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beatrixacs · 1 year

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Okay, this is fucking hilarious... The way his face is like: “Who the fuck are you and why did you just say that we are having a baby together?!”

And her face tells: “Sorry, it was the only way.”

And him: “You gotta be kidding me...”

Followed with: “Fine. Whatever. If everything goes according to plan, you’ll be my death, anyway.”

I love when shows rip you apart but give you something funny at the time 😂

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls light and shadow #alchemy of souls season 2 #aos #aos light and shadow #aos season 2 #aoslas #jang uk #jin buyeon #naksu #cho yeong #jang uk x naksu #jang uk x jin buyeon #jang uk x cho yeong

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younjungpics · 1 year

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how can she be so beautiful😭

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dilebe06 · 10 months

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#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #kdrama #korean drama #jang uk #cho yeong #naksu #jang uk x naksu #jin buyeon #kiss

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synkmydyve · 1 year

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alchemy of souls season 2 ⋆*

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my-drama-heart2406 · 1 year

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Is this the tree with the bird's nest on top?

Yes. I want to climb up that tree again.

Did you really climb all the way to the top?

I was Naksu then... The moon from up there looked beautiful. But I can no longer see it with this body.

I may not be able to do much, but I think I can climb that tree.

There are no branches to stand on at the top. You must use your energy to create a foothold. You must master Chisu in order to do that. You are nowhere near that level.

I wanted to do nothing, but I feel motivated to climb up this tree. You said you wanted to see the moon from up there. I'm the only one who can take you up there, so I would like to try. Do you wish to go up there?

You must master Chisu in order to be able to climb up there.

Do you wish to go up there?

Then do me a favour, Jang Uk. Take me up there.

Fine, I will take you to the top of that tree.

ALCHEMY OF SOULS (2022-2023)

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mccnarchives · 1 year

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the storyline of jang uk is insane like wdym his mother died when he was born , his father blocked his energy and abandoned him then the woman he loved was casted under spell and stabbed him after years of pain and trauma he finally reunites with her but her soul is dying and when he gets back to songrim his mother figure who loved him more than anyone and his father figure are both dead ???? like damn cut my man some slack atleast let us see him happy once 😭

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls season 2 #alchemy of souls spoiler #jang uk #cho yeong #jang uk x naksu #kdramas #thoughts #alchemy #jin buyeon #lee jae wook #naksu #go youn jung #hwang minhyun #seo yul

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iblocevgum · 1 year

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<33

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huevokinder24 · 1 year

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I need Jang Uk to call Naksu by her true name at least one. I need it more than the air I breathe.

It would be such a beautiful and perfect way to close her story arc. She was called Naksu as the shadow assassin, Mu-deok as a servant of the Jang household while she was powerless and hiding, and Jin Bu-yeon when she herself didn't know who she was.

But none of those names are hers. She's not any of those people, not really. They were different identities/personas that Cho Yeong was forced to take due to her circumstances. It wasn't a choice that she made willingly.

But by saying her name out loud, she would be reclaiming her real identity. She would no longer be an assassin or a servant or an heiress. She would simply be herself.

#the girl jang uk fell in love with #please let this happen #alchemy of souls light and shadow #alchemy of souls #jang uk #naksu #jang uk x naksu #cho yeong #jin buyeon

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naksushadows · 8 months

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mehamang · 1 year

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one thing i love about jang uk is that he's selfish in a way that he'll do literally anything for the people he loves so when master lee said technically he could save yeong instead of buyeon but it'll be such a terrible hard choice to make cause it's forbidden sorcery.. if jang uk is aware of this i have no doubt that he's gonna keep cho yeong LMAO

#he'll dwell on it for 5secs max #jang uk #cho yeong #jin buyeon #jang uk x cho yeong #alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls light and shadow

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beatrixacs · 1 year

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“He is a bright light that protects the world and she is a shadow that protects him by embracing the darkness surrounding him.”

And now, let me happily cry in the corner after finishing it 😭😭

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electronicthesaurus · 1 year

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We’ll I’m glad for episode 9 and 10 we at least got our beloved murder amoral over dramatic gremlin couple back for a bit.

Jang Uk (who just killed 80 people): I will cast the man who used and abused my beloved wife her entire childhood into literal hell for my beloved wife to have revenge on because she deserves a little murder, as a treat. My beloved wife who I can’t even look at right now because it’s too painful despite pinning for her for three years.

Jin Bu Yeon (in actual hell): thanks sweetie. Proceeds to torture Jin Mu by sucking away his life force. But forgets to follow through and he gets away.

Jang UK: No worries. Burns him alive in the next episode.

