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Mama Jin said that the blood parasite would drive a person insane because of the pain. So, my impression is that the blood parasite/excruciating pain was causing his hallucinations. Based on the long preview for Part 2, Yul will survive (cured) and helps save the day in the big fight scenes. It might be Bu-yeon that cures him - maybe her affinity with the Jin blood, or the fact that some of his "energy" helped save her life in Part 1 or her divine powers or something else (Naksu-the-bird? ).

But then. . .I've always like the Yul character. He DID save Naksu's life after all.

Jung So Min portrayed three different personas (Naksu, Mu-deok and Jin Bu-yeon) throughout Part 1. She used two different voices/tones and her facial expressions and emotional scenes were very different depending upon which persona she was portraying at the moment. The romance w/Jang Uk was just one of her stories/relationships.

Today's Naksu might have the same face but writers have limited her to one persona that is suffering from amnesia. The romance is the pre-eminent story and for those viewers that place a premium on "chemistry", GYJ is delivering what they want.

Sometimes I wonder if the writers are going to pull a major twist and reveal her to be the real JBY - she is childish, pouts a lot, has affinity with animals, a princess waiting for her rescuer - just no relation to original Naksu or Mu-deok other than "memories".

That's what Master Lee believes. But Jin Mu is already causing the drought with the ceramic birds and Jin Mu is planning to conduct the Rain Dance as quickly as possible. That's what doesn't make sense to me - he is already creating the drought and planning the Rain Dance and hasn't mentioned the Fire Bird to anyone (or did I miss that part???)

I have more questions than answers. And I'm not sure if someone edited my post to include the spoiler tag because I didn't intend to.

I watched all of Eps 5 and 6 finally and started to write some notes on the Fire Bird because I can’t figure out who is scheming for what purpose.

Note 1: 200 years ago, the birth of a Fire Bird from a volcano brought about a terrible drought to Daeho. JSR performed rain dance that ended the drought and resulted in ice stone.
Note 2: Jin Mu has spent 3 years trying to bring about a drought with ceramic birds so that the Rain Dance will be performed, and another ice stone appear.
Note 3: Jin Mu has convinced the Queen that it is important to gain control of Jinyowon - but I'm unclear about the reason.
Note 4: Master Lee said that “these people” (Jin Mu/Royal Family) are trying to wake up the Fire Bird in order to cause the drought and get their hands on the ice stone.

Although, in the end and since this is Hong Sisters, it probably won’t matter because it’s going to be (not necessarily in this order) Ice stone. .hocus pocus. .fire bird. .Daeho chaos..Naksu sword..abracadabra. .Park Jin (Seo Gyeong?) sword. . .all roads lead to Jin Seol-ran..hocus pocus. . Daeho is saved. . .The End.

Based on ig photos, studio filming was complete last week of September but iirc, some location shoots continued into early October.

Depends upon where you live. 😄

It's usually Saturday morning Korea Standard Time. Late afternoon Friday where I live.

The answer depends upon what you enjoy the most about the show. If it is the relationship between the OTP, then you will enjoy watching episodes in sequence. If it is the story of the "mages of Daeho", then Part 2 pretty much resets all of that such that the connection between the two parts isn't very important. I loved Part 1 - not thrilled with Part 2.

If he kills anyone, Park Jin dies.😢

I agree with you. In fact, for many episodes in Part 1, I speculated that Jin Mu didn't have ANY energy to speak of (except the ability to use Soul Ejectors which is sorcery). I was very surprised when he showed some power in the Cheonbugwan episode.

It seems that for the sake of simplicity (and translation) that everyone references Bu-yeon-The-Person even tho Master Lee and Mama Jin believe JBY is dead. for those of us who analyze the smallest clues and hints, it's very frustrating but most viewers don't seem to care about the nuance like you and I do. 😄

you are up late!

I interpreted Master Lee worrying about JBY's body clashing with Naksu's soul and that she might go wild. Assuming JBY is dead, her soul can no longer control Naksu's energy. but since writers have upended most other "rules", who knows what he really meant.

Jin Mu fought JU in the constellation room at Cheonbugwan, but even then it was more sorcery/illusion than spells. I believe he gave all of his energy to Mu-deok in Ep. 20, thus as far as we know (and what writers have shown - or failed to show), he no longer has mage energy.

I think writers made it clear that Jin Mu has a soft spot for her because she was probably the only person who has treated him with kindness.

I was invested at one time but glad I lost interest early on - made Part 1 much easier to watch as a complete drama than simply a tragic romance.

I've been worried about Park Jin from the beginning, especially now that Jang Uk is about to kill a bunch of mages.

Cho-yeon and Dang-gu will get married and that will be happy ending for me. 🥰

No idea about Jang Uk or Bu-yeon, but if one or both dies, it will be to save Daeho and therefor noble and at least bittersweet.

Some folks were born to analyze (I'm one of them). See Myers-Briggs personality test. It makes us happy. 😀

I don't mind spoilers. 😀 Last June, I had lots of time to watch and theorize. This time around, very little time and no interest in the main couple. But anything to do with Jin Mu, Jinyowon, the real Jin Bu-yeon is of interest. And your comment confirms what I have long believed - all roads lead back to Jin Seol-ran.

Winter - Thanks - I was pretty sure I could count on you. Now I know what to look for.😀