The thing about watching K-dramas, C-dramas, or J-dramas is that when I want more about my favourite ships from fanfictions, 90% of the time that means I have to write the stories myself.
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Goblin is One of the Best Shows Ever Made
Thanks to @lurkingshan using @kyr-kun-chan against me, I completed Goblin aka Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.
I will say plainly that I think this is one of the most excellently-calibrated pieces of media I have ever watched. The show balances the attention span and varying interests of its audience perfectly. I like romance well enough, but I am so much more invested in stories about the Warrior's Bond. As soon as they revealed that Goblin was a loyal general betrayed by his king, and now forced to roam the earth in search of connection as he intervened in the lives of people struggling with ideation I was HOOKED.
This show gives so much attention to everyone's loneliness in a way that no other show I've watched balances correctly, because Goblin uses its comedy as a relief valve so well. I cried so many times because this show has so many decent people in it trying to do their best. I also ugly cried about a dog.
It's rare that I enjoy a tragic piece of media as much as this, and I get why a quarter of the Korean population was tuning in live to watch this. The timing of this scene is the best episode ending I have seen in years.
I'll probably have more to say about this later, but Goblin is an excellent piece of media because it makes me want to watch more historical kdrama. I enjoyed this and Kingdom a lot, and am genuinely interested in more now.
Bonus: This show let me read Deok Hwa as gay the whole time and I respect that.
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Kim Shin owns copy rights to the one and only "to be or not to be" lol
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