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“DISTANT FATE”: EPISODE 15 THEORIES AND THOUGHTS
I’m pretty sure that you know how song interpretation works – to those who don’t, it is actually subjective; that was Distant Fate is for me, subjective. I think the song tells us about two fated individuals who can’t be together yet. I guess that’s what this episode means. Patience is really a virtue in everything.
I honestly thought that I wouldn’t need to write an analysis about this episode but I felt like I have to, especially when the last half of the episode came in. It was unexpected. So that being said, I’m also here to correct and check the theories that we’ve laid down before we’ve come to this point and time.
Anyways, this post contains a lot of spoilers so if you haven’t watched the episode yet because you want to watch it after the release of Episode 16 tonight, feel free to scroll down.
And to those who are strong-willed, please go and proceed!
But first, let me give you an update: Tak Dong Kyung is doing well.
107 notes • Posted 2021-06-29 02:10:43 GMT
“WISHES DO COME TRUE”: FINAL EPISODE APPRECIATION POST
It is finally here: the end.
We have been through a lot with this drama, and just like that it has come to its stage. It seemed like yesterday, I was too hyped hearing the news about Seo In-guk coming back to mainstream drama and Park Bo-young being the lead female; and now we’re here. I’m feeling a bit sad but, you know, there’s nothing to be sad of, of course.
When a book closes, a new one opens - after all. And this book? The book has a happy ending after all.
That was a spoiler; but I think it’s something that we hoped for. Although it’s bittersweet to let this drama go, it’s all worth it to do so.
One thing that I appreciate about this drama is that it goes back to where it all begun.
The first scene picked up from where it left off; from the bus scene where Myul Mang – now Kim Sa-ram offered an umbrella for Dongkyung because it was raining. It’s actually a recreation of a previous scene, it’s just that, it was Dongkyung who eventually lets the umbrella go instead of Sa-ram.
Aside from that, I think that scene was also one of the most memorable scenes in the episode, because it is where he told Dongkyung that instead of coming back as a supernatural being, he was finally living as a human. Why is it romantic? It was like Sa-ram telling Dongkyung that they are finally now in equal footing. Both normal humans in love with one another – no one higher than the other; they are just ... just humans.
One thing that separates this fantasy drama from other fantasy dramas is that it actually made the couple a possibility. As you can see, it’s normal for other fantasy dramas to just retain the characteristics of the leads until the end. Great dramas that follow this templates are:
Goblin, where Kim Shin still lived as a goblin until the end of the series;
Tale of the Nine Tailed, where Lee Yeon remained to be a gumiho until the end as well;
My Love From the Star, where Do Min-joon remained as an alien and eventually went back to his planet after the end of the series – only to teleport once in a while back for Cheon Song-yi.
They are great dramas, right?
The point that I’m looking into is that, in Doom at your Service you can actually see through the end. Even if the series ends, you can imagine the ending stretching it longer that it should be. And that ending is: Kim Sa-ram and Tak Dongkyung will both die; they will spend their whole lives living like humans, dying like humans – and nobody is left behind.
That is the beauty of life; because we realize that we will wither and die, we are able to create moments and experience things in a different way. We can live our lives to the fullest and without regrets. We realize that we aren’t immortal so we try to take good care of our body. That is something Kim Sa-ram realized when he became one. That “ah, I can die now so I need to take care of myself” feeling. And didn’t he quit drinking and smoking for that?
People might think that the point I’m making is extremely tragic. Some of you might ask “why are you redirecting the topic back to death when they both survived it?” and I won’t deny that. But remember, the whole drama is all about death and the need for you to accept it in the first place. We all die, we got to accept that. That’s why we need to live our lives to the fullest and that is also the only way to see meaning in our lives.
And going through the whole episode we can really see how Kim Sa-ram and Tak Dongkyung value that virtue. They learned to treasure even the simplest things and they learn to value important relationships. That’s the essence of life. And that only happens if you accept the fact that death can come knocking to your door anytime.
It’s a beautiful irony because Kim Sa-ram was death and he did come knocking at Tak Dongkyung’s door.
Another focal character in this drama – Sonyeonshin. She was greatly misunderstood. I’ve read and heard some people actually treating her as the antagonist of the series. And I honestly can’t blame them – because, let’s be honest we did too. We knew that she knew what was going to happen but instead of forcing it to not happen; she just lets it happen anyway. But that was also our mistake. We did not look at the large picture but instead, we just kept on looking at what was happening.
I think the writer is showing us that we, even how intelligent we are, are still humans. We can’t help but look at things in a narrow perspective – that’s why we whined when we saw what she did. It’s actually the same in real life, we encounter a problem, we whine and blame everyone; but if that problem blossomed into a beautiful outcome, we never really feel thankful to anyone but ourselves.
Our fates have all been decided the moment we are born – and that fate is to die. We are humans, it is inevitable. But it is always in our hands how do we make the most of the time we are given here on Earth. HE gave us choices and we get to choose what outcome we would want to happen, and that becomes a cycle up until the moment that we meet our end. HE knew all that but HE will always choose to stay and watch – because aside from it’s interesting to, HE wanted us to learn a good lesson from our own choices.
The same is through with what happened in the whole drama series. Sonyeonshin knew what was going to happen but she allowed everything to fall to its place – because as represented by the plant, it signifies growth. She pulled the strings, but ultimately, Kim Sa-ram and Tak Dongkyung made the choices. I mean, she never forced Myul Mang to specifically choose Tak Dongkyung. She never forced Myul Mang to fall in love with Tak Dongkyung either. And she never forced him to sacrifice his life for her. But he did it anyway. And that ultimately lead us to where he is now: his destiny, his fate. To become human.
There are still a lot of things Kim Sa-ram has yet to experience as a human – but he, more or less, experienced the focal points to become one, some of it are follows:
According to Sullivan’s Interpersonal Theory, the most basic interpersonal need is tenderness. Sullivan stated that tenderness is the number one psychological need to live, without it our overall well being as a person is ruined and we will adapt maladaptively.
So where am I going to at this point? It’s the fact that this need is actually given to him by Tak Dongkyung.
A family; of course you cannot be human without a companions. He should be fine with Tak Dongkyung. But it was also her who welcomed him to her own family – which was really heartwarming. Props to Dongkyung’s family, they accept whoever the kids in the family bring in. Joo-ik even became a family after Ji-na brought him in.
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