Doom at Your Service: Episode 8

72 June 4, 2021June 4, 2021

by quirkycase

Now that our leads have found their way back to each other, they’re determined not to be separated again. The goddess isn’t ready to let them reunite that easily, though, and continues trying to find ways to keep them apart. But our heroine isn’t about to let anyone tell her what to do with her limited time. Her impending death looming, she begins thinking about those she’ll leave behind and comes up with a new idea for her wish.

EPISODE 8

As Myeol-mang walks toward Dong-kyung at the hospital, he isn’t sure exactly what he’s feeling but knows he can’t hold it in anymore. Dong-kyung smiles as they hug, but then Myeol-mang pushes away and calls her crazy for taking off the bracelet.

She fires back, angry at his disappearing act and how he snuck in and placed that pillow for her. Even as they argue, they’re both smiling. When Myeol-mang remarks that he was intending to keep holding back, Dong-kyung reminds him that her time is limited. Myeol-mang sobers and agrees to tell her everything.

While the goddess watches her plant sprout, Myeol-mang confesses to Dong-kyung that all her misfortunes are due to his existence. Dong-kyung thinks he’s being ridiculous and believes his existence also paves the way for fortune. Her happiness is because of him, too. He’s the pain and the medicine.

Dong-kyung tells him to go tell whoever chased him out that her life’s misfortunes aren’t his fault. Seeing his expression, she guesses she said the right thing. He smiles. Dong-kyung starts to say something, but a look comes over her. Wide-eyed, she grabs his sleeve, and then she’s gone.

Myeol-mang rushes over to her apartment, but a young guy is now living there with no idea who Dong-kyung is. Meanwhile, Dong-kyung finds herself in an ethereal flower field where the goddess awaits.

Outside, Myeol-mang approaches Sun-kyung who doesn’t recognize him. He has no idea who Dong-kyung is either and insists he doesn’t have a sister. The same happens with her colleagues. Dong-kyung has been erased from existence.

In the otherworldly field, the goddess says she “stole” Dong-kyung temporarily. She says that the plant in her flowerpot has been feeding off Dong-kyung’s misfortunes. It’s grown thanks to the fact that Myeol-mang pitied someone more than he did himself.

Myeol-mang marches to the goddess’s hospital room and spots a book she left open on the table. In the passage, Pinocchio is tired of being a puppet and asks a fairy how to grow up. She instructs him to always strive to be good so that he’ll be worthy of becoming an adult.

Dong-kyung confronts the goddess, surmising she’s the one who told Myeol-mang he was responsible for ruining her life. The goddess claims she did it for Dong-kyung. Whichever she chooses – dooming the world or dooming the person she loves most – will make her miserable.

The goddess says she loves Myeol-mang and had to step in. Dong-kyung argues the goddess can just make it so they can be happy, but the goddess says happiness gained so easily would hold no meaning. (I wouldn’t call their paths to happiness easy so far, but okay.)

Dong-kyung asks what she wants from her, but the goddess instead plucks the marble she gifted Dong-kyung out of her pocket and says the fate of “everything in here” depends on Dong-kyung’s love. She encourages Dong-kyung not to be miserable because of Myeol-mang anymore.

When Dong-kyung firmly states she’ll never be miserable because of Myeol-mang and tells the goddess to stop talking like this, the goddess chuckles appreciatively at her directness. Having issued her threat to Myeol-mang, the goddess sends Dong-kyung back to him.

Dong-kyung reaches a door in the field and knocks as the goddess told her to do. Myeol-mang hears a knock on his door and opens it to find Dong-kyung standing there. She looks around in amazement, having just been in the field moments ago. Myeol-mang hugs her in relief.

Inside, Dong-kyung is shocked to find out the identity of the goddess. She repeats what she told the goddess and scoffs that “the little thing” laughed. Myeol-mang calls Dong-kyung fearless, but she argues she was truly afraid, wondering if she was in heaven or hell.

Myeol-mang admits he was scared too after finding no one remembered Dong-kyung. Their moment is interrupted by Sun-kyung barging into Dong-kyung’s apartment … which is currently connected to Myeol-mang’s house.

They sit him down to explain, but Sun-kyung understandably thinks they’re pulling his leg. Myeol-mang busts out his mind-reading skills to prove he’s really a supernatural being. Sun-kyung now thinks he’s going crazy, and Myeol-mang chides Dong-kyung when she starts messing with Sun-kyung and almost makes him cry.

Sun-kyung starts to believe them but then worries that Myeol-mang has come to take Dong-kyung away. “No, I came to save her.” Both siblings turn to stare, and Sun-kyung is elated. Then, Myeol-mang does as Dong-kyung wants and hypnotizes her brother, putting Sun-kyung to sleep and making him forget their conversation.

When Sun-kyung wakes, all three of them are back at the hospital. He sees Dong-kyung awake and immediately starts crying and throws his arms around her. Myeol-mang dodges Sun-kyung’s attempts to hug him.

Sun-kyung throws a fit when Dong-kyung says she’s going home since she’s supposed to stay for tests. He only calms when Myeol-mang lies that he’s a doctor.

Ji-na comes barging in, but instead of being angry at Dong-kyung for hiding her illness, she vows to ensure Dong-kyung has everything she wants. Cut to the four of them in Myeol-mang’s car headed home. Ji-na sobs in the backseat, upset that Dong-kyung isn’t staying in the hospital.

Once Ji-na hears that Dong-kyung only has about two months left, she demands they return to the hospital at once. Dong-kyung explains that surgery wouldn’t necessarily cure her, and she could just as likely die in surgery anyway. “I’ll save her,” Myeol-mang cuts in confidently.

Ji-na is shocked to hear he’s Dong-kyung’s boyfriend and puts together that he’s the one Dong-kyung talked about wanting to love. When Ji-na and Sun-kyung start bickering, Dong-kyung tells them to leave. Ji-na worries about her being alone and gets another shock when Dong-kyung says she and Myeol-mang live together.

Outside, Sun-kyung assures Ji-na that everything is fine – Myeol-mang has known about Dong-kyung’s illness from the start and still wanted to be with her. Ji-na observes that Sun-kyung has changed and compliments him on growing up well. He’s like a brother to her, and they need to stick together through all this.

At home, Dong-kyung again scolds Myeol-mang for taking off like he did. He never thought she’d go so far as to hold herself hostage (that makes two of us) or that a tactic like that would work on him. Myeol-mang calls her over and places his hand on her wrist, creating a new bracelet for her.

