#i see way too much praise towards the hong sisters btw when they're one of the worst writers out there holy sh—

[venussaidso]

I keep seeing 'this is the real Cho yeong, this is really who she is' on kdrama Twitter (which, I know, they have some of the worst takes over there), and I just find it kinda gross? Just as gross as Master Lee erasing what's unnecessary. It immediately invalidates her entire backstory from when she was a child — it invalidates her entire being as we know it. Like, no, this is just an alternative version of Cho yeong who hasn't lived the experiences of the real Cho yeong. So it doesn't make her the 'real Cho yeong', does it? Because; (1) Her memories were taken away from her (without her permission at all), thereby her experiences were taken away, (2) she was pretty much forced to woke up as someone else that's not even her — Buyeon. So I'm not really following this narrative.

So, no, this isn't the 'real Cho yeong'. This is Cho yeong without the real Cho yeong's life story. I want you to imagine someone telling you that you aren't the 'real you' just because you went through the things you went through... You get it now?

I'm not sure if this is the narrative the writers are going for, because it's genuinely cringe. Why give Naksu the backstory she has if you're immediately going to invalidate that backstory that shaped her as who she is in the first place? And say, 'no, this is the real her'. If that's the real her, you should've given her to us from the start? Why would her backstory matter, then? That would genuinely be bad writing, the worst kind.

The Hong Sisters are already gross for having Naksu still in Buyeon's body. Something tells me they're gross enough to be on this narrative as well; that would be them believing that Master Lee erased what was 'unnecessary'. That's not right.

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls light and shadow #cho yeong #buyeon #naksu #mudeok #everyday I'm reading brainrot... then I pause and remind myself that the drama causes braiNROT ANYWaY! #because the writing is still so bad but if kdrama takes and theories are proven to be right in aos then my god #the writing would be at the FLOOR #i see way too much praise towards the hong sisters btw when they're one of the worst writers out there holy sh— #and they lowkey hate their female characters so i can see this narrative being true in their story #ohmygod they would be so gross for that...