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Yea, especially in SK. Where every drama teaches us how nepotism and connections is the way to success. Preach, my dude Min Woo, lol.

I can understand a normal person with same or better grades/skills/etc. getting upset that he wasn't hired due to all the vacancies being taken by quota people. Or that disabled people get preferential treatment. It is understandable un frustrating.

However, FL here didn't even know why she was hired, she didn't take anyone's place and she already showed her worth to the law firm much more reliably than the other two rookies. That Min Woo character is just a sad loser and a bigot.

For most successful shift they must be close, but she was in a hurry and then something went wrong. Naksu is older than Bu-Yeon, she was already ~10 years when her father was killed, which was 20 years ago.

Naksu is ~10 years older than ML. She was already ~10 years old when her father was killed, which was 20 years ago. Naksu is in her late twenties. Yul is about the same age as her.
Bu-Yeon was ~10 years old when she found the Ice Stone, she's been missing for 10 years. So Bu-Yeon is about the same age as ML. Bu-Yeon and ML are about 20 years old.

Everyone gets hired to law firms through connections in my country, lol. And if you want to practice criminal law then it's for lawyer/prosecutor/judge families members only.

That Min Woo character is such an annoying trash. I hope he'll get fired in the end.

Also, it seems that inclusionism is underdeveloped in SK. In the west FL would have been hired in many places just for promotion sake (she even made it into the news!) or to fill the quota for the disabled people. But in this show it is shown that even though FL got the best scores and exceptionally passed the bar, much better than her peers, nobody's looking past the disability. Even though she could have at least gotten a job at a law firm not involving going to courts, but involving analytics and paper work. If it takes connections to fight discrimination then I'm for it in this case. And again, Min Woo is total trash.

There definitely was nothing about og Naksu returning. It was just assumed she’ll be FL because Jung So Min contract was not confirmed for part 2. Og Naksu’s agency also refused to confirm or deny her part in part 2.

Was it a rumor from set? From what I've gathered the rumor started because Jung So Min so far officially signed only for part 1, while other actors for both parts from the get go.

She definitely will cause trouble. The villain will use her as fake lost daughter of Jin clan to gain that clan's support. He and the queen are plotting the destruction of Songrim.

Some episodes are quite fast paced, with blink and you miss it big hints being dropped. Some are more slow paced. But none feel like the plot is dragging, everything is very well thought out so far.

Yea, they won't confirm anything until part 1 ends. So we'll have to keep agonizing over this until the end of August.

Because that would spoil part 1's ending. Gotta keep people speculating who's gonna die.

They may return og Naksu's body through resurrection with Ice Stone magic, or reveal that her body is still in stasis and a decoy was burned at the pyre by the villains. Then Naksu can be in Naksu body and Mu-Deok/Bu-Yeon can be herself or sacrificed. Or these rumors are simply a load of unconfirmed bull**it and Jung So Min will continue her 3 in 1 role in part 2.

https://kisskh.at/article/alchemy-of-souls-responds-to-reports-of-go-yoon-jung-replacing-jung-so-min-in-part-2

Keep in mind that actress swap is not officially confirmed, still just rumors for now.

She was an assassin with a mission not a crazy killer. But yeah, she would have hurt or killed some characters in the beginning for humiliating her if it weren't for weak Mu-Deok's body. And she still has half-serious insidious thoughts from time to time when someone annoys her, even in the recent episode - how she should have poisoned or blackmailed ML for abandoning her. But that's the funny part of this whole drama - mighty and terrifying assassin shifted into a powerless weak body. It's like a lion turning into a bunny. Good for her she's so smart and cunning and still manages to navigate through dangerous situation she's in with great success. But she's still pretty much herself.

This is not like Beauty Inside with ridiculous premise of FL changing bodies on a regular basis. We’re talking here spending most of the episodes in one body, only to get swapped to another by the end. That’s gonna be a potential disaster and ruin the audience’s final perception of the show.

That's right, Uk may be in love with Naksu person, but what's gonna happen if she swaps the body into a total stranger? It's gonna be very awkward, I can tell you that. ML and the audience already got used to Jung So Min's face. That's why so many people are sceptical that it's a good idea to swap the actress, if the circulating rumors are true.

She was ok in Mad For Each Other. Pretty funny drama, btw. But her role here is annoying, that's right.
I'm on the verge of dropping this drama as well, but no so much because of the annoying FL ,but because of the whole drama being a ridiculous circus show. I think I've seen too many similar criminal comedies like these to find it fresh.

Heo Yeom represents Seo clan in court. But he’s not Seo, he’s from some offshoot clan close to Seo.

The most difficult role is Naksu/Mu-Deok. It's 3 in 1. Everyone else has just one role.