That night, they’re back to sleeping on the couches in their connected living room. Dong-kyung wakes after Myeol-mang heads out in the middle of the night. Holding the marble, she thinks of the goddess’s words that Dong-kyung’s love determines the fate of everything.

In the yard, Myeol-mang confronts the goddess and tells her not to touch Dong-kyung. The goddess clarifies it was him she was messing with, not Dong-kyung. She admits to being wrong; Dong-kyung really does love him and even scolded her. The goddess wants the two of them to be right, but Myeol-mang knows that’s wishful thinking. “Futile hope is still hope. Futile love is still love,” the goddess argues.

Meanwhile, the mood at LifeStory is somber. They’re all worried about Dong-kyung, but Joo-ik suggests they all take some time to process. In contrast, Dong-kyung is happily watching TV and snacking while Myeol-mang reads. She gets a call from Dalgona, the writer with cancer, and goes to meet her.

Dalgona heard about Dong-kyung’s fight with the sleazy writer and that she quit her job. If Dong-kyung isn’t there, then Dalgona doesn’t plan on renewing her contract. She wants to keep writing, so she’ll try to get through surgery and chemo well.

Dong-kyung is surprised to realize Dalgona’s inspiration for her male lead is bratty writer and aspiring actor Young. She even has mugs with his face on them. Dalgona promises to show Dong-kyung her finished story in the spring after they’ve both recovered from surgery. She advises Dong-kyung to love and laugh a lot so she’ll hold on more tightly to life.

Outside, Myeol-mang is waiting for Dong-kyung. They walk holding hands, and Dong-kyung laments not coming to the beautiful spot more when she had the chance; the cherry blossoms are beautiful in the spring. She gasps to see the trees suddenly in the full bloom of spring thanks to Myeol-mang rewinding time.

Dong-kyung shares that spring is a time full of good memories for her. Before her parents died, her family would ride the Ferris wheel and take photos every year. Now, she feels the same happiness.

“I like you,” Dong-kyung confesses with a smile. Myeol-mang is speechless, and they’re abruptly back in the current time. She flounces off with a cheery wave, informing him that she’ll be sleeping at Ji-na’s tonight.

When Dong-kyung shows up, Ji-na worries that something is wrong. Dong-kyung insists she just wanted to see her. Ji-na said she’d do anything for her, and what Dong-kyung wants most is to be treated normally. They settle in for a girls’ night.

Elsewhere, while Joo-ik and Hyun-kyu grocery shop, Hyun-kyu asks about the mystery girl he glimpsed outside the café. He couldn’t see her face, but he saw Joo-ik’s and doesn’t believe she’s just a writer colleague.

Hyun-kyu runs off when Sun-kyung calls him sobbing from a noraebang. He’s a drunken mess, and Hyun-kyu gets to experience his usual crying and hugging routine. Sun-kyung starts rambling about the perils of always saying “later” rather than living in the now and how you’ll regret it forever. His words strike a chord with Hyun-kyu.

While Ji-na sleeps, Dong-kyung hears a knock on the door and goes to open it. She and Joo-ik stare at each other in surprise. Joo-ik and Ji-na fess up about their secret contract which Joo-ik assures Dong-kyung is strictly profit-driven.

Satisfied that nothing nefarious is going on, Dong-kyung leaves them to it. Joo-ik informs her that he signed her up for leave – Dong-kyung can take it up with CEO Park if she wants to quit officially. (I’ve never seen someone try to quit or get herself fired so many times and fail.)

Joo-ik comments that Dong-kyung is doing better than he expected, but Ji-na worries Dong-kyung is just faking it. When Ji-na asks if he came because he was worried about her, Joo-ik defensively asserts he’s only worried about her writing progress.

Ji-na notes how Joo-ik always sees her at her lowest. He declares himself a nice person who can’t turn away from someone who’s crying, but then turns serious. He has something to tell her. Right then, her doorbell rings. And, of course, it’s Hyun-kyu.

Myeol-mang appears at the crosswalk and takes Dong-kyung’s hand. He apologizes for not coming to her that day she called him and threatened to jump off her roof, but he just irritates her further by revealing he heard her and still didn’t show.

They take a step, and it’s suddenly spring again; they’re at the amusement park she used to frequent with her family. As they ride the Ferris wheel, Myeol-mang stares at her happy face while she watches the activity below.

Dong-kyung hopes that when she dies, her loved ones will forget her like they did when she disappeared earlier. She doesn’t want them to stay sad. Struck with an idea, Dong-kyung starts to ask if that could be her wish. Myeol-mang leans forward and kisses her before she can finish.

As they walk through the park, Myeol-mang tells her not to use her wish on others. He promises to do whatever he can, so she should focus on a wish for herself. Dong-kyung points out she already tried that, but he turned her wish down.

Thinking of her wish that he love her, Myeol-mang smiles and says she doesn’t need to use a wish for that. As she rushes to catch up to him, she bumps into a woman. Dong-kyung freezes to see her mother. Dong-kyung watches her parents, her younger self, and Sun-kyung on their happy family outing.

Myeol-mang takes them back to their time. He thought she’d like to see, but he can only alter time briefly. Seeing her face, he worries he messed up. Dong-kyung assures him she’s happy she got to see her family.

“Go ahead and like me,” Myeol-mang says. “Now I don’t care about anything else but you.” He reiterates that she doesn’t need to use her wish on him. Myeol-mang’s next sentence is interrupted by someone calling out Dong-kyung’s name.

Soo-ja stands with a suitcase in the middle of the street. As Dong-kyung turns and stares in shock at her aunt, Myeol-mang continues behind her, “So choose: the world or you.”

COMMENTS

I’m glad everyone knows about Dong-kyung’s illness now, both for her sake and theirs. Ji-na and Soo-ja especially deserved to know given how much they care about Dong-kyung and have always been there for her. I had a feeling Sun-kyung wouldn’t keep it a secret from their aunt for long. From the bits we’ve seen of Soo-ja, I’m looking forward to getting to know her more. It’s great that Dong-kyung has a loving support system, but I do wish that Ji-na and Sun-kyung would allow Dong-kyung to bring up her death. I know it’s hard for them to hear, but it’s something Dong-kyung needs to process. Making it taboo isn’t helpful since Dong-kyung then has to hold everything in and tiptoe around her loved ones. As it stands, Myeol-mang is the only person she can talk to openly about it.

