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[Theme of the Month] Write an alternate ending to a drama whose ending sucked

It’s November (oh my god), which means it’s time to roll out a shiny new Theme of the Month. Goodbye, escapist dramas in alternate realities, hello alternate endings.

We’ve all seen a drama or two (…hundred) with endings that left us feeling deflated, or disappointed, or in some cases, frothing at the mouth in outrage. We’ve already made a list of some of our most disliked endings—although I’m noting that that post was back in October 2015 and a few new contenders have come and gone in the interim, threatening some of those entries’ places on the list.

Well, time to do something with that bitter disappointment and make an ending that sucked a little less sucky.

Rewrite the ending of a drama with a disappointing ending.

Maybe it was an awesome drama that was so exciting that it was impossible to make an ending live up to its promise, so the finale felt like a letdown. Maybe the show fizzled out with a bland ending, turning the entire drama into a forgettable affair. Or maybe it was just a real stinker of a conclusion, with WTF plot twists or nonsense logic or lazy resolutions—or worse yet, non-resolutions. Or maybe by some unholy magic, it was all of those things.

Now’s your chance to make it all right again and give us a chance to wash our brains of the original endings with what could have, and probably should have, been.

 
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: 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 November 25. If you miss this month, join us for a new theme next month!

 
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Oh boy, this is going to be so much fun. Looking forward to reading everyone's entries!

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Somebody make a sensible new ending to Hwarang, please. I'm still bloody salty about that one, my brain hasn't recovered yet. *sniff*

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Just the ending? I'd be tempted to re-write the whole thing... o.o

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Episodes 1 and 2 made sense. So start from episode 3, hee :)

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That's true... Ep 3 it is... I can't do that in 1k words though... hahaha

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I expected crap from Hwarang but was greeted with something emotional. Hated how it lost it purpose and just went downhill with its story and characters.

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All the way from ep 3 to the ending would be quite a lot for somebody to re-write. Good luck!

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When I finally caught up with Hwarang (by crawling out of the BTS blackhole that Taehyung as Hansung AKA the cutest puppy sucked me in for long enough), I literally just WTFed my way through it. Such a waste of a grand premise. Such a waste of talent. Such a waste of potential. I was especially annoyed for Seo Yeji who had to prove herself double after getting the Hwarang stigma, Taehyung (because when is this kid going to have the time to make another drama???), Do Jihan, and the actor playing Yeo Wool. Why did the writer think that the way to write an intricate plot was to toss 274849272 dangling plot threads/backstories and develop none of them???

I'd actually love to write a Hwarang rip-off that actually, you know, makes sense. Yeah, we definitely can't rewrite just the ending for this one.

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Bwah! My first laugh of the day. "WFTed" is my new verb of the day. I used to call this "hate-watch" but I like your phrase better!

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Firstly, i like the theme of this month. Finally, time is on our side to write the ending we really hoped for all this time. All the years agony and pain has come to an end. It is time for our Second leads to shine (for most dramas)

1. Goblin :

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Omg Yes! I bet we'll read a few written by the second lead syndrome suffers, which I had. So cool...

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OMG YES!

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Goblin dies and is resurrected by the supreme deity to live out the rest of a normal mortal life. Because in the original ending, what really changed for him? Nothing. :-(

Second leads: Goblin, the sequel. But they'd come back as tea house and chicken shop chaebols, not actors.

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This is going to be fun! Yeyy!

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HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO PICK JUST ONE DRAMA TO DO THIS FOR.

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You don't have to! 😎 November has 30 days! 😎

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... well... hadn't really thought of sending in more than one, that is definitely a possibility...

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It's November... I've been super slack in my writing lately and I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this year, so here is me, challenging myself, to actually submit something for this months theme. And all you Beanies have to hold me to it please...

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Ooops! See my comment below.. !

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You've got this! Also, YEY NaNoWriMo!! Is there a way on the NaNoWriMo's site where we can read past entries? I would love to read an entry and associate it with a fellow beanie!

