Yes, this is the ending that I deserve as a fan of this show. I love how you killed off the annoying people, Fuck You especially Cho-rip you piece of shit. I will never be over Woon's death, I cried so much. And Jin-ju and Dong-soo together is how it should be. Thank you for writing this.

Yes! This is soooo much better. It always bugged me number 1 that Woon had to die for the stupidest reason, and number two that he ended up with the boring girl. He had so much more chemistry with Jin Joo than he did with that boring one who lost any possibility of being interesting about a third of the way through the show. And then to make her interesting, the writer gave her a job that did nothing to move or help the plot whatsoever.

And of course Woon who had everything going for him and then out of the blue decides, nope, I need to die even though my life is now headed in an upward trajectory.

But I'm not bitter, not and all.

LOL cherkell, I love this part: "Dong-soo ends up wandering around aimlessly for a few years, but still continues to hone his martial arts skills while keeping his mane of glory flowing and his chocolate abs incredibly toned. He also returns to being the goofy Dong-soo first shown in Episodes 5-10, and meets up with Woon quite often. The bromance must go on!" - Actor Ji as goofy Dong Soo or dorky Bong Soo, as abstastic Jung Hu or Je Ha (hmmm didn't realise these phrases put together sound kinda poetic! Heheheh!) by any and all means in every alternate ending!!!

Ha! I was always rooting (hur, hur) for Ji-sun to get Dong-soo, but "live by the root; die by the root" made me laugh really hard!

I actually like a bittersweet or tragic ending in sageuks rather than everyone settling down to a cozy pub life. But I thought the writer went brain dead with this one. SO STUPID. I got angry all over again just reading this. And I will never get over Woon's death.

Our interesting Woon. Years later, and we're still not over what happened to him, are we?

Thanks for presenting a scenario of what could've been.

Thank you for this alternate ending. Was traumatized by the original one.

I am sending you an endless supply of finger-hearts for your rewrite. This is the ending I hoped for. <3

I actually wanted to re-write Empress Ki ending, but seeing as 2 back-to-back Ji Chang Wook's dramas featured here made me happy already. It would be overkill to have THREE JCW's dramas right?

I still can't forgive the writer for killed off Woon (WOON-AAAAAHHHH) and I hold grudges with this particular writer over 3 different dramas (WBDS, GOF Jung Yi, Jackpot)!!
-WBDS as cherkell mentioned above
-GOF Jung Yi for being the most uninteresting and repetitive sageuk ever and the most bland Lee Sang Yoon's character ever played
-Jackpot for being the most illogical otherwise known as "Baek Dae Gil's Guide to Survive Death 101" and a waste of Jeon Kwang Ryul talent.

I could write essays if I keep this up.. But Beanies, please remember this name, Kwon Soon Gyu, the screenwriter. And make sure you don't fall into the trap. The story may seem promising, the cast may pull you in, but the end result would be a load of SH*T. You've been warned!

Yeah, this show definitely had its good points and so much potential but bleh. So boring, ending so stupid. It made me vaguely angry all over again to read this. Ha.

I agree that Cho-rip should have died. Or really, that part should never have happened in the first place, because the episodes leading up to that point were SO DRAGGY that the writer should totally have been able to think of something (anything) better than that to set up that showdown between the boys.

And the pairing off of everyone on the damn show was pointless. Ugh.

I would have Crown Prince recognize Woona was a rare gem successfully running an assassin enterprise and managing its businesses and wealth, and ask Woona to repent by working for him/country behind scenes. With BDS and Woona at the Crown Prince/King's side, Cho-rip returned to being an nth fiddle. This caused him to spew blood everyday until he died.

Thank you, @cherkell, for your new & improved ending. I haven't seen WARRIOR BAEK DONG-SOO yet. Now that I've been inoculated with an alternate ending that pleases some of my esteemed sageuk-watching sistren and brethren, I may just take a "stab" at it. To round out my sageuk education. For science. ;-)

Yes, I hated the ending so much and the way the show treated Jin-ju, after she kept on being put second by every person who she has risked her life for she ends up with the painter guy who does not respect who she is and instead wants to make her an average girl, no fighting. Gah I hate the ending of that show,

This would make me finish this drama. Baby JI Chang-wook deserves better that what he got. Gonna settles with this together with fanmade clips. Thanks @cherkell!

6 years! Your ending is just amazing @cherkell ! I've never been so immersed in any drama before or since this one. So the writers did do something right, (or maybe JCW and YSH did something right).

I would be rather delighted if this was the ending, the ending was Korean and apt loved it.

wow! for some reason all this time I thought i'd finished WBDS but reading this I don't remeber that terrible ending, so i'm guessing my brain either had selective amnesia due to the atrocity, or i might've dropped it after hearing the dreaded E(xtension) word...Great alternative scenarios though!👍

I’m so glad that I’m not the only person still pissed off about the WBDS ending after so long! I have never wanted to unwatch an episode as much as I do the finale.

Just reading this reminded me of Woonah and made me bawl my eyes out all over again💔😭😭 Its 2018, almost 7 years,but i am still f*cking pissed off at the nightmare the finale was!!😭😭 I wont ever forgive the writer for killing Woonah nope never ever!! may he rot in hell for eternity!! I F*CKING HATE HIM!! 😭😭

It's almost 2019 and I always comeback to this post.

I'm currently watching YSH's "BokSu's Back" when I decided to re-watch Ruler that led me also in re-watching WBDS.

When I first watched WBDS and watched the ending I was emotionally shattered. From the start i had been rooting for Woon. Even though he went to the evil side, we all know that he's just "Following his Damn destiny". YSH owned Woon that I can't find any characters as tragic but lovable as he is. He may have little lines on this one but I really want to see another YSH performance like this.

I do understand that he is on the "Male lead status" now but i really want to see him again as the the villain who steals the show. (I really love main lead YSH but Villain YSH is something- also in I Miss You).

So Going back, WBDS is one of the dramas that even if you have watched it several times already (skipping the "Love Story"); just remembering the ending will surely piss you- BIG TIME. When I first finished it, there was a point that I don't want to suffer from the frustration that i'm feeling I paid my sibling just to watch this. the ending, we fought because she was frustrated as well.

Anyways, enough of this rant.