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supaliaxpress · 8 years ago

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From this moment on, this child will serve you, Your Lordship

Sometimes it’s the characters that you least expect who end up surprising you the most. Deok Hwa has proven that over time and again. Aside from Shin and Eun tak, DH and Grandpa were the first past and present characters to be fully introduced in episode 1. But how did they slip by us without us noticing that they may play bigger roles in Goblin? I think it was on purpose. Warning: this is a pretty long review.

The first time we met DH and Grandpa, Grandpa introduced a young DH to Shin after 20 years since returning. Grandpa is a CEO and DH is the only young heir to the family. Grandpa is still respectful towards Shin, “My lord,” while DH lectures Shin to address his Grandpa with formal speech. What I found interesting of this scene was DH’s yellow outfit. Yellow represents a multitude of things such as nature, happiness, truth, and safety, but it can also mean deceit. DH wearing such an odd yellow outfit could mean that he represents happiness (his cheerful attitude), truth (he just seems to know everything), protector of Shin, and deceit because he may have deceived us into thinking he was a simple human. Likely that Grandpa may have found out about the truth because Shin told him everything, but it still perpetuates me that Grandpa continues how he served Shin during the Goryeo era in present day too - I would imagine that one’s personality isn’t always the same for every time one is reborn (for example, DH isn’t as respectful as he was during Goryeo era).

Right after, we learn they were the loyal servants of Shin’s household who plead for his life. What’s important to notice is that quite a number of years have passed since Shin’s death, Grandpa was very sick & knew his time was short, and his grandson has never met Shin before (hence his question, “This sword is his lordship?”). Grandpa pledged his only grandson to Shin as his final death wish, “From this moment on, this child will serve you, Your Lordship,” and I believe this may have triggered the reason why Shin was resurrected as a Goblin and why DH is his protector. Grandpa selflessly offered his only grandson to serve Shin and, later on, this child, who has never met Shin nor has any obligation to him, pledged his loyalty because he respects his Grandpa’s final wish. I believe that Grandpa and DH were humans during Goryeo, but afterwards, they maybe became guardian angels to Shin to ensure that he will eventually find true peace. There’s a couple of hints throughout the series that suggest that these two may know more than your average human and are capable of doing things that immortals can do.

Let’s talk about Grandpa first. I’ve noticed that the first thing Grandpa does in Shin’s home is lighting up candles or touching candles. This is important because the action of lighting up candles usually symbolizes “God’s light” and “devotion of that person” in Catholicism and also represents “showing truth” or “supporting one’s spirit” in times of darkness - especially since Grandpa is lighting a “white candle” which symbolizes new beginnings in ep 1. The act of lighting up candles is also symbolic of angels. In ep 10, he actually touches a “silver candle” which symbolizes the “Moon, psychic receptivity, dreaming, love, rest and healing.” This correlates to Shin’s premonition of Grandpa’s death, him asking to play a game of baduk, and possibly how Shin has found love after his new beginning - healing from his past. Grandpa WAS THE ONE who installed the keypad and set the code as 1004 - pronounced as “chuhn-sah” which is the exact same pronunciation of “angel” in Korean. Grandpa also knew GR’s identity without no one telling him (he was also the first person to hint that GR and Shin have a connection) and has said a couple of “suggestive” things. Such as when he told Shin that he was “too thorough with his goodbyes,” which hints that Shin cannot determine his death; therefore, that may explain why he didn’t burn the scroll cause he maybe knew Shin wasn’t going to die.

Another example, he told Shin to try living instead of focusing on his death, which Shin is now trying to genuinely live his life with Eun-tak. It’s no coincidence, Grandpa knows when his time is near, such as in episode 1 and 10, and he maybe hinted that he’s going to heaven - a “good place.” Grandpa is also preparing DH to take over the company and probably as the caretaker of Shin, hence when he said in ep 1, “Deok Hwa will be here when you return.” And lastly, despite all the gift choices and Secretary Kim’s performance, Grandpa undoubtedly chose the camera without a second thought and wrote to her, “I pray you will be able to remember certain moments for an eternity.” Okay, first of all… why certain moments? On the outside, a camera as a gift seems logical and nice… on the other hand, cameras symbolically represent preservation especially during a time that one feels is already disappearing. Perhaps Grandpa knows that Eun-tak will forget Shin or lose her memories?? Therefore the camera serves to maybe help retain those memories so that she will remember again in the future. :O