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls part 2 #jang uk x naksu #jang uk #jin buyeon

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meenawrites · 7 months

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Cho Yeong and So-I – Narrative Foils

So I was thinking about this a lot yesterday but ended up just going to bed. I hope I can do my thoughts from last night justice.

What I think is really interesting is that the writers have subtly made a comparison throughout the show between Cho Yeong and So-I. They are each other's foils.

Now here me out.

Cho Yeong and So-i have both been handed terrible lots in life. We know a lot more about Cho Yeong's than So-i's (cause duh she's the main character), but we know enough about So-i's background to surmise what her upbringing was like for the most part.

There's no mention of So-i's parents by her EVER while every other character has mentioned their parent or parents at least once, leading us to believe that So-i may never have known her parents and is most likely an orphan from an age younger than Yeong.

We also know that she's from Sari Village, same as Mudeok, which from the flashbacks we see, doesn't look like a very nice place to live or a place inhabited by very well-off people. Her only close relation in Sari Village was Mudeok/Jin Buyeon, which I think is very telling of how she interacts with people. She doesn't form deep connections with people because she's focused on self-preservation. She doesn't become close to anyone in case she has to betray or con them to survive. Since she's no one's top priority, she's made herself her own at whatever cost. This attitude is super prevalent when she's going through all the steps to become Jin Buyeon, especially the scene where Jin Mu is launching shards of pottery at her and she refuses to even flinch, even when there's one like millimeters from her eye. She's got that grit of survival that goes beyond anything most people are capable of, I would say.

She has been a swindler/thief for years to survive, and again has no notable connections aside from Mudeok/Jin Buyeon.

This girl is well and truly on her own.

We can parallel this to Cho Yeong/Naksu. Naksu was orphaned at a young age as well, and has gone through hell to survive. She grew up basically entirely alone in Danhyangeok, raised herself, and trained herself to be ruthless all so that she could survive and even possibly get her revenge. She cast away all niceties and gentleness she may have had so that she can be strong enough to take care of herself. She too was her own top priority no matter what happens.

Cho Yeong also only had one notable connection while growing up, and that was Seo Yul. Seo Yul was her one friend in her teenage years that she was able to make, that she was able to be kind and gentle with because she couldn't afford to be like that with anyone else.

Where Yeong and So-i differ is this:

So-i, growing up through great hardship and having to rely entirely on herself to survive cast away all moral beliefs and principles in order to stay alive. She doesn't hesitate to kill who she needs to to survive, and even goes so far as to try to kill Mudeok not once but TWICE just to stay alive and stay Jin Buyeon. She has basically discarded most of her humanity in consideration of 'me, me, me, I have to stay alive'. Even later in season 2, she runs a gambling den and can be seen willingly torturing people and lowkey getting a kick out of it with no qualms. Even further, she was prepared to just send off Jin Buyeon/Naksu to Jin Mu with no worries, even going so far as to lock her in a room with knock-out gas. A bit crazy and heartless if you ask me.

Cho Yeong/Naksu however has NOT done that. As much as she has a reputation as a dangerous assassin who makes heads roll wherever she goes, we're told firstly that Naksu was known to never have harmed civilians or innocents. Additionally, when she found out that Yul was from the Seo family, one of the families behind the 'murder' of her father, she 1000% could have killed him or harmed him in some way. She could have justified it to herself under the guise of revenge, but she didn't. She pushes him away and basically lets him go with nothing more than a broken heart. Because she knows despite all the hurt that Yul is not to blame for what happened to her dad, that he is innocent in all that, and that he has been ineffably kind to her.

Furthermore, we have multiple instances in season 1 where Mudeok thinks about just killing Jang Uk and getting rid of him. She thinks she can do it, or at least she tries to convince herself. But every time she has a chance to or it would actually BENEFIT her own survival –like when that mage Gil-ju was like bring him to me or else I'll have you killed–she can't bring herself to do it. She even protects him quite a bit. We see her kindness as well in the way that she reassures Seo Yul many times, despite the very real risk that it could blow her cover, that she - Naksu - was okay in Danhyangeok, that it wasn't too rough for her even though she's under no obligation to.

The real climax for Naksu was when she was stuck in the ice stone with Jang Uk, Seo Yul, and the others. She could get all her powers back, shift souls with ANYONE she wanted at the drop of a hat, if she just let them all die. Should be simple for a cut-throat assassin right? She keeps telling herself she'll do it, trying to convince herself really. But she keeps stalling. She serves the crown prince and those goons that call themselves mages, she goes into the kitchen and decides to make Jang Uk the noodles that he loves, she tries to give the prince some honey cookies to lessen the guilt that she admits is consuming her with the thought of forsaking them all just for her own power. And in the end, she can't do it. She's been kidding herself. She goes crazy when she thought that Jang Uk died, and sets her sword aside not just for Jang Uk (though yeah she could never kill him we know that) but for all the people trapped in the barrier with her that are largely innocent (except So-i), that she cares about, and that she cannot justify to herself killing just for her own power gain.

