Thank you everyone for your well-wishes! I am finally feeling like a human being, i.e., much better!
So it's back to drama gushing.
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Considering that I had to pause ep 12 of Arang and the Magistrate in the middle due to developing a severe allergy to my strep medication and having to go to the ER, and only resumed it a day later and still liked it - that must have been quite the episode.
It moved forward the plot and also the romance is now firing on all cylinders - perfect balance. People who were complaining earlier episodes weren't sufficiently romantic for them, would be amply satisfied.
I love the confrontation between Eun Oh and Killer Jr. I mean, I love it when our Magistrate melts in front of Arang, but I might like his hard-nosed attitude towards the bad guys even more.
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See what I mean about melting? Look at all those grins! Look how pleased he is when he realizes she was worried about him! Eps 12 of both this and Faith have our heroes turning into lovestruck grinny schoolboys. Awwwwwww.
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Arang and Eun Oh planning together. I especially love how he forbids her to infiltrate the Choi grounds - a far cry from the man who was trying to drag her to a grisly mass tomb where she possibly died just to get some clues.
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She hires some ghosts for patrol. LOL. And he is not super happy so she is pouring her contrition on super thick (manipulating gal, LOL) and he puts his hand over her mouth to shut her up only...seriously, if they could bottle this chemistry, they could make millions!
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Until she shoves him, that is.
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Confronting Lord Choi and Killer Jr. Seriously, I love competent, in-your-face Magistrate.
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The ghosts are repelled from coming in though. Time for more strategizing. :)
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This scene! Arang is wondering how on earth Lee Seo Rim's father was OK with giving her into marriage to a household like that, an evil one. And she also wonders what kind of person LSR was - she was hoping LSR was loved (Arang, you are not unloved! Eun Oh loves you!), or at least had a one-sided love but it doesn't seem the case. It seems LSR had no personality. She still refers to LSR in the third person, which is quire significant. And you see it's killing him but he gives her LSR's diary that he just found, even though this diary, he knows, is full of how much Lee Seo Rim loved and longed for Killer Jr. Ohhhh. (And the irony. If only Killer Jr wasn't a murderer for a demon, he would have found that unconditional love he so longed for, with the very woman he fell for now). And you know, it's so significant - Eun Oh is restoring selfhood and humanity to Arang, bit by bit - from clothes, to treating her as a damageable human and not an unkillable being in that scene in ep 11, to giving her that diary, connecting her with her past self.
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She reads the diary and remembers LSR falling in love with Killer Jr at first sight and asking her father to arrange the union...
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He is waiting for her. And his face when she tells him that Lee Seo Rim thought Killer Jr was her once in a lifetime love. And that her heart beat for him. Lee Jun Ki is so amazing with his face - so expressive. He breaks my heart in that scene. And he asks her, desperately, whether she still thinks she and LSR are two different people because he used to think that was crazy, but he needs it to be true. (He says every last bit of that last sentence - he is so open with her). And she doesn't answer but rushes off because to answer would open a whole emotional can of worms that she is unwilling to do, with only a month left.
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Dol Sae generally annoys me, but in that scene I felt pure, visceral rage - he found Arang was a ghost and lays into her, demanding she leaves his master alone, despite Eun Oh's attempts to stop him. And Arang's face, as her non-humanity is thrown in her face (the way Eun Oh's illegitimate/slave-birth status gets thrown into his), and Eun Oh's face, so terrified he may lose her. You know, Arang and Eun Oh are so the same - both touched by the supernatural and not fully human - can see ghosts, were brought back from death, have powers, and of course neither fits into the world - his due to his social background, her due to her death.
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He remembers all their interactions. I have this here because these are some of my fave scenes.
