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gossamerorigins · 5 months

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Truth.

#Jang uk got the rizz #ukyeong #jang uk #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #alchemy of souls #cho yeong

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aqukana · 1 year

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jang uk x cho yeong has entirely rewritten the meaning of soulmates for me; in her helpless state she finds him, in his deepest sorrow he loves her, again and again, they are each other's light guiding one another from their own darkness, not even death could do them part, they are so loved by destiny and so loved by me

#have you ever seen two characters that were so MEANT to be together #SOULmates for real for reals #alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls light and shadow #ukyeong #jang uk #cho yeong #naksu

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xxbeyondangelsxx · 1 year

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Jang uk & Naksu ● Ep 8 Kiss [p2]

Source: Alchemy Of Souls Pt. 2/TVN/Netflix

#the fact that they didn't stop at ep7????#i fr wasnt expecting that lmao #they're so beautiful #alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls edit #alchemy of souls s2 #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #alchemy of souls part 2 #ukyeong #cho yeong #jang uk x naksu #naksu #janguk x naksu #janguk #jang uk #kdrama #kdrama kiss

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jahe · 1 year

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Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow new teaser

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #jang uk #cho yeong #naksu #janguk #lee jae wook #go youn jung #the teaser so angsty and dark af #what is happening #ukyeong #yeonguk #my beloved #please be happy you two

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aetherialpiplup108 · 5 months

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How the Alchemy of Souls Season 1 Ending Perfectly Demonstrates Yeong's Guilt, Uk's Persistence, and the Beauty of their Bond

I should hate the ending of Alchemy of Souls season 1. Jin Mu's random contrived bells showing up and being used as a pivotal series-defining plot-point in the same episode drives me just as insane as it did Mu-deok. And it kills me to watch two characters who are defined by their ability to challenge the world and resist fate succumb to its pressures (note: I don't think this is a flaw in the series since it's simply a fraction of the overarching theme the story is trying to convey but boy did it hurt). I should have been so massively disappointed and yet the climax itself runs rent-free in my head a full year after I saw it for the first time.

First of all, we finally get sword-fighting Yeong again and in the absolute worst way possible. It creates this wonderful cognitive dissonance in your head where you're simultaneously crying in angst while cheering on Jung So-min as she puts on the performance we've been longing for the entire show.

Next, there's the behemoth stabbing scene itself. When Mu-deok regains consciousness in Uk's arms, there's a brief look of confusion in her eyes likely due to the gaps in her memory, the heaving of his voice, the desperate way his arms are wrapped around her, or maybe even the blood seeping between them. But the first thing she says even before processing everything is: "Jang Uk? ...Did I do this?"

Despite embracing the ruthless assassin lifestyle (a hard path she undertook due to the love she felt for her family and the immense grief felt in their loss), Yeong does care about other people. We know this through the way she slyly sneaks in affection towards Uk, helps Yul heal and let go of the guilt he's held onto since running into her as children, and offers Go-won an esoteric companionship they both come to value greatly. In season 2, through amnesiac!Yeong, we're given an even clearer glimpse at her intrinsic compassion through the unhidden empathy she shows to practically everyone she meets.

But the real Cho-Yeong spent years of isolation in Danhyanggok's cruel winters training, breathing, and living for revenge. Knowing only how to kill and draw blood, of course Yeong believed she'd end up hurting anyone stupid enough to come too close. It's why her first instinct is to shear off every potential bond she could make: to protect herself from any more loss and to protect others from her. When it became impossible to deny the love she and Uk shared, Yeong chose to wield it callously to avoid getting attached, to remind him and her that she wasn't round-faced Mu-deok who was free to earn and give affection. She was Naksu. Undeserving, dangerous, poisonous Naksu. We see this thought process and self-denial make a reoccurrence in season 2 when Yeong immediately distances herself from Uk the second she gets her memories back, even if it agonizes her, because she can't bear to hurt him again.

Rather than assigning blame to Jin Mu, she takes her sword through Uk's chest as mere confirmation of what she always believed: how could the ruthless shadow assassin that lives off revenge be allowed to love and be loved?

Yeong's guilt is especially ironic when paired with Jang Uk having no doubt in his mind that she's innocent. He gets stabbed and just pulls her close before he's even able to process what's going on because they'd been there before at Jeojingak when he had her hold a sword to his neck.

Jang Uk is the first and only person, really, to hold complete confidence not in Yeong's prowess as a mage but in her character and ability to care. And it means more because as her pupil, he's the person (aside from herself) that Yeong's been the harshest with. She continually put his life in danger whether through poison or overtraining or by inciting death matches, and hurts him again and again with words and actions (gambling the jade egg) meant to prod right at his insecurities. Yeong had thought this would be enough to keep him at bay, to force him into a transactional relationship where she wasn't afraid he'd run away too soon and yet wouldn't let herself build up hope that he'd actually stay when the terms of their initial agreement were met.

Except.