Now that Myeol-mang has decided to be true to his feelings, he’s a lot happier, despite believing the goddess that it won’t end well. Myeol-mang said multiple times this episode that he’s going to save Dong-kyung, so I’m guessing that means he’ll try to arrange for someone to die in her place. If so, that could bring to fruition the goddess’s prophecy or whatever it was about him reneging on the contract and leaving her to choose someone to die in Dong-kyung’s stead. Whatever his or Dong-kyung’s plans, I’m sure the goddess will involve herself and mess with them. At this point, I feel like the goddess is just interfering because she’s bored. All she appears to do all day is look at her flowerpot which can’t be very exciting. Speaking of her flowerpot, did she mean it literally when she said it feeds off Dong-kyung’s misfortunes? Because that is strange and disturbing. She really needs some friends. And maybe some non-human-related hobbies.

The tie-in with Pinocchio – I’m assuming that was Pinocchio in the picture book, although it wasn’t explicitly stated – was unexpected. Was that text suggesting that Myeol-mang can become a real boy if he’s good enough? If he becomes “good,” will he still be Doom? There’s no official way for him to get out of his duties, but maybe there’s a way for him to stop being Doom altogether. If he ends up becoming the sacrifice for Dong-kyung, perhaps his “death” could actually mean becoming mortal rather than becoming nonexistent. The goddess created him and could likely demote him to human and create someone else for his role. Or I could be reading way too much into all of this.

The saga of Ji-na and the roommates is threatening to be more dramatic than our main love story. Joo-ik seemed ready to reveal his connection with Hyun-kyu, but I’m not quite sure why. For now, at least, Joo-ik and Ji-na’s relationship is professional more than personal, so you’d think he’d prioritize telling his long-time friend and roommate if he’s feeling guilty. With Hyun-kyu’s surprise appearance at Ji-na’s, it might not matter anyway. I honestly hope everything comes out now and we don’t get a near-miss situation. I’d rather focus on everyone’s reactions and explore the dynamics of their relationships as opposed to dragging this out for dramatic effect.

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1 Dmko01

June 5, 2021 at 12:20 AM

Thank you quirkycase for another great recap and analysis. Okay is Dong-kyung getting too wonderful to be believable? I still love the main characters intense chemistry. And the addition of the Aunt Soo-ja may put a little damper on the houseplaying cohabitation situation with our lovely couple.

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2 dramalover4ever

June 5, 2021 at 12:40 AM

I've been wondering too if MM is going to forfeit his status and either dissipate or become human. Becoming a real boy would be wonderful, but if it's without DK, he's still going to be sad, unless her wish is granted that no one remembers her. I've been wondering too if DK might take over his job, but that might be too far fetched. Earlier the goddess did say to him that DK would not embrace the world like him, and he told her he would make her. But DK is changing things. Her disposition is to see both sides of things: misfortune and luck, winter and summer, death and rebirth. She reminds MM that he is indispensable to life, in spite of the continual witheringly away of beautiful things that he must forever bear witness to. ( I love that line, all transient things are beautiful.) Perhaps her love of life and that tiny globe will produce a happy outcome, but I don't see how we can avoid death, unless she has an operation and it's a success.

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Yoon_Ka

June 5, 2021 at 2:03 AM

Oh my God!!! That be soo cute if he did try to be human.... but he needs a new name Kim Human ??? Sounds a bit weird. But then again like in Angel's last mission if a angel can be human I guess doom can try as well.... that be sooooo cute !!!

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dramalover4ever

June 5, 2021 at 3:00 AM

Ha, I was actually thinking about Angel's Last Mission.

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Yoon_Ka

June 5, 2021 at 8:49 PM

I know right !!! God I love Kim Myung Soo!!!

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mazzy

June 5, 2021 at 5:28 AM

I thought maybe DK would use her wish to make him human and take his place as Doom - but yeah that could be far-fetched. Demoting a supernatural being to human seems much more feasible.

I’ve been thinking about the transient things are beautiful line he often says. I suspect, deep-down, what he wants is not death, but to experience both life and death, with all the ups and downs. Maybe that’s what’s beautiful about it for him. I could see her eventually realizing that she wants to give him this experience.

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dramalover4ever

June 5, 2021 at 1:12 PM

In many moments, I don't think that *DK would use her wish to make him human and take his place as Doom* is so far fetched. I like your last idea too.

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Delurker

June 5, 2021 at 5:46 AM

I think that's the direction the Pinocchio reference is pointing in: Doom sacrificing himself for Dong kyun, and being rewarded with mortality. Someone else would have to take his place, I imagine, but if the goddess created him, no reason why she can't create another one... picking Dong kyun as his replacement would just be mean :-)) .

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Delurker

June 5, 2021 at 8:39 AM

About a possible ending where DK becomes immortal: I don't think that would be a happy ending for her; she said that she wanted to live happily, not just stay alive. There is nothing about her for the moment that says she would like to play that role; making her live for ever at the expense of being Doom would be a horrible punishment. The only option I can see for a happy ending is DK breaking the contract (which would get rid of her cancer), and MM being rewarded with reincarnation/transformation into a human.

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Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 10:10 AM

I’ve always thought immortality is a punishment, unless you have absolutely no earthly connections already. I’d love to time-travel and see other eras, but living through those eras chronologically as everyone and everything I have formed attachments to withers and dies around me? No thank you.

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dramalover4ever

June 5, 2021 at 1:13 PM

Too true. Sigh.

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Bukeneng

June 5, 2021 at 6:52 PM

I was thinking of something similar, except that DK wouldn't replace MM, she'd be his counterpart. Where MM brings the end, DK would bring rebirth. They'd be a true embodiment of Hades and Persephone. So while she would be immortal, she'd still have MM.

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dramalover4ever

June 5, 2021 at 8:03 PM

I love that.

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mazzy

June 6, 2021 at 2:53 PM

Part of the reason I keep getting won over to this idea, despite the detractors many have pointed out about immortality, is because, while there are a lot of hints that a human life together is the most enviable outcome, the show also presents themes surrounding accepting your fate/role in the universe. I could see a satisfying resolution that has them both fulfilling a complementary role a la Hades and Persephone.

It would be a twist because we’re looking at the plant as though it represents MM’s growth, but maybe it could represent DK. The only thing is I’m not sure this actually fits in with the goddess’s role in the universe so far, given her multiple rebirth cycles. Even if DK were to take her place, for how long? Maybe she is ‘fixing the system’ by creating a lasting partner that does not have to leave MM behind in loneliness. He was devastated at her death so maybe she is really out to fix that pattern.

