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When a drama hits you under your line of flotation
Dae Gil has always been desperately searching for Eon Nyeon—and at last, he found her, busy. I deeply empathize with such a search; I understand Dae Gil's agony perfectly. I am Dae Gil. I know this hopelessness of losing something irreplaceable. I truly understand him and his justification: he spent years scouring all of Korea as a slave hunter, seeking Eon Nyeon, just as I watch dramas, waiting for my own Eon Nyeon.
On another note, this drama feels Quixotesque in its treatment of loss—specifically, the disappearance of a horse. Cervantes lost a mule in his narrative, and here, Seol Hwa should have had a horse upon arriving at Mount Worak. Yet the horse simply vanished, leaving her to walk terrified through the wolves' howls. I understand creative license in drama production, but that horse mattered. I genuinely missed it and enjoyed drawing the analogy to Don Quixote while watching.
Finally, Dae Gil dies without Eon Nyeon, and if I interpret this drama as a Tarot reading, it saddens me—deeply.
On another note, this drama feels Quixotesque in its treatment of loss—specifically, the disappearance of a horse. Cervantes lost a mule in his narrative, and here, Seol Hwa should have had a horse upon arriving at Mount Worak. Yet the horse simply vanished, leaving her to walk terrified through the wolves' howls. I understand creative license in drama production, but that horse mattered. I genuinely missed it and enjoyed drawing the analogy to Don Quixote while watching.
Finally, Dae Gil dies without Eon Nyeon, and if I interpret this drama as a Tarot reading, it saddens me—deeply.
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