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#the euntak vibes i got from her....
fauxkaren · 1 year
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Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (aka Goblin) - 8/10
This was one of THEE most popular and most watched dramas of all time, so of course I had to watch it eventually! And honestly, I get it. I get why it had the public in its grip. It’s got a great OST. The actors are all charming af. There is a great balance of humor and drama. I think it’s a really solid drama. However, I’m not sure they managed to stick the landing. The last 3 episodes were kinda ???? for me.
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Right. So. This is a modern fantasy drama. The central plot revolves around a goblin- a god of luck and wishes. He was turned into a goblin after his death circa 900 years previously when he. a successful general, was killed on the orders of the king. God resurrected him and he is cursed with immortality until the goblin bride is born because she is the only one who can remove the sword the pierces his heart and return him to nothingness. So that is the main conflict of the show, but there are other secondary conflicts related to past lives and how the goblin was originally killed. Plus, the goblin ends up being roommates with a grim reaper and it is PEAK comedy.
Even though I suspect the main draw for most people is the high drama romance and tragedy of it all, for me, the highlight was the Odd Couple roommate hijinks/reluctant friendship between the Goblin and the Grim Reaper. I know it’s cheap laughs, but all of their cellphone use wackiness legit cracked me up. I found the relationship between the Goblin and the Grim Reaper to be the most complicated and compelling relationship in the show.
Idk how unpopular this take is, but I was waaaaay more invested in the secondary romance than the main one. The main one is... hm. It’s cute enough and like, at least EunTak is a senior in high school when a centuries old immortal being starts creeping on her vs Buffy where she was a freshman when Angel started. lmao. But it’s still... idk. There’s obviously such a maturity gap there that it’s... it makes me feel a bit weird. So as a result, I was WAY more into the secondary romance. Possibly because Lee DongWook is SUCH an emotive actor, goddamn. Those silent tears? STABBED ME IN MY HEART.
So yeah, overall, enjoyed the show a lot. The actors really elevated the writing, imo. And it was just a good vibe of a show. I think it had some flaws though that stopped me from being 100% in love with the show, but I still really liked it and would recommend!
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flowcrsoul · 4 years
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@personnages​ asked   :    🎰 👀    -   SEND 🎰 FOR ME TO PUT OUR MUSES INTO A RANDOM LIST GENERATOR THEN POST THE FIRST FIVE AS POTENTIAL SHIPS! (ACCEPTING!)
cheng yu x nikolushka   :   honestly my default vibes for nikolushka is Tiny Baby so I’m??? Cheng Yu can be chaos babysitter though, esp in modern.
mei changsu x kirill akhrosimov  :   oh goodness, barring the fact that kirill is kinda hella married and idk if he swings that way - IDK I can maybe see it? regardless of how we end up merging universe, in terms of sheer personality, they’re both quiet thinkers (overthinkers, shhh) but mei changsu’s got a bit more. Biting edge, I guess. They’d probably get along as...War Buddies, uh, in any case.
violet evergarden x andrei bolkonsky   :   gosh, finally one that doesn’t require a t o n of wrangling for them to end up in the same-ish universe together, goodness. Um, well, I...? Can maybe sort of see it? But also not necessarily. They both Bring the War Home so to speak and I think they both need to heal and around each other I’m not sure that’s possible. They could be friends though? She could write letters for him, pffffff.
ji euntak x anna rostova   :    once more, barring the fact that anna’s hella married and idk if she swings that way/idk how to merge these universes except in modern - uh, euntak probably reminds her of a younger sister? baby sees-ghosts girl could use a big sister tbh : ‘ D
seo moonjo x lise bolkonskaya   :   oh g o d get the evil trashman AWAY from the tiny baby cinnamon roll. seriously lise, you see this man, you RUN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, man’s a damn serial killer -
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