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3 Aidualc

June 5, 2021 at 12:43 AM

I'm not sure where this is going, but I still enjoy the show. The other characters are clear enough to me, but the goddess talks in ambiguous and vague sentences and I guess will continue to do so until we reach that point in the drama when she will interfere one way or another. That was indeed Pinocchio in that book. It made me think if maybe that's what she wants for Myeol-mang, for him to learn and grow. After all, like she said, she does care about him.

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4 Aidualc

June 5, 2021 at 12:54 AM

Forgot to add, but I think there was some foreshadowing in the Ferris Wheel before the kiss, when Dong Kyung said she can't go to his side because it would upset the balance in the Ferris Wheel cabin. And all that talk about how things that are fleeting are beautiful.

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echubbi

June 5, 2021 at 1:03 AM

*i saw this somewhere but* someone theorized that when MM came over to TDK's side of the cabin to yk... ;) the cabin seemed to be stable, which brings out the theory that their love is enough stable/solid to overcome all the instabilities that come their way (maybe it's just wild thinking but at this rate I'll take whatever show gives us)

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5 Yoon_Ka

June 5, 2021 at 2:00 AM

YEAH !!! CONFESSION TIME !!! Thats soo cute that she confessed and they went on a date evenif its like a back in time one!!! Aaaaaa!! When SK walked in to see the two house I almost fell off my chair laughing and then mind reading. LOL 😆 but even if he did forget for now we do know that the goddess could bring it back during the worst time 😱😱 seriously I'm starting to not like the goddess... but I do agree with one thing she said "Fake love and hope are still love and hope" Now that everyone knows thats good. Though definitely I'm wondering how can one not get fired or quit after so many attempts?? Wow DK 👏
Can't wait for this next week episodes!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩

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Yoon_Ka

June 5, 2021 at 2:05 AM

Even the Pinocchio book... if that's a hint OH MY GOD !!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

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Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 8:50 AM

I’m a little leery of the Pinocchio story getting knit into this - that whole story is about a willful and disobedient puppet who needs to learn to stop being a hedonistic selfish blockhead. That’s… the opposite of what Doom is here? So I guess they’re going with the very superficial Pinocchio read (e.g. after many trials, a non-human becomes human) but for me that narrative layer gets a big old “meh”.

I mean, what has Myul Mang been over the centuries other than a guy who gets up every day and does a job he hates and reports to his boss in a timely manner. I think Pinocchio would have been a pretty short story if it was “Once upon a time the Blue Fairy met a puppet who listened to his dad every day and went to school and did his homework, so she went somewhere else. The end.”

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6 Kurama

June 5, 2021 at 2:10 AM

I'm happy everybody knows too. If I understand that DK doesn't want everybody to pity her or to change around her, they need to enjoy the last time they get with her.

Doom wants to save her, it's good but how? Who will have to die for it? He? A stranger? He brother? At least, he accepted his human side and his feelings!

For the trio, I think Joo-Ik saying the truth to Ji-Na is him accepting his own feelings for her. But he must be honest with Hyun-Kyu too.

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Yellowtulips

June 5, 2021 at 7:46 AM

Please not her brother. That would just be cruel. He's my fave character aside from the main couple. I want her brother to have a happy ending with hyun kyu as best friends because I think jina will end up with mr. cha

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Kurama

June 5, 2021 at 7:50 AM

I love the brother too! I like how he get along with everybody, his a cute little puppy!

As a SF9 fan, I'm happy for Dawon.

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Kurama

June 5, 2021 at 7:52 AM

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Yellowtulips

June 5, 2021 at 7:54 AM

The brother brings sunshine in each episode. I also found out that he's an idol and this is his first drama. I hope he acts more in the future. Or maybe a spin-off series for sun kyung? :)

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7 zitless

June 5, 2021 at 2:12 AM

After this episode, I take the goddess as Order. There is no order without chaos, to maintain balance and stuff. The goddess will always need chaos. And maybe she is trying to free Myeol-Mang but he must earn his freedom.
At the beginning of the drama he wasn't quite ready because of his self pity and loathe for humans. But we are watching him change because of Dong-Kyung and the people around her.
This is what he needs. He needs to see and understand true human nature if he wants to be eligible to be one.
In that case, the Goddess does love him but she can't give him happiness freely if he doesn't understand the meaning behind it.

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Delurker

June 5, 2021 at 5:51 AM

I agree that seems to be MM's arc. As for the goddess, I think at some point she was identified as Nature, but everything is pretty confusing when it comes to her. Thank you @quirkycase , for making sense of the garden scene, because I was pretty lost, I admit. The goddess keeps speaking in riddles about a situation that is already incredibly convoluted :-)) .

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Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 8:43 AM

My favorite bit of this episode was Myul Mang belatedly realizing that transporting Dong Kyung to see her family in the past might not have been the right move. It was a nice callback to his inability to read expressions, and he’s right - Dong Kyung was definitely feeling pain just then. But it was complex, she was also feeling a lot of other emotions, including happiness and gratitude and shock.

That whole cycle was likely new for Myul Mang - gifting something unasked for, being too alien to really understand the full context, abruptly sensing he’d tapped into something deeper, actually asking if he’d gotten it wrong. He’s an alien and even if he knows how to move through the world, this is really his first time interacting with it.

From different sides, both Dong Kyung and the goddess are pushing him to accept his own nature. Dong Kyung by making it perfectly clear that she doesn’t hold him responsible for her (or any) disasters, because she can tell he hasn’t actually intended or wished for any of them. The goddess is doing something very similar but by digging into Myul Mang’s self-loathing and habit of assuming responsibility as though Doom was his intent, really making him face the way he’s subconsciously viewing himself by stating it as fact. She’s labeling him so he’ll reject it eventually and define himself.

Luckily I’m getting the sense that while the goddess is focused on MM’s potential personal growth, DK hasn’t exactly taken on “help Doom discover his self-worth” as a dying project. What started as transactional for her is becoming much more real, but she’s not doing it for Doom’s sake. She’s partly outfoxing the contract and partly genuinely enjoying his company. Which is healthier than “I’m dying, let me just burn my 100 days convincing a supernatural being that he’s an okay guy”.