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Hehe thank you!
As far as I know, it doesn't save your entries, it just counts the words you've written? But I haven't been on the site for like a year, so I don't actually know.
Although if you did want to read my writing I could maybe share some on the beanie wall? *shrugs*

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you would do that?! aww you're sweet. Thanks for being willing to share your writing! I would love to read it :)

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I'm sorry I'm only seeing this now! Yeah I can share some on my wall :P
I'll tag you when I do

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Waiting for @sicarius's Lookout ending now! You basically have this post already written out!

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Yeah but I can't submit the whole 5k word document!!! hahahaha
And there are so many dramas to choose from!!! Lookout might be the easiest though...
Do they want it in proper script format or just novella like though? Or essay? I don't know...

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Ooohh... I'll wait eagerly for it. That ending still hurts so bad. It also reminded me of @meowingme's awesome alternate ending gif .

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Her alternate ending of blowing up the kid was hilarious!! I abysmally went back to that post to laugh again!

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Reading the title of the post and instantly wondered how many versions of Lookout ending will be in the submissions >< Will eagerly wait too, come on Lookout beanies, heal the Jang Do-han shaped hole in my heart!

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I dunno if I'll heal it... when I came up with it I cried. And I almost never cry for dramas hahaha

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Nooo, you made a sad ending? T_T

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Oh! I had almost forgotten! That one should be fresh in her mind!!! *chanting* LOOK-OUT! LOOK-OUT! LOOK-OUT!

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OMG this is going to be fun to read. The first one, I thought and I bet you'll have plenty of summits for it, is BIG. LOL. This topic will be so much fun. Can't wait to read it!

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Yup, I am waiting for a good ending to the drama that shall not be named.

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Same! That was the first drama that came to mind! It’s waaaaaayyy up there in least satisfactory endings

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This theme will be so much fun!
Last month's theme was actually kind of dull as most entries were more of the same..though informed us of so many hidden writers in the beanies.

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i nEED TO STUDY BUT THIS SOUNDS FREAKING FUN,,, every month the theme of the month gets better!!!!!

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1. Heirs: Cha Eun Sang (PSH) meet with an accident and wakes up with amnesia. Kim Tan (LMH) by her side, all worried but she doesn’t remember him at all. Kim Tan? Kim Tan who? Yong do enters (KWB) and she just falls in love with him at first sight. THE END.
2. Gold appear : They all die (doesn’t matter how) except for Hyun tae( Park Seo joon) and his wife ( Baek Jin hee) and their child. THE END OF A MIGRANE FOR MONTHS.
3. God’s gift 14 days : Ki Dong chan ( Cho seung Woo) jumps in to the water and time travel back to the past to change everything and start afresh. .
4. Moon lovers : At present , Hae Soo ( IU) meets Wang So ( LJK) in the modern attire, and their love story starts again with happy ending.
5. Hwarang : They all wake up from the dream and finds out that they time travelled to the future of 21st century and they are all Idols( band boy group ) , ready to go and rock on stage. King ( Hyugshik) meets Ah-ro ( Go ara) in the audience and she is his number one fan. He gets his love at the end.
6. Reply 1988 : Junghwan married Duk Sun at the end with a real kiss. Finally my dream came true.

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YOUR HWARANG ONE. Hahahahahahah lmaooo!!!

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I louuveee your Hwarang too.. but can't king PHS get a new girl? Go Are was a fictional annoying joseon fantasy.. in real life their bands fab club president is all kinds of awesome and PHS has a gorgeous love story there!

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Go Ara was the lead,since he had very much deeper feelings for her, so thats why i did not change the lead girl.

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Ah.. I stopped watching Hwarang when i thought the Go Ara has feelings for the other guy and she wont end up with King.. Now all of your comment wants me to watch that..

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Please let the King get interested in a new girl.maybe let Go Ara's character feel how the King felt in Silla time.

