Your wildest theories on AoS (part 2) - THANK YOU ALL

 Sarah:

1. About Uk retrieving from the ashes at the last scene, is it because of the King's star energy or ice stone?

2. Do you think original Naksu could come back from the ashes with the same way as Uk?

3. "Light and Shadow" explained by Hong Sisters, it was Uk as Light and Naksu as Shadow. According to the season 2 preview, I think they switched the roles. Uk is now Shadow and Naksu is Light? What do you think?

1. Both. When you are born with King's star energy, you have mastered all spells since birth but you have to try it so those spells/power come to you. You can also use ice stone power as you like which is from the sky.

2. Maybe but Uk wouldn't turn into ashes in that short amount of the at ep 20 ends.

3. King's star is the main protagonist of the story so I don't think Uk will be a shadow. Instead, he will shine brighter cos now he understands that you need the power to protect your loved one. You can't just run away to protect your love. Uk might just create another organization like Songrim just like Master Seo Gyeong did instead of becoming a king & he didn't want the throne or hate CP. He could understand CP jealously & he knew that CP didn't know MD was Naksu. I am hoping to see CP redemption.

1. Jang Uk being the son of the late King, is it going to reveal to the world? Now there are only Jin Mu, Master Lee, Park Jin and Kim Do Ju left who knows it. But Park Jin has the evidence, the late King's letter to prove it. 

2. Who is going to reveal it? How do you think?

3. Is it possible it will never reveal?

 Ahead:

It will be revealed and Songrim is going to stick with Uk. The rest will follow him too cos now they know that he is the King's star. Just to protect Uk; not to take the throne.

Not taking the throne? Before episode 20, absolutely. After episode 20 I'm not so sure. Jang Uk knew Mudeok was being mind-controlled and he was murdered in cold blood by his own lover. After he comes back to life, he would want to investigate thoroughly what exactly happened on that day ( he's basically the Sherlock Holmes of AOS given how smart he is ) and make everyone involved in the tragedy pay the price for what they did, direct or indirect involvement, doesn't matter too much.

Quoting Secret Forest / Stranger, "everyone who remains silent is an accomplice." During his investigation, he would surely figure out Jin Mu was the one that mind-controlled Mudeok, and in the process, he might discover that CP knew exactly where Jin Mu is but didn't turn Jin Mu in, which led to the tragedy that caused Jang Uk and Naksu to lose everything. This might enrage Jang Uk because CP promised to take care of everything else after he sacrificed all of his powers to deal with the ice stone crisis. This is why he was okay with giving CP all the credit because he wanted to move to somewhere far away with Mudeok and live a peaceful life. Now that CP violated his end of the deal because of pure pettiness and jealousy, I don't think Jang Uk would care at all that CP was manipulated by Jin Mu, he just wants revenge against CP (and Jin Mu) as CP didn't do what he was supposed to do. If CP had turned Jin Mu in, Jang Uk and Mudeok can live happily ever after and finally enjoy their second chance at life. CP's inaction and his decision to remain silent about Jin Mu made him lose everything he has ever cherished in his life.

Jang Uk's King's Star and his true identity as the former King's son will surely be revealed and this actually gives him a legitimate right to the throne. In fact, he is far more qualified to be the next king of Daeho than Go Won, since Go Won was not born with the King's Star and he is also not intelligent and extremely petty and prideful. What happens if Jang Uk is now vengeful and wants CP to pay 100% for what he did? After all, Jang Uk's entire aura changed drastically after his rebirth. As shown in the preview, he used to represent the light but now that Naksu is gone, he represents the shadow and he cruelly and efficiently kills soul-shifters using none other than his master's sword as a memento and to always remember what happened that day. This new version of Jang Uk reminds me of Vincenzo and using episode 17 of Vincenzo as a reference, I think his revenge philosophy would be similar to that of Vincenzo's. 

Episode 17: "Don't worry, it won't be today. You see, I've got a principle. 'A painless death is a blessing.' I will give you two things: A humiliation worse than death, and...a slow death, where you'll experience it...every step of the way." The first part is definitely most effective against CP because of how prideful he is while the second part mostly applies to Jin Mu. ( Honorable mention: Episode 18: "You're going to witness...the Babel tower falling from your cell." = taking away everything you've ever cherished in your life yet there's nothing you can do about it in the face of absolute power. ) If Jang Uk becomes as ruthless as Naksu was, then this kind of revenge can actually happen. Jang Uk fully understands what kind of person CP is. He is prideful and petty and he wished to be a gracious king. So...just take ALL of it away from him. This is the only fitting punishment as CP let Jin Mu loose as a result of his jealousy and prideful anger. ( This kinda karma is not something new in the AOS universe. The real queen desires beauty and she disregards the lives of others, thus she received the ultimate punishment of having to live with a damaged and ugly body for the rest of her life. )

