@JillsJoy #BrideOfHabaek was one of my first #kDrama as well. Modern, fantasy, historical, romance, mystery, comedy all in one, a likable cast/characters and an easy watch. Probably my favorite Nam Joo Hyuk look as God Habaek.

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Perfect pick for guilty pleasure!
I watched #BrideOfHabaek early in my kdrama journey because it stars Shin Sae Kyeong, who I loved in "Run-On" and I agreed that it wasn't *good* but I also had to finish it? Nam Joo Hyuk is Habaek and a fish-out-of-water deity that gets stuck surrounded by mortals.

I am both happy and sad that the over-the-top costuming only occurred in episode 1.

My fave character was Gong Myung's mischievous evil-doer with heart. #kdrama

Anyway, those are my thoughts on Bride of Habaek. The good. The bad. The spoilery.

What were yours?
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One of the things I would have liked to be handled differently was Moo Ra’s arc. In that she barely has one?

Don’t get me wrong, she’s an interesting character. It’s just… The biggest “shift” in her character is more about us realizing her motivations were more complex than they seemed.

But once we get where she’s actually coming from about the situation, not much changes.

But that’s not a huge deal.

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Before, I had thought that a lot of the other stuff could be culled from the show.

I’ve since changed my mind. This is what I meant by not being the intended audience.

I was significantly more interested in the backstory and lore than the love polyhedrons. However, for many, that’s the point and this was the icing. (And it’s very good icing, IMO. Enough to keep me around.)

But that’s a different convo I need to unpack one day.

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The final two episodes, for me, were great. Like hit so many emotional beats perfectly.

The discovery with her father, the realization implications of both his death *and* him being stuck in the water.

The way that what happened *was*, in the end, what Habaek was meant to do.

And honestly how this was all lead up to even in the “petty arguments”. It fit together very well.

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So… I finally finished Bride of Habaek/Bride of the Water God.

Some spoiler-free thoughts before I get into the meat of it.

One realization is that I’m not the intended audience —and to be clear, this isn’t a bad thing.

For starters, that’s true by default. (In many contexts.) Related to that, is the fact that me not being the intended audience doesn’t mean I won’t get anything out of it.

And I did. I especially liked… Well… spoilers ahead.

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Today is a very distracted brain day, so I'm watching this veeeeery slowly, in case anyone is wondering why it's taking me multiple hours to complete a 1hr 23min episode.  

I'm about halfway through.  

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