*still salty with Hwarang which wasted a lot of time/talent/plot

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or she could be the one pining and chasing after him this time around but gets spurned time and again? but eventually, will wear him down.

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And Heirs!! 🤣🤣😂😂
Waiting for @rushda29 's comments!

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Haha! You know me! I read the Heirs one and went "hey, hold it one second!" Young-do has never been deserving of Eun-sang and never will. I did wrote a whole fan fiction of how life went on after the drama ended though. Everyone had a happy ending. Young-do found a new girl, Rachel and Hyo-shin hooked up, Won and Da-kyung lived happily ever after. It was wonderful!

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No no no, it should be 'Young Do and Rachel finally live up to why they were flirting so much when they thought they were about to be stepbrother and stepsister' and now that their parents are not getting marrie, she is free and over a shit fiance, and he has a broken heart to heal he finally notices the girl who is his perfect match in temper and intelligence and they become the perfect sexy power couple with matching scowl and sneer and very hot kissing.

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I kinda liked Rachel and Hyo-shin better together.

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I like them too but he goes off to the army, no? I don't want Rachel to just sit and wait for two years.

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Yes, i had the same thought when the series ended..

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Please someone give Hyoshin's tutor a happy ending. I wish she would end up with Hyoshin later when he had reached adulthood.

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i like the hwarang and reply 1988 scenarios! i can just envision ah-ro fangirling over the king, just like how sung na jeong (go ara's character in reply 1994) fangirls over her crush. i think it would be cute if she's the one to sorta stalk him this time. :D

i really wanted junghwan to be the end game in reply 1988. i was so heartbroken for him when he didnt get the girl.

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omg someone please rewrite Reply 1988. I'm still not over Junghwan :'(

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i will not get over jung hwan. EVER.

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Oooh.. I have a looot of disappointing dramas in mind, just not sure I'll be able to write it down into read-able words 😅

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I have my own version for Ssong-SungMin couple of AoY2 but too bad that I'm worse in create essay so good luck to everyone.. Fighting~~~

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Hahaha! I thought your 'but' would be something like 'but it's too adult for DB' ! Cuz that's surely the alternate ending I have in mind for Ssongsungmin !😂🤣🤣😂

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You could just put "Sungmin pulled her inside, and shut the door. THE END"
That would do it... ;)

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No, it's probably Jiwon who will pull him inside and shut the door. XD

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Truer words.. !! 😂😂🤣😂🤣

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Yes. I can actually just visualize it now... *Sungmin getting whiplash in his neck from it too*

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The door shall leave open, Guys.. LOL

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haha This is gonna be so much fun.

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Sorry to keep commenting on here... but if we have to go over 1k words... what is the maximum amount of words we're allowed to write before you throw up your hands in horror at our college essay and cut it in half so it's easier to deal with? :D :D :D

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🤣😂🤣😂
Ohh sico !

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See this is one of the reasons why we love you!

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W :
Adding 3 hot hot kisses to the ending.

Unfortunately that is too short for a submission. 😁

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I have this idea of just submitting all these really short endings that are quirky and hilarious rather than or maybe as well as a long or some long ones :P

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Love the idea!

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Lol at cheese in the trap picture. I'm in the opinion the ending of CITT is the best. Can't think of a more fittting ending than that. The most questionable ending for me is the innocent man. It's not it's bad ending.

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I think the rewritting with CITT needs to start at the 8th episode.

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CITT webtoon already end for month, so somebody already wrote the best version of that story.
About that end: Yeah, that mess of an drama dont deserve another ending. Keep it that way.

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High Kick Through The Roof, here I cooo~~me. Hopefully I can put it into sensible words, though. And also, looking forward to everyone's entry.

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Haha! Are you gonna insert yourself in the ending as LJS's true love?! I agree though.. pairing off that school kid with the much older doctor was weird.. and get giving up a promising school career for it?

