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Yea, I feel like if this show really wants to break stereotypes about autistic people and show that autistic people too are capable of love, as autistic users keep commenting here, there's gotta be more from FL's side as well. Expressions of love are important, as well as trust in your partner, otherwise it'd feel one sided and hopeless. I get that FL's father already got used to this loneliness, but he's family, he won't go away anywhere. But FL needs to become less self-absorbed somehow, even if it's difficult for an autistic person, to keep ML happy by her side. I hope we'll see something more from FL in the upcoming episodes, not just a continuation of educational manual "How to properly treat autistic people".

It is, but there's part 2 with 10 more episodes anyway.

There are even younger support actors with characters like Dang Gu and Cho-Yeon who are doing much more admirable job. But it's fine if you like his acting. But some people are really in it only for his idol looks and they turn absolutely rabid if you disagree about him being, as they say, "fine af" 🤦‍♂️

Even his youngest version child actor had more emotions. It's just the actor, not the character.

And yea, as soon as you criticize an idol, lots of triggered fans come running with hate spam 😂. You can stop this, I will block you anyway.

Yea, I agree about the main couple. It takes two to be a happy together, it requires effort from both sides to have a healthy relationship. How long ML will have to keep pushing through in this lonely uphill battle to be happy with FL? Forever, like FL's father? If it's that hard now already, I can only imagine what their life's gonna be if they do end up together. That break-up was the first reality check. ML has to have a patience of a saint and boundless love to push through this. But must he always give without receiving? I wish that FL would be the one who'll come to apologize and try to get together again with ML in the upcoming episodes, but most likely it will be laid on ML's shoulders again.

And don't even get me started on Min Woo, he doesn't deserve a happy ending with anybody, but must be made accountable for his actions against FL, his family issues are not an excuse whatsoever.

Still in early stages.

That house's residents are full of mysteries, I'm sure more secrets are to be revealed. I've also read that Hye Soo was in love with the other brother and was supposed to marry him, but he died in that helicopter "accident". That other brother seems to be the key to their dysfunctional family.

No, the secretary has an affair with Hye Soo's husband. Hye Soo knows about it and pushes her into his arms intentionally, she hates her husband and mocks both of them at every opportunity. That dress was one of those. Funnily, her husband is in love with her, that's why he sent her the dress, but they have an arrangement that it's just business and she'll get a divorce when the chairman dies.
And the person who visited Hye Soo was Dong Rim, it was shown later again. He came to ask her a favor about his father.

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https://mydramalist.com/article/alchemy-of-souls-will-not-air-next-week

What happened? Did we get score bombed by some disgruntled anti-fans again?

I agree. Number 4 is especially jarring for me. MW doesn't deserve a happy ending, he deserves to be made accountable for his actions against FL and to be forced to reflect on them. Otherwise it will send a despicable message to the audience that being an ableist and bullying and undermining disabled people for your own benefit is ok and you will actually get rewarded for it. My final rating hangs on how they will handle his character, everything else is minor compared to this forced shit.

This drama reminds of It's Okay To Not Be Okay. I hope this one won't be as boring though.

I liked how GYJ played her role. Very imposing, elegant and badass. Those beginning scenes were very cool in general, movie quality stuff.

In any case with the actresses, don't kill off Naksu, writers 🙏! That's the number one character I'm rooting for in this drama.

Yea, if MW won't get any consequences for his actions against FL and he'll just end up with SY the writer clearly can be called an ableist and a hypocrite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO0n-knWkes&t=1s

Her rich husband was also mentioned in the preview of episode 15.

I guess we hyped ourselves for nothing here. I keep telling myself never to overestimate a kdrama until it finishes airing, but sometimes I just can't help myself but to be swept by the hype train.

It was explained. Mrs. Kwon's family served the boss' family for generations. Back in the day lower classes didn't have surnames in SK. So boss' family eventually gave their servants family their own surname.

Writer's surname is a pen name. He took it from his mother's surname.

I'm not having high hopes either. Too many new sub plots were introduced late game, shouldn't have done that with old ones still unresolved. With most of the episodes' time being taken by the cases, there doesn't seem to be enough time for characters' personal plots to be explored in full. I've started noticing it after the main couple started dating. With two episodes left and new sub plots squeezed in I feel like they gonna rush some things.
Not unheard of, many kdramas don't know how to end properly 🙄 We'll see how it will go in the end, but I've tentatively lowered my rating based on the last two episodes that were a complete let down.