[Drama Chat] If you could be a drama character for a day
by missvictrix
Imagine a genie has just appeared in a dust bunny under your bed and granted you a wish: you can become the drama character of your choice for one day.
Rather than picking the drama character you’re most like, or the story world that best matches your current life, what if you could be a gumiho wandering through present-day Seoul? Or a feisty lawyer, the CEO of a cutthroat conglomerate, or a fencing athlete all sweaty and joyful?
Or, if you’re me, you could be Kang Seo-hae in Sisyphus — not because the drama was good, but because I love a heroine who’s tough as nails in a fight, and driven by love under her fierce exterior. Seo-hae could hold her own against soldiers, cops, and secret agents — even in an evening gown. Just give the girl a fork off the buffet table to defend herself.
If you could be a character in a drama for one day, who would you want to be, and why?
Let the chatting begin!
Thanks to @mmmmm for the prompt.
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1 pohonphee
March 13, 2022 at 7:00 AM
Choi Woong in Our Beloved Summer, because his luck soars through the roof 😆😆 I would like spending the day, just doing my drawing hobby, reading my favorite book under the sun, and still bringing in money.
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2 Kurama
March 13, 2022 at 7:17 AM
Kang Seo-hae was a badass but I'd rather not have fought for my life all day.
One day is short. So I need someone rich, I don't want to test every part-time jobs existing in Korea.
Do Min-Joon from My Love from the Stars? He was rich and had a lot of great powers!
Dan-Oh from Extraordinary You, she was such a cute bubble of energy and surrounded by handsome boys only.
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3 Marmar78
March 13, 2022 at 7:20 AM
I would love to be yo oon so from faith .
Because of the adventures of going through a time travel and the true love she found there .a love you would leave not only your country but your century for .i also loved how caring cho young was around her they healed each other completely .
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Anu09
March 13, 2022 at 10:27 AM
Me as well!!!...Loved that drama😍
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dramamad
March 14, 2022 at 6:47 AM
One of my early dramas! I was obsessed with it and it still has a piece of my heart. Still salty about that tame ending though
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4 neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
March 13, 2022 at 7:22 AM
Since I'm in 25-21 high, I'd like to be Na Hee-do. Just to be on the receiving end of Bank Yi-jin's stares because damn those are melting!
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neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
March 13, 2022 at 7:27 AM
*Baek *facepalm*
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ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae
March 13, 2022 at 9:12 AM
Hey, at least it’s not Back Yi-jin 😭.
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wapz
March 13, 2022 at 10:55 AM
This was so irritating in the first few episodes! Thankfully they changed it to Baek soon.
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neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
March 13, 2022 at 12:27 PM
Have they changed it? I didn't notice xD
fab
March 14, 2022 at 11:59 AM
Yeah when did netflix change it?? Or better yet where, either am just traumatised or seeing things.
Lord Cobol (Kdramas, like water, flow downhill)
March 13, 2022 at 10:32 AM
Bank Yi-jin is his wealthier look-alike cousin.
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Doppelganger
March 13, 2022 at 6:30 PM
😂😂😂
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parkchuna 🍉
March 14, 2022 at 12:17 AM
or a pre-bankrupcy Yi Jin, as known to his friends behind his back.
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Palaa
March 13, 2022 at 9:39 AM
I came here to say this!!!! Just to receive a love like Yi jin's
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Tizzy
March 13, 2022 at 10:11 PM
I was gonna say the same thing!
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5 jerrykuvira
March 13, 2022 at 7:44 AM
1. Cheok Sa Kwang in SFD. To possess and wield her Goksan Technique for an hour would make my day.
2. I'm undecided between Seokhyung or Jun-wan in Hospital Playlist 1 & 2. Both had this social awkwardness I'd like to live in. (Watching a fav show in my closet, or secret date a lifetime in a day).
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earthna
March 13, 2022 at 12:17 PM
Cheok Sakwang is goals!
