Seeing as how the scenes in the previews have been out of place for the last 2-3 weeks I think that we won't actually see Mu Deok as Naksu in episode 17. It'll probably be near the end of episode 18 if anything. We heard Jang Uk and Mu Deok confessing they liked each other weeks before in a preview and finally got the scene last week. Looks like they're creating the hype for the last 2-3 episodes of the season. Not complaining though! JSM looked so cool in the preview, it's making the wait for episodes 17-18 all the more hard!
So a while back I wrote a theory here saying that even though they showed us that Naksu started the AoS process, we don't actually know what happened because they cut to the next scene and then show us a small flashback. I said at the time that Bu Yeon must have hijacked the AoS, probably sensing something about Naksu when Naksu pushes her.
I'm now thinking that Naksu and Bu Yeon could have been friends when they were really young and before Naksu's father was killed. And Bu Yeon recognized her and took over the AoS and forced Naksu into her body. To protect her from Songrim mages that were after her.
Does anyone recognize what the thing at 7-9 secs in the AoS Intro is? Everything in the intro is either an important place for object. I haven't seen the object that we see at the 7-9sec mark in the show yet...I think
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We heard Jang Uk and Mu Deok confessing they liked each other weeks before in a preview and finally got the scene last week. Looks like they're creating the hype for the last 2-3 episodes of the season. Not complaining though! JSM looked so cool in the preview, it's making the wait for episodes 17-18 all the more hard!
I'm now thinking that Naksu and Bu Yeon could have been friends when they were really young and before Naksu's father was killed. And Bu Yeon recognized her and took over the AoS and forced Naksu into her body. To protect her from Songrim mages that were after her.
Everything in the intro is either an important place for object. I haven't seen the object that we see at the 7-9sec mark in the show yet...I think
https://youtu.be/t_6zb6gnIBY