Uk had already seen glimpses of that lonely girl Yeong buried inside and actually tried to understand her, failing at times but doing his best to make sense of the way she thinks without judgement. In the process, he realized just how much Yeong values the people she loves, how much she wants to protect those who've shown her even the ounce of kindness she doesn't think she deserves. That's how he knows, instinctively, that she couldn't have stabbed him. It's how he knows she wouldn't even fight Dang-gu (although, I'm not sure if he was aware that she killed Cho-yeon's father before arriving in the forest). Because how could someone who's so grateful for the love they deem themselves undeserving of cast it aside so easily?

And finally, because somewhere along the way this post devolved from a loosely structured rant over one scene to a frantic gush over these two ridiculously endearing characters, the beauty of the climax is shown in the way Uk just watches helplessly as Yeong struggles and breaks down in a way so uncharacteristic of the stoic, emotion-swallowing woman who could only say "I like you" under copious amounts of alcohol. It's so unbelievably soft (idk, maybe I'm just a lunatic) when he slowly searches for her hand, using the last pieces of his strength and then some to lace their wounded fingers together, somehow managing to use his entire blood-soaked body in the last 2 minutes to show her that she has his entire heart, whether she deserved it or not, and there wasn't anything she could do that would make him leave.

of course, these are just my interpretations of the characters. Maybe I'm completely off or reading way too much into it.

tl;dr: I have a lot of criticism for certain aspects of Alchemy of Souls, but the relationship Jang Uk and Cho Yeong share is so powerful. Though tragic and shockingly reliant on plot-convenience, the finale of season 1 depicts their relationship beautifully by illustrating the depth of their trust and reliance on the other. Also, UkYeong has rooted itself thoroughly in my head. I've never been so invested in a ship, someone send help!!!!!

#alchemy of souls #jang uk #cho yeong #ukyeong #meta #my rambles #character study #Mu-deok #way too long #lmao thanks for reading my unnecessarily long analysis #2am thoughts

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naksushadows · 2 months

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Jang Uk x Cho Yeong

Hades x Persephone

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living-for-the-little-moments · 1 year

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Alchemy of Souls - Light & Shadow

#alchemy of souls #aos #part 2 #light and shadow #jang uk x naksu #jang uk #cho yeong #soulmates #kiss #edit #gif #love #kdrama #netflix #lee jae wook #passion #enemies to lovers #female gaze #ukyeong

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heroesandpowers · 1 year

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ALCHEMY OF SOULS : Light and Shadow

#alchemy of souls #light and shadow #mine #jang uk #jang uk x naksu #naksu #cho yeong #ukyeong #lee jae wook #go yoon jung

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ruksarcreations · 1 year

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Lee Jae Wook & Go Yoon Jung ● ELLE Korea 2022

Source: Alchemy Of Souls Pt. 2/TVN/ELLE Korea

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls edit #lee jae wook #go yoon jung #younjae #kdrama #kdrama edit #kdrama netflix #kdramaedit #alchemy of souls s2 #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #ukyeong #elle #elle korea

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dilscft · 1 year

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Cho Yeong: “If you find yourself in a life and death situation, choose your life and give up on love”

Jang Uk: “Master, what if I do not mind dying? Then can I hold onto it and keep loving you? I will keep going no matter what, so you should do the same and stick to your confession. Keep loving me to death”

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gossamerorigins · 10 days

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Jang Uk.

#alchemy of souls #jang uk #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #ukyeong #alchemy of souls incorrect quotes #incorrect alchemy of souls quotes #not all that incorrect actually #we Stan a wife guy

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aqukana · 1 year

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cho yeong's last memory as mudeok is stabbing the person she loved, the first person who loved her and looking at her hands in devastating realization that killing is all she can do — and jang uk made sure in his last breath to hold her bloodied hand to say it's okay and she could never truly hurt him and i love you

#knowing this and how she wanted to run from him after regaining her memories i wanna kms #and he spent those miserable 3 years making sure no one dirtied her name #this show has ruined me #im so serious all i do is think about them #alchemy of souls #ukyeong #cho yeong #jang uk #naksu #otp: soulmates #lee jaewook #go younjung #mudeok #kdrama

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xxbeyondangelsxx · 1 year

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Jang uk & Naksu ● Ep 9 [2]

Source: Alchemy Of Souls Pt. 2/TVN/Netflix

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jmmoreaux · 1 year

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when Mr Darcy said "If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed but one word from you will silence me forever" and when Jang Uk said "I just pine for you. That is why I came to see you. If you're upset and want to leave, I should get a hold of myself and let you go" yeah... *screaming*

#alchemy of souls: light and shadow #alchemy of souls s2 #jang uk #cho yeong #ukyeong #confession of the year #pride and prejudice #im crying so much #please i love them sm

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my-main-character-moment · 6 months

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Alchemy of Souls | The Great War by Taylor Swift

#the second i heard this song i knew it was meant for this show #i loved making the first part of the edit but i also shed so many tears #i can't believe we all waited 3 months after THAT cliffhanger like damn #i miss my jang uk and naksu😭😭#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls 2 #kdrama #kdrama edit #my edit #jang uk #naksu #ukyeong #taylor swift #the great war

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naksushadows · 1 year

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