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To be honest, I really think it's become a Jang family thing to keep the wives off of the curse story.
I initially thought that it's their patriarchal ways dominating considering that Sin Yu has also shielded Nayeon from it. That serious matters must be kept within the blood family aka the males haha.

But I also kinda thought that maybe it just became a custom to keep the women out of the curse specifics as who would marry them if they'd know about the curse, right? 😂😂
And then they just gotten used to not involving the women in these talks so the women really become oblivious about it like SinYu's mom.

Oh, no worries. I actually find myself enjoying this kind of interaction.

And I agree with the lack of clarity though I kinda considered it as the series' flavor in an attempt to make it appear unique. Nonetheless, I wouldn't invalidate the negative opinions about it.

I missed the question about Sin Yu's father.

It was explained that his father didn't die eventually because his disease was curable.
It was then implied that all the other older Jangs' illnesses were curable but not Sin Yu's. That it all boils down to their illness management, but not for Sin Yu as his cannot be treated regardless. That also explains why the rest of the family is very protective of him, as well as why Sin Yu has chosen to keep his present condition secret from his family. He didn't want them to worry especially that he hasn't gotten married yet and has no offspring to leave behind. We can tell also that he's committed to his duty but for some reason he just couldn't love Nayeon enough to marry her right away.

Anyway, Sin Yu's sickness being incurable was such a puzzle to everyone until it was revealed that he was the reincarnation of Mu Jin. So his soul is basically the direct recipient of Aeng Cho's curse, of Aeng Cho's power, making his illness incurable. He's meant to die early like how Aeng Cho has meant as a punishment to whoever makes her heart stop beating.

Hi. I've commented recently in a similar comment. Allow me to just copy and paste that here. Perhaps I could share my thoughts on this.


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As for the spells, admittedly, the show never made it black and white whether it worked or not.
But if you look back, for the believers that spells work, we could see how the spells really worked for them.

Case in point was for the healing curse on Sin Yu. That was the only curse that was casted perfectly with the two of them present and without external pressure (Fair Skin spell was casted just to prove to Kwon Jaegyeong that spells worked). Sin Yu and Hong Jo were also very hopeful that it would work.

And then we eventually saw Sin Yu improving, that his body suddenly functions normally now and that the Red Hand no longer appeared.

But remember when Jaegyeong confronted their beliefs and ultimately made them believe that they were crazy to rely on the spells? Sin Yu could no longer see the effect of the Fair Skin spell on Hong Jo (his assistant suddenly mentioned that Hong Jo has gotten prettier), even Hong Jo (and Jaegyeong) herself couldn't see it. Plus Sin Yu's sickness crept back. He also began seeing the Red Hand again. (Others also thought that the Gardener's curse also had a hand on this, contradicting the healing spell but I also believe that it was a matter of Sin Yu no longer believing the powers of spells in general).

So what I'm trying to say is that the spells worked until they no longer believed it did.

The curse is related to the FL as she's the reincarnation of the person who casted it-- Aeng Cho. The curse cannot be broken by the FL. Aeng Cho never meant to have it be broken by her as she casted it in the first place to protect herself. Remember she suddenly just got baited into a trap which she didn't know who had set--- the concubine? the king? someone else? She also didn't expect that it would be the love of her life, Mu Jin, that would kill her and be cursed.

As Shaman Eun Wol has told Sin Yu "You killed the lady with the red hand. This is your karma."
It is only the Jang descendant who could break it and it so happens that it was Sin Yu who broke it by dying for a bit before getting rescusitated.

That's the end of the curse bit. I hope it's already clearer now. It's so hard to explain it in other ways to several people. There's been other discussions in the past here too so you might want to scroll down.


As for the spells, admittedly, the show never made it black and white whether it worked or not.
But if you look back, for the believers that spells work, we could see how the spells really worked for them.

Case in point was for the healing curse on Sin Yu. That was the only curse that was casted perfectly with the two of them present and without external pressure (Fair Skin spell was casted just to prove to Kwon Jaegyeong that spells worked). Sin Yu and Hong Jo were also very hopeful that it would work.

And then we eventually saw Sin Yu improving, that his body suddenly functions normally now and that the Red Hand no longer appeared.

But remember when Jaegyeong confronted their beliefs and ultimately made them believe that they were crazy to rely on the spells? Sin Yu could no longer see the effect of the Fair Skin spell on Hong Jo (his assistant suddenly mentioned that Hong Jo has gotten prettier), even Hong Jo (and Jaegyeong) herself couldn't see it. Plus Sin Yu's sickness crept back. He also began seeing the Red Hand again. (Others also thought that the Gardener's curse also had a hand on this, contradicting the healing spell but I also believe that it was a matter of Sin Yu no longer believing the powers of spells in general).