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insightfox

June 6, 2021 at 3:46 AM

“That whole cycle was likely new for Myul Mang - gifting something unasked for, being too alien to really understand the full context, abruptly sensing he’d tapped into something deeper, actually asking if he’d gotten it wrong.”

— You articulate this so well! Throughout the episode, I caught him examining her happy expressions and feeling pleased with himself. I felt the tracing-back-in-time date was a great moment for showing his progress towards becoming more cognizant of human emotion and developing more compassionate human behavior, while still showing his struggle with the more nuanced emotions these progressions result in. It was probably a perplexing moment for him, to realize that happiness and sadness can be simultaneously experienced — the emotions don’t always come seperately.

I agree with your interpretation of the goddess. With DK now there to provide all the sun, she’s there to provide the rain. This week she sent a storm his way so that he’d truly have to fight to reach the sunlight and realize how much he needs it in the process. Still, like you, I don’t feel like DK is just there for his growth, as she is still prioritizing her own journey and taking control of her fate. I like how she came out as the fearless protector this episode.

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sal

June 6, 2021 at 1:21 PM

I think the book MM is reading is very important to understand more about him, so found out the book he is reading is titled "Nomadism". Heard of a term called digital nomad? With the IT development we can now do our work anytime, anywhere regardless of time and place. Nomad refer to "nomadic people" and they are people who are out of their fixed space and living environment. The philosophical concept based on the meaning of nomad is nomadism. It means to find and pioneer a new self in the realm of value and self ,beyond being free from the constrain of time and space. So we can interpreted the meaning from MM reading this book that he is set off in search of new self breaking away from what he is defined so far.

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8 geminirat

June 5, 2021 at 2:32 AM

Thank you, @quirkycase, for the recap. I love how DK appreciates MM now, and even defends him from the goddess (of what?). Truly, in this world, you will never know how to be happy if you've never been sad.

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9 seoul_searcher

June 5, 2021 at 4:01 AM

The usual cases in these fantasy dramas is when the duty of the fantasy being is over, they disappear and magically appear with no explanation. I really hope this drama can logically find a way for their love to come into fruition without deathly sacrifices of either of them. I like the idea of Myul Mang becoming human as a way to demote him, having him live out a mortal life with Dong Kyung.

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insightfox

June 5, 2021 at 5:10 AM

I actually like that the show is hinting at a "possibility" of sorts, that could end up resulting in some other plan for them, either for MM to become mortal or DK to become immortal and join him.

Too many fantasies make the mistake of setting up the leads’ fate as impossible to circumvent before suddenly sending a deux ex machina our way. Here, the show has always allowed for that little slim chance of survival and that just keeps us on our toes all the more. It’s part of what has me enjoying and giving this show some credit, despite my misgivings about it.

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Yellowtulips

June 5, 2021 at 7:51 AM

I also love that the ending seems hard to predict but I can sense that the writer is giving some possible outcomes: myul mang becoming mortal or dong kyung becoming immortal. Those two are the most possible ones and I'm fine either way. If mm becomes human, there needs to be a new doom since the goddess is all about balance, darkness must exist for light to appear, winter leads to spring and endings lead to new beginnings. I think those are the main themes of this drama. That's why there's always a balance of happy and sad moments in each episode. But I really think (hopefully) this will have a happy ending because their love story is connected with the red string of fate.

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Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 10:12 AM

I would not be at all surprised if this drama ended like Arang and the Magistrate, but more lyrically.

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mazzy

June 5, 2021 at 11:39 AM

All the gardening metaphors have been bringing me back to Arang, haha. I also wouldn’t be surprised if this ended on a similar note.

seoul_searcher

June 5, 2021 at 8:01 PM

Exactly. The leads impossible fate is so overused that for once I would like them to overcome it logically.

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10 insightfox

June 5, 2021 at 4:34 AM

Thanks for the recap!

Uh, not to re-hash some of my own theories on the Goddess’s deal from last week, but they were very relevant to my experience watching this week’s episodes:

1. “Lol, I have to concede the deity’s wishy-washy crypticness. I really want some twist where she is orchestrating this whole thing from the background, but not for nefarious purposes, rather this whole thing is just a matchmaking scheme to deal with Doom’s extreme alienation from any form of connection.”, “It’s her first time “planting” something, meaning she’s making a new Doom partner-in-crime for him to spend eternity with!”
3. “I have a pretty cruel take on why she might be sending mixed signals. She could be both encouraging their feelings and planning to tear them apart…That is, reaquinting him with human connection, while, ultimately, depriving him of it in the long run, as punishment for his meddling. He was, after all, attempting to end the world.”

So, yeah, this week’s episodes were fun for me. Like, I was joking about these theories being the possible trajectories for the whole series...and then the show played with both of them happening, all in one week. It was an odd experience, because I enjoyed it, it even felt almost meta to me. Like, actually though, I want some backstory where, while being stuck on a sick bed watching dramas the past few years, goddess girl has been brewing her master match-making plans, that somehow, of course, the fate of the universe depends on. LMAO, I’m sorry, I can’t. This show is probably ridiculous, but I think I probably love it regardless (when I edit out that supposed “love” triangle in my head).

While the pattern of “giving both water and sun to grow” feels rather problematic, as I highlighted in my comments above, she has genuine reason for punishing him — she’s reminding him that she has ultimate control and that he can’t simply leave this world behind, let alone end it for eternity, not on her watch. At the same time, it is also accomplishing her aim of escalating the feelings between them. I appreciate that the show was sort of frank and outright about this.

The fact is, while absence doesn’t always make the heart grow fonder, it does have the effect of having the seperated individuals truly examine what they mean to each other. And while I would also argue that it isn’t absolutely required, that a relationship can build slowly, in this case, they have only 100 days. In episode 6, both the leads draw to each other was muddled by other aims (her desire to live, his desire to die) so the Goddess decided to give them a push to shock them out of this ambiguous state and force them to examine their feelings more earnestly. Like...it actually sort of makes sense that she would stir the pot, given that apparently the fate of the world lies in their love (lmao, yes, we’re just gonna buy into this). I think it has much more significance than just the results of the contract.

Now, even as I appreciate...

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insightfox

June 5, 2021 at 4:41 AM

Now, even as I appreciate that, I did like the ambiguity to their feelings before the goddess escalated things so I was still kind of bummed, regardless. Luckily, the show has kept some of that, as MM clearly went through examining what his feelings meant this episode. For me, it didn’t feel like the leads were suddenly “in love”, but rather that they’ve finally acknowledged that they’re headed in that direction. I loved the moments when he would check in with DK, “did I make a mistake again?” or how pleased he was whenever he made her happy. He’s genuinely learning to be human and it is a delight to watch.

