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this is exactly why my other work is not updating LMAO 😭
i have been stuck in this era of my life ever since i finished watching this in the LAST week of December 2025 and i have not known peace since. i went in thinking “oh this will be fun” and came out like… *i need to rewrite season 2 myself apparently*
because WHERE were the plots i wanted??? where were the storylines??? hello???
so now i’m here… doing it myself.
anyway the beginning of writing this was actually painful 💀 i am NOT a professional writer. i am simply a person with very specific tastes who could not find a fanfic that had everything i wanted so now i suffer alone and write it myself.
and unfortunately for me, i care too much about how it flows and how it reads so i kept overthinking EVERYTHING. story flow? struggled. pacing? struggled. my sanity? also struggling.
but also like… the world of Alchemy of Souls??? it has me in a chokehold. magic + destiny + fate??? that’s literally my entire TBR list.
season 1??? phenomenal. worldbuilding, plot, characters—chef’s kiss. (okay yes not super deep worldbuilding but again. tv show. i forgive.)
season 2??? good… BUT… it became romance-forward. like if this was a book:
season 1 = fantasy with romance subplot
season 2 = romance with fantasy subplot
WHICH IS FINE!!! but also… i wanted MORE 😭
this could have been a multi-season fantasy epic with insane stakes and expanded lore and i will die on that hill
and don’t even get me started on the characters because i WILL start screaming
ANYWAY moving on before i spiral—
no spoilers but for visualization: all canon season 2 characters are the same here (except my OCs obviously). mu-deok is NOT in her season 1 appearance (jung so-min my queen 🫶) but in her bu-yeon / season 2 appearance (go youn-jung ALSO my queen 🫶) because that just makes sense plot-wise okay trust me
ALSO PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU START:
this is the FIRST official draft. i have edited this multiple times and this is literally the best i can do right now LMAO
idk why this feels so different from my other WIP… maybe because this one has an actual magic system i have to THINK about??? rude
i would LOVE feedback/comments but please be nice to me i am sensitive 🥲
also updates will be PAINFULLY slow. like… painfully. i’ve only written a couple chapters so far. originally i wanted to wait until i was halfway done before posting but clearly i have no self-control
so now i am relying on YOU. my readers. your comments will fuel me. your validation will sustain me. this is now a symbiotic relationship
i swear i already have the full plot planned from start to finish. i just need to… you know… write it 💀
also i am writing this because i want to read it myself so if you’re here… we are the same person
anyway that’s it that’s all for now before i say something even more unhinged
enjoy 🫶
PS. excuse the uncapitalized letters. i promised the actual chapters are formatted nicely lol