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I dunno about it being beneficial to them since lots of people are angry and dropping it, especially SK's audience. Sure, it generates buzz, but what they care about the most is people continuing watching the show. Not sure what they expected with that plot twist, but the backlash is huge. Did they expect it to be so big? Judging by how they scramble to salvage this situation I kinda doubt it.
Part 2 will have to be astounding and do justice to all the characters, Bu-Yeon included, to redeem them. But I'm not holding my breath, the plot wasn't super smart in aos, especially by the end - plot holes here and there, lots of filler and dangling loose ends...

I doubt it. Naksu is and always will be the FL, no matter the body. For showrunners to mess this up as well would be suicide.
Her attire in the teaser says nothing. Looked like undergarments that women wear there under the normal clothes, or a pajama. Maybe simply went outside at night to see where she is after being resurrected.

It's mistranslation, because the word Hwan has many meanings. One of its meanings is "transfer", so you can translate it as Soul Transfer, but Alchemy of Souls sounds way cooler.

Maybe, when she was talking to her servant after witnessing otp couple there was a mention of her thinking she'd get closer to her love interest if she spends a lot of time healing him. Maybe it's foreshadowing for her new love interest, there were many foreshadowings in AoS. Like, a lot. If somebody says something interesting, it's usually there to resurface at some point later.
Or maybe Yul will be forever alone, he reminds me of Park Jin too much 🤦‍♂️🤣

But why? All the prior leaks turned out to be true. I think it's their pathetic attempt at damage control that calmed absolutely nobody, because JSM's character(s) will not return according to them. Just threw more fuel to the fire, lol.

Yea, that's the issue.

🤷‍♂️ Maybe to use her with the bells a second time to assassinate somebody?

Yea, that's possible. I've even written a theory about them being his minions in crazy theories discussion thread.

🤷‍♂️ I've no confidence in them inventing anything smart, tbh. But we'll see.

She had to pretened to be a maid for most of the season, working her ass off as a servant and groveling before men. And even after that, she got tamed by Uk and agreed to go live in the country with him or smth, still being seen as a maid by everyone. And I doubt Uk would have been the one doing the chores there, he doesn't look the type.
In any case, it's an aspect of her character development that I don't particularly like. What I want to see from her in part 2 I've written above. Feel free to disagree, it's just my opinion.

That scene between mother and daughter was in Jinyowon and looked like it happened after the massacre. Cho Yeon was pissed and wanted to find and kill Mu-Deok, while mama Jin said to her to bring her alive. So those Jinyowon servant women were kinda out of sync with that scene, but maybe they were simply doing their own thing without reporting to clan leaders yet.

Yea, if even the most powerful mage of Daeho can't do it, what can dumb mama Jin do?

I doubt her usual divine magic can create bodies from nothing. Otherwise there'd be no need for soul shifting and Jin Mu's grand plan for elite to live forever through it. Maybe it will be some sort of artifact again, that's Jinyowon's specialty after all.

But it's weird them saying Bu-Yeon is petrified for good and won't return, meaning mama Jin won't be able to revive an intact body, but somehow will be able to create og Naksu's out of thin air. Also, why Naksu's and not Bu-Yeon's?

I also doubt it will be the ice stone given by Uk, because they've said it will be a surprise for Uk - will he be able to recognize Naksu in her new body?

But my favorite theory is that Naksu's real body is still hidden somewhere and is "on ice".

Also, in Mr. Queen the guy clearly was shown to the audience that he's not dead several times. While here they specifically showed her body being destroyed, stating that there's not turning back for her now.

No, that's great actually. For 100% confirmation that it's Jinyowon's servants.
As for that spot on the lake, I dunno, the lake is big and that cliff was only for tossing out petrified soul shifters - it's soul shifters grave. It was supposed to be a secret place actually, that started with Jang Kang's experiments.
My only guess is that those women witnessed the massacre and ran after her to take revenge for killing papa Jin. Why nobody else did? 🤷‍♂️

Yea, people guessed it right already. Those women were on the boats during the wedding procession. Question is though, how did they get there so fast, as if they were waiting for Mu-Deok to go there?

Being badass doesn't mean killing everyone indiscriminately. People just want to see her doing cool action scenes, being on par with the guys, nothing wrong with that. Also nowadays the audience often wants to see FLs holding power, not FLs subservient to men.
As for me, I'd like her to take her sword at least once again and kill Jin Mu personally, it has to be her for maximum satisfaction. And I'd like her to come out of hiding, clear her name and not live in some boonies for the rest of her life, fearing someone may come after her, but take her place amongst the most powerful mages of Daeho. Maybe even get a teacher job at Songrim or Jinyowon.

I've watched a few episodes of dramas where GYJ starred and her voice is so similar to JSM's. I wonder if it's a simple coincidence. But I've said it before in AoS thread, I had a hard time distinguishing Mu-Deok's inner thoughts being voiced by GYJ for this exact reason it seems. If that was the way the showrunners thought would keep og Naksu at the back of our minds it failed. Should have added her in the visuals as well, there were a few scenes where it could have worked splendidly. While talking to Bu-Yeon inside the ice stone, for example.

Download 1080p episode 20 and watch the teaser again maybe.

Depends in what quality you’re watching . But that person clearly has a woman’s dress and face is not as big and round as CP’s.

No, it's looks like a woman on the throne.