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Yellowtulips

June 5, 2021 at 8:08 AM

I love your take on the goddess playing the matchmaker. So are you leaning more to an ending where dk becomes immortal and join mm for eternity? I also feel that the goddess might grant dk immortality if dk proves to be "worthy."

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insightfox

June 5, 2021 at 11:32 AM

That’s my “too good to be true” ending that I, on some level, want because it would be pretty cool. But, in actuality, I wouldn’t mind something more bittersweet or a well-earned happy ending. Arang (highly recommended, btw) did pretty well at this.

After these episodes, with the continued importance of the “transience is beautiful” theme, I agree with commenters above that leading a full life and dying is framed as far more lovely than immortality and I love the show for that. Both these characters have just been seeking to life their lives fully.

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mazzy

June 5, 2021 at 8:11 AM

Whenever he does the checking-what-he-does-is-okay thing, he reminds me of Healer when he was uncertain and trying to learn how to properly date/live like a normal person. I love it!

I’m pretty sure you mentioned the similarities between the two in one of your comments last week and I can’t unsee it now. Isolated, stuck in a job and wanting to run away/end it all.

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Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 9:04 AM

That’s one of my favorite narratives too: an alien trying to figure out the details of a new world.

One of my favorite things to do on trips is to go to foreign supermarkets and buy household goods. Buy laundry detergent in a Brazilian supermarket and you suddenly realize - the brand colors for your usual detergent are there, but for a different brand and on one of the lower shelves where they keep the economy brands. For some reason everything is a liquid, and there’s some phrase in another language on almost all of the boxes that looks like a warning but you have no idea what it says. You have to hang back and watch a couple of other customers to understand the ordering process at the bakery counter, because it’s clear people aren’t just taking the bread off the shelf. When you check out, the cashier asks you something in a language you don’t know and you freeze because you have no idea what this step is - are they asking about coupons? Whether you have your own bag? Are they asking for ID for some reason? Are they telling you one of the items is expired?

Myul Mang’s got a lot of the basics down for the human world (how to order coffee, how to obey traffic laws, curiously NOT how to find a stylist who can fix his hair color but maybe I’m being picky), but he only ever interacts with humans on their worst possible days. Now he’s having to learn how to interact with humans outside of his Grim Reaper persona, and it’s abruptly made him an obvious alien in the world.

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11 Ally

June 5, 2021 at 5:54 AM

I’ve assumed that the roommates were actually blood-related. Are they not? Like brothers or cousins. Their relationship is somewhat tinged with animosity that makes me think that they are being forced to live together for some reason and that they wouldn’t be if they didn’t have to. So are they really friends? I don’t really think so. Do I think that there is a family connection that would make it harmful if Joo-Ik and Ji-Na actually have a relationship beyond the fact he’s stealing the other guy’s first love—there better be, because I don’t think any guy would think twice about it otherwise. Shoot. My husband actively pursued me knowing I was interested in someone else, was dating someone else. Guys date their friends’ and acquaintances’ former girlfriends, marry each other’s former girlfriends all the time. Make it an active competition sometimes. It’s not wrong or right, and girls do it too. Someone’s friendship/relationship always is affected. That’s reality. So I think the show is drawing that irony out. We have the fantasy in Doom and Dong-kyung and the realism in Joo-Ik and JI-Na.

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Delurker

June 5, 2021 at 7:41 AM

My understanding from the first few scenes is that Joo Ik used to be Hyun Kyu's tutor in high school, but he failed his university entrance exam supposedly because Joo Ik gave him spoiled rice cakes; so now Joo Ik probably feels guilty and responsible for him. Not sure why they live together; perhaps HK is milking Joo Ik's guilt by getting free accommodation for himself and his cafe in his father's building? Another theme that has been hinted at is that HK likes to show off using other people's money; that's why he borrowed Joo Ik's car for the reunion.

The reason why Joo Ik isn't pursuing Ji Na openly may be part of that: feeling guilty about causing their breakup, and pitying both of them for different reasons.

In any case, Ji Na deserves better than either of them, sigh.

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ar_arguably romantic

June 5, 2021 at 3:35 PM

That's my understanding too - that Joo Ik was Hyeon-kyu's tutor. I'm not sure if Joo Ik has HK stay with him out of guilt. Parents tend to give rice cake to their kids right before an exam as a way to bring them luck - in hopes the content will stick to their brains. So I feel like Joo-Ik does hold a lot of affection for Hyeon-kyu and as much as HK complains about the rice cake incident, there isn't any real heat behind it. He can still eat rice cake and seems content at where he is in life.

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Delurker

June 6, 2021 at 2:40 AM

There may not be real tension, but HK uses it to guilt-trip Joo Ik, and it works. I think there is affection between them, but it looks like HK has not matured one bit since high school, and Joo Ik is stuck in the role of teacher and protector. And dying to get out of if, from what he said when he met SK...

Interesting information about the rice cakes :-)

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12 Kafiyah Bello

June 5, 2021 at 5:58 AM

I'm looking forward to Aunt Soo Ja too. I continue to enjoy thev nonsense that is this drama. I also enjoy the melodrama of our 2nd lead triangle. It is so extra for no reason.

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13 floressalicis

June 5, 2021 at 7:16 AM

The biggest thing that's bothering me is that I'm pretty sure the translation is wrong for that last line from Myeolmang. He says "sesang-gwa no". I've listened to the line a few times to make sure I'm not the one that's crazy, but "gwa" is not used as an "or" connector as far as I know. I've only ever known it to mean "and". So he's telling her to choose the world AND herself, not or. That's a very very different meaning and implication here. And I've seen other translators for the episode translate it as "So choose the world and you." So I don't think I'm the crazy one.

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mazzy

June 5, 2021 at 8:02 AM

I caught this too. Viki has usually been getting the translation right, but I think they faltered here.

I like the “So choose the world and you” better because he’s definitively saying to use the penalty to save herself and the world, by loving/sacrificing him in the process. He already knows, at this point, she would never choose herself over the world so this does make the last line make much more sense.

That said, the line delivery almost made it seem more like he was giving a choice between two things, so I could see where the confusion is coming from.

