality TV this much for a long time. This show makes me feel Im at the cinema watching an epic movie everysingle time. Its a roller coaster of emotions with impressive cinematography, outstanding acting ( AND YES INCLUDING ET) and such a wonderful OST i think it is going to take a while from me to recover from it.
Down to business:
1.- Please no reincarnation, i dont care its the obvious twist, please no. Maybe KS talked to Reaper before his dead scene and asked him to erase Eun tak's memories after hes gone. One last favour and debt to ask from him. Not a fan from the amnesia plot either, but it can always be recovered.
2. ET's crying broke my heart, spot on the actress, Emotions were amazingly conveyed. KS' final words... really like... i was sobbing with headphones on, my husband thinking I definetedly lost it. WELL DONE!
3. The Kiss. OMG. When a show portrays such deep love and longing, it is just not coherent to not have at least one kiss like this one. It is not a matter of skinship blablabla. You cant give your OTP a passionate, timeless forever and ever love and then reduce it to a peck on the lips. That makes you disconnect with the romance they are trying to sell ( aka Lotbs ) Then there is also the fact that nobody kisses like GY :)
4. I really am mourning :(( next week cannot come soon enough
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Ally
January 14, 2017 at 7:26 PM
comment 2--about the husband...lol. ..mine thinks the same. It's been goblin all day, every day, for the past week in our house. Doesn't help that I'm obsessed with the soundtrack and been playing it on our piano day and night...
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cocraze
January 20, 2017 at 5:51 AM
Same here! My only child (7 yo) has also resorted to requesting I download my Goblin OST on her iphone. And she plays it all day long.
I hereby thank my husband profusely for his patience. Hehehehe. Another few more hours to wait for my next dose of Goblin..... :'(
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118 dramaqueen4
January 14, 2017 at 2:21 PM
Thanks for the recap. I know I'm late commenting, but something's been bothering me throughout the drama. I don't quite get the Quebec connection (other than PPL for Canadian tourism, of course). Like, why are the members of an ancient Korean family buried on a random hill in Quebec? Did I FF at a critical moment early on and miss this? (It's entirely possible with the beautiful but slow direction.)
Don't worry about Gong Yoo, y'all. Eating fresh at Subway gives you life.
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JISG
January 14, 2017 at 2:28 PM
It could be seen as a random country/place for a Goblin from Korea lol
900 years ago, Canada was as an empty space as anywhere else so no one will likely notice a stranger comes and goes.
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cocraze
January 20, 2017 at 6:00 AM
In the story, it was supposedly the first place Kim Shin settled down in after leaving Goryeo.
However, viewers with a keen eye on history had pointed out that the 900 year history timeline probably fit in with Goryeo Wang-dynasty but not Quebec (which is supposedly founded in 1600, thereabouts).
Taking historical facts aside, I would simply take it that the first burial happened way before the place developed and the Yoo family owned the land the hill was on (as well as the surrounding "huts" which have since developed into hotels).
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119 RamenQueen
January 14, 2017 at 2:30 PM
I have some questions I was hoping someone can help answering!!
- why did goblin call ET using his phone THEN have her summon him instead of just teleport back to the roof since that's where he left her?
- why did goblin have to sarcrifice himself using the sword when Grim was going to summon Park ghost anyhow since his special case paper work was submitted? Also, even though Grim is on probabtion, he can still do everything ? Or maybe that's why Goblin has to fight the ghost because Grim had no power?
- why was ETs father never mentioned or talked about? same with doek hwa's father?
Random comment - is it me or the scene of Goblin and ET playing around after he handed her the contract seem very awkward. Like it looks like they are trying too hard to "act"? Other scenes were very natural so this one stuck out. Maybe related to the actors/actresses being tired?
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 3:08 PM
1) I have the same question
2) since the reapers agency have not done all the paperwork to cull pjw, n also WY is off duty, he cannot act on his own (it's the agency that processes the souls?). I think all he can do is to call him out and isolate him. In the mean time, et ians Kim sun are in danger now and pjw needs to be taken care of immediately.
