#kim do ju

[enalgunlugar]

I was a fool. That question also implied that you had to watch the death of your beloved one.

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #alchemyofsoulsedit #kdramaedit #jang uk #park jin #kim do ju #kdrama #m:aos

[candlewinds]

OH NA RA as KIM DO JU Alchemy of Souls (2022)

#alchemy of souls #kdramaedit #kdramaladies #kdramadaily #aosedit #oh na ra #kim do ju #oh na ra can be the main character in anything you watch her in #if your brain is big enough #if your heart is true #❣️ #MY BEAUTIFUL I WOULD TREAT YOU RIGHT!!!! #*edits

[the-sky-the-stars-the-sea]

I love how there’s always that one designated Park Jin and Maidservant Kim scene, like there’s always at least one per episode, like “here’s your daily dose of Park Jin + Maidservant Kim” and the interactions just keep getting fluffier and fluffier as the show goes on and everything else is in chaos

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls s2 #park jin #kim do ju

[halfassaultedbrain]

I cannot help but see this as an extremely wealthy and prestigious noble family portrait and the family drama that is going to unfold.

Jang uk and Mu deok caught in the middle of an elaborate succession game.

#alchemy of souls #so what roles the others would play??? #jang uk #mu deok #seo yul #dang gu #jin cho yeon #park jin #heo yeom #lady jin #jin mu #go won #kim do ju

[swiftletinthecloud]

You know one scene that I really want to see in episode 3 but very likely won’t happen is Uk helping Naksu get rid of her newest tracking thread. There was some very kiss-like actions going on when he removed her bracelet that can you even imagine the scene of him breaking her newest tracking thread.

They’re finally alone with each other again and she’s once again in a hurry to take off her robes. And Uk’s all shock pikachu face again. Him: Like yes, we’re officially and publicly married now, but we’re not doing that. And she’s all like, disappointed like she was in forest but also like “that’s not what I’m asking of you. I need your help to break the tracking thread again.”

Naksu’s turning and baring her exposed shoulder to Uk. Him seeing the threads sewn into her like she’s a goddamn object and feeling anger and rage for her. Him coming closer and lowering his lips to her shoulder. Maybe the tiniest touch of his lips to her bare shoulder as he breaks the thread. Naksu’s skin tingling as his breath fans across her shoulder before the thread loosen. Her heart giving a jot and picking up a bit as she felt him right behind her, maybe even the tiniest touch of his lips and caress of his thumb as he smoothed over the spot when the threads fell away.

And then of course we can give them their moment or Kim Do Ju would choose this exact moment to interrupt and this is what she sees and get a little heart attack from.  And she either quietly retreats before either of them know she was there or in AOS true sense of comedic elements, Uk and Naksu spring apart all awkwardly, like that’s not what you think going on. 

So yeah, if it doesn’t happen, I might flesh this mess of run-on sentences out into a short one-shot in 2 weeks when I have break (no promises lol)

#liveblogging #kdrama #alchemy of souls #spoilers #jang uk #naksu #ship: my lake gyeongcheondaeho #kim do ju #my fics

[vierran45]

She gave him poison so the elders would be forced to save his life by opening his gate of energy. He has been seeking far and wide for a master that would accept him and remove the blockage that prevented him from doing magic. And now he finally found that with this crazy girl who almost got him killed.

Yup, she got exactly the result she wanted.

Ah, these two crazy ones really deserve each other. 

#alchemy of souls #episode 2 #kdrama #lee jae wook #jung so min #kim do ju

[rmmoonchild95]

The first weekend without AOS & I don’t know what to do with my life… every other drama is boring after this masterpiece came out. Now I’m empty ㅜㅜ

I love jang uk/cho yeong aka jae wook & youn jung 😩❤️‍🔥

They are literally made for each other, their chemistry on and off stage is impactful 🥺🔥🐢

#alchemy of souls #jang uk #cho yeong #jang uk x naksu #naksu #jin buyeon #mu deok #kim do ju #light and shadow #seo yul #lee jae wook #go yoon jung #yoo insoo #jung somin #minhyun #oh na ra #park eun hye #seo hye won #shin seung ho #jin mu #heo yun ok #heo yeom #studio dragon #tvn alchemy of souls #kdrama

[pohaislovesoismaggi]

Is Kim Do ju going to die? Or is Park Jin going to die? Why are they talking about not doubting each other's love even they don't choose to save the other?