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6 Jezz
March 13, 2022 at 8:20 AM
Sa Hye-jun (Park Bo-gum) from Record of Youth
I always wanted to be a good model-actor because I still keeping struggled both of my acting and modelling experiences. So I felt lucky if director/PD calling me and then I am always excited for my first acting credit whether if I will be my first extra role or even a supporting role too soon. If the director/PD of a commercial calling me to be one of a models, then I will not be afraid or nervous because the commercial ad director/PD will decide what will should do for me. (For example, the TVC director/PD wanting me to play a dancing guy to find a good partner.)
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7 SnarkyJellyfish
March 13, 2022 at 8:32 AM
I saw this prompt and the first character who popped into my head was Dokko Jin from Best Love . He may be my favorite male lead of all time. He's so over-the-top and obnoxious, but he's also a squishy marshmallow inside, that it would be so much fun to be like that for a day. He had the confidence I wish I had and he was so protective and fierce for the ones he loved.
The other charscter would be almost the female equivalent, Byun Hye-young from Father is Strange, my forever avatar here, because she's confident, smart and has a wardrobe to die for.
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beffels
March 13, 2022 at 3:05 PM
😄 Dokko Jin was the first person I thought of too. Serious confidence!
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8 ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae
March 13, 2022 at 9:24 AM
Uhh, maybe Kim Boong-do from Queen In-hyun’s Man? Not the trauma and murdered family part obviously, but it’d be cool to be as intelligent, savvy, and resourceful as he was in what was such an alien environment to him (modern-day Seoul). A believably competent man without falling into the Gary Stu trope. Also I want to kiss Yoo Inna.
(That last part definitely did not play the biggest role in my choosing of this character. Absolutely not.)
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9 Palaa
March 13, 2022 at 9:46 AM
Jin young-so from business proposal. Rich, not spoiled, awesome friends, no apparent family trauma. She only has superficial worries about life.
(I'm currently also fleeing my mom's matchmaking attempts , so kinda relate to her too. Btw I fled to South Korea my dear beans)
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10 Mike
March 13, 2022 at 10:59 AM
I read the headline and out of my brain spontaneously popped the name 'Veronica Park'. And I'm like 'Ach! Think of another name, quick!'
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tumblesunny
March 13, 2022 at 3:35 PM
I'd love to be Veronica Park just to go about unapologetically flustering people
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11 la wants to feel liberated too
March 13, 2022 at 11:05 AM
Definitely Choi Aera from Fight My Way. She's confident, fierce, doesn't hide her feelings, has a fun and supportive squad beside her, and has a man she likes who's loyal to her.
Aaaannndddd also probably because her charm is multiplied by 1000x when she holds the microphone whether it's for mc ing or singing... i'm jealous
Second option is Hwang Shimok. To be stoic is what i want to become. Even though it could be lonely, no one can hurt and intimidate me.
Also to have friend like Han Yeojin in life looks fun and... enough? Cos it's Han Yeojin
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Kurama
March 13, 2022 at 11:46 AM
But you won't eat if you are Hwang Shimok :P
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la wants to feel liberated too
March 13, 2022 at 11:20 PM
I... I forget that part🤣
I'll just eat report papers then
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Kurama
March 14, 2022 at 12:26 AM
One day, I guess you can endure it :p
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la wants to feel liberated too
March 14, 2022 at 10:29 PM
I think to be Shimok for one day would be a huge achievement for me😆
12 Fly Colours
March 13, 2022 at 11:36 AM
There are many aspirational characters in Dramaland, but I guess I'd like to be Cha Hyeon (Lee Dahee in Search: www) for a day. She's smart and feisty, and she's got two besties to talk and party and smash stuff with. Besides, she's got a good job, an amazing wardrobe and legs for days to make the best of it. And to round it off, she's got spare time to enjoy her dramas and to date her cute boyfriend
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13 earthna
March 13, 2022 at 12:16 PM
Oh Mi-joo. She's living the life I wish to have lol.
Cheon Seongyi. Just to feel how it's like to be an awesome star like her.
Im Hwi. Wanna to try to live a life without worries, a confidence like no other, and being able to say everything with honesty.
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14 Beverly
March 13, 2022 at 12:27 PM
Because I'm feeling tired today, maybe Go Eun Chan. To be that young and that full of energy for a day would be lovely. It almost feels like she just sees each day, moment, and interaction as an adventure or opportunity waiting to happen.