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This! He senses something is wrong and she is in danger (OMFG, they are now psychically attuned). And he is right, Killer Jr is there to kill her, again, for the demon (does the demon want to bring the unconscious body to her and enter her when Arang is not back to life yet? In which case why does she need to know what Arang wants most? Or is it just to have her there, bring her to life, find out what she wants, offer to grant it and kill her again? Or is some sort of cosmic bargain - she can enter bodies if she grants their wish, whether they want to trade or not?) Killer Jr can't bring himself to kill her but I still don't care. He is a killer for a demon who's done it many times before. He is a disgusting, pond life scum and I want him dead.
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He leaves right before Eun Oh bursts in, in his nightclothes (both of them are in their nightclothes, their armor gone).
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Yes, their enemy the moon. I love that he decides to tell her how he feels precisely after he realizes how little time is left.
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asjsksskkdkdsldksfk!!! I have to quote word for word:
"Arang, I don't know why I'm like this...But me being like this...Also makes me flustered. But then...I will think about it later as to why I am being like this. First...I've decided to do this. You...may have told me not to like you, but...I...I... am..."
And she desperately tries to stop him, because once the words are out, nothing can put them back in and everything changes, but he perseveres and tells her: "I am going to like you, Arang." Deeeeed. Deaaaad! Remember the totally closed off Eun Oh of the beginning? Yeah. And he begs her to tell him how she feels, telling her he knows she is honest, but of course Arang (who, btw, is fully clothed by now, i.e., her armor is back on) tells him she doesn't like him. Nooooooo! Don't lie!!!! And his face!
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And she moves to walk in, but he stops her, so desperate and passionate and tells her that this is the last time (I assume that he will ask her) and then credits. ARGH!!! You are killing me, drama!
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What I want to know is not even the outcome of this conversation but a peace of mind regarding a horrible theory I have. If Jade Emperor made Eun Oh into his weapon, does that mean he needs him to kill demon while she is wearing his mother's skin (horrific) or, even worse - once the demon manages to possess Arang, he will have kill Arang's body? Hell, if that's the case, that's as bad as the season finale for Buffy s2.
Random question - are there any good recent Arang MVs? I can't seem to find any. Tons for Faith, nada for Arang.
So it's back to drama gushing.
Considering that I had to pause ep 12 of Arang and the Magistrate in the middle due to developing a severe allergy to my strep medication and having to go to the ER, and only resumed it a day later and still liked it - that must have been quite the episode.
It moved forward the plot and also the romance is now firing on all cylinders - perfect balance. People who were complaining earlier episodes weren't sufficiently romantic for them, would be amply satisfied.
I love the confrontation between Eun Oh and Killer Jr. I mean, I love it when our Magistrate melts in front of Arang, but I might like his hard-nosed attitude towards the bad guys even more.
See what I mean about melting? Look at all those grins! Look how pleased he is when he realizes she was worried about him! Eps 12 of both this and Faith have our heroes turning into lovestruck grinny schoolboys. Awwwwwww.
Arang and Eun Oh planning together. I especially love how he forbids her to infiltrate the Choi grounds - a far cry from the man who was trying to drag her to a grisly mass tomb where she possibly died just to get some clues.
She hires some ghosts for patrol. LOL. And he is not super happy so she is pouring her contrition on super thick (manipulating gal, LOL) and he puts his hand over her mouth to shut her up only...seriously, if they could bottle this chemistry, they could make millions!
Until she shoves him, that is.
Confronting Lord Choi and Killer Jr. Seriously, I love competent, in-your-face Magistrate.
The ghosts are repelled from coming in though. Time for more strategizing. :)
This scene! Arang is wondering how on earth Lee Seo Rim's father was OK with giving her into marriage to a household like that, an evil one. And she also wonders what kind of person LSR was - she was hoping LSR was loved (Arang, you are not unloved! Eun Oh loves you!), or at least had a one-sided love but it doesn't seem the case. It seems LSR had no personality. She still refers to LSR in the third person, which is quire significant. And you see it's killing him but he gives her LSR's diary that he just found, even though this diary, he knows, is full of how much Lee Seo Rim loved and longed for Killer Jr. Ohhhh. (And the irony. If only Killer Jr wasn't a murderer for a demon, he would have found that unconditional love he so longed for, with the very woman he fell for now). And you know, it's so significant - Eun Oh is restoring selfhood and humanity to Arang, bit by bit - from clothes, to treating her as a damageable human and not an unkillable being in that scene in ep 11, to giving her that diary, connecting her with her past self.
