#alchemyofsouls2

in the end, naksu/yeong’s choice to not train her fighting skills anymore makes perfectly sense in a trauma-healing perspective. 

she became an assassin not by choice, but by jin mu’s manipulation. she was just a kid. alone. it was the only way to survival. 

as mu-deok, she chooses to live a peaceful life with jang uk, giving up on her powers and sword. this choice was taken away from her and ONCE AGAIN jin mu used her. 

he brought naksu back and she killed the only one who cared about her. the only one who really protected her no matter what.

as jin bu-yeon, she could learn a life that didn’t require training and exhaustion. when meeting jang uk once again, her soul felt save. she could bloom without her traumas. 

then her memories came back. imagine THE PAIN to know that you killed the man you love. she embraces the blame and leaves - because she is afraid to do it again. to bring more pain and violence into his life. 

because naksu is a powerful bad bitch and we love her, i know, but she is also alone and traumatized. 

when she marries uk, is as cho yeong. it’s a chance to live a life she had lost.  

so, after jin seol-ran lets her stay in that body, she is able to live happily with jang uk as jang yeong. she is FINALLY able to say enough, to choose something else over violence. to help her friends with their domestic problems and live a happy long life with her hubby. 

there is no real need to go back to training. she is not in "survival mode" anymore. she has divine powers to protect herself now. she deserves this rest. yeong is at peace and healing. 

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i just want to share that i wrote an ukyeong office au!! ceo! jang uk x secretary! cho yeong 🥰 i hope you can check it out guys and leave a comment 🤧i just want someone to delulu with me hehehe thank you 💗

ps. it has 2 chapters 🥰

female characters can also be powerful in a feminine energy. 

i have some complains about the lack of women in the action/fighting scenes in the “alchemy of souls” universe, specially in the first season, BUT i find really disturbing that some people are assuming naksu/yeong is weak because she is softer in season 2. 

why do we think baddass women are just the cold and dark ones? the ones who choose straight violence? 

we are so used to associate power with male energy that we forget yeong has divine powers that are hella strong! in the last scene she was SO UNBOTHERED with the monster she didn’t even flinch like jang uk did. she went into a fight without a sword because she IS that strong as a sorceress. she is not an idiot, but rather very intelligent and strategic. 

just because she is soft and happy doesnt mean she is weak. 

he loved her while she was his merciless master, a woman with a dark and violent past.

while she was his servant and betrothed, a woman who decided to accept his promise and renounce violence.

even after she stabbed and killed him with her sword, he embraced her and accepted his death. because he loved her.

years later, jang uk found himself loving a crazy-powerful-sorceress with a sweet smile and comfortable hugs. the one who had the same soul as his beloved, even if he did not know it.

she embraced the shadows for him and brought light back into his life.

he loved her. every part of her.

as naksu.

as mu-deok.

as jin bu yeon.

and, finally, as cho yeong, his wife.