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[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Bride of the Water God 2017" Episode 10

 

 

 

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In a turnabout I can only describe as perplexing, not only does the amnesiac monk issue solve itself without Ha-baek's input, it also results in Ha-baek simply being given one of the artifacts. No effort appears to be required on Ha-baek's part for anything, which kind of begs the question of why he had to go the human world in the first place. The early episodes especially have the impression that Ha-baek was going to have to earn leadership by completing difficult tasks, possibly without being able to fall back on his godly abilities.

 

Instead, Ha-baek dithers on the question of going back home. We are to believe that this dramatic hesitation is a consequence of Ha-baek's romance with So-ah. That might actually be believable if So-ah had any redeemable qualities, or if Ha-baek and So-ah worked well together, or if Nam Joo-hyuk and Shin Se-kyung had any decent chemistry. But without these factors, "Bride of the Water God 2017" continues to feel pointless.

 

It also feels weird, in its odder moments. Some questionable editing gives the impression that one character is being assaulted through a magical sandbag, until better context reveals that the person in question is actually being attacked by minor gods working on commission. Wait, there are minor gods in this universe? How many gods are there? Where are they all? Could the guy rambling about Obama in the early episodes maybe have not been crazy after all?

 

So-ah specializing in psychiatric care seems a wasted opportunity, given this context. I could easily see her getting into the field because, as someone who knows gods are real, she also knows they are frequently mistaken for mental patients. Well, all right, I guess this worldbuilding doesn't really work either, since gods who are willing and able to use their powers for personal benefit can't be easily cowed by humans with no leverage.

 

Well, except for the no killing humans rule. I guess that's kind of leverage- but is that an actual magical rule with consequences for being disobeyed or just something informal? That's yet another important plot point left unclarified, even as the dialog remains dominated with discussions of grudges, conversations, and action scenes which are simply narrated to us. "Bride of the Water God 2017" is what happens when a story is all tell and no show. 

 

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Nam Joo Hyuk wore LOCLE BY LOW CLASSIC 17Summer Locle LC Loose Shirt Man_White â‚©98,000 (USD 87) in Bride Of The Water God Drama Episode 9 & 10.

 

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"Bride of the Water God 2017" Nam Joo-hyuk gets mad seeing Lim Ju-hwan and Shin Se-kyung together

 

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On the latest episode of the tvN drama "Bride of the Water God 2017", Joo Dong (Yang Dong-geun) asked Ha Baek (Nam Joo-hyuk) if the reason he wasn't happy about finding the sacred stone was because he had to say goodbye to So-ah (Shin Se-kyung).

Ha Baek new that So-ah needed 'money'. He helped an old man pull a cart full of recycling items and received 'money' which made him think about So-ah.

Hoo Ye (Lim Ju-hwan) drank alone, despairing over the fact that Bi Ryeom (Gong Myung) called him 'only half human'.

So-ah called Hoo Ye when he didn't come to his appointment and he happened to walk in drunk.

So-ah opened up his shirt as the fever he had wouldn't go down and he tried to attack her because of the branding he had on his chest. However, he calmed down when he realized who she was.

Just then, Ha Baek appeared and saw them in an awkward position and became furious.

 

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Nam Joo Hyuk wore NEIL BARRETT Scribble Print T-Shirt $535 in upcoming Episode 11 of Bride Of The Water God Drama.

 

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Krystal wore BLANC & ECLARE Denim&Tees_Agonda Wide Pants â‚©212,000 (USD 189) in Bride Of The Water God Drama Episode 10.

 

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Shin Se Kyung wore LOW CLASSIC 17SS Button Sleeveless Top_Navy â‚©108,000 (USD 96) in Bride Of The Water God Drama Episode 10.

 

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Ha-baek is beginning to realize that there’s more to his quest to the human world than just finding the divine stones. He’s here to learn a valuable lesson, but first he has to discover what exactly that lesson is. Meanwhile Hu-ye struggles with his darker nature, but you can hardly blame him when he’s being bombarded at every turn.

EPISODE 10 RECAP

 

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Ha-baek turns back to So-ah when she sobs that he makes her feel third-rate for crying. He kisses her, then he pulls back and tells her again, “I said I’m going to leave.†Then he kisses her again.

A phone rings and interrupts them — it’s Mura, calling to say that Joo-dong has recovered. So-ah and Ha-baek drive to Bi-ryum’s penthouse in silence, and when she drops Ha-baek off, So-ah says that she can see the end now. She asks him to show her when he gets the third divine stone, though she says to herself that it’s probably another thing that only gods can see.

Ha-baek watches her drive away, then a voice calls his name. He sees Joo-dong standing close by, holding out his arms for a hug. Ha-baek returns his hug enthusiastically.

