Sunday, October 11, 2020

Goblin (orginal)

 Episode: 16

Series: 1

Streaming: Viki



Plot

 After 900 years a Goblin is in search of his bride who has to release him of a curse that was instilled by God. The bride has to take his sword out of his chest so he can move on to a a world in the afterlife that God has created just for him.

Characters

Goblin who through out the series is called by this moniker but obviously when he was living he was Kim Shin a Goreyo War Hero who was celebrated as a god by the kingdoms people. He died by the sword that is plunged into him and still remains (until she comes) on his Kings orders as the King believes that he and he alone should be revered as a God and not him. (Watch the Coronation Episode of The Crown to understand this because i honesty believe that All kings and queens do believe this in any era.) After being cursed by god to walk among the living until the day his bride takes out his sword. 

The goblin becomes rich and high in society through the ages (as you do if you have that longevity) Not only does he have a everlasting life he also has magical powers sch as changing the weather and making the moon turn to a blood moon. He is invincible which is obvious since his war days. He can also see peoples futures and helps them get to the success they deserve. Not only this but he also gives people who have either cheated at life their just dessert.He is naturally funny and charming to us the viewers at first but then the characters themselves see him as we see him (does this make sense?)He does become Lovelorn due to the never meeting his bride. Until a day it snowed...

Grim Reaper had become so as he committed suicide in the Goreyo era. He was at the time the King who instilled death to Kim Shin. (this is revealed ten episodes in. Sooooo sorry for that spoiler but that is just the tip of the iceberg.) He falls in love with his former wife again as she is reborn in our time. (2016) He is also funny especially with his room mate: the Goblin who he has loathes through the ages due to the amount of people the goblin has helped to escape death. This is the beginning of their bromance. When he meets the Goblin's bride he insists on taking her to the after life as she is a "miracle" and thus can not exist. He tolerates his job but he is very sincere in his job. Thus its is what the actor is famous for. He and the Goblin always have great entrances when they team up together for saving the bride or Sunny.

Sunny owns a chicken place  and has a lot of bad luck but it does not bother her in the slightest.She falls in love with the Grim Reaper. In her past life she was the Queen of Goreyo AND THE GOBLINS SISTER!!!! The love she has with the reaper may be the saddest in history through the ages but thankfully they have a good one in the next.

Goblin's Bride who's name i forgot in the drama was born thanks to the magic of her destined husband but has to die due to being a "miracle" before any of her birthdays that end in zero. She also has the ability to see ghosts since sh was born by her groom but this ability will fade over usage.This is due to God's "holy number" ten this being to make sure that "miracles" don't get to be holier then him. Since th death of her mother her she ad to be taken in by her aunt who was horrid to her through her childhood and berating her into giving her the money her mother had left in a bank book. (she did not know where until a ghost showed her the way.)

 However through her relationship with Goblin and Grim Reaper she has to be savd by her groom continuously until...well..you'll see. 

God was the one who cursed Goblin and at some point had possessed Goblin's nephew for a time. The entitie is not in a human form but is mostly embodied as a white butterfly (cabbage butterfly by looks of things but i am not so sure) One of the many fates that the being holds is the fate of the Goblin as they do not know what he will do let alone how to escape their grasp.

RIP

One of actresses who played the female ghosts has sadly died at the age of 24. I believe her character was the ghost who's husband killed her with his mistress. She was in a BTS Video but sadly due to a long illness she succumbed to death. The goblin was her first big break.

My opinion

In my opinion and many other peoples opinions all agree that it is the BEST K DRAMA EVER! the Original Soundtrack was lovely and definitely worth a listen. The casting was superb as shown as the on screen chemistry. The sense i got from the Romance was Romeo and Juliet as there was a layer of tragedy and hope in very sense of the word.

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