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The LJS one is High Kick 3, which admittedly has quite an unsatisfying ending. But the one I talked about is High Kick 2 with Hwang Jung-eum and Yoon Shi-yoon. The one that has THE infamous tragic ending for a sitcom.

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Oh woops! I always mix up their names only remember them by number.. ! I haven't gotten around to watching high kick 2.. partially cuz I heard so much about its disappointing ending..

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@gadis,

Please go for it! I'm about halfway through watching, and dread the crappy ending. ;-)

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omg please please please!!! when i finished watching the whole episodes i had to imagine an alternate ending myself for like 2 months (cause I had a really big withdrawal over this series LOL) but my writing skills suck and Im not that confident with my english so if youre gonna post one than I'd like to say thank you in advance ♥

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good ending does not save a bad drama though

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Speaking of which...Boys over Flowers?

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Ohhhh this is going to be fun! Tempted to write a better Doctor Stranger ending and change the OTP! Hehe! Better yet re-write the whole thing from ep 2. Haha

Excited to read entries by beanies! Thanks DB team for the fun theme.

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Yes, please :)

I'm Park Hoon - Oh Soo Hyun shipper. In my alternative ending Hoon realize that what he feels toward jaehee isn't love, it's guilty because he couldn't save her before. Then he acknowledges his interest to Soohyun. There's no such thing like matching heartbeats!
Though the OTP isn't the only reason DS become my only disliked Lee Jongsuk's drama. Like you said better to re-write the whole things.

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OMG yes! although I think maybe the whole drama should be re written. Kill Jae hee in ep 2 (?) and let Hoon be with Quack and end it when he hugs her to feel her heart. That's enough.

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Many people will write 14 god gift..
Lookout
The Heirs
Prime Minister and I (no handshake please)
Goblin
49 days
Etc..

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I forgot this drama!!
Yeah please rewrite everything

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Oh my god yes, 49 Days. Someone please D:

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I've been debating about doing one for 49 Days or Prime Minister and I. I hated the ended of those the most because they both were so good until the last 1-2 episodes. I rather have them be horrible all the way through...

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Oh I remember how disappointed I was with "Prime Minister and Me" ! ! ! So much potential but they chose the excessively chaste & nauseating pure way about it ! Gggrrrrr !
If you're gonna make an kdrama w actors of a considerable age difference, HANDLE IT! No foolish & needless tiptoeing ! !

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Kay, all of you guys need to leave The Heirs alone. Seriously, stop it!

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Aww.. there there! You should write an alternate ending to one of the popular ones which didn't sit well with you .. that should be good fun And good revenge too! ;)

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Looking forward to reading all the submissions! It'll be fun!

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I’m coming out of left field with this one but...

Faith

Fer crissakes General! Kiss da girl!

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OMG! This was the first drama that came to my mind mind

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Yes. Please. To be fair I heard there was a kiss in the script. Why no kiss in the drama???

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there was a peck. Because that mouth to mouth pill giving doesn't count either

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Their is so much to fix with Faith.

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I love this theme! I expect it to be fun and to have some kind of therapeutic effects on me. Lol

Thanks God, usually I don't stay enough long to see a disappointing ending. But I DID for Cheese In The Trap and it haunts me. So please, someone submit an entry for this. 😢 I want to finally be able to forget that one.

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Can I send more than one entry? There's quite a few dramas that I really want to re-end! Fan Fiction doesn't suffice the urge to rewrite those dramas in a way that would make sense!!!

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Just the ending only? i'm really tempted to rewrite the Ruler Master of the Mask. Gahhhd. I'm still bitter about this drama. This was my most anticipated drama of 2017 </3. They had an interesting premise but the execution is blah. They wasted the leads' potential (& what more it's my dream pairing) TT

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Me too, I was excited to watch it but well we know. You kill Ga Eun, let Gon and Hwa Goon together. Sun can be king and be happy alone.