 

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Joo-dong tells the other gods that when he lost his memory, he woke up in a hospital with no clue who he was or what happened. The person who brought him to the hospital couldn’t be reached, so Joo-dong ended up wandering, homeless and working small jobs until he ended up at a temple.

Mura says that Hu-ye confessed that Joo-dong’s memory loss was his doing. Ha-baek asks about the third sacred stone, and Joo-dong holds out a hand. When he opens it, a bright light shines in his palm, which materializes into a stone marked with a glowing circle. Ha-baek puts it with the two matching stones, and when the three stones are reunited, they shine brilliantly. Joo-dong looks for his tablet, and when Mura asks why he brought that to the human world, he says he was told to. Mura and Bi-ryum are confused, since it’s useless here anyway.

 

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Driving Ha-baek to So-ah’s house later, Mura whines at him for going back there every night. Joo-dong jokes that Ha-baek’s place (the roof) has no walls, and that Mura and her “husband’s†homes make him feel claustrophobic.

Mura is so flustered at his calling Bi-ryum her husband that she pulls over to yell at Joo-dong. Joo-dong asks if he remembers wrong, since he clearly recalls Bi-ryum telling him that he and Mura were engaged. Well, that explains so much. Joo-dong adds that Bi-ryum said they hadn’t spent a night together yet and that he couldn’t wait, and Mura lets out a bloodcurdling scream to shut him up.

 

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COMMENTS

I really like where this conflict is going between Hu-ye and the gods. Watching Hu-ye struggle with the darker side of his nature, knowing that his clashes with Ha-baek and Bi-ryum are only making it worse, has me on the edge of my seat. Yet even so, it saddens me that things could be so different if not for the prejudice the gods hold for half-gods — they could be helping him learn to control his powers and be a good person, instead of making his fight to tamp down his dark half that much harder.

The tension between Bi-ryum and Mura makes so much sense now that we know they used to be engaged! No wonder Bi-ryum trails after Mura like a lost little boy, and why just a word from her can make him look so miserable. It’s been obvious that he has feelings for her, but their broken engagement was a surprise, and I’ll bet they broke up after that fight at the divine gate the night they lost Mura’s stone.

It also explains at least some of Bi-ryum’s hostility toward Hu-ye. No doubt he’s prejudiced toward him simply because of what he is, but when the high priest first told the gods of half-gods, Bi-ryum seemed more amused and interested than disgusted. Obviously, they’ve alluded to something happening between the two, and I wonder what could be so bad that Bi-ryum refuses to even talk about it. And I’m betting that a lot of his animosity is pure jealousy because Mura continuously defends Hu-ye. You can see Bi-ryum’s pain every time Mura gets angry with him, but he can’t go against his own nature. I feel for Bi-ryum even as I hate the way he’s behaving, because I don’t think that Bi-ryum is a bad guy, he’s just letting his emotions get the best of him. Whatever happened with Hu-ye to make Bi-ryum so angry, he’s going to make the situation a thousand times worse if he doesn’t calm down.

 

I just feel so bad for Hu-ye. I used to mistrust him, and I still think he’s teetering on a high wire and could easily tip over to the dark side. But you can also feel his struggle to be good, especially in the way he treats people, and I feel confident that if the gods would just leave him alone he’d be happy to live a quiet, peaceful life not bothering anyone and keeping his powers suppressed. It’s Bi-ryum’s constant pressure that’s pushing Hu-ye to lash out, and I’m afraid that if Bi-ryum doesn’t stop, whatever destruction happens as a result of Hu-ye’s fury will be Bi-ryum’s fault.

I really like that about these characters, that nobody is purely good or purely bad. Bi-ryum and Hu-ye are the most obvious examples, as Hu-ye has the capacity for devastating death and destruction but tries to be a good person anyway, and Bi-ryum is mostly just mischievous, but he lets his emotions get the better of him and often goes too far. Ha-baek is so good that he tips right over into arrogance and pompousness, so assured in his goodness and truthfulness that he forgets to be a decent person to others. So-ah is so damaged by her past and her capacity for empathy that she tries to shut that part of herself off entirely, so she often comes across as selfish and uncaring. And Mura is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters, because she’s always honest about herself, and even though she has a lot of faults, she owns them like a goddess and doesn’t try to convince anyone otherwise.

This seems to be the year of the sympathetic villain in dramaland, but I love this show in particular for giving us a full complement of flawed, and ironically human, characters. It’s so much more interesting to watch a story populated with characters that aren’t perfect or one-note, because it makes their character progression (to the good or the bad) that much more interesting. Ha-baek’s growth is still interesting me the most, because he’s really taking an interest in humans now instead of ignoring them because they’re beneath his notice. He’s really changing a lot, in really beautiful ways, and it will only serve to make him a much better king once he goes back home to claim his throne.

 

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