3) I thought ETS father was a deadbeat dad. I think KS was acting like Deok kwa s father. I'd like the ask the same question about where did all the mothers go. I think Kim shin in a way became some sort of surrogate father and samshin became surrogate mother
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DaehanMingukManse
January 15, 2017 at 1:30 PM
1) Battle strategy. At first he have to lure eunuch's ghost into sense of accomplishment (when PJW think GY didn't know that his water sword can't kill him) then when it turned out to not succeed, ghost will went to roof (once again after a false sense of security that GY still didn't know that the sword that can kill him is the one which embedded in his chest)--probably after getting the info from other ghost who always tailing ET that ET can't see them and she's on a rooftop. The reason why GY's stressed that ET must definitely call him after he phoned her is because of timing & connection. He knows that ghost will be there but he doesn't know when (I disagree a little of him using ET as bait here) therefore he used his last link to ET--the match--to delivered the last element of surprise in slaying PJW.
3) It will be a huge twist if the ghost no. 1 (the girl ghost with gray long dress) turned out to be DeokHwa's mother. Lmaooo.
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Out of the blue
January 14, 2017 at 4:28 PM
I felt that the scenes where they were fooling around (KGE climbing on GY) were more like the actors going out of character. You can see Gong Yoo's signature laugh that seldom comes out in acting, more so in bts and varieties. Perhaps thats why it felt different and jarring for you.
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Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
January 14, 2017 at 7:01 PM
Kim Shin had to pull out the sword in order to 'kill' park Joong heon as that's the Destiny. Even Grim Reaper said that without a card the hoobae reaper can't do anything. And that with a name card at least they can control it. Park Joong Heon would slip through any reaper just how he did before. So that's why Grim Reaper called out his name thrice only to control his power of possessing Eun Tak.
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Napkiin
January 15, 2017 at 11:04 AM
Because Park cannot be killed using a water sword since he's a vegeful ghost, only the fire sword works.
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cocraze
January 20, 2017 at 6:13 AM
Submitting the details on PJW just settles the paperwork to officially put PJW's name in the Book of Life and Death so that a death card CAN be issued.
But I suppose that having a death card issued does not automatically guarantee that the ghost/soul will willingly follow the Reaper. It only allows the Reaper to know where and when the "death" will happen. And PJW had escaped Grimms 20 years ago once, probably using his dark powers.
Grimms had been "suspended from duty", but we see that his powers are still valid/available. From being able to teleport to the rooftop, to being able to have the commanding Reaper call to summon PJW out of possessed EunTak.
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120 ywcnois
January 14, 2017 at 2:36 PM
Maybe a random question, but..
Eun-tak had sent a letter in Canada, didn't she? Or what was it? As far as I remember, it wasn't mentioned later in the drama, was it? So we never saw the contents. Or am I mistaken?
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Cidorta
January 14, 2017 at 2:51 PM
You are not mistaken, ET sent a letter from Canada that has not been mentioned until now , it will not suprise me that it will show next week.
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chingu
January 14, 2017 at 9:35 PM
She did write and dropped off a letter in the mailbox in the/Shin's(?) hotel in Canada, but we still never got to see what that letter was about. I just thought she wrote a "Thank You" card to Shin and Grims for saving her from the loan sharks, since that's what it looked like in the previews for one of the earlier eps.
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ywcnois
January 18, 2017 at 3:16 PM
Because of the preview, that's what I assumed too. But then the letter just didn't get mentioned anymore and I was left thinking it can't take that long for a letter to be sent from Canada to Korea.. right? It was like September or October when she sent it and now it's January.
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Yvonne Yuen
January 15, 2017 at 2:36 AM
I think that letter is a lead in to the 29-y.o. Eun Tak meeting the 'chairman' in the Quebec restaurant.
She was talking to Sunny on the phone saying she has not traveled abroad before (not counting the 'door' visits). I have a feeling that the letter has reached the 'chairman' who is the exact face reincarnation of Kim Shin. The chairman read the letter and was curious so he arranged everything to have Eun Tak flown over to Quebec to meet him.
What do you all think?
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121 Adchicky
January 14, 2017 at 2:40 PM
In other alot of ig [POSSIBLE SPOILER REMOVED]
Need more for Sunny and GR.. there's should be 2nd season only for them ?
Grim Reaper : a lonely and ...... king ???? Hahahaha
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Cidorta
January 14, 2017 at 2:54 PM
[SPOILER REMOVED]
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122 Bea
January 14, 2017 at 3:11 PM
Wouldn't that be interesting if KS turns back into a soul and an agency like the reapers working through the paperwork to turn him back into human?
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123 Marce
January 14, 2017 at 3:54 PM
I love imagery and iconography in art and photography. There are so many beautiful symbols in this program related to the sun, the moon, water and fire, rain and snow. Peach Blossoms, Sunflowers, Buckwheat field and dandelions.
