#alchemy of souls s1

[naksushadows]

Daeho fashion icon

[cassandrablah]

I specific put in “alchemy of souls s1” to avoid the season two spoilers but people are relentless 😔

[dramaism]

#it’s the way he smiles genuinely in this scene

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Go Won being all smug because he saw the longing-illusion Mu-deok and Jang Uk didn't:

Jang Uk proving that he doesn't have to long for Mu-deok because he already has her:

Go Won realizing this and losing all his smugness:

[meherya]

Man can't go into the alchemy of souls tag without seeing the garbage bag that was season 2... goddamn I fucking hated the bu yeon/uk dynamic.... what a waste of such cool characters and dynamics only to be stuck in the stereotypical sunshine/brooding dynamic Hong sisters I hope you never find peace and happiness

[dramarants]

like yeah they’re dragging out the amnesia for a dramatic big reveal™️ but now we get to watch jang uk fall for naksu twice

[yangsejongs]

jin buyeon telling cho yeong that she hoped to regain her divine powers before yeong recovered her memories so yeong could die without knowing who she was tf....no YOU begone leech

[maculate-mango]

so i binge watched alchemy of souls this week and was so excited for today’s ep but i’m lowkey disappointed. the whole show is so damn good tho btw but i feel like they really dragged out s2. if they had naksu & jang uk remember everything and recognize e/o sooner maybe we would’ve gotten a better less rushed ending. also maybe then we could’ve seen more of the og badass naksu like that s1 intro naksu is the whole reason i wanted to watch aos and we still haven’t gotten that naksu again yet. fingers crossed for the finale. also the ending of today’s ep lmao 😭 wtf like it definitely seems like the only reason they died was to be the grief of the main character (jang uk) and i hate when they do that

[cskdramatalkks]

patiently waiting for the talented gif makers to gif ep 6 of alchemy of souls because jae wook deserves a goddamn emmy for his performance today

[draqonsblues]

seo yul’s uncle was so random like what is his motif for joining jin mu like i understand why he sided the queen bc theyre cousins whatever but he just popped out like ???

[iamacolor]

so jang uk got resurected and turned into the flash??

[naksushadows]

The Royal Family ✨

[venussaidso]

Naksu and Jang Uk are giving me major Pisces x Virgo vibes this season lmaoo. Before they gave Scorpio x Aries vibes though.

[dramaism]

So I will be the brazier on a summer day. This time, I will be the one waiting until you begin to miss me.

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Jin Bu-yeon's final attempt to get Jang Uk to marry her: "No no no, you aren't pity marrying me, I'm pity marrying you."

Kind of hilarious given that he's been engaged like 8 times.

[meherya]

ppl throwing around the terms like masculine and feminine energy desperately trying to defend the ending of alchemy of souls when like the true crime is the fact that the girl we knew in s1 was wholly unique in character and often a female lead you don’t find in dramas... and s2 was a watered down girlie that emulates every other bubbly/charismatic female lead in kdramaland....

like I understand you guys being like u can be feminine and strong!! and like no one is refuting that, but trying to claim that people are secretly sexist for wanting more for the female lead is ridiculous

Yes, there’s nothing wrong with being bubbly/cute for female leads but the whole reason the first season was so brainrot inducing was the fact that Yeong was like that, she was a bitch/cunning/willing to do whatever... and matter of the fact is they completely erased that part of her character... even when Jang Uk has flashbacks of her... it’s only s2 Yeong... the OG, mu deok, doesn’t even make an appearance

The arguments of “s1 Naksu?? that was her under abuse.. this is the real Yeong!!”... okay but at the end of s1 when she’s happy with jang uk and powerless... she’s still the same person, but she’s happy and herself and she’s content... dismissing her personality in s1 like that is insane!! Not to mention they’re also ignoring the fact that she was also abused in s2?? Lady Jin was not pampering her... and even in the end she has her memories of what’s happened to her s1 and before... like mu deok/naksu is just as much of yeong as whatever the hell she was in s2....

Also, s1 Yeong is strong without doing “traditionally masculine” things as well? she’s not fighting off people, she’s not a powerful mage but she’s still strong and intelligent and quick-witted... very little of that comes through in this season, which is disappointing... even near the end she’s giving bu yeon more than anything I’m sorry to say... like not MY Yeong

Overall... viewers wanting more from Yeong’s ending aren’t sexist??... none of you bitches find it crazy how the ending is Jang Uk the guy is most celebrated mage while Yeong the woman is there to help him fight off nightmares essentially??? the divine powers aren’t even hers??? she’s spent 95% of the show being controlled by the owner of the divine powers??? Like that isn’t groundbreaking writing... it’s just stereotypes and overdone like can we please be serious... the true enemies here are the Hong sisters