She reads the diary and remembers LSR falling in love with Killer Jr at first sight and asking her father to arrange the union...
He is waiting for her. And his face when she tells him that Lee Seo Rim thought Killer Jr was her once in a lifetime love. And that her heart beat for him. Lee Jun Ki is so amazing with his face - so expressive. He breaks my heart in that scene. And he asks her, desperately, whether she still thinks she and LSR are two different people because he used to think that was crazy, but he needs it to be true. (He says every last bit of that last sentence - he is so open with her). And she doesn't answer but rushes off because to answer would open a whole emotional can of worms that she is unwilling to do, with only a month left.
Dol Sae generally annoys me, but in that scene I felt pure, visceral rage - he found Arang was a ghost and lays into her, demanding she leaves his master alone, despite Eun Oh's attempts to stop him. And Arang's face, as her non-humanity is thrown in her face (the way Eun Oh's illegitimate/slave-birth status gets thrown into his), and Eun Oh's face, so terrified he may lose her. You know, Arang and Eun Oh are so the same - both touched by the supernatural and not fully human - can see ghosts, were brought back from death, have powers, and of course neither fits into the world - his due to his social background, her due to her death.
He remembers all their interactions. I have this here because these are some of my fave scenes.
This! He senses something is wrong and she is in danger (OMFG, they are now psychically attuned). And he is right, Killer Jr is there to kill her, again, for the demon (does the demon want to bring the unconscious body to her and enter her when Arang is not back to life yet? In which case why does she need to know what Arang wants most? Or is it just to have her there, bring her to life, find out what she wants, offer to grant it and kill her again? Or is some sort of cosmic bargain - she can enter bodies if she grants their wish, whether they want to trade or not?) Killer Jr can't bring himself to kill her but I still don't care. He is a killer for a demon who's done it many times before. He is a disgusting, pond life scum and I want him dead.
He leaves right before Eun Oh bursts in, in his nightclothes (both of them are in their nightclothes, their armor gone).
Yes, their enemy the moon. I love that he decides to tell her how he feels precisely after he realizes how little time is left.
asjsksskkdkdsldksfk!!! I have to quote word for word:
"Arang, I don't know why I'm like this...But me being like this...Also makes me flustered. But then...I will think about it later as to why I am being like this. First...I've decided to do this. You...may have told me not to like you, but...I...I... am..."
And she desperately tries to stop him, because once the words are out, nothing can put them back in and everything changes, but he perseveres and tells her: "I am going to like you, Arang." Deeeeed. Deaaaad! Remember the totally closed off Eun Oh of the beginning? Yeah. And he begs her to tell him how she feels, telling her he knows she is honest, but of course Arang (who, btw, is fully clothed by now, i.e., her armor is back on) tells him she doesn't like him. Nooooooo! Don't lie!!!! And his face!
And she moves to walk in, but he stops her, so desperate and passionate and tells her that this is the last time (I assume that he will ask her) and then credits. ARGH!!! You are killing me, drama!
What I want to know is not even the outcome of this conversation but a peace of mind regarding a horrible theory I have. If Jade Emperor made Eun Oh into his weapon, does that mean he needs him to kill demon while she is wearing his mother's skin (horrific) or, even worse - once the demon manages to possess Arang, he will have kill Arang's body? Hell, if that's the case, that's as bad as the season finale for Buffy s2.
Random question - are there any good recent Arang MVs? I can't seem to find any. Tons for Faith, nada for Arang.