I have been having fun trying to decipher them
BTW Did you notice the last image at the end of the episode.
It turned upside down, as if you were viewing as Kim Shin laying on the ground;
then footssteps in the sand; a shadow in the background and a dandelion with its fluffy seeds missing ( Eun Tak blew a dandelion by the graveyard, maybe made a wish?)
Keeping my mind busy so that my hearts stops crying,
bye bye
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chingu
January 14, 2017 at 9:39 PM
Yeah, I definitely try to make out what was going on in those last couple minutes of blurry scenes. Like you, I saw a glimpse of what looked like Shin laying/dying on the ground, but the rest was so undecipherable--just like the glimpses we/Shin saw when he first locked eyes with Eun-tak in ep 1. I think that's a hint at their future that's to come...
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Hanayori
January 15, 2017 at 1:55 AM
Think I saw - Kim Shin in his warrior outfit, the dandelion and the contract ET wrote asking KS to answer to her summon on every first snow
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124 Adchicky
January 14, 2017 at 4:16 PM
When gong yo kiss he really can kiss and when he cry I saw his eyes are getting almost read.....
And when he dying ... I wonder if he felt any pain coz he just sit there and a couple of time have slightly smile like absorb any last moment with eun tak ....
What happen if GR didn't show up??? Does he considering kill the ghost by killing the possed eun tak???
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125 michykdrama
January 14, 2017 at 6:05 PM
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this but I need to add that I really love the death scene because not only was it tragic and beautiful but even the CGI was well thought out.
After Shin's sword came out- he had a hole in his body and that's where the embers/sparks were coming out from. So beautiful- they were "leaking" out of him and filling the air- so pretty and so tragic- and the choice of having his body be like fire was apt since he controls flame. His immortal body glowed like embers before he eventually faded away and became dust as he died when the flame went out.
❤?????
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celine
January 14, 2017 at 7:27 PM
And this is one of the reasons why I love drama discussions. Some beanies pick up what others missed. Those red embers floating around them is seriously A+ CGI. Thanks for pointing out, Mich!
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seasons32
January 14, 2017 at 7:33 PM
Even his shadow on the helipad had the same effects! I only realized when I rewatched that the shadow hadn't stayed dark, but showed the sparks appearing at the same pace. The amount of detail is amazing.
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Ally
January 14, 2017 at 8:53 PM
The Cgi for Kim Shin was well done, but I wished that PJW had a burning ember slit from stem to sternum where the sword would have slayed him in two. Is that too much to ask?
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michykdrama
January 15, 2017 at 12:12 AM
@ally I fully agree. I was expecting/hoping for that too. Maybe it was too hard to do? Lol. By then again I've seen the CGI they have done for W and I bet they could have done it if they wanted.
So... they either ran out of time (very possible) or didn't want to do it (maybe they thought it was cheesy) or.... (and this is just me being crazy) but maybe Ghost Park isn't completely dead.
But that just could be my lack of sleep thanks to my sick 3 year old talking. LOL.
Or I just want to have Ghost Park SUFFER a bit more for his crimes, rather than just dissolve away. (I'm vindictive in that way!)
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chingu
January 14, 2017 at 9:49 PM
Yes, Kim Shin's death scene is now one of my favorite scenes in this show, despite how sad it is.
Excellent point about the fiery sparks coming out of Shin!
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126 tearsofjoy
January 14, 2017 at 7:42 PM
The tears!! This episode!! My heart!! Goblin you've died a beautiful death but please come back! Side note, that kiss just happened. The gong yoo that we know can kiss, has entered the building? it's going to be a hard work/school week. Fighting everyone!!!!!
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celine
January 14, 2017 at 8:23 PM
"The gong yoo that we know can kiss, has entered the building."
Your comment cracked me up. :D
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tearsofjoy
January 19, 2017 at 4:44 PM
I'm glad:D Here's to more kisses tomorrow!
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127 rina.kim
January 14, 2017 at 8:39 PM
The moment I heard Ailee's song (I will go to you like the first snow) at the end ep 12..it gives me a sad-kinda-chill-feelings. thus, I read the English translation, and it got me tear up..There's a hint in the song..that tell KS is leaving..so, the week before 13th ep aired..I was preparing my mental to face any possibilities of KS disappearing. I listen to the song many times, to prepare myself facing the death of KS..