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Hahahaha I CANNOT wait to read all the posts. The first thing I thought of when I read the title was "Man, @girlfriday won't be able to decide between re-writing Reply 1988 and School 2015"!!!!

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I've already written my ending for CITT and everytime I rewatch it I go read my ending because it makes me happy but I'm not sure I want to share it here, it'll be too embarrassing for me to let beanies read it 😂

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Please, oh pretty please, with a hot fudge Park Hae Jin right on top! I want to watch this but too scared about PHJ being left in the dust, so need an alternate kdrama reality before I start it!

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I just went to read it, if I'm going to send in my entry then I have to change a lot of things, it's definitely more than 1k words and it has dialogues written in Korean so I have to work on it a little!

I felt really betrayed by the ending because it's a webtoon I really, really love and it's my Oppa but some people who didn't read the webtoon actually liked the ending so if you haven't read it, maybe it'll be okay with you!

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has the webtoon ended? someone tell me how it ends! haha...and where is that movie? I need that CITT movie!

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Yeap, it ended. I'm not sure if we're allowed to post links here, but if you search for Crabbielife's wordpress, you'll see that she has done summaries of much of chapter 4.

I suddenly started searching for news about the movie but haven't been able to find anything new. I've only seen pictures of the actors and most of them look spot on.

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yup, it's ended and the happy one. jung cried (he looks so saddd) and Seol took him back. and that sweet scene where little seol and little jung felt asleep in hospital bench holding hand together.
i am so waiting for the movie cause the drama doesn't live up to the webtoon standard both in character interpretation and story line (and i mean not just the ending). i saw the new seol pic and i can't believe i just saw a real life seol. oh yeon seo sooo much resemble webtoon seol just like Lee jong suk coming out from W.

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I actually love the drama better. not romantizing a lovestory between sociopath with a normal human being and trying to justified all his action. not a fan.
The drama itself trying to convey a different message.

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The drama and the webtoon only share the title, names, and haft of the leading male's characteristic , nothing more. So please dont judge them like they are the same.
So if you talking about the webtoon in your comment, i'd like to point out 2 things:
1. Real Hong Seol are far from a "normal human being". Toward the end of the story, she grow even more. She's sassy, strong, sharp and very clever.
2. YooJung are not "socialpath" since human are complicated, you can not tag one simple label on human and judge. That not how people read this kind of story.

Drama or Webtoon, what you love more are up to you, but please understand there are many more who love the webtoon and have different view on that story. There are many way to "protect" your drama and not end up sounding so disrespectful to the source material.

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in the webtoon, he's not depicted as sociopath actually. the drama just took an easy interpretation of Jung complicated way of thinking and change it into some stereotype rom-com hero. one of jung problem, he suffered from victim mentality that made his judgement about his action, justifiable. and for the most of case, it does. but somehow, it's still against what our social norm normally perceived or what considered as normal reaction. the end of webtoon explain everything. even in ha and in ho finally realised that they also at fault for their own misfortune while fail to understand the person who, at one time, was put them highly in his life before they disappointing him. so the drama is not even on the same level as the webtoon, so i doubt people can really comparing those two.

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I do not like him, so I am fine with the current ending,lol

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Do it! Anything would be miles better than Piano in the Trap. I kinda want the entire last half scrapped but I'll take anything at this point. I'm even hyped for the movie, and I never thought I would be.

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I'm actually considering it now, if I get time, I'll change a few things and send it then go curl up in a hole!

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If C-dramas were part of this, the venting and fun that could be had. 😂

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You're so right! I realized that the majority of Chinese historical dramas end in tragedy, though the ending of Nirvana in the Fire was executed well.