DH has surprised me so much with the subtle things that he does and says. Probably my first observation is that he’s the only heir, only child. Well if he’s an immortal, that would make sense why he’s the only one being “born” every generation in the family. His reaction is pretty nonchalant for a human when he found out about Shin’s and GR’s identity - I’d personally freak out and then maybe start singing hymns like Sunny. In ep 2, DH immediately took the exact children’s book with Eun-tak’s leaf right after she put it in the bookshelf and walked pass by the bookstore where Samshin and Shin were talking at in episode 8 - not a coincidence at all. In episode 4, when they were eating at the restaurant after Shin’s hangover, he supposedly couldn’t see GR sitting at the table but FUCKIN LED HIM TO THAT TABLE AND SAT RIGHT NEXT TO GR!!! CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME?!? In episode 6, during GR’s and Sunny’s friend date, DH did not exactly say the same thing that GR instructed and added a “-yo” at the end for politeness (I listened to this so many times and it’s definite that he didn’t say word for word what GR commanded). Now that I’ve watched this scene like over 20 times, it looked like DH was actually scared and left on his own free will than being forced to leave.

When DH read Shin’s journal about the war in episode 8, he didn’t tell Eun-tak the truth, said it was a “love letter,” and recited the exact words of Shin’s confession. Either DH has powers to read people’s mind or he is just damn good at guessing. In ep 9, DH found Eun-tak and the white butterfly appeared. How in the world was it possible for a “human” to find Eun-tak and not a friggin goblin - unless he used his connections to find where she worked? It’s also important to note DH’s growth as a character - in the beginning he was immature and didn’t seem to care about anything except for his credit cards, but throughout the series we can see DH maturing with this facial expressions, actions, and the things he says as he will become the next CEO to the company (he looked very mature when he was watching Shin light up the lanterns). And in episode 11, DH already knew that Sunny was Shin’s sister... that was mind-blowing cause I’m pretty sure he wasn’t there when Shin and GR were discussing about Sunny, he was at work. >.>

These are some of the biggest hints that suggest that Grandpa and DH may not be human and that they may be angels or immortals. I personally think they may be angels because I don’t think DH, being “God,” would bow down before his Grandpa if he really is just human - but I could be wrong. But DH being Wol Ha is pretty plausible too cause Samshin greets him formally and may describe his connection to Samshin. Remember in episode 5 where Shin is writing in his journal about the war, he says "foreign land's gods and Goryeo's gods are the same. I've buried the grandson of this land of the grandson of the grandson in a foreign land." I think this line might represent DH, that he might be a god of foreign lands because he is buried in a different country, as well as Grandpa.

And lastly, the reason why I think they may be angels is because angels are the closest to "God.” Angels could then travel similarly to God and vice versa. Thus, the white butterfly is not only God but also angels, too, since white butterflies represent purity and spiritual guidance. During the scene of the white butterfly in episode 9, there was the white butterfly and then there was a shadow of a bigger butterfly - perhaps the white butterfly was DH and the shadow being God? The reason why DH and Grandpa appear human can be explained by being angels because angels are called "God's men" and can take the form of humans, therefore they can live among humans. Grandpa also said to DH that it’s their responsibility to watch over Shin which is what guardian angels do (plus there’s quite a few references of guardian angels in Goblin said by Eun-tak too). Whether they really are just humans or not, I believe these two play a bigger role and we will find out within the next episodes because of Shin’s premonition of Grandpa’s "maybe” death and DH taking over the company. I just love these two and they need more screen time together, lol.

Other Reviews:

Episode 1-4 Review: Our Homegirl Eun-tak

Episode 5 Review: 10 years into the future, You’re still beautiful and bright as ever, but I’m not the one beside you

Episode 3-6 Review: I can’t help but stare at your smile (Grim Reaper x Sunny Relationship Review)

Episode 6 Review: If you had really been a bad person, he only would’ve created a Goblin, and not the Goblin’s Bride

Episode 7-8 Review: It couldn’t be helped that this was the beginning of this tragic love story (Grim Reaper x Sunny Relationship Review)

Episode 7 Review: Is the thing that I’m trying to steal one more glimpse of… my own immortal life? Or, is it your face?

Episode 8 Review: I beseech the heavens and ask that, on a certain day, after 100 years, on an adequate day... I can finally tell her she was my first love

Episode 9-10 Review: I was thinking about whether or not I should hold your hand one more time (Grim Reaper x Sunny)

Episode 9 Review: I’d like it if I could use that as an excuse to continue on living on... together, with you

Episode 10 Review: Your magic doesn’t work on me.. you can never escape me

Episode 11 Review: So you did come and go for a moment in my life

Episode 12 Review: An absolute fate that is beyond human beings’ eternities

Important Anon Question regarding Pedophilia

Other Grandpa and DH Theory posts (Post 1) and (Post 2)

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