I thought, I was well prepared watching ep 13..i still can hold my tears from falling down (the tears is at the corner of my eyes) at the lines 'I love you'..the tears rolling down at the lines 'Don't go! Don't go like this!'..and, there's a flood in my bed..
I didn't expect ET to cry like that..but, her acting lived up to my expectation..I was imagining her wailing with Ailee's song (I will go to you like the first snow) in the background..and so, it happen!
With that, I spend my day like a zombie..I live like normally, but my spirit is gone..but, the nest day(today) i come back to normal..Life must go on! I must be sane to watch the ending! KES, I believe in you! You never disappoint us even in Secret Garden..
So, here cheers to Goblin..Good job to all the casts, director, writer and background's staff
p/s: I guess Ailee's song will be in for a bit ( The theme for the song is sad love story for goblin's couple).. i like the ost most, though. in fact, deep in my heart, i hope the drama have a tragic ending
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128 Bea
January 14, 2017 at 8:47 PM
Anyone has any idea why Kim shin just stood there for et to pull out the sword instead of running. Were he ready to die whether he is possessed or not? Did he give up? Was he shocked? Did he plan to use the sword after pjw possesed et pull it out? What was he feeling?
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Mango Juice
January 14, 2017 at 9:42 PM
Eun-tak pulling the sword was Kim Shin's plan all along. He knows that Eun-tak will not pull the sword no matter what he says. He also knows that Park Joong-heon would love to kill Shin in his own hands once more through Eun-tak's ability to pull out the sword.
Knowing these, he readily accepts his death just to 'kill' Park Joong-heon. Even if our Grim Reaper did not appear, his plan could still work.
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 11:27 PM
So KS will go along with killing pjw in ETS body after the possesed et pull out his sword? That's assuming GR was not part of the plan?
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 11:35 PM
This is also assuming that he thinks that he has enough energy left over after his sword is pulled out to fight pjw possesed et to get pjw out of her body then kill him?
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Mango Juice
January 15, 2017 at 12:06 PM
I'm pretty sure a human body can not be possessed too long. Remember when Park Joong-heon possessed the drunk man? And when he possessed the spirits below Sunny's chicken shop? That's the reason why Eun-tak had been drained of her energy when PJH left her body after being called by Grim Reaper.
So no, Kim Shin won't attack PJH in ET's body.
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Miecha
January 14, 2017 at 11:01 PM
It was his plan to let ET to remove the sword and kill PJW afterwards. But sudden possession by PJW into ET might makes him shocked.
If possessed ET remove the sword, he cannot kill PJW that still trapped inside ET body. Thus, PJW will still alive while KS become ashes. ET also might be killed by PJW afterwards. So with GR come to the rescue, ET at least can be saved. KS will be dead no matter how in order to kill PJW.
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 11:30 PM
If he does escape, pjw possesed et might not be able to track him. Pjw won't kill et because he has to use her body.
Still having a hard time figuring out the logic without GR in the picture
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miecha
January 15, 2017 at 8:11 AM
I thought he has intention to kill ET and Sunny? IIRC, he mentioned this before attacking them at Sunny's restaurant.
Yeah, I also wondering what exactly his plan if GR is not around that time.
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129 YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
January 14, 2017 at 9:40 PM
I loved the ending:
- when Kim Shin pulled out the sword with his hands over ET's: that was a wonderful moment, that he helped her, that their hands were fused together, they were one when he pulled the sword.
- when the first spark of red glowing ember ignited over his back, so subtle you could miss it. I had imagined that he would be reduced to cold grey ashes when the sword was pulled out, but no, this was a slow slow burn, like a hot feverish rash, as the path of red embers spread, a slow burn; that red hot glow reminded me of the hellish 999 years he has been living, so fitting that his end was akin to the way he lived, a slow devouring of his physical self, every particle of his being accentuated and breathing, smoking, alive, till the very end.
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Bea
January 14, 2017 at 11:31 PM
It's hard to think they they are one when et was knocked unconscious by pjw. It was not ETS free will :(
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130 aoife
January 14, 2017 at 10:38 PM
KIM GO EUN tho. wow!!!
that kiss and that ending?
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131 redhazel
January 15, 2017 at 1:21 AM
I cry and cry and keep crying during this episode. Lee dong wook acting in the goryeo era is amazing. Gong yoo crying scene reading the contract makes my tears falling. And the last but not least, Kim Go Eun's devastating cries makes me lose control until it's getting hard to breath coz I was crying too much!! ??? Of course the next day my eyelids looks 3 times bigger.
