Goblin: Queen Sunny vs Queen Reaper

Goblin: Who is Queen? 

Sunny 3 vs. Grim Reaper 9

Sunny:

1. She's female. Although as people pointed out, the Reaper pointed out himself gender shouldn't be presumed as static in reincarnations. 

2. The lapel pin. The Reaper wears a lapel pin on his black suit uniform.  It’s the chess symbol for the King. ♔ (I tried to insert the unicode here. Hope you can see it.) It’s possible that the costume director pinned the King’s crown on the Reaper’s suit to signal that he IS the king. It’s like ET’s name tag for the chicken store. If he’s the King then Sunny is the Queen. However, there’s a counter-argument. 

3. The ring. Sunny has an interest in and eventually wears the same jade ring as the Joseon era Queen. She even wears it on the same finger.

4. The scroll paintings. The King has a lot of painted scrolls of the Queen around his deathbed (possibly indicating his remorse for killing her)

5. Her name. Kim Sun Hee. This is the name of the Joseon Era Queen.

Grim Reaper:

1. Because Goblin/Reaper bromance sound like two siblings squabbling to me.  

2. Because the apathetic, self-centered, shallow, and weak character of the King (can you tell that I don't like him much?) resembles Sunny's character, more so than the Reaper's.  She owns a chicken shop but doesn't work it. She's easy-going as long as she isn't inconvenienced. She consults a shaman just like the King relied on the eunuch's counsel. 

3. Because of the finger gun. That was a cute gesture but it reminded me of how the king ordered the queen killed. Ominous.

4. Because of the tears. The queen was the one to shed a tear, just like the Reaper did upon seeing his ring. 

5. Because the bloodstain on the ring is hers. Just like the bloodstain on the sword is Shin's. They marked their possessions with bloodshed. 

6. Because the queen actually does have blood on her hands. Didn’t she tell Shin to go ahead and walk to the King fully aware of the wrath of the King?  I say: negligent homicide, maximum penitentiary time, no parole.... in keeping with the edict of the cabbage/fairy grandmother. I'm being cruel, though.

...7. The lapel pin. It’s also possible that the costume director pinned the King’s crown NOT to designate the identity of the king but to show the wearer’s ALLEGIANCE to the king. For instance, American politicians wear a flag pin, not because they’re flag-bearers, but to show patriotism (whether or not it’s real is debatable, however....) Military personnel wear a lapel pin to show their branch of affiliation. And the British wear a poppy on Remembrance Day to remember the veterans and those soldiers who died in WWI. So, the king's crown lapel pin will indicate that the Reaper is NOT the king. (Confusing, no?)

8. His last name is the same as Shin’s. KIM. When he signed off on the Reapers' paperwork, he wrote "Kim" according to the kdrama sub. It’s possible that this is a generic name for all reapers. But it’s also likely that it’s some sort of cosmic joke from the kdrama gods. Like a twisted “I’m really your long-lost sibling” trope. Also, when he introduced himself as Kim Woo Bin to Sunny. 

9. The frown. At 15:14 min in Episode 6, there was a montage of the memories of Shin. I heard that people were wondering why that particular image of Sunny was chosen.  The look on the King’s face as he was glaring down at Shin the warrior on bended knees was matched with Sunny’s look as she was staring down at the Reaper’s bent head. 

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