This is why Cho Yeong/Naksu is great as a character and truly strong. She had a hard life yeah, and that skewed her morals, definitely. But she has not forsaken kindness or humanity like So-i did in the face of hardship. She tries to be all unfeeling and ruthless, but even back when she didn't even know Jang Uk that well, like when the soul-shifting detector dog (I forgot what it's called, my bad) had its sights set on her, she told him to step away from her, basically to protect himself and abandon her, which is totally contrary to the ruthless persona she tries to put on.

While So-i has abandoned any morals or principles EXCEPT when it comes to Seo Yul, Naksu hasn't. She is still capable of being kind and putting others before herself. How many times has she told Uk that if it comes down to it he should abandon her and protect himself?

Even in Season 2 when she finally remembers who she is, she puts Uk first and is ready to sacrifice her own happiness to do the right thing.

In this way, So-i and Cho Yeong are each other's narrative foils, both exemplifying the path and choices one can make in the face of hardship. You don't just become a bad person in the face of hardship, you choose to. And that's what is being shown to us.

I mean you can argue that Naksu ended up having more good people around her than So-i did, but also not really. So-i had Mudeok at a time when Naksu had nobody. Did So-i get in with the wrong people when she came to Daeho? Absolutely, but she also had more control over the situation than someone in her position would and was unnecessarily cruel at times.

Holding onto your morals/humanity in the face of adversity IS a choice, and that's what the comparison of So-i and Cho Yeong demonstrates.

I have more to say about So-i but that will be it's own post. I just wanted to put this out there before words failed me completely.

Let me know your thoughts!

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #Narrative foils #this is good writing #go Hong sisters #Naksu #Cho Yeong #Mudeok #Jin Buyeon #So-i #Seo Yul #Jang Uk #jang uk x naksu #Meena's thoughts #Meena's rambles #Meena's posts

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hikarielizabethbloom · 1 year

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This was so hot of them

This was so sweet of them

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my-drama-heart2406 · 11 months

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The most wierd, but also pretty amazing, thing in season 2 was that they never show us Jang Uk ever calling Yeong, "Bu Yeon".

Like ofcourse where she's mentioned in a conversation or when he's referring to her in 3rd person he says 'Jin Bu Yeon'. But he never actually calls her that. Most of the he refers to her as "I salam"/"ku salam" which literally translates to 'this person'/'that person'. Given that Korean is a mostly genderless language, it translates to 'her'.

And even when he's talking to her, he just says "Ya" and "Neo". They never show him ever call her "Bu Yeon-ah".

While it is pretty wierd, I personally think that it's actually great.

What's even better is that Jang Uk calls Yeong "Buin" now. While it was a very big missed opportunity to not make Jang Uk call her "Yeong-ah" even once, (when you can practically fill a book with how many times he said "Mudeok-ah" in s1) it's very clear why "buin" is used.

Because ofcourse he can't call her Yeong in public. And I'm pretty sure both of them are completely against him calling her "Bu Yeon", when he didn't even do that when he thought she was Jin Bu Yeon. So naturally they had to come up with some sort of term of endearment that he could refer to her by. Hence, Buin. And like she keeps calling him Seobangnim, he keeps calling her Buin. And that's become their normal now.

P.S. I was thinking what would happen if Kim Dojoo insisted on them having another wedding celebration. Because remember she was already preparing for one even though both Uk and Yeong insisted that they were married. Kim Dojoo wanted him to have a very big, public ceremony. And I'm sure she would have wanted another one because she wasn't present at his wedding. And I'm sure Jang Uk would have been vehemently against it. Because in a public ceremony he would have to get married to 'Jin Bu Yeon'. Just imagine the argument between them both. 😅

#alchemy of souls #just a thought #does the kim dojoo wanting wedding part make sense #it made sense in my head #but now that I wrote it #it seems 😕#alchemy of souls: light and shadow #alchemy of souls season 2 #alchemy of souls light and shadow #jang uk #naksu #jang uk x naksu #cho yeong #jin buyeon #lee jae wook #go yoon jung

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brewingbi · 1 year

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Hi tumblr. I'm Rin, a self taught traditional artist and I've never had the confidence to think my art deserved to take on its own space. But I thought hey, might as well. Of course, I'd hope no one steals this or uses it without permission and credits :).

Now I'm manifesting a happy ending for these two. I'll complain about the poor writing after of course but always, I'd take the happy ending first.

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