Heeeeelp me. *weak voice* Save me from this wretched pedestrian boredom. Is there anyone out there writing about Goddess of Fire so I can stop? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? This drama’s ratings are sinking like a rock by the combination of less Tae Do and more Jung Yi-Gwanghaegun snorefest of a romance. I love that Tae Do brought Jung Yi flowers (so sweet), but she totally deserves a manure bouquet instead. I was on Baidu and the commentary for this episode is way more fascinating. When Tae Do showed up and did his usual awesome orabeoni thang, this was a three way exchange on that scene which had me in stitches. A said: “Orabeoni just needs to whack Jung Yi with a stick and sling her over his shoulder and take her home.” B then responded “But orabeoni wouldn’t have the heart to hit her over the head.” To which C replied “I’ll hit her for him, she be pissing me off Big Time.” Both Jung Yi and Gwanghaegun are THE most self-absorbed characters I’ve seen in a good long while, and made worse because the drama thinks we should like them. No fucking way. Gwanghaegun has spent 3 episodes pissy at Jung Yi (and Tae Do) for staging her death and lying to him about it and not coming clean even after she came back. Newsflash dumbass, it’s not about you. And it never was about you. She hid to be safe and to get ready to come back and continue her dad’s pottery legacy. Why don’t you take your sanctimonious hurt feelings and shove it where the sun don’t shine. And Jung Yi? She’s just as bad, everything is about her goal to do what her dad asked of her and to avenge him. She is completely clueless about other people’s feelings from Tae Do to Hwa Ryung. She sticks with this path regardless of any complication that arises, almost all of which require someone (mainly Tae Do) bailing her out. For once I’d like to see the female lead not have the two leading men around and realize “Oh shit, I can’t do this if my magic orabeoni fairies aren’t around to clean up after me, so maybe this isn’t the best idea.” I honestly don’t know if I can continue even writing about Tae Do next week, this drama is soul sucking levels of bad. Read on for the summary of what transpired.
Jung Yi passes the pottery test and Tae Do gives her flowers and says he’s also following her father’s wish that he look after her. Jung Yi claims she’s going to do it alone and doesn’t need anyone looking after her. Imhaegum shows up for his usual comic relief, this time he punks Shinsonggun and puts nudie pictures in his text book and gets him in trouble with the King. He also locks up Gwanghaegun and Jung Yi (again?!?!) thinking he’s playing cupid for them, thankfully Tae Do lets them out. The entire episode revolves around stolen items from the pottery department that have made its way outside. Gwanghaegun and Jung Yi investigate, while the Consort asks Tae Do to go steal all of it back and break it. Of course she’s been using royal ceramics to bribe the officials. Lots of Jung Yi and Gwanghaegun scenes in this episode, from walking outside to cataloguing stolen pots and cups in the pottery department warehouse. But of course, every scene of them involves Jung Yi looking like a shifty deer in headlights while Gwanghaegun is alternatively stern or schmoopy, still smarting over the whole “I mourned a dead girl who wasn’t dead” issue. Tae Do isn’t the least bit cowed by Gwanghaegun and chews him out for constantly putting Jung Yi in the center of trouble. To Tae Do, Jung Yi is his entire world. Gwanghaegun counters that Tae Do hasn’t done a good job of protecting Jung Yi (DA FUCK YOU SAY?) since she’s had to hide and take on a different name. Gwanghaegun tells Tae Do that he doesn’t have the ability to protect Jung Yi going forward. The whole other subplot revolves around Kang Chun keeping an eye on Jung Yi and his attempt to keep Hwa Ryung and Yook Do apart failing. The DC and Baidu fans are right, Tae Do was totally getting the soysauce (打酱油) for this episode with his minuscule screen time. My eyes are very very peeved right now at the relative lack of Tae Do eye candy for the last two episodes. ROAR OF RAGE!
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You did it again. Inappropriate snorting at work. "Heeelp me" *weak voice*.
No, help ME to not to burst into loud laughter reading about suffering you had to go through for Tae Do. I am a goner for your snark.
I am sorry you are still recapping this and I am glad it is so entertaining.
OMG! What is going on? I am so sorry Ms. Koala that you are enduring this! This is so Unfair! What are they doing to my Bummie? We should whack the writers on the head and not on Moon. But still Bummie looks so adorable! I want him to give me those flowers!
