What’s your dramaland catnip? Tell us your stories!
by javabeans
And now for something new!
We’ve been wanting to open up the site to more diverse kinds of topics and posts (within the realm of dramas, that is), and also to give you guys, the readers of Dramabeans, more opportunities to have your thoughts heard. One avenue we want to open up is reader-submitted stories and personal accounts, whether it’s to talk about your favorite types of dramas or how dramas have affected your lives.
To that end, we’re kicking off a Theme of the Month series: Every month, we’ll post a topic or prompt, and invite you to write in your submissions. We’ll post these submissions (as well as those from our own staff) throughout the month. The following month, we’ll pick a new theme and lather, rinse, repeat.
We’re kicking off our first month with the theme “Dramaland Catnip,” which is any kind of trope, idea, plot point, or other story element that has an immediate, strong (and even irrational) pull on you and gets you to watch. Are you a sucker for a certain kind of romantic trope? Is it an entire genre, like action-thrillers, or is it an irrelevant but strangely appealing detail, like a hero’s mane of glory? We want to hear your stories!
To submit:
- Email your submissions to [email protected]. If you have a registered Dramabeans account, include your handle so we can link to it.
- Include at least 1 image, though more is preferred.
- Suggested length is between 500 and 1,000 words.
- Deadline: We will post these on a rolling basis, so we’re taking submissions now. We will cut off accepting submissions on June 25. If you miss this month, join us for a new theme in July!
Tags: announcements, featured2, Theme of the Month
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1 stringofpurls
June 1, 2017 at 3:05 AM
This is going to be fun. I already know what I want to write about.
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bubbles
June 1, 2017 at 4:19 AM
Same. :)
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2 beanie1810
June 1, 2017 at 3:17 AM
I recently discovered the engaging and warm nature of the fandom on dramabeans. Look forward to becoming more actively involved and contributing to this lovely community. <3
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beanie1810
June 1, 2017 at 3:18 AM
also big fan of your work @javabeans :)
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dooleygongshil
June 2, 2017 at 5:17 PM
welcome! :D
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3 Saner
June 1, 2017 at 3:19 AM
Ooh! Nearly wrote an essays worth down here.
Reading is important.
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Mango Juice
June 1, 2017 at 3:55 AM
Had the same thought. To follow instructions is a must.
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4 ciruphan
June 1, 2017 at 3:42 AM
Love this idea. Time to wrack my brain!
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ciruphan
June 1, 2017 at 3:44 AM
And that picture of PBY is the best picture ever for this. There's never too much of PBY imo. :p
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5 Starry Knight✨
June 1, 2017 at 4:19 AM
I am already looking forward to all the hilarious stories to read :D Kinda like Spill the beans with a theme :D
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6 kaybee
June 1, 2017 at 4:36 AM
Ohhh this sounds amazing! Great idea and thank you for giving everyone the possibility of sharing their stories and theories and whatever else may become relevant for "Theme of the Month"s ^^
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7 Jrr 🌈
June 1, 2017 at 4:37 AM
I'm already excited. Looking forward to read all the interesting catnip stories that our beanies come up with! *rub hands*
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8 purplesheesh
June 1, 2017 at 4:59 AM
Friends to Lovers!!!
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9 redfox
June 1, 2017 at 5:04 AM
oh I have to think about it, what drives me crazzzzzyy and is irresistable. and what I obsess over. actors losing themselves in the game, witty sense of humor /irony, when I start worrying over character and get too invested in their fate, the desire to protect.
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redfox
June 1, 2017 at 6:29 AM
actually, wait. Catnip affects people differently than cats. It makes us calm. so which drama should I write about? the calming ones or the ones that drive cats crazy, I mean, turn me crazy as a cat at the smell of catnip? If I had a cat I would totally write about the dramas that turn cats crazy, that is, if there are any such dramas.
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Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
June 1, 2017 at 9:33 AM
Do you think the drama Imaginary Cat can make cats go crazy?
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redfox
June 1, 2017 at 10:10 AM
No. that´s not all it takes. cats can ignore a martian takeover and two zombie apocalypses before they blink.
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allphryne
June 2, 2017 at 1:32 AM
So hijinks equal to laser pointers ans cardbord boxes? I have to think about this.
Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
June 2, 2017 at 3:08 AM
Then I guess my cats were simple minded who only needed one yearn ball to go nuts.
redfox
June 2, 2017 at 12:50 PM
cmon you cannot be comparing a glorious, fluffy ball of yard to a measly apocalypse? One lives among gods, the other just ...cleans the air.