Kudos to the actors, writer, director.
I'm happy this week they only have 1 episode coz it won't feel right if after this devastating ending and the next day kim shin suddenly 'come back'. I'm very curious how the story will unfold in the last
3 episode. For now im gonna spent a week replaying ailee song while reminiscing the last scene *sob*
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132 Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
January 15, 2017 at 7:36 AM
While I was trying hard to prepare for my maths test I could not help but calculate(!) The story of goblin.
I was contemplating the last few seconds of the blurry field and a dandelion. Then I came up with one of my version of the ending. Do add or subtract few things. So here's what came to my mind:
The gods said that he'll become ashes. They didn't highlight anything about it being his end although they did mention death of the goblin. So after he became ashes he'll revive as a mortal in that buckwheat field where his body was thrown. Then for the last time, he'll be able to use his supernatural power to meet the Secretary/new CEO of chunwoo to get what is his originally. I mean, let's be rational over here! We can have the Kim Shin minus his powers and 900 years but we CANNOT have him without his fashion! Thus he'll be the chaebol this time to afford his glamorous stylish brands ? (sidenote : I think just how Deok Hwa had been used by the god as a vessel, the grandpa also had some message from the god. Describing his resurrection and stuffs)
And about Eun Tak, I do believe she'll get the amnesia spell this time (hopefully KES will pull a nice twist to this cliche as well). It'll be either done by our Reaper if he can still do that as he's being punished. Or the Samshin granma will do It I guess.
On the other hand, I'm hoping Kim Shin won't wait 10 years to meet her. Just because they showed the flash-forward of her 29th year doesn't necessarily mean they'll meet after 10 years. Does it? No right ?
That's about all. My hopelessly childish and yearning self can't wait to see episode 14 Damn it!
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mitch
January 15, 2017 at 9:19 AM
I have the same thoughts! I just re-watched the episode & I find it significant that during that death scene as KS was saying his last farewell, they showed us scenes of 2 conversations of ET & KS.
The 1st - when they were discussing that no love or sadness lasts forever. Not for a thousand years. ET was saying there was, a sad love. The 2nd - on that snow-capped mountain when KS said that he wished he had an excuse disguised as a permission to stay with ET. Am thinking, why of all scenes of ET & KS, why were we shown those particular two? Are these two conversations significant to what comes next?
So, am thinking this will be the excuse for KS to come back to ET's life. With his death, he just became her sad love. Would granny allow that knowing how she finds ET precious? Can't granny grant a pass for 61 more years for KS (i really did compute! haha!) to stay with ET to complete a thousand years? In the interim, while KS is negotiating this with the gods (and watching over ET get sadder & sadder from wherever he went to), 10 years will pass & they meet again at that Quebec resto.
Hmmm...I gotta stop thinking & start to patiently wait for Friday to come :)
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133 Miyo
January 15, 2017 at 8:39 AM
The best ending so far, i cried so much when kim shin and euntk cried... Can't wait for next week.
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134 JISG
January 15, 2017 at 11:28 AM
so is the evil eunuch or going be the new Grim Reaper?
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DaehanMingukManse
January 15, 2017 at 1:41 PM
Nuh, I don't think he will. He had taken a lot of lives and when he become ghost he accumulate so much bad karmas with no repentance whatsoever. The reason wang yeo can become a GR despite his sins is because of his status as king, many people had pray for him when he departed--as citizen always did when their ruler's die--and as butterfly god said, he saw everything.
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135 DaehanMingukManse
January 15, 2017 at 1:49 PM
I just find out that they use live shoot for this drama, I thought it was pre-produced.
(>‿♥)
So hereby, petition for writer Kim Eun Sook to make Goblin's comeback in Terminator's style.....so we can finally watch Gong Yoo's abs (in case there is one of her assistant-- or probably from TVN's crew--monitoring beanies as we discuss, like what happen back in "Reply 1988"). Lmaooo.
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JISG
January 15, 2017 at 9:26 PM
Co-sign. Would it be pervvy of me to want to check in on Gong Yoo's abs? You know, to make sure to still there lol
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klurker 🐙 Dora-Momo makes me wish I was young again
January 16, 2017 at 7:45 AM
Where do we sign the petition? Lol.
Let's hope KES has a butterfly spy lurking here on DB to take note of our sincere, innocent, pure petitions. Jebal!