#alchemy of souls #Park Jin #Maid servant Kim #kim do ju

[18butyouact80now]

now that aos is over how am I supposed to survive.

still haven't recovered btw, if anyone is concerned.

#Alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls 2 #alchemy of souls light and shadow #cho yeong #jang uk #ukyeong #naksu #mu deok #seo yul #park dang gu #parkjin #kim do ju #jin cho yeon #aos #:(

[nettlestonenell]

The Mess Jang Gang Left Us With

Citizens of the Republic, Subjects of the Kingdom, Mages of Daeho, and Gentle Readers, it’s time to talk about--

The Mess Jang Gang Left Us With

Part of the Mess is frankly, just unanswered questions:

Such as (but hardly limited to) Why use/attempt to use The Alchemy of Souls in the first place? Ticket me if I’m wrong, but the first time he used the Ice Stone/Alchemy of Souls for sketchy purposes was at the request of Lady Jin to save her dead child in-utero, Jin Bu-Yeon. Ostensibly, a compassionate use of its powers; to save a life. Did he do this for Lady Jin PRIOR to Jang Uk’s conception and birth? b/c Jang Gang seems pretty burnt by the magic he was playing with when we see him following that, and seems to have promptly disappeared following the closing of Uk’s gate of energy.

#outie

It's not a far leap to assume Jang Gang played around with the Alchemy of Souls because the power of it/the challenge of it hooked him. We know he was a magical prodigy. We know he was [among?] the most powerful mage[s], made Gwanju of Daeho, and not yet old. He had accomplished much, but in greed such men often wish to accomplish/possess More.

Subset unanswered question: Who IS Jin Bu-Yeon’s dad? Season One/Part One seemed to state definitively that Cho-Yeon’s dad was not him. Does/Did Jang Gang know? Is there any possibility it could have been Jang Gang?

The main reason Jang Gang’s Mess continues, is that he managed to harm most of our main characters in some way.

Prettiest. Hands Down, Fight Me, Get Out of the Chat if you can’t deal

Kim Do-Joo – unrequited love and decades (despite the fact she loves Uk) of caring for her crush’s child. She watched Jang Gang hurt her beloved Do-Hwa, up and til Do-Hwa died [it’s of a broken heart, fight me, it’s a Much Ado Hero’s death of shame at being accused of adultery], and then she continued to serve the Jang family even as Jang Gang closed up Uk’s gate of energy and abandoned him. Any slight Uk has felt, Kim Do-Joo has felt it, too.

This task has kept her from being able to move on and pursue her own life.

Park Jin – was left with Jang Gang’s responsibility (wrt Uk), attempting to carry out his best friend (and Gwanju’s) wishes, keep his secrets, despite his love and deep affection for Uk.

Because of Kim Do-Joo’s arrested life, as she had to care for Uk as a mother, steward, and chatelaine, he was unable to move on and pursue her fully (and she was unable to be open to this)

Is the treatment of JBY a metaphor for abuse? Um, no. It’s actual abuse.

Jin Bu-Yeon – She was born/reanimated out of some sorcery Jang Gang used with the Ice Stone/Alchemy of Souls. Once born, she appears to have suffered as a pawn of both her mother, stepfather and Jin Mu/half-uncle. While being manipulated by them, she seems to have lost her memory and become Mu-Deok, where she continued to be used, even enslaved—and all that before her mom stuck Naksu’s soul back into her body.

Please note: An invisible fridge is still a fridge.

Do-Hwa. Poor Do-Hwa. How her husband’s rejection of her after that night of passion must have confused and wounded her for nine months. Ignorant of what had transpired, she paid for her husband’s transgression with her life.