CrimeFighter
June 9, 2017 at 3:53 AM
oh I miss that Imaginary Cat so much...hehe
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10 javinne
June 1, 2017 at 5:38 AM
Can it be as well an idea for a drama which has never been done, and the description of how it could be developed? Maybe some producer team would read our ideas and some writer out there can take them to be made into a very brand new production??? That would be cool ?
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toramona
June 14, 2017 at 7:15 PM
Yeahhh. Can that be July's prompt??
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11 ObsessedMuch
June 1, 2017 at 6:20 AM
This is gonna be great! Thanks guys for bringing in new and interesting features for us... I am looking forward to this month's stories from my fellow beanies! :D
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12 Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
June 1, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Yay! More ways to connect with others!
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13 dramabird
June 1, 2017 at 10:46 AM
Cohabitation Hijinks.
Enough said.
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14 lk014
June 1, 2017 at 2:12 PM
It's like homework, but for some strange reason I really want to do this!
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15 Klike234
June 1, 2017 at 7:00 PM
I like how dramabeans aside satisfying or unwaverring love for dramas allows is to also echoes this love creatively through writing from open threads,guess the drama,comments we're allowed to make on each recap and now this.
You guys are simply daebak!
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16 michykdrama
June 1, 2017 at 9:57 PM
This sounds cool! And I know what I want to write already.
*cracks knuckles*
Aja!
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17 elvira
June 2, 2017 at 4:47 AM
Whoaaaaa...
My personal faves are stories like SWDBS and WLFKBJ--where the male leads don't over-patronize female leads. #GirlPower
Anyway, gonna submit mine too!
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18 Fatcat007 (Kitty 💜)
June 2, 2017 at 9:24 AM
Didn't understand "If you have a registered Dramabeans account, include your handle so we can link to it." what is a handle? is it the username? sorry I'm not updated with such terms. please help.
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Ally
June 4, 2017 at 2:23 PM
Yes. It's your username
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19 Bong Soons Tiny Fist
June 2, 2017 at 4:00 PM
Great idea to generate user content! I look forward to reading other beanies submissions and maybe even taking a knack at it and submitting a few of my own.
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dooleygongshil
June 2, 2017 at 5:19 PM
Your display name is just so great. :D
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20 whoopeeyoo
June 5, 2017 at 7:31 AM
I wanna submit one (more?) but I feel like y'all are doing everything already and have submitted too hahahuhu. Also, I can't decide what to write on because I'm easy to please and I love so many tropes HAHAHA
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21 shteffi
June 12, 2017 at 9:44 PM
For me it has to a story which is romance centric, dark with a cool/cold handsome male lead. Examples would be heartless city. But I wish for happy endings. Healer was a great watch!
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22 reign
June 14, 2017 at 8:22 AM
I like detective dramas.
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23 aegiomma
June 16, 2017 at 7:50 PM
My catnip is the hero who doesn't realize he's in love and misinterprets it as a physical health problem. Totally ridiculous in real life, but pure catnip in a drama! Best Love and Flower Boy Ramen Shop spring to mind, but I'm sure there are others...
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24 Rukia wants melona
June 29, 2017 at 10:21 AM
Thank you for this wonderful month of drama catnip!!
This site is just getting better and better!
I have sharpened my pencil and can hardly wait to participate in next month's theme.
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25 lazielizard
June 29, 2017 at 4:11 PM
so this is what started the catnip posts! I was wondering where it started..heh. Had I seen this before today I would have tried my hand at my dramaland catnip.
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26 Wendy Darling
July 1, 2017 at 8:30 AM
I have a drama catnip. That would be two brothers pining for same girl. That is Snow White Sweet Love as an example. Recently, there is Queen for Seven Days. There is of course Scarlet Heart Ryeo. And I cannot forget My Girl, although they are technically cousins.
Please write about this catnip. I want to hear about your thoughts and reader's comments
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27 makesz
December 17, 2020 at 2:29 AM
What a cast! I don't know what's like Choi Yu-hwa as an actress is but she is definitely gorgeous in the stills.
"She uses Ondal’s heart to advance her own goals, but in the process, falls in love herself." A dramaland catnip trope for me.
However, I decided to stay calm about this drama and show little enthusiasm for it, because I don't want to get burned again by the dear kdrama writers.
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