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Ally
January 17, 2017 at 4:16 AM
Sign me up as well!!! I've rewatched the scene where ET initially summons KS to the beach--several times--only because the wind catches his light sweater just right that it reveals the profile of his perfect pectoral muscles under it. He, that's what I watch for.
And I love the pale tones on him. That scene and the snow scenes are where I totally swoon for him. Totally appreciate the last memory of him and ET talking in the snowy forest. That's where I lost it.
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136 magnifiedlogophile
January 15, 2017 at 3:28 PM
I think I do understand the meta joke about Grim Reaper using the name 'Kim Woo-Bin'.It was recently revealed that the writer didn't actually agree with LDW potraying as the GR.She might actually wanted KWB to potray the character.But LDW worked really hard to get chosen to potray the GR character.Maybe they still would want to fulfill the writer's wish and came up with the option to use it as meta joke ?.I heard that the writer was a big fan of KWB.
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aurorab
January 15, 2017 at 7:37 PM
I love Kim woo bin but Lee Dong Wook made this character come to life. He's perfect for the role ! Lol
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JISG
January 15, 2017 at 9:28 PM
It would be even more meta if Kim Woo Bin can make an appearance. I hope that's what they're planning!!!
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137 Growingbeautifully
January 15, 2017 at 4:31 PM
There are 2 aspects of logic I'm mulling over, both to do with the mark on Eun Tak's neck.
I was saying in a previous comment (page 2) that the logic of why the mark faded was not made clearer - at least I missed the full significance of it. Not only did repeated dangers towards ET leave her unable to see ghosts, but they also reduced Shin's ability to sense her.
If more viewers had known that, then we would have been in suspense after each occasion that Eun Tak faced danger, wondering whether her next summons to Shin would reach him or not. This could have been played out more and used to good effect. Also, knowing that the mark was fading did not seem to really worry Shin all that much. He only mentioned it once. He had promised her that he'd never let her die but if she was going to lose that ability to summon him with the fading of that neck mark, then how could be be so confident, since her death would be scheduled and rescheduled, over and over.
The other part of the logic... not sure if it flows from what I mentioned above, is that, why did the glowing of that mark on her neck not always signal to Shin that she was in trouble. Was there a difference because one time she herself was the target and this episode it was Sunny who was going to be the victim?
It the Park ghost already knew at this stage that he should wait until later to kill Eun Tak, because with the mark fading, she'd unable to see him and less able to summon Shin, why did he attack Sunny when Eun Tak was still strong enough to ward him off?
A possible scenario at Sunny's restaurant was that Park hoped to get Shin to come to the restaurant to avenge the death of Sunny, at which time, Park would have possessed Eun Tak to draw the sword and kill Shin. Park did not count on being repelled by the neck mark which until then had been pretty innocuous.
Yeah, I'd like to have been more certain about what that mark was supposed to be able to do or not do. Aside from this, the logic of this show holds pretty good!!!
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Bea
January 15, 2017 at 7:16 PM
I think the mark is an indicator that et is the globins bride and she is sharing his abilities to interact with ghosts and repell dangers. I think the glowing is just an indicator that she is in danger. But the the energetic communication between the globins weakens, the globins no longer gets that info . It does bother me that the globins is not bothered that the mark is fading and she might not be able to summon him. He might not even know the mechanic on how that works
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Bea
January 15, 2017 at 7:29 PM
I think even et herself did not know she is losing her ability to see ghost, so she cannot even warn Kim shin
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Growingbeautifully
January 15, 2017 at 10:54 PM
Yes, it could be that neither one of them really knew how precarious it would be fore Eun Tak to lose that mark and lose her connection to Shin. Where's a good all-knowing ghost or Samshin Fairy when we need one! :)
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138 aurorab
January 15, 2017 at 7:35 PM
Man, I feel as though I need to go through all these comments as therapy after that episode. Just a couple of things: 1. Am I the only one that found it comical when lightening struck when Shin figured out what to do with his sword? I also loved how Reaper inched up to him innocently asking if he was in pain. 2. I genuinely feel bad for Reaper. They are all pitiful characters but Reaper just breaks my heart. It's interesting how the writers gave us the "new version" of Reaper that we grew to love then revealed that he was the source of every one's pain. The reaper now is loyal, innocent, capable of loving and receiving love, also great at his 9 to 5 grim Reaper job lol--there are just a lot of great qualities that he possesses and it's sad to know that if Wang Yeo wasn't corrupted at such a young age, that is the kind of person and king he could've been in his past life. I think I feel bad for him because he genuinely did not know any better. On top of the pressures of being a king and protecting his place, the eunuch's influence really just magnified his fears and insecurities. 3. Is it weird that more than Eun Tak and Shin reuniting I'm hoping the bros can work this out and be bromantic again.
