#also was the plant purposefully planted elsewhere and that's how it got to those shrine locations seo-bi found?

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@nibeul​‘s got me thinking about Kingdom and having watched Ashin of the North again last month, I felt like making another post about the film.

I feel like we don’t talk enough about how smart Ashin is to have figured out how to use the resurrection plant based on the cave art she found. Like, it just said what the plant could do and illustrated how it infected the deer and tiger, not how to resurrect someone. She just figured out how to administer it and how long it would take to work all on her own with presumably no off screen trial and error before using it on her family. Edit: I think there was an image of the plant on a person’s head to imply that’s where it should be put, but there’s still a lot of gaps in that information for Ashin to fill on her own after interpreting the cave art. Long story short, Ashin is one smart cookie.

Also, I really want to know more about the area where the plant grew and how her community relates to it because her dad said their ancestors used to live in Pyesa-gun, so there’s obviously more for the plot to discuss. I don’t know what went down and I’m not sure if her dad knew what the plant could do but I’m assuming he was taught by his elders before him to stay away from that area not just because of the penalty for trespassing. Having watched it again, I just keep wondering how much Ashin’s dad knew about their history in relation to that area.