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Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 9:07 AM

Agreed - the line delivery actually makes sense if you think he’s emphasizing the “and” (since it’s a change from how they’ve been talking about this so far) but if you interpret it as “but” the scene sounds like he’s somehow threatening her with her aunt.

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floressalicis

June 5, 2021 at 9:53 AM

Of course when we see the word "choose", it feels like it's natural to use "or". But then again, the whole point in this case (seems to me) is that he's instructing her to choose an option and is purposely not even giving voice to the alternatives (the "and" is purely an incidental fact due to the only choice he is acknowledging being a package deal: herself, and the world that she lives in).
He's telling her to forget about the other option (himself). The whole way the scene is constructed - her turning away from him, her calling out for her aunt, the way he swallows and the sadness as he stares at her back. It's meant to emphasize that to him, there isn't an option here. She, and the world she loves, is the only choice to make. He's ok being forgotten.
Granted, I can understand the whiplash - somehow in the span of a few episodes, they've gone from dismissing love as a toxic tool to destroy each other to, if the preview is anything to go by, the path of noble idiocy. So maybe the translator expected Myeolmang to be saying something that sounds more like the sort of threat he might have made a few episodes ago.

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Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 2:05 PM

Has love here ever been a toxic tool, though? At no point have I gotten the impression either of them think they can play tricks around the actual emotion - this isn’t a case where she can say “I love you” to him falsely and still meet the contract requirements. They’ve both had different trajectories here: she’s gone from being angry and feeling trapped in an unfair contract to vowing to truly love him and thus kill him, then to having HIM love HER to help that process along, and now the realization that she’s genuinely fond of him and with a much more likely path to genuinely loving him, wanting to find a different path (at no point do I think she’s saying “I don’t want you to die anymore, so sucks to be my brother”, she’s just making clear her end goal is now finding a different primary solve than killing Doom with love).

Meanwhile he’s gone from being entertained by a particularly cute domesticated animal to having the pet (logically) vow to love him to death (also his goal!), then have the pet sympathize with him, then ask him to love her, and now he’s very fond of her and even if it means giving up his chance at dying, he’d prefer that she live than he die.

Throughout all of this, their motivations aren’t each other until the very last evolution. Before that it’s been self-serving actions that happen to involve “loving” the other - still an abstract notion for them both. So any romance has been hidden under layers of scheming, which may make it seem like it’s coming out of the blue, but in watching each other work through the options they’ve come to not only be fond of each other, but want to shield each other from the consequences of the contract.

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floressalicis

June 5, 2021 at 3:24 PM

That's why I said they were being dismissive of love, not that they were in a toxic relationship. The ideas that they expressed at the end of episode 3 - she, that she would love him so she could get out of the contract without losing anything, and him that she should love him to the point of destroying the world for his said - definitely illustrates the potential toxicity of love. Of course, at the point at which both of them say that, they have very little idea of what it actually is to be in love. And of course they both are furious with each other.
I give kudos to the show for the casting though; PBY and SIG's chemistry and acting talent is enough to make this couple feel adorable, believable, and watchable. I'm hard pressed to think of another pair of actors make this work, because the writing and plotting is definitely not strong enough on its own to make the switch over the course of like 3 episodes feel natural enough otherwise.

Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 6:19 PM

I just don’t think love actually had a ton to do with any of it. The contract could specify the person she hated most, or feared most, or envied most - any way you slice it, it’s an absurd ask to apply a notoriously fickle human emotion to a target and then double down by saying you can’t just admire this person, you need to admire them more than anyone else you know. So that clause has always been absurd.

The love part is interesting because as they worked together to try to puzzle out the “manipulating human emotion” clause, they came to know each other and like each other. And now they DO like each other (I would definitely not say love), at the same time that they both are starting to abandon Plan Love To Death and look for another option.

Ironically, the behavior of Doom and Dong Kyung is a lot more traceable for me than Imitation or Anti-Fan, both of which I’m enjoying but whose characters behave in nutty, illogical ways. MM and DK may behave erratically at times, but for me they stick to their character’s core while doing so.

14 Miranda

June 5, 2021 at 8:28 AM

Myul Mang and the goddess both aren’t human - they’re inhuman, even. Myul Mang is like if you gave a hurricane intellect and emotions but still made it wreck everything it wandered near. And the goddess is even a step beyond that in being non-human.

The goddess’ conversations with Dong Kyung are being read as malicious, but I can’t emphasize enough how uneven the playing field is here. Dong Kyung is like a tiny wildflower that’s growing in a crack in a public path rather than in the landscaped area of the botanical gardens. The goddess knows that’s an unsafe place to grow, but she also knows Dong Kyung is beautiful in that she’s trying to thrive outside the natural order. Dong Kyung is less than a blip in the goddess’ view, she’s just come into focus for a breath because of Myul Lang’s involvement. The goddess loves all things, but she’s also merciless about all things because she’s the one keeping the balance. That doesn’t make her bad - she’s just not human, and she doesn’t enable fantasizing over reality. This entire time she’s been saying harsh things either lovingly or in terminology that makes it clear she’s just stating facts.

I think Doom isn’t Myul Mang’s end state. She’s wondering if he’s a tulip. She planted him as a bulb, he went through winter (necessary for the bulb to sprout) and now she’s wondering if the switch from hibernation to food will result in a flower or if the bulb’s a dud.

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Delurker

June 5, 2021 at 2:34 PM

"I think Doom isn’t Myul Mang’s end state. She’s wondering if he’s a tulip. She planted him as a bulb, he went through winter (necessary for the bulb to sprout) and now she’s wondering if the switch from hibernation to food will result in a flower or if the bulb’s a dud."

I love that explanation: it opens up the possibility that MM will bloom (into a human, hopefully), and she'll just create the next Doom. She did say it was her first time, and that she could just uproot it and plant something else if the outcome wasn't good. Fingers crossed... :-)

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Ally

June 5, 2021 at 3:50 PM

This is my conclusion as well. Goddess can just plant a new Doom once this one grows up and leaves her.