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ThePerfectDramaQueen
January 16, 2017 at 5:07 AM
My thoughts exactly. I feel so bad for reaper & I can't help but think that he truly is the victim in all this. He was brainwashed and manipulated since a very young age so I really don't blame him for all that happened. I find that he is a victim himself & it breaks my heart that he is so alone.
I really hope the guys reunite & it all works out for Yeo & Sunny. I also need Gong Yoo to come back as Shin ASAP.
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139 Dori
January 15, 2017 at 7:56 PM
I was so in love with this drama that I've been re-watching every episode 3-4 times while waiting for new ones come up.
I wonder whether they upload its script or transcript or not, it would be much helpful for my korean improvement goal :D
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140 Franbergh II
January 15, 2017 at 11:00 PM
The end when eun tak crying, reminds me a lot to the end of code geass 2. Nunally's crying voice is just like eun tak, so sorrowful and now i read this again and i'm sad again T_T
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141 Sunshine
January 16, 2017 at 1:58 AM
In the first time, i watch this drama because of Gong Yoo but fall for Kim Go Eun instead, her acting is just too good. People who said she can't act might be a blind man. LOL
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142 beautiful_mess
January 16, 2017 at 3:55 AM
The power of eyeliner in Goryeo is real. Even the evil ghost is wearing it!
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klurker 🐙 Dora-Momo makes me wish I was young again
January 16, 2017 at 7:53 AM
Imagine the heated discussion that went on among the peeps in the creative department:
"Have we squeezed in all the required PPLs?"
"Canon? Check."
"Subway? Heck, yeah!"
Etc. etc. etc.
"Uh, I think we left out an eyeliner."
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143 Sara
January 16, 2017 at 6:21 AM
I think the whole death scene was planned beforehand by KS And GR. We didnt get to see the end of their conversation when KS realizes the use of the sword.
A) KS knew that the evil ghost wanted to possess ETs body to kill him so he planned just that.
B) He asked GR to come when the time came and call Parks name as soon as he grabbed the sword so that he would leave ETs body
C) He used her hands to remove the sword bc he always knew she would never do it by her own will.
D) Im pretty sure he asked GR to erase her memories after he died. We will find out on Friday...
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Deri
January 16, 2017 at 7:10 AM
I think GR only realizes PJW's at the same time JET's name card change date. He was a step behind KS and ET
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Sara
January 16, 2017 at 9:23 AM
I don't know, he might have been waiting for it after talking to KS. HAhaha waiting until Friday feels like living for 900 years!!!! ;))
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Kiara
January 16, 2017 at 7:40 AM
I do have a problem with erasing the girls' memories (Sunny and maybe Eun-tak too). It should be their decision whether they want to forget or not. It's the darkest and hardest time that makes them stronger.
I don't particularly like the fact that goblin and reaper gets to decide what's good for Sunny and Eun-tak without their knowledge. If Eun-tak wants her memory erased then that's fine but to do it because that's what Shin wants then I do not approve of it.
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Sara
January 16, 2017 at 9:21 AM
If only all kdrama writers could hear you!!!! Totally agree!! it should be their choice
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Marina
January 16, 2017 at 11:58 AM
Heh. Women can't make their own decisions nor safely cross the street. Welcome to the man's world of Kdrama. I don't think you are a novice at this world as I remember coming across your username a few times. Personally, what irks me the most, is the shallowness of lead female's dialogues and characters compared to their male counterparts. In every drama. While Goblin and GR try to discuss morality, life and other topics, the female leads conversations are devout or any meaning. Just sitting there passively (Sunny) eating crunchy things and mopping after handsome rich guys, waiting for a king? And the writer is a woman? What a disservice for all ladies out there. I just rewatched Goblin (snowy holiday weekend with no kids - they are back to college - is the best time for it) and found Sunny's character nothing less than appalling. How do you take a bright, strong teenager (Goblin's Coreyo sister) and turn her into this shallow, preoccupied with looks caricature of a women is beyond me. Her and GR's interactions add to comedic side of this drama, for sure, nothing else.