First off, CP's pride and he loves face. Basically announcing to the world that Jang Uk is the real King's Star and the real person responsible for solving the ice stone crisis will destroy CP's pride. People will think he's utterly shameless for taking the credit and his reputation will be dragged through the mud. Secondly, he wishes to be a gracious king, well Jang Uk can swoop in and announce that he is the former King's son and therefore is a rightful heir to the throne, more so than the current CP who wasn't even born with the King's Star. Whether or not Jang Uk actually wants to become the King is irrelevant, as long as it successfully generates discussion among the general public as to whether CP is even fit to be King, the damage is already done. For such a prideful person, this surely will be a punishment worse than death, Jang Uk doesn't even need to do much to punish him. Effortless but extremely effective. Jang Uk can absolutely go this far and he very well might if he finds out CP's indirect involvement in the tragedy. This is why, unlike most people who had hope in CP even now, I've lost all hope in him after episode 20. 

Maybe I'm reading too deep into this and watched too much "Again My Life" to come up with something like this, but I genuinely hope the main focus of part 2 is not "romance" but rather..."vengeance". The only way to justify the cruelty in episode 20 is to make sure that everyone who wronged Jang Uk and Naksu gets exactly what they deserve, that includes the Crown Prince. If CP ends up not being a villain in part 2 and tries his best to right his wrongs, then this reveal will probably come as a surprise to Jang Uk and create a massive gap in their relationship so Uk is gonna be pissed but less likely to take full revenge against CP. If CP turns out to be a bad guy in part 2, then easy, no dilemma whatsoever, straightforward revenge and make him and Jin Mu pay. (*as you can tell, I'm still extremely pissed after watching episode 20 so this is kinda ranty lol)

 Ahead:

Uk is not vengeful. But if he is, he might really do what you have written. Thanks for taking the time to write a very detailed revenge story. I really like it. Now, I might want CP to go bad. LOL

I mean, have you seen him in the preview? Dude is dressed in dark blue / black with Naksu’s sword and he is not messing around anymore. Unlike Yul, he was shown with a very dark background or he’s covered by shadow. I think it’s very likely that the new Uk is vengeful and we get to see some Vincenzo / Taxi Driver-esque satisfying and brutal revenge from Jang Uk and Naksu. Like I’m talking Jin Mu getting the Vincenzo ep 20 “spear of atonement” levels of payback. If the revenge is not satisfying then it’s hard to justify what happened in episode 20 to Naksu imho. What she went through is just way too cruel. From my point of view, if I was the writer, I would give the villains what they deserve and make them lose everything before moving on with any romance.

 RickRoss:

Have they(TvN/the producer) confirmed that Jung So Min won’t be in part 2?

Pretty sure she will be in part 2, at least as a supporting character (Jin Bu-Yeon). 

 ShinHyeSunFan6021023:

I mean, have you seen him in the preview?

Yes. IMO, Uk has a forgiving nature so I said that. But the revenge story sounds good to me too. Both are fine for me.

 Isabella:

Look like Songrim kicked him out and also lost his rights to be next Gwanju.

Yeah. But that was before Uk came back from the dead. Park Jin loves Uk so he is totally going to be a protective father now; if not, I would be disappointed with Park Jin. I don't like Park Jin and Jang Gang in the first place cos they were so harsh on Uk but I like Park Jin cracking jokes with Do Ju and Dang gu and sometimes with Uk.

 ShinHyeSunFan6021023:

Scratch that, apparently TVN said officially that JSM won't be in part 2. I have no idea how that can possibly happen given that part 1 ended with 2 people from Jinyowon pulling Mudeok's body up. Are we legit not even gonna see Jin Ho-Kyung confirm whether or not Bu-Yeon is really her daughter? We are jumping straight to GYJ as Naksu? I find that EXTREMELY hard to believe. How do you even pull that off in a convincing manner? Is Bu-Yeon really not gonna talk to her mother about everything that happened and try to convince her to help make a new body? If JSM literally makes ZERO appearances in part 2, this kinda nukes a lot of theories and speculations. I hope it's perhaps a miscommunication issue ( this is my copium ) because I don't understand how that's possible.

I agree with you 100 percent. The show maybe slow at times but they always been logical in the storytelling. Let say that So Min does not make any appearances at all.  Why did Jin Ho-Gyeong say she wanted Mu Deok/Naksu alive to Jin Cho-Yeon?! I would be very disappointed if the first episode of part 2 and straight away we  see Go Yoo Jung making appearance just  like in the trailer, no backstory on how she return went back to her old body. We'll have to wait and see if she actually does appear. Also weird that So Min herself(her agency) does not confirm this instantly...