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15 Ashiana

June 5, 2021 at 9:51 AM

When the goddess said an object thats being programmed incorrectly needs to be deleted or corrected, i think she meant that doom is a being that needs to feel compassion for human beings, needs to pity humans more than he pities himself. So she has set about to correct him via dong kyung. The flower pot contains the seed for compassion and love for human beings in the doom himself. Dong kyungs miserable life allowed her to understand doom, he can relate to other human beings through her. He has already grown found of her brother and will form more connections through her. May be dong kyung will wish she never made the deal in first place and will accept her death. Maybe doom will void the contract. Thats the only way dong kyung will get to save doom and the world. Its a very pessimistic prediction and i am really rooting for a happy ending. Fingers crossed

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16 Kim Aippersbach

June 5, 2021 at 10:54 AM

Halfway through the show and I still can't decide whether I love it or am really annoyed by it! This episode swung me more toward loving it. The second lead triangle is barely watchable because of LSH: both his acting and his character are interesting. I'm liking Ji Na a lot more now too. I hate the goddess but I like both MM and Dong-kyung's ways of dealing with her, particularly DK not putting up with her crap. I still have no idea what the goddess's goals are, but am really appreciating all the beanie theories! Loved MM this episode! I'm still looking forward to the next episodes, but I'm bracing myself for an ending that I won't like, or won't understand, or both. (Will we get a Goblin-esque reincarnation cop-out? I like the theory that MM might get to become human—that's definitely suggested by the Pinnochio reference, though I agree with Miranda that the Pinnochio story as a whole doesn't fit, and I thought it was really unfair of the goddess to suggest that MM needs to become "good" to "deserve" to grow up. I don't know how Show will get around DK's death without breaking its own rules, though I admit I still really don't understand Show's rules, so I'll probably just throw up my hands and say "whatever"!)

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mazzy

June 5, 2021 at 12:35 PM

I like Ji-na way more without the two men around, which is not a good sign, though there was a promising scene this episode of her teasing the awkwardness of LSH’s character (who I also mostly find more likable when he’s not around her).

She actually shined this episode with Tak Seon-kyung though. I know she is just assuming a sisterly role (though he certainly doesn’t seem to see her that way?), but she was just so much more confident and had much more personality. She actually reminds me a lot of myself, as I am also confident with some people, but struggle with others. I almost think they’d be good together? I feel like he makes her stronger, though I suppose there is nothing wrong with gravitating towards someone you can be vulnerable around. Ultimately, she’s probably that comfortable around him because she isn’t attracted to him, but it is important to find someone you can be the best version of yourself around.

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Kim Aippersbach

June 5, 2021 at 1:10 PM

Yes, loved the scenes with Ji Na and Seon-kyung! The sobbing in the car was hilarious (though I think Seon-kyung has done enough sobbing now, I really think he should move on!)

Part of me is worried they're being set up to be surrogate siblings for each other once DK dies, but if Show goes that route I'll be glad they have each other.

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17 ar_arguably romantic

June 5, 2021 at 3:47 PM

This episode meandered a bit for me, but I'm excited that we get to see Aunt Soo-ja. The flashback to the funeral had shown her to be a badass - telling the mean relatives to shut it and that she was going to to raise the kids herself. I'm feel really sad for her though - losing her twin and now her twin's daughter whom she had raised is going to die in 90 days.

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18 nemo-ya

June 5, 2021 at 7:21 PM

I’m enjoying this drama more than expected. It’s been expecially fun reading the comments for the show. Not only do they put my thoughts into words, there are many that are giving me a new perspective on things.

Probably because I’ve been listening to the OST quite a bit, I got suggested Seo In-guk’s “Flower” (OST from Tomorrow with You) on youtube and, honestly, it could be an unofficial OST for this drama. Pretty sure SIG wrote the lyrics? They oddly fit very well with this episode:

“When I see your smile,
that has the sky in it
I get happy for no reason,
Moment by moment
Because of you,
the world looks different”
...“When strong winds blow,
I’m afraid it’ll take you away” etc.

Funnily enough, ML for Tomorrow With You also conjured out-of-season flowers for the FL thanks to the abilities at his disposal. He also had questionable intentions at the outset before going through fundamental changes. And that show also had very cryptic diologue. Come to think of it, honestly, this drama comes off as easy to understand in comparison. I also liked that drama more than the average beanie. Many found it too dull/confusing for a fantasy and it also had a slice-of-life feel. It also ended up losing me in the 2nd half, so hopefully that’s where the comparisons end?

Oh, It’s also from Yoo Je-wan PD, who I completely forgot both PBY and SIG have done two dramas with (lol, forgot about Abyss). Come to think of it, that director had both of them do great OSTs and now I’m hoping this director will do the same. Anyway, that was a completely random, irrelevent segue. Main point is SIG’s ost is worth listening to while waiting for new episodes.

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insightfox

June 5, 2021 at 8:14 PM

Funny, I also was reminded of Tomorrow with You for all the same reasons. Though it was hardly as divisive of a show on here.

I’ve actually been relistening to his ost since I caught up with the show last week. And, agreed, it does fit this episode’s sweet moments especially well.

I'd absolutely love to get a duet from them!

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zzthorn

June 5, 2021 at 8:44 PM

I loved Tomorrow With You and the music Seo In Guk wrote and performs on the sound track. It's beautiful. It is also cool that during one of the episodes, the ML and the FL mention Seo In Guk twice about an award he wins in the future. It is true, the Beanies here did not particularly like Tomorrow With You, but I guess we all have our favorites and Tomorrow With You is one of my favorites.

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nemo-ya

June 6, 2021 at 3:17 AM

I dropped it because I liked the first half so much and would have rather it ended there if it went completely off-the-rails from that point onwards. Some beanies seemed to think it did go that way, but I disagreed with the initial negative impressions of the show so I could end up differing again. I may give it another go now! It’ll be fun to look out for all the SIG tidbits. Haha, that PD must love him a lot!

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ar_arguably romantic

June 5, 2021 at 8:50 PM

Funny you brought up Tomorrow with you! I enjoyed that drama a lot though I disliked the ending. The comparisons are very apt. TWY had some incredible OTP chemistry as well and had those moments where I really felt for the characters and felt swept away in the feeling of romance even though I wasn't sure what was happening.

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nemo-ya

June 6, 2021 at 3:30 AM

Exactly. Some of the feelings felt vague, at times, but when they pulled me in, they really got me. May give it another go, though I’m a bit nervous about the ending. May save it in case this one disappoints, that way it will either make this show seem better in comparison or it will be just better enough for me to get over the let-down.

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mazzy

June 6, 2021 at 3:20 PM

When MM said he’d been following her around since birth, I thought of the 2 cameos SIG had in both PBY’s dramas with Yoo PD, hahaha. He really has shown up in most her dramas when you think about it!