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Sam
January 16, 2017 at 12:33 PM
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Issen
January 16, 2017 at 9:12 PM
Whoa, thanks for that! I know Sunny is supposed to be mysterious but all that sitting back and waiting for her man to appear is just annoying.
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Sara
January 17, 2017 at 2:06 AM
Yesss! I actually found Sunny the weakest link in the show! a bit of an empty character.. although to be fair, she gained points when she told GR where to go in this life ; ). It did highlight her sense of independence and resolve to be happy.
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celine
January 17, 2017 at 2:48 AM
/nods
Although there are strong women in kdrama as well. It's just that they're rare. As much as I am enjoying Goblin, sometimes I think of an alternate drama where the woman is the god(dess) hehe!
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Ally
January 17, 2017 at 4:40 AM
You all have hit the nail squarely on the head about sunny's characterization. I didn't like it either. And why is she dressed like prostitute in the last scenes with the GR? Even my hubby (who has more fashion sense in his pinky than most people do in their entire body) exclaimed, "What is she wearing???!!!" When we first watched it.
Bea
January 18, 2017 at 5:52 PM
Totally agreed that women should not have their memory erased without their consent. Grim reaper, after all choose to have him memory erased. Look at the double standard.
I also have a problem with the possession of ETS body, both by pjw, then Kim shin (when he used her body to pull the sword out). But that's not a women problem alone as DK were possesed by the divinity
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Bea
January 18, 2017 at 5:58 PM
That assumption about the grim reaper actually gives logic the the sequence of events that took place, but I wish if that's the case the writer would give us hints to knit that together. Either way that's a minor plot annoyance.
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144 Els
January 16, 2017 at 8:08 AM
I dontt know which ep that KS have monolog about he wish after 100th years he can tell ET is his first love. I know that KS has told ET that he love her, but i hope this friday he will tell ET about his first love
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145 PakalanaPikake
January 16, 2017 at 1:42 PM
In episode 9, when Sunny cannot see Reaper, but hears his cellphone receive her text message, she starts singing "Glory, glory, hallelujah!" It is the refrain of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," with lyrics composed by abolitionist Julia Ward Howe early in the American Civil War (but based on earlier folk hymns and secular songs).
I've been thinking it served not only to buck up her spirits while she was spooked by Reaper's invisible presence, but the first verse could also fittingly refer to her brother's ferocity in battle and foreshadow his final showdown with Scholar Park Joong-heon:
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
Goblin, hwaiting!
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146 PakalanaPikake
January 16, 2017 at 1:47 PM
Immortal Goblin's dissolution was stunningly elemental. Someone above referred to the Phoenix, which is very apropos.
Since Kim Shin spent so much time in North America, this threnody might be fitting for a warrior of his stature:
When I Go - Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZk1CvsDSZc
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147 Petra Hackler
January 16, 2017 at 5:43 PM
No one that I have seen has mentioned this so I will. In the scene where an older (future) Eun Tak is in the restaurant in Canda she turns in her seat and says (paraphase here) Over here Mr. President. I have interpreted this to a referral to Kim Shin in the future. I guess because I think he somehow lives, comes back and he is now fully human and running the conglomerate he owns and Deawok Hwa perhaps has another position in the same business organization. Goblin has dwelt on that vision more than once thus far and can not figure out who Eun Tak is with just that he has not thought that it might be himself, since he thinks he will not survive.
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148 Chris
January 16, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Three episodes left? I'm wondering what's going to happen next? What will happen to the goblin without the goblin? I'm sure he'll be back but how to revive him?
I'd hate "deux ex machina" like the deities will pity him and let him go back. But I'm thinking it's already well planted throughout the series.
He might come back through the power of a wish. (Or I could be wrong). But I think it will make sense. He said, he'll always be with Eun-Tak through the rain and first snow.
There's also this human desperation to find ways. Grim reaper wanted a happy ending. And remember Chairman Yu's last order to Secretary Kim? Someone will claim his belongings through the rain.
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149 BeAR
January 16, 2017 at 11:16 PM
Have you guys ever notice that everyone in the story already been reincarnate except for the goblin.
My theory is that Duk Hwa = Goblin(Kim Shin). Cause that's the only character that we do not know the origin or who is he exactly.
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150 nana
January 17, 2017 at 9:31 AM
dont know why but i feel the ceo that ET waiting is the reincarnation of KS. Maybe she happens to fall in love with him so thats why she kinda look excited waiting at the restaurant
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