For purely selfish reasons, I am glad that you are still recapping this. I am worried now every time I refresh and nothing new is up that you have finally succumbed to your better tastes and left this show far behind, but it is fun reading these.
P.S.--It is official. I have decided that Jung Yi is even stupider than Da Hua (from King Flower). Now that is saying something, especially since I often liked that character's face cleaner better than I liked her.
I still don't get the hate on how stupid King Flower was. Yes, it was stupid. But so is the majority of rom-coms. But at least in KF, Da Hua had the good sense to spend ALL her time with Terry! In fact, that drama had the good sense to go with the flow and let Terry be the male lead in screen time and interaction with the girl.
Here? Everytime Gwanghaegun's face pops up I just want to deck him. This really is nothing against Lee Sang Yoon, but he's so miscast as GH and his character is as douchey and annoying as James Wen was as Guang Jun. Ugh.
I don't know if it was Da Hua's doing. More like PD and writer accidentally dug a hole it could not get out of...like, oh no ratings death spiral need more DH/Terry time. Before long Chris completely ran with it; took the "candy" from the candy shop and never came back.
I did NOT think King Flower was stupid. King Flower became one of the smartest dramas I have ever watched because someone realized that Chris Wu as Terry was practically the second coming even though they needed to give James Wen something for making his character so lame. I do, however, still stick to my Da Hua as the second dumbest female (now after Jung Yi) lead for not getting and understanding the beautiful gift that was Terry and mooning over her old childhood stupid love for . . . what seemed like forever. Really? Running out on Terry in a tux should be a capital offense in every time zone on the planet.
I do love Lee Sang Yoon, but the dialogue they give him. He spends most of time doing something with his eyebrows and/or looking as though he has indegestion. The actors seem to be trying so hard to save this thing. It is painful to watch for that alone.
Why are you doing this to yourself....A drama with such week plot should not be worth your time.
Two words. Kim. Bum.
With you on that boat!
I was so hoping that Moonie finally picked a great project. Sigh.....
Thank you for continuing to recap, for better or worse I shall continue to watch GOF and support Moon & Bummie. Honestly if they weren't in this show, I would've abandon it long ago.
i feel the same way. why do bad projects happen to such a good actress/person?
on a good note, mgy looks to be enjoying herself in bts videos.
this is me watching the drama:
*fast forward*
*fast forward*
Go jump off a cliff, Gwanghaegun.
*fast forward*
KIM BUM MY LOVE <3 SO PERFECT <3
*fast forward*
*watches preview to figure out how much to fast forward next time*
Hahhahhahaha! I'm the same! *fast forward* Tae Do/Jung Yi *fast forward* Another Tae Do/Jung Yi scene *fast forward* Yuummii Tae Do. Hahaha from now on that will be my dinamic 'cause watching all the story and GH/JY scenes gives me stomachache.
roflmao!!!
bingo i do the same!....
Yes the episodes are pretty boring except when KB shows up. I couldn't watch after episode 7. That's why I come here every week to check on the recaps. :)
Makes me want to write my own story on how I was expecting things to go.
Thanks for the recaps.
Thank you for weecapping this drama again. I have two questions: 1-what does "schmoopy" mean here (or is meant to mean here)? and 2--what does the expression "getting the soysauce" mean here as well?
I did look both terms up, and schmoopy seems to have a connection to the US TV show Seinfield, however I am at work so I can't watch the clips and I don't remember watching those or that episode, so I thought I would ask here. One of the links (on google) about "getting the soysauce" mentioned a scandal involving someone taking nude pictures of celebrities, and that apparently happened in Hong Kong. Again, because I am at work, I can't investigate too much. I would like to understand the expressions however, and I would appreciate any explanations offered/suggested to me. Thank you!
Schmoopy is someone who is so overly gaga with someone else (and in return) that it makes others around them ill.
Getting the soysauce - basically, not involved, passing through.
awesome Q&A on lingo! thanks!
Thank you Momosan...
I've got something that will make it up to you for this last three no much Tae Do episodes http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=g-high-u&v=JIyhxN1XBKk awww well even if GoF is not worth watching these two are! ❤
Although we all appreciate you recapping the episodes with only tae do, but I feel awful that ur sacrificing so much of ur time watching this god awful drama. Maybe we should just skip a few eps cause I have a feeling their stupidity isn't going anywhere. Maybe if people don't watch as much, they will cut down the number of episodes. I've seen it done before( hopeful).