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Exactly what I need... Looking forward to all the alternate endings 😙

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The danger with this theme is the inevitable influx of people that think "terrible ending=my ship sank." The ending for heirs was 10000x better than the rest of the series and 100000% undeserved--regardless of which jerkass chaebol brat that dumb Candy girl ended up with--it was an ending for a drama that we never actually saw. (My ideal ending was just deleting all three leads from existence, none of them deserved each other or anything.) I know that there will undoubtedly be several Reply 1988 submissions, when the only thing wrong with that ending is Deoksun and Taek not getting the full wedding treatment like their hyung-unnie couple. And Hwarang... the king not getting the girl was THE VERY LEAST of that show's problems. (And not a problem. He wasn't right for her.)

Of course there are rare times when the ending is actually terrible because the wrong couple happened--looking at you, School 2015.

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Yes I agree with you. What I would like to see for the submissions to stay true to the characters and not randomly pair up characters just because they shipped differently.

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I agree in part. I was furious with Reply 88 ending, but not with the execution. It was in fact written and carried out beautifully. The disappointment was actually quite in tune with the rest of the drama: Realastic.

But nevertheless, I still think DB staff will accept this kind of submissions too. Because after all, there are a million reasons you might prefer to rewrite a story. It doesn't have to be badly written or directed.

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Realistic. Sorry for typo.

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if they did not make that self-reflection scene of Jung hwan, i would have been suffered from serious curiousness. that very scene was so real, so painful, yet so honest, and i couldn't even think the better way to explain to myself why he did not get his love. it's not just about timing, but it's about both self hesitation and lack of willingness to create this so called fate, opportunity that form from our strong heart.

and as much as i root for jung hwan, you can not really hate Taek. i mean, like seriously ?

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EXACTLY. That self-reflection scene was perfect.

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Have to agree. There are terrible shows with terrible endings, good shows with lingering questions, and shows that should have ended much sooner than they did...and then there are shows that displeased people for not being exactly what they wanted them to be, irrespective of quality. This will be a lot more fun if people focus on wtfery like What Happened in Bali imo.

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Seriously, What happened in Bali. Please someone re-write the ending of that drama please, I'm dying! :D

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I don't think any amount of effort could save that train wreck 😂😂

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Rewriting endings could also mean adding some, like an epilogue. Doesn't have to change any pairing, especially when it's already written beautifully. Like reply 1988, I need a wedding! I need closure for Jung Hwan. One lunch with Taekki was NOT enough of a closure. I need more. Maybe I should write this :)

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aw Somebody should write one for School 2015 and pair Yook Sung Jae and Kim So hyun please! That was a waste of a nice couple. (I can't remember characters' name)

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Great theme! Unfortunately, I read that DB piece on good dramas that had horrible endings early in my kdrama-binging and steared clear of them, and the only one I would possibly change is Goblin from this past year, but I didn’t mind that ending. I thought it was very appropriate with the multiple deaths and reincarnations theme that show was ultimately about.

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So me. I rely on DB so much that I don't watch if it has a horrible ending. I just read the recaps. Hahaha!

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I remember being so unsatisfied that I wrote an alternative ending for School 2015. Also one with Healer because that drama's ending was kind of all over the place. It was almost consistently perfect and I loved it for it, but the last episode came out to be anti-climatic and unoriginal. Anyways, this theme should be fun to read.

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I mean, Reply 1988. Someone please!

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Oooh... I feeling this one. Hopefully I can :)

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I'm feeling*

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Yes please! JH should get the girl 😭

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I don't know how I feel about this one, I mean, I cried for Jung-hwan for not getting the girl but at the same time I was really happy for Taek!

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Same here. I'd love to read an ending that actually mentioned what happened to Jung-hwan, though. Where he moved on and met someone new and they go on double dates with Doksun and Taek every month, or he stayed single and found total fulfillment in being a pilot or *something.*

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I always imagine him becoming the hero of a new drama, in his thirties, taciturn and remote, nursing a broken heart from his youth, and suddenly being taken over by a whirlwind of new love. 😎

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I WOULD WATCH THE HECK OUT OF THAT SHOW ~ new head canon!!!

