These are just loose ends so it will be – don’t worry – blessedly short. 

First, let’s appreciate the Hong sisters’ humor. 

Mawang was complaining about the need to clean up the shit. He asked:

Q: Is Mawang a shit-maker?

I think that was a very existential question. He was asking the meaning of his existence. 

My answer: Yes. He’s a bull, remember? He’s THE bullshit himself. He makes shit everywhere with his meddling, that’s why SM and OG are in deep pile of shit.

Then, he said that OG was the first shit he ever made.

Q: Is this true?

I think he has a short memory.

My answer: No. The first shit he created was that ill-fated romance with the goddess. He was like a cowherd falling in love with a deity.

So, Mawang. Sit down, please.

Second, I’m betting that Jonathan, SunMi’s Oppa from the past will turn out to be her fairy godbrother. Just like the last fairy in the Sleeping Beauty story, Jonathan’s farewell wish and gift will reverse the ill-fate of Death Bell.

He said, “That necklace’s name is ‘Happy Ending.’ Just as in my movie’s ending, the brave little girl gets a happy ending, and so I hope for a happy ending for you and your fairy, Seon Mi.”

Perhaps it won’t COMPLETELY undo the curse of the Death Bell but it will mitigate the misery and alleviate some of the pain. The Death Bell is all black, but the “Happy Ending” necklace has diluted the black with white. Like yin-yang symbol, there’s an equal and balanced distribution of the two colors.

 

Third, did anybody notice that big sign over her rooftop home?  How did it get up there? And what does it signify?

Did OhGong transport his whole home, the Sureumdong, to SunMi’s house to protect her?

Edited to add this: I checked the first Episode. The sign had always been there – from the beginning. lol. Coincidence?? I think not.  And they thought we wouldn’t notice this….

I know BuJa wanted to be burned – like in a funeral pyre – and she chose the Sureumdong as the spot to perish.

But I don’t think she knew that whiskey, vodka, rum, all that expensive alcohol that OhGong had in his collection were flammable. lol. It’s not the liquid that catches fire, but the vapor coming from the liquid content that ignites. (It’s like gasoline fumes.) The more the alcohol is heated up, the more vapor will be released. So, if OhGong flicks one of his firesparks at a heated glass of 80 proof vodka, it will ignite and flame up spectacularly. Think flambé.

But it would be funny if BuJa were to die in a “luxury” manner – doused in OG’s expensive wine.  It would be a fitting end to the luxurious lifestyle that OG gave her and always complained about.

Fourth, why is OhGong at her house at the weirdest times? Remember in Episode 1, when SunMi cut herself with the picture glass when the Demon Bride was chasing her? All the monsters came flying to her place because they could smell her blood BUT OhGong was already there waiting for them.

I said in my post on Episode 1 and 2 (just google it if you haven’t read it), that I found it strange. How did he know where she lived?? He couldn’t smell her lotus blood. Remember, he didn’t know about the existence of lotus-scented SamJang and he’d already encountered SunMi by then at the bridge. So how was it that he was there waiting for the demons when they started swarming?

He sure WAS always behind her…. 

Then, in Episode 3, he was there when the Buja the Zombie was rifling through SunMi’s things on the dresser. And he gave her a forehead smack.

Then, now in Episode 12, he showed up again UNANNOUNCED and smacked her head again… or rather the Shaman Demon’s head.

There was no OhGong doll spying on SunMi at her house so how did he know when there was an intruder in SunMi’s house or when there’s trouble brewing? I don’t think he appears at SunMi ONLY when she calls for him.

Last, the rose. I found the single rose interesting, don’t you? In Episode 11, Buja carried a red rose, wanting to die while she was as pretty as the rose. And now in Episode 12, Jonathan left her with a red rose as parting gift.

 

An aside: This is just me, but anything upwards of a dozen red roses, I find excessive and suspicious. Like, what are you trying to pull here? Did you cheat on me? Did you forget our anniversary (lol. I’m usually the one to forget anniversaries.)? Are you apologizing for something? There’s something insincere about a big bouquet of red roses. What do you think?

I think it’s interesting because the single rose set apart the two priestesses. On one side, we have the powerful Shaman in the body of the zombie, Buja, then on one side, we have the weak SamJang in the blood of a human, SunMi.

It’s funny that we started this episode talking of the stink of shit, when the fight is really all between the scent of flowers. I hope OhGong can distinguish roses and lotus blooms or else he’ll be in deep shit himself.

Happy weekend, y’all!!!

BTW, the answer to my tweet is the rose. I couldn’t find a lotus flower so I chose a girl in lotus position. lol.