So what I'm trying to say is that the spells worked until they no longer believed it did.

The Jangs had more than one child but they happened to produce several males.
If you remember the funeral that Sin Yu's family had, that was for his second cousin twice removed. And the details about the family having several sons (it's implied that they happen to produce sons only) can also be heard from the audio/gossips played while Sin Yu was entering the hall. And all of them have a short life span.

Yes, the Jangs knew that to stop the curse, they could also just die without producing an heir, but this contradicts their family duty as penned by Mu Jin to always have a male Jang to protect the shrine. If they die without an offspring, then they're in a way running away from their duty.

So to say, they took it upon themselves to just accept the curse just so they could fulfill the wishes of their ancestor. Remember how the Koreans are so bent on following family rules and traditions, almost to a fault. They believe in afterlife too that they're scared to meet their ancestors after death if they could not fulfill their duties while alive. Besides, they have a family shaman who somehow bridges the living and the dead for them so they know what a big sin it would be to go against their duty.


This is also why it was so rude of Hong Jo and the City of Onju to ask the Jangs to demolish the shrine as it meant so much to their family. They only accepted the demolition when it was Shaman EunWol herself that gave the green light whose powers and existence they so revered.

Also, the ending where Sin Yu's parents are having a girl is also implying that the family curse is indeed lifted as that the Jangs finally have a daughter for the first time.

And good point about mentioning SinYu's conversation with Shaman Eun Wol about him sharing that he's staying loyal with 2FL because in this particular scene, Eun Wol answers back with "Being loyal alone is the dumbest thing in the world".


This tells us that Eun Wol, being the powerful shaman that she is, can read through Sin Yu about Nayeon's infidelity and she's basically assuring him that it's okay to let go of Nayeon.

Remember this was a few days after Sin Yu apparently found out that Nayeon was cheating with him with Daum's CEO but his rational side tells him to stick with Nayeon after his confrontation with Hong Jo where the latter was obviously keen on denying her feelings for him. That she basically didn't want to get involved with Nayeon anymore, even if that includes Sin Yu. And even hurt him by saying that having feelings for him is undesirable.

His ancestors didn't break the curse because they died after having produced offspring/s so the latter already continued the curse. The curse was already passed to the next generation, the ancestor's death becomes irrelevant.

Basically, the male Jang descendants knew that they have a familial duty to protect the shrine and that they're cursed to die at a young age. For centuries, their only solution to perform their duty with the little life span they have is to immediately produce a male heir before they die. Sin Yu knew this too that's why he didn't really go against his betrothal to Nayeon. He was committed to perform his duty before his death (remember, he had a ticking time bomb).Who would have thought they could break off the curse if an heirless Jang male descendant die and then be rescusitated back to life? Aeng Cho never explained it to Mu Jin nor did she perhaps know that cheating death would be possible that way.

I hope this helps.

That was a memory of Mu Jin trying to get out thru Sin Yu's mind.

This was the very same scene where Mu Jin first saw Aeng Cho after their break up (where Aeng Cho was forced to break up with him as Mu Jin's father threatened to kill the Shaman who raised her but made it appear as if she did not like the idea of eloping with Mu Jin).

Remember, after Mu Jin passed the national exams, he became a royal guard and saw someone who looked like Aeng Cho walking around the royal Concubine's house in the palace. He then followed her, Aeng Cho realized he's being followed so she tried to change her course only to be suprised to see Mu Jin in front of her.
That was the very same memory/scene depicted, implying that such a memory emerged as Sin Yu was walking along the very same path that Mu Jin and Aeng Cho walked 300 years ago.

Hi.
The reason why Sin Yu couldn't break up with the 2FL completely was because they were already in a way, betrothed. While we only saw the two of them together where Nayeon was obviously head over heels with SinYu, what we cannot see though were the economic threads binding the two. That their relationship entailed a series of business ventures that will be solidified with their marital union.

Keep in mind that it was Nayeon who "courted" Sin Yu. The latter, knowing all too well that he didn't have much time left and thus needed to produce an heir to comply with his family obligations (Jang male decendants' duty + needs to continue the bloodline to ensure succession in their businesses), basically had all the formula he needed to ensure that his family will be okay even if he dies early. That although he didn't love Nayeon, he will learn to love her as love is not an option for him anyway considering he has a ticking time bomb in his head. This course was already prepared by him way before Hong Jo came to the picture. He was just too busy to confront the fact of marriage.