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..as in ~Lucky Romance? ;P

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Hehe, I understand. But my fangirl heart only cared for JH's happiness. So I really need an ending where he gets the girl. 😀And maybe, it can be so that Taek finds someone else and lives happily too 😀

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I have submitted my writing, but I'm sorry, it's still taekki. I just need Jung hwang to have some closure, so I wrote an epilogue. But I don't know if it suited this theme though, since it's not actually changing anything. Ah well... let's just wait and see

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At least he got the girl in real life!!!! This is true poetic justice. All things I read they're still together!

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This sounds fun! You cracked me up with that photo since the first thing that came to mind is that blasted drama wahahaha! Can somebody please write an acceptable ending at least, or better yet the best ending for Scarlet Heart?!?! That is the epitome of an epic downward spiral of a drama to the abyss of wtfery, seriously...I was waiting for something that didn’t come and it just left me hanging until now. I don’t think I’ve gotten over it really. I need some form of closure, lol! So this is one brilliant idea, Javabeans! Thanks! It might help unbreak a heart that’s been crushed too many times by sloppy drama endings.

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I did not watch it, but she died in original and she died in Chinese version, I am fine with that.

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Truly I hollered at my screen when I saw the screencap. That drama scarred me for life!

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In the book, she died but in the Chinese drama, she went back to her time and met the modern incarnation of the 4th Prince, and I guessed they got together in the drama sequel.

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Everyone: Furiously rewrites BIG ending

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+1000

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You are my hero! That show needs a COMPLETE rewrite! such a waste of Gong Yoo!

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This isn't the same,but I think I already have an idea about what @javabeans and @girlfriday would write. Lol. I especially like what Javabeans has in mind for School 2015. Hahahaha!

youtu.be/K1_HWANFR88

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omg!!! I love that!!! They should do it as a new drama. I wouldn't mind

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Ooooooohhh now this is my kind of thing! I love writing fan fictions, and there are some drama that I would love to write a different ending. But my grammar is not very good, I don't know if I can manage to write a good one :(

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Just write it! They'll edit it and polish it so don't worry. And I can completely understand your comment so your grammar isn't bad. Go for it!

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Your passion with go a lot farther than any grammar mishaps. :) Write one please.

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Please somebody make an ending for Signal. Gaahh.... that drama killed me. I need a season 2!!!

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1. Reply 1994 - Na Jeong goes to Trash after she receives his text and says goodbye to him and the two finally have their closure. She goes to Chilbongie and asks him not to go to America and that she loves him. He, of course, needs to go since he has a contract and everything. She promises him that she'll wait for him. They have a long distance and got married once he gets back.

2. Hwarang - Sam Maek Jong wakes up in the 21st century and realized that everything that has happened was just a dream. Lying in his arms is his fiancee, Aro, whom he inadvertently woken up by his sudden movement. She asks him what's wrong and if he's okay and he proceeds to tell her about his nightmare. She rolls her eyes at him and gives him an amused grin and tells him "Idiot! Like I would choose someone else when I have you." They then go back to sleep putting the nightmare behind them.

3. Reply 1988 - Junghwan gets to the concert hall before Taek. He confesses his feelings for Deok Sun for real this time and she accepts. They live happiky ever after.

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With Lee Joon Ki's dramas you will have to re-write whole drama, just the ending will not fix it,lol

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Ohh fun!
1. CITT: I'd erase episode 15 in it's entirety, JungSeol go their separate ways because of Seol's decision instead of Jung's, Jung works on himself, Baek siblings leave but BaekSeol's friendship is not ruined because Inha didn't go psycho and pushed Seol in front of a car or whatever it is that happened in episode 15. JungSeol still don't reunite in the end but everyone is shown living their lives.

2. Moon Lovers: Hae Soo leaves because she's tired of being treated like crap and palace life doesn't suit her and not because she was pregnant (bc god forbid a woman acts for her own well-being), she dies and sees herself in the museum in the future and that's the reason she cries, like in the Chinese version. She and Wang So still don't meet in the present. Honestly though this drama needs to be rewritten from episode one.

