Kathryn_51

On the day of a specific episode, most folks try to use spoiler tag. But going back to Episode 1? Or Episode 5? Sorry - but this forum is not meant for folks just beginning to watch the show. Try to look at the "Reviews" (which tend to br soiler free) if you want generalities.

I have sensed the same vibe - she is in Crown Prince's circle more than Dang-gu or Seo Yul

And where is the scene with Fake-Queen-Shaman-Choi????

I have read that suffocation (drowning, etc.) is one of least painful ways to die. It's less "painful" than bodily injury - sword, blood worm, etc - , I guess. I don't want to think about it because I think Mama Jin planned to bring her back to life with the ice stone. The flashback appeared to be Bu-yeon's - which is why she "woke up" and called up to her mother. I have been Team Jin Bu-yeon from Week One and that was truly one of the most painful/heart-breaking scenes thus far on AoS.

I may be VERY WRONG on this. But after re-watching many scenes with various swords, I believe that male mages get their energy from water, earth and atmosphere - and their mage level (Jitsu, Ryusu and Chisu) are based upon their ability to control that energy - and they send that energy INTO their swords. I look at the CGI and this is what I see.

Cho-yeon said that Jin women power is more "divine" than "spell" oriented. "Naksu" (who I believe to be a Jin) has said many times that she receives energy FROM her sword. Her sword is enchanted - the minute she (OR Jin Bu-yeon!) unsheathes her "enchanted' sword - the energy flows TO her and that's what enables her to perform mage level spells. Compare the CGI - it's all there.

That's how I have seen it for several weeks. But Maybe I Am Very Wrong.

I want to know how Naksu's sword suddenly fell into her hands since the last time we saw it, it was at the Jang household.

Her sword is enchanted - and she gets her powers from the sword - unlike everyday, common mages. That's my theory and I am sticking to it until proven otherwise.

Episode 30 would be my guess. But first - Go Won needs to locate his real - and beloved - mother!

I think Mama Jin is smarter than she appears - she KNOWS that something is amiss with So-i and Jin Mu. -She intends to bring Mu-Deok back to life - but things went awry when she realized that it might be her daughter that she was hurting.

Jung So Min is absolute Queen of Alchemy of Souls. I believe she will be in Season 2 - but maybe I'm wrong. 😊😊😊

Yes, Bu-yeon is Mu-deok and she possesses divine powers. Here is a link to Character Descriptions that might help you sort through the various characters, although the descriptions are brief. https://mydramalist.com/discussions/can-this-person-be-translated/73883-aos-character-descriptions-and-relationships-venue-descriptions-spoilers

As for the person in the boat - it is Jin Mu, Resident Evil Man and Jin Bu-yeon when she was about 10 years old. That event took place about 10 years ago. She supposedly disappeared 10 years ago by drowning but we don't know very much more than that - and she has now re-eappeared 10 years later in the body of "Mu-Deok".

I understand why he didn't destroy it, but why didn't Jin Seol-ran use it? I think perhaps that is one of the major ethical dilemnas of the ALCHEMY OF THE SOULS. and defines the difference between Jang Uk (who believes that good can come from the ice stone - including saving the life of his beloved Mu-Deok) and Bu-yeon (a descendant of Jin Seol-ran) who recognizes that all the good intentions of the world mean nothing when human beings are involved - especially powerful, mage human beings.

There are many questions involving Bu-yeon's birth and the ice stone - maybe we will find out the answers before Season 1 ends. But since Bu-yeon is in HER OWN BODY, the BODY is not going to run wild. But Jang Uk and Naksu don't know that.

Did Master Seo keep the stone in Jinyowon or did Jin Seol Ran place it there herself?

Episode 3 - about 1/2 hour into the program.

You expressed yourself very well - articulate and logical.

I now believe the body laying at the feet of the shaman in the preview (and THAT is supposed to happen this weekend also) is So-i. Mama Jin KNOWS that her daughter Bu-yeon would never talk about another human being the way she talked about Mu-deok. PLUS, if anyone was going to detect "evil", it would be Mama Jin with her divine powers. Her apology to Jin Mu was a ruse - She did all of this with the Unanimous Assembly in order to get the ice stone back to Jinyowon.

Mama Jin is NOT as stupid as everyone thinks.

i believe JSM will return in S2. 😍

Public Service Announcement: Jin Bu-yeon is not dead. She might die in Ep. 20, but she is not dead now.

As far as we know, there are only two characters whose birth (and birth dates) was directly affected by the Alchemy of Souls (ice stone): Jang Uk and Jin Bu-yeon.

Maybe not an alcoholic, but drowning his sorrows on occasion. Questions to be answered: what was he doing in Gaema before he saw JU and why is his hand injured.