Can't believe someone actually wrote a defense of Truck of Doom! I thought you guys were just joking in that thread!

Great defense though @cloggie! :)

omg, I knew someone would do it!

I know I'll love this just by the title but after I read it, I really love it xD
Didn't think it'll talk about how to make a believable death for a character not suited (age wise) for the role xD
Reminded me of King od Dramas. Oh the PPL, we must make this person do this and that! we must make it somehow believable as well! xD
good piece @cloggie 😊

This was awesome and makes so much sense 😄

This was SO fun to read! 😂 Great post!

I saw the title and the picture—great pick by the way—pop up on my Twitter feed and I actually laughed out loud. I applaud you. 👏👏👏

hahahaha....this one is funny and unique LOL.

What a fun write up! I just resort to getting a good laugh or rolling my eyes at the TOD lol. Although most of the recent TOD scenes I've seen lately are just close calls...the ones where the guy swoops in at the last moment to save the girl! 😂 But sidewalks do make me nervous, especially when otp crosses them to meet up. Those get me all nervous thinking "it's coming!! TOD!!"

Funny sidenote: JBL viewers recently coined the Truck of Doom's Redemption in the show. Re: how it made it's cameo without the intention to write off a character!

This was a very well written defense, and I enjoyed reading it! I have always had a soft spot for Truck of Doom as a well-worn element to be added to any drama. It was almost like the common thread through all genres, and that made me appreciate it more. But others rarely understand that argument, so I suspect I may borrow the logic of the poor writers who cannot justify death at a young age.

Wow, this is great and the type over thinking I can get behind.

padam padam's truck of doom was horrible and gave me many a nightmare.

I was laughing until I got to the screenshot of Byung-hee. I'M STILL NOT OVER IT, OKAY.

Haha, this started as a joke but it is actually good! Congrats @cloggie Lots of people do die in traffic accidents, which is nothing to laugh about. But it had never occurred to me that dramas usually make young healthy characters exit the stage that way because it is efficient and, compared to other options, 'clean'.

However, there is one Truck of Doom I will never forgive and that is in Shut Up Flower Boy Band *sob* SPOILER ALERT: Or perhaps, to be the devil's advocate, it was actually done right because we didn't see ToD coming either (it was not a case of that slo-mo of impending doom). Nevertheless, in my personal heart of hearts any way of killing off my favourite character was unforgivable. 💔

Great defense! If I were the judge I'd probably say 'Not guilty' BUT SUFBB's ToD is something I cannot forget. Byung-Heeeee T_T

A fun read ! I can accept your argument. :D

Great defence @cloggie. From one ajumma to another, let's just say I first watched the Truck of Doom when it starred alongside Song Seung-heon and Song Hye Kyo (ooh and Won Bin). Emotional and psychological scarring, never could bring myself to watch those scenes again. Still get freaked out when some truck or bus screeches to a halt at the traffic junction.

But I think it's been so overused that I'm starting to blank out those Truck of Doom scenes -- did that for Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim (hi-five ajumma style) and Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho. Until Eun Tak's death scene in Goblin, that just brought back all the eww..

Still, I believe your defence will help my psyche heal. Thanks!

Oh I was waiting for this one! But did you really have to remind me of SUFBB's Truck of Doom? Not Okay.

Truck of doom thanks you for appreciating his efforts in ensuring plot movement.

You just made my day @cloggie. This is such a fun read and the kind of reasoning I can get behind. Maybe we really should just enjoy ToD and be grateful the writers didn't make it even more outlandish than it is.

I almost spewed my tea on the computer screen when I read the title of this post, so knew I had to read it.

I didn't really realize the TOD was used so much until Dramabeans did the trope post series. After that, I started to get nervous whenever there was a pedestrian scene in anticipation of a TOD incident. After the first TOD in Black, I decided to read the recaps first. That show seemed to have a running tally going.

Good post! Thank you for sharing @cloggie.

actually sudden cardiac arrest and stroke cases are increasing. Because people just don´t sleep. average sleep hours in my region are around 5 and a half. they start their own company and work nonstop. it is more dangerous than it seems, because it causes iron deficiency and low oxygen levels in the brain. the body cannot renew the blood cells if you dont sleep especially with young people, high metabolism, 3 sleepless nights in row while working can be lethal. I bet it is similar for SK. but not exactly heart attack, more like shock /arrest. but also, of course, low oxygen levels, fatigue from anemia can cause carelessness, low concentration and unclear vision, so truck of doom is possible, too. Rather, a bus of doom though, because on normal city streets there are no trucks, they have spearate roads around the city.
if only characters (and people!) slept more, we could avoid so many accidents. (why are they even outside at night? go to bed!) not to mention driving accidents with sleepy drivers (it has raised to 20% of accidents for us! crazy! Like, what the hell are you doing, Truck Driver? You can kill a person if you´re up and working 24/7!!!!

*spoilers for SUFFBB ahead*
To be honest, this is why I have no problem with Byung Hee dying in Shut Up: Flower Boy Band.
First of all, he was a cameo. So he has to get out somehow.
And what better way to do that, when he's a eccentric bad boy rocker, than to have him die and use his death as a catalyst for the rest of the drama? Usually I would get annoyed at a death for plot driving purposes and no other reason, but when you're a cameo, you don't really have much other choice. Also I felt like the death catalyst was handle very well and realistically considering the story and the characters involved.
Of course, I knew Min Ki was a cameo and that he died before finished episode 2, so I did have a heads up which certainly helped said Obligatory Truck of Doom, and my subsequent flinch.

Apparently, I am the odd one out when it comes to the SUFBB TOD...
Well then...

I did a double take at the title before I clicked on the post. Thanks for the fun read!