3. The King in Love: A hot RinSan make out session and something more thrilling as the final conflict with Song In.

4. I Need Romance: the heroine doesn't go back to her cheating ex, I don't really mind her not getting together with Choi Jin Hyuk's character but it would've been a nice bonus. The whole "leave your job to become a trophy chaebol wife" thing doesn't happen.

5. The Woman Who Married Three Times: She actually goes back to her first husband aka the man she loves, and gets to keep her baby. Ha Suk Jin's character and his lover finally give his parents the grandchild they wanted.

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3. The King in Love: A hot RinSan make out session and something more thrilling as the final conflict with Song In

Indeed!!

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Oh wow this theme is awesome! As someone who drops a drama as soon as it gets boring/disappointing I am SO ready to read everyone's alternative (and in my mind, the only true) endings. HEADCANON ACCEPTED.

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I knew it. I predicted so that Moon Lovers will make it among the top list and then I scrolled down the page and there...plastered the scarred yet beautiful face of my Wang So.

Wait? I like the ending of Moon Lovers minus the last seconds where So reminisced over his good old time with Hae Soo. I am so glad she died and out of his. She has done enough damage in Goryeo and to So. If I could change the ending.... I want Haesoo to be dead for good. I mean really dead.

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I knew it. I predicted so that Moon Lovers will make it among the top list and then I scrolled down the page and there...plastered the scarred yet beautiful face of my Wang So.

Wait? I like the ending of Moon Lovers minus the last seconds where So reminisced over his good old time with Hae Soo. I am so glad she died and out of his life. She has done enough damage in Goryeo and to So. If I could change the ending.... I want Haesoo to be dead for good. I mean really dead. This world would be a better place with one less stupid damsel like Haesoo. God bless.

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Someone please rewrite School 2015!! I still get triggered by the ending on that one...its just...I can't even begin to explain in words how angry that one made me. You just don't mess with your sister's love...you just don't!!!

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Someone please bring me closure and rewrite The K2. Okay, spoil me, don't just re-write the ending. Please re-write everything starting from around ep 3-4. In which Madam is the star of the show. Wait, we can go further. Make Anna a little girl. There. I will reward you with my endless gratitude.

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Ugh yes, you are a Anna-As-A-Little-Girl-AU person too!!! Thank you javabeans for making us think of what could've been with that...

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So THAT’S where I got that idea came from! I knew I didn’t think it up myself lol but yes this AU needs to be written :prayer emoji:

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Yeahp, it's all Javabeans' fault haha! If I didn't have so many contenders I'd consider it! :P

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Yes! Yes! Yes! I tried watching the K2 recently and dropped it after 8 episodes. I just couldn’t buy the OTP. I kept thinking this would make a great noona romance drama with Ji Chang Wook and Madam. That chemistry when they are together. <3

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OMFG!!!! I CALL MAJOR DIBS ON “WARRIOR BAEK DONG SOO”!!!!!!!!! *scribbling furiously*

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Yes, an ending where Woon doesn't die and Dong-soo ends up with Jin-ju instead of the dull as dirty dishwater female lead whose name I refuse to remember.

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Or Dong-soo and Woon end up together. :P

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Ctrl-F and here you are!

You wanna try this, or me? Because I think I have still have the WTF-endings article I wrote for Thundie stored somewhere. The entire last episode needs to be rewritten and the original burned at the stake.

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Dahling! I've just now seen your response - I've been offline moving to another state, but made the attempt to shoehorn in some time to write up a submission. You should most definitely give your own take on this nightmare! We could channel Gwang-taek and Chun by submitting Dueling Endings! *hee*

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Erm, let's just pair off Yoo Ah-in and Song Joong-ki in Sungkyunkwan Scandal, am I right? HAHAHA

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