#ah eum

[suslikd]

Lee Yeon looses his beloved. Every time he closes his eyes, he sees Ah-Eum.

Tale of the Nine Tailed fan video, inspired by polnalyubvi's songs Лишь бы не снилось and Где ты?

[aer-in-wanderland]

구미호뎐 | Tale of the Nine Tailed - 구미호를 홀리는 아음이

[pian-ran]

TALE OF THE NINE TAILED | 구미호뎐 2020 | dir. Kang Shin-Hyo

[mindmeltonabun-blog]

Tale of the Nine Tailed: Red Tree Symbolism and How It Relates to the Final Outcome of Lee Yeon and Ji Ah

Sometimes the intro of a show will give us clues as to what the whole story is about. In the case of TOTNT, they gave us such major spoilers that I am so flabbergasted that I completely missed it all!

In Korean legends, there is a story called, “Red Flower for One Hundred Days”. The story began in a small seaside village (notice how the tree is located next to the sea) where there lived a man and a woman who were very much in love with each other and had planned to be married soon. Unfortunately, there was a grim customary in this village: a maiden must be sacrificed to the Imoogi that lived in sea in order to avoid a disaster from befalling on the village. On the year that the woman was suppose to be married, she was chosen to be the human sacrifice to the Imoogi. And so the man in a state of shocked, told the woman that he would go fight the Imoogi in the sea so that they could live happily ever after. Before leaving on his ship to face the Imoogi, the man told the woman that he would fly a white flag if he had defeated the Imoogi and a red flag if he had failed.

So from that day onwards, the maiden would wait by the shore every day and pray for his safe return. Exactly 100 days after the man left, she saw his ship approaching and as the ship came closer she saw a red flag. The maiden now having been stricken with grief had died even before the ship had even reached the shore. 

Upon reaching the shore, the man had immediately set off to find his maiden so that he could share with her his joyous news. Sadly when he found her, she had already died. He did not understand how this could’ve happen until he had seen that his white flag had been smeared with the blood of the Imoogi. And so with a heavy heart, the man had to bury his beloved. Later on, it was seen that red flowers that had blossom around her grave for a 100 days before withering away. And so legend says that the red flowers of the crape myrtle tree contained the maiden’s spirit who had waited for her fiancé for a 100 days. 

Analysis

So after reading that whole story, I finally understood the intro. Basically the intro was telling us the story of Lee Yeon and Ah Eum. Something of interest to note is the color chosen to represent the Gumiho. I mean they could’ve made the Gumiho like orange or something, but instead they chose to make him white. This could signify that Lee Yeon will win the final battle against the Imoogi. Remember that in the legend the color white signifies a win. Additionally, I think the whole sequence of the Gumiho dissolving and binding with the tree as indicative that Lee Yeon and Ji Ah will finally be together in the end. 

[kiitsunerose]

The Untamed + Tale of the Nine Tailed { Quotes }

[whattabuck]

This drama is really keeping me focused. I've got a thing for romance/fantasy dramas so it's not new, but since Goblin I wasn't able to appreciate something since now.

Also let's play a game, let's count how many Vans Yeon owes 'til the end of the drama.

[vierran45]

OMG! It was a binding debt! And Ah Eum used it to force Yeon to kill herself, because he was about to give his life and body to Imugi in exchange for releasing her.

He is bound by his promises and can’t resist her request even when we can see how he hard tries not to do it, and the horror in his face when he hears her words and sees the osth ring activate. Aahh!

So he kills her, and the debt is released.

And her last words to him are that she did protect him after all. It must have been devastating to have his own words come back to haunt him. Oh, poor Yeon! No wonder he was so determined to wait for her and for her to be reborn and to have justice in a new life.

I sure hope we won’t get a repeat of this at the end of this drama! My heart couldn’t take it.

[alwaysivanmymind]

Tale of the Nine-Tailed Ep. 5

I really enjoyed this episode! The perfect mix of sweet and sad.

*SPOILERS AHEAD*

Okay wow that ending. I can’t believe he just went for it and kissed her. I know he was reminded of Ah Eum, but I honestly thought he was gonna go for a hug, not a kiss (not that I’m complaining). Ugh so cute. I love them. I loved all their moments together in this episode. I love the way he looks at her. I love it all.

I really enjoy the few scenes with Shinjoo too. I feel like I’m supposed to ship him and Yuri but Yuri is working for Lee Rang so I feel like this isn’t gonna end well. I think she’s already starting to fall for Shinjoo though, which is adorable.

I loved that Monsta X’s NEWTON was briefly in this episode. Makes me miss when they were all together rip. Also this episode was so sad with the two dead sisters and the animal abuse. But I feel like they did a good job balancing it out with sweet moments. And i like the balance between overall plot and each episode’s plot. I’m excited to see what next episode brings. See you guys soon!