Cho-Yeong/Naksu – Here we have a cocktail of blame. And another Unanswered Question: why was her dad replaced w/ a soul shifter, and where was he put? We haven’t seen anything but a switch (not counting the unique co-habitation of two souls in Mu-Deok/Jin Bu-Yeon), not just a simple casting out of one soul. It’s a swap each time. Perhaps her father was swapped to keep his mouth shut. And then the body he was put in was killed. But that’s the thing, we don’t know. Jang Gang’s transgression created the NEED for Uk’s birth star plate to be hidden/disappeared. Which got her father (or at least his body, see Unanswered Question above) killed, along with the rest of her family and their servants/household.

But even this doesn’t solely create the Shadow Assassin. No, it is Jin Mu—the particular creation of Jang Gang--that shapes the rage Cho-Yeong feels. Jin Mu, Jang Gang’s servant and unofficial pupil. The man Jang Gang had to instruct in the Alchemy of Souls in order to get himself free of the King’s dying body.

What? You wouldn’t want to live in it?

It is Jin Mu who finds and Thanoses Cho-Yeong into his personal Gamorra.

Did you see this moment? Baby Cho-Yeong taking Jin Mu’s hand?

Jang Gang’s transgression came at Cho-Yeong from two directions, and it grinds her chance at normalcy and a potential to love and be loved to bits. Because 1. Jang Gang put huge power into the hands of his unofficial pupil [he had to if he wished to escape his self-made predicament] and 2. Jang Gang had to conceal the truth of Uk’s birth in order to first and fore-most protect HIMSELF from what he had done coming to light. That’s right, I’m not giving him the pass that he’s some version of Daeho Dumbledore and everything he does is in service of protecting Harry [we see how well that’s held up in ensuing years].

And then we come to Uk...in the second part of this post.

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#alchemy of souls: light and shadow #alchemy of souls #netflix alchemy of souls #kdrama #jang gang #kim do ju #mu deok #jang uk #park jin #cho-yeong #lady jin #daeho #naksu #do-hwa #jin buyeon #more like okay: drama

[akinatrix]

Why do the adults go from smart to stupid so quickly?

1. Park Jin - realized that jin mu and the queen have the ice stone and are making soul shifters but couldnt figure out that Mudeok/Naksu and Jang Uk are more than servant and master?

2. Heo Yeom - notices all the romance around him but couldnt figure out Jang Uk likes his maid instead of Yun Ok

3. Jin Ho-gyeong - spent 10 years searching for her daughter but doesnt give any mind to the maid who supposedly open jinyowon doors?

4. Jin Mu - raised an assassin to hide the fact that he's creating soul shifters but couldnt figure out whose the person who suddenly arrive and changed Jang Uk?

5. Maidservant Kim - raised the lazy trouble making Jang Uk but couldnt figure out why he cared for much a maid he barely knew?

#alchemy of souls #aos #mudeok #jang uk #jin mu #park jin #kim do ju #maidservant kim #jin ho gyeong #heo yeom #kdrama #smart to stupid

[dilebe06]

My Top Female Characters 2022

#my top female characters 2022 #go ahead #tang can #life #choi seo hyun #switch: change the world #oh ha ra #nigeru wa haji da ga yaku ni tatsu #moriyama mikuri #assassin academy #cha zi fei yan #it's ok to not be ok #kang soon deok #sisyphus the myth #kang seo hae #alice in borderland #kuina hikari #alchemy of souls #kim do ju #from now on showtime #kang ah reum

[kinhagamer]

Alquimia das Almas: Segunda temporada - Teorias, conspirações e obsessões e novo Teaser

Alquimia das Almas: Segunda temporada – Teorias, conspirações e obsessões e novo Teaser

Se você terminou a primeira temporada de Alquimia das Almas provavelmente entende meu sentimento. Depois que terminei fiquei obcecada, lendo várias teorias pela internet e vendo alguns vídeos. Algumas teorias fazem sentido outras nem tanto, mas vou colocando aqui mesmo assim e no fim a gente vê o quanto foi certo e o quanto passou muito longe. Então, vamos lá, você termina a primeira temporada,…