And this was also why he was so confused after meeting Hong Jo. Not only did he no longer like to proceed with his "plan" to marry Nayeon, but he was also feeling things that he didn't feel before for anyone. Not even for Nayeon whom he was in a relationship with for 2 years.

He didn't know yet that such feelings for Hong Jo was love all along. And that's why we saw him being in denial and even blaming it totally on the spell as he couldn't believe he could transform into such a man over a stranger he just met.

Again, his relationship and thereby marriage to Nayeon was the rational and logical move for his stature (he's very wealthy!! we only knew about the Construction firm but it was implied that his Dad is a chairman of a conglomerate and Sin Yu will inherit all of that one day) and his generational curse, at least he could have someone to produce an heir with to continue the blood line.

[Even if he acknowledged his feelings for Hong Jo, it would be very difficult to choose her over Nayeon considering the losses that would happen. He's not even sure if Hong Jo likes him too. So he'd rather not take the chance to mess up the perfect formula]


But remember when he tried his best to fight off his feelings for Hong Jo? Nayeon confronted him about it in the process after she received the pictures from Hong Jo's "stalker" aka the Gardener. We eventually saw him forget about his reasons and just followed his heart (Hong Jo). All of us thought he was just flip flopping but ultimately, it was revealed that it was because of that car confrontation that he found out about Nayeon cheating with Daum's CEO. Meaning, he eventually threw away all of his inhibitions and went against his logic just to be with Hong Jo. That he realized that there's no reason to hold on to the formula when Nayeon wasn't truthful to him anyway.

This move is such a pivotal moment for the story as this was even way before Sin Yu found out about his past life with Hong Jo/Aeng Cho.

So imagine when he finally found out about who he was and why he's so drawn to Hong Jo. Perhaps he was so relieved that everything made perfect sense. That his fears about the economic side of things no longer mattered as he's Mu Jin, and he's been looking/waiting for her for 300 years.

I hope this helps.

I watched this when it was airing, around the same time as Start Up. But I dropped it after episode 2 as I wasn't feeling anything.
Perhaps it's the time to come back considering there's S2 already (so the story must be that good) and I'm still on Destined With You high?

See you all there! 😂

Hi. I must have responded to several questions about the epilogue that allow me to just copy and paste my most recent comment about it. I hope this helps.
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Because it was never explained how the Book of Spells got buried in the Jang Clan's property. The last time we saw it, the royal family was trying to get hold of it to use for their own advantage. Mu Jin was even captured with it. The epilogue simply tells us that Mu Jin managed to keep it safe. Perhaps the box that was under his possession when he got captured was fake.That all along, he secured Aeng Cho's books and after the dust has settled, he orchestrated his next meeting with her by burying those books in his property and by building a shrine around it with a Shaman and his male descendants to take care of it.As to why no one could open it but Hong Jo in the present life, this connects to the talismans Mu Jin placed on the box. The past life has never mentioned that only Aeng Cho can open the box. Precisely why MuJin was able to open it and secure her books to safety.But once the box was sealed again by talismans (check the opened box when Mu Jin was trying to bury it, talismans were plastered all over its inner side), then only its owner -Aeng Cho/Hong Jo could reopen it.

This begs the question, how could Mu Jin get hold of talismans?

Remember, the old Shaman that raised Aeng Cho was still alive, and it's implied that she's the first shaman of the Jang Clan's shrine, and also the past life of Shaman Eun Wol. She must have cast the spell on it that's why its power remains strong in the present time. This is also the reason why Shaman Eun Wol knows who the owner of the box is.

Nope. Theirs is one of those relationships with good foundation.

It was during his mini concert in Manila!
I didn't know I'd get eligible for a goodbye session and we were just about 2 meters apartm 🥹🥹
I am/was soooo happyyyyy

Same question. I've looked it up but I didn't get any sensible answer.

I truly enjoyed this drama but admittedly, FL got the better end of the stick. She happened to bag a good looking and kind ML who was also obviously raised well in a loving and happy home. His relationship with his siblings, friends, and family speaks volumes of his personality.
FL, on the other hand, had to learn how to lower her guard and embrace the true meaning of family one step at a time.

This is also one of the few office dramas that I enjoyed. I really learned a lot from how they operate as a team. Made me interested about marketing.

Thank you for this drama! 😍

We won't miss him for long. The Matchmakers will premiere on October 30 😍

Hiiii. It's you again. We're never moving on from this page 😂
I also enjoy responding to questions here.

I rarely rate a show with a perfect 10 but Destined With You managed to make me rate it that high.
I'm sorry if it wasn't up to your preference but please don't discount my own take on the show.
I stand by my rating. Feel free to leave your own review.