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#Cho Yeong #Go Won #Go Yoon Jung #Hong Jung Eun #Hong Mi Ran #Hwang Min Hyun #Jang Uk #Jin Cho Yeon #Jin Mu #Jo Jae Yun #Jung So Min #K-Drama #Kim Do Ju #Lee Jae Wook #Mestre Lee #Naksu #Oh Na Ra #Park Jin #Park Joon Hwa #Seo Yul #Séries #Shin Seung Ho #Yoo In Soo #Yoo Joon Sang

[the-sky-the-stars-the-sea]

THEY’RE SO PURE

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls s2 #park jin #kim do ju #they’re gonna get married and live happily ever after and never be sad again #trust me on this one

[halfassaultedbrain]

The more I think about Aos part 2 the more disappointment I feel. Perhaps Hong Sisters were really not into it because of events occurred bts or whatever, but considering this such impactful high fantasy in kdrama, which surely seems like the pinnacle of their career, they should have given more time to part two. No matter how dark they intended to make it or melancholic, the way they have treated the female characters I am aghast.

After re-watching Hotel Del Luna, I cannot help but surmise that this could not have been Hong sisters(at least not completely with their heart in it) . I am partly convinced that season 2 was supposed to be about female characters taking the center stage but they changed the script.

Just look at both the seasons, there's so much to be discovered and yet they didn't bothered with it. I would like have a talk with the Sisters and exactly what were they thinking??

#if they had taken a little more i am sure they could have worked out something spectacular #though i love part 2 what could have been is incessant #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #naksu #jin buyeon #mu deok #cho yeong #jin cho yeon #lady jin #heo yun ok #so-i #Hong sisters #kim do ju

[swiftletinthecloud]

Alchemy of Souls: Episodes 13-14

Picking up where we left off last week with Uk x Naksu/Mu Deok hug 🥺😍 The way that it’s a hug with Uk just completely wrapping himself around Naksu/Mu Deok to comfort her when she needed it ❤️

The way that Uk uses what he found out about the yin-yang jade to call on Go Won to be his savior 😆

Uk stepping in front of Naksu/Mu Deok to block her from Jin Mu’s view 😍

Jin Mu and the fake Queen not underestimating Uk but still underestimating him. Lol. although we’re going down a tricky path here with them trying to figure out why Uk changed and for whom so they can potentially use that person against him

Crown Prince Go Won not being an idiot and starting to suspect Jin Mu bc he noticed that “intruder” Uk had no sword but “innocent” Jin Mu did!

Uk taking Naksu/Mu Deok’s statement that she can not bear it if he dies as a reply to his love confession and more meaningful than her “I missed you”! Side note tho - him realizing this but then starts to have doubts AGAIN when he sees her smiling with Yul is annoying. Like seriously did we not have this insecurity last week as well? How can you be so confident and then so insecure at the same time! Uk better not have doubts again next week too after ending the ep 14 confident after realizing Naksu/Mu Deok had tried to keep him with her instead of going to his room/ Heo Yun Ok and got back her half of the yin yang jade

The way Naksu/Mu Deok got them out of Jin Mu’s place by begging them not to let Songrim take Uk bc they will severely punish him had me in stitches 🤣🤣🤣

Pls I’m so over Yul’s romantic scenes and him as a love rival. Go Won’s scenes are just better and he’s at least a more entertaining love rival even if he knows he has no chance against Uk for Mu Deok’s affections. Yul had like a summer of friendship and longing but since she’s been back, he said himself: the only person in Naksu/Mu Deok’s mind is Uk so get over yourself, Yul. The more ppl try to separate them, the more Uk and Naksu/Mu Deok will fight to be by each other’s side (unless Naksu/Mu Deok tried to be a Noble Idiot and leaves Uk to protect him. Don’t think she will do that. It’s not in her character but the way she was thinking that if she’s found out it would put Uk in danger have me a little worry)

I’m here for all the Master Lee - Uk scenes and Uk actually getting advices and cared for by a father-ish figure. Pls hopefully this won’t change or Master Lee turning out to be bad or something with his reveal of being a soul shifter at the end of episode 14

The Master Lee - Kim Do Ju - Park Jin love triangle! And Uk’s delivery of it to Master Lee and Park Jin is hilarious 😆 I’m really rooting for Master Lee here if he doesn’t turn out to be some evil manipulative mastermind. 🤞

In all seriousness I was not expecting Uk to lose his last duel even if it was against Yul. Especially with the emphasis on Uk finally being able to master Chisu before the duel. I mean I get why Uk didn’t since it might have been a bit cliché and the audience expecting it for him to defy expectations and win like he did in his duel with Go Won and the writers might have wanted to go against expectations but I still wanted Uk to win 😩

The fact that Naksu/Mu Deok searched night and day in the muddy water for her jade pendant 🥺🥺 Girl might not have said “I love you” verbally to him but she’s so in love with Uk. And then her running to him to show Uk she has her pendant again 🥺❤️ and her actually showing him the pendant after initially hiding it when she saw him laughing with Heo Yun Ok as a reply to his kiss 🥺 Also side note here that’s similar to the side note about Uk above. Like Naksu/Mu Deok, how can you doubt Uk’s romantic interest in you and said he doesn’t see you as a woman when he literally have just confessed a few days ago? I hope that after the kiss and pendant scene they’re now on the same page romantically and stop doubting each other’s interests.

Everyone wondering how Jin Mu plan on tricking the Jin Gate with the fake Jin Bu Yeon, I guess now we know how. I really just want a deserving amount of time spent to explore or a spin off of Jin Cho Yeon and Park Dang Gu being happy and exploring their characters. Like we can go so much deeper with Cho Yeon that we only see glimpses of sometimes of how she’s dealing with an absent father (who is now home but just using her and not really caring for her well-being ), a neglectful critical mother who only cares for her other daughter, and the shadow of her missing big sister. Same with Dang Gu who is so caring to those close to him (Cho Yeon, Yul, Uk, Mu Deok) but have only been used so far for comedic effect for the most part. And he’s heir to Songrim yet no one has been shown to take him seriously and he seems to also be in Yul’s shadow even with his uncle. Park Jin had involved Yul in the whole soul shifter business first over Dang Gu.

Ju Wol and the ferry guy both warn Naksu/Mu Deok that So Yi is dangerous and we know her presence can’t mean anything good for Naksu/Mu Deok, but I hope they defy expectations and team up at some point to go against Jin Mu, a man that used/is using them both.

I hate that Uk and now Naksu/Mu Deok have been forced into promising to do something for another party (Heo Yeom and Seo Yul) without them actually knowing what they promised to do.

Based on these two episodes I don’t think Naksu/Mu Deok will ever run wild bc if Master Lee is really also a soul shifter, we have a precedent of soul shifters being normal and not running wild or petrifying. Also if the ice stone is what keeps soul shifters from running wild then she’s also safe being in Mu Deok/ Bu Yeon’s body. Based on last week’s episode, it was implied that the ice stone was used to bring baby Bu Yeon back to life and maybe that causing her to sense energy and control the sky’s energy. And from what we see with Eunuch Kim, if the ice stone is removed, then the being goes back to being dead so that means the ice stone used to bring Bu Yeon back still has to be in her and that’s what’s keeping Naksu/Mu Deok from running wild since she already has the ice stone. And also there can be multiple ice stones maybe?

I get why Heo Yun Ok is introduced now as a way to get Master Lee and in turn Uk to the palace and led up to that reveal by Master Lee but that’s like so paper thin and she still so unnecessary/ wasted.

Looking forward to next week where Uk and Naksu/Mu Deok can tell everyone to shove it and fight to be by each other’s side.

#liveblogging #alchemy of souls #kdrama #naksu #jang uk #ship: my lake gyeongcheondaeho #mu deok #jin mu #go won #kim do ju #jin bu yeon #park dang gu #so yi #heo yeom #jin cho yeon #seo yul #park jin #master lee