And of course Han Kyul being so smitten doesn't hurt.
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15 lillamy
March 13, 2022 at 12:32 PM
Son O-gong of Hwayugi.
All-powerful, all-confident, awesome swag. I'd be dishing out some justice and pull mean pranks on dictators as well as leap some mountains for some excellent food and desserts all around the world.
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16 tumblesunny
March 13, 2022 at 3:20 PM
Han Se-Gye from Beauty Inside! She's confident, witty and kind. And even though living in a stranger's body one week per month is an unwelcome ability for her, I think it could be a fun experience (especially considering there are no lasting effects from that switch, meaning she can eat as much as she wants).
But I do tend to be charmed by any role Seo Hyun-jin plays.
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17 miso
March 13, 2022 at 3:36 PM
Kim Jun-wan from Hospital Playlist! I'd be bold and confident in everything I do. I'll have a great job that I'll excel at and be a good leader to my juniors. I'd be a loving and reliable friend and life-partner. I'd be cute even when I'm angry or acting childishly. And I'd be reed-thin even with my food fighter ways 😬🤗.
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18 LaurenSophie
March 13, 2022 at 3:39 PM
Chae-Young (PMY's character) in Healer: she's smart, capable, brave, has an amazing group of men to call family, strives to be a great journalist, is effortlessly beautiful, and is utterly adored by her superhero boyfriend. Must be nice.
Go-Hye ran in Misty: she's not really a good person, but she's brilliant, says and does whatever it takes to win, and almost never loses her composure. It'd be fun to be that cool and unapologetically self-interested for just one day.
SIG's character in "High School King of Savvy": athletic, charming, ridiculously good-looking, beloved by all, has a hilarious grandfather, and finds the right person to spend his life with before he's even 20 (that last one is the only thing I personally have in common with him, lol). I'd also love to live one day as basically any teen character having fun with all the tropey coming-of-age moments. My high school years were pretty miserable so it'd be nice to live the highly romanticized version of them that kdramas are so good at depicting.
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19 panshel
March 13, 2022 at 3:57 PM
I would be a fantasy character so I can have magical powers for a day, so alien Do Min-joon in My Love from the Star, goblin Kim Shin in Goblin, or gumiho Shin Woo-yeo in My Roommate is a Gumiho.
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20 beantown
March 13, 2022 at 4:46 PM
Easy choice for me- Oh Hye-won from Secret Love Affair, for the grounded realism, the badass sass or just that ponytail.
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21 jaxiefish
March 13, 2022 at 6:01 PM
💯 I would choose Na Hee Do from 2521, just to be on the opposite end of Baek YiJin’s heart eyes and side smile ❤️❤️
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22 anniemo
March 13, 2022 at 6:43 PM
Just one? Oh man, oh man, who do I pick? My first thought is Yeo-chi from History of a Salaryman, because yes, she's insane, BUT also a completely hilarious one-of-a-kind badass. But then I think of Su-ji in Because This Life Is My First and Kim Na-na in City Hunter and Seok-hee in Graceful Family and Soo-kyung in Oh Hae Young Again. Tough, strong, smart, brave, and unforgettably unique all. For just one day I wouldn't mind having what it takes to unabashedly march to the beat of my own drum, charge headlong into danger, and generally kick a** (both literal and metaphorical).
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23 FormAnOrderlyQueue
March 13, 2022 at 7:00 PM
This is random - Kim So-young/Jang Bong-hwan in Mr Queen on the day s/he had almost zero ingredients and managed to create "McDonalds" for the entire royal court and saved the reputation of the king. Total career best - I'd feel smug for the rest of time.
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24 Hae
March 13, 2022 at 9:20 PM
Maybe any of the girls from the main trio of “Be Melodramatic”. They have each other's backs unconditionally through everything that life throws at them! Writing scripts is a teeny-tiny, secret aspiration I have, so if I have to choose, I would pick Chun Woo-hee's character. But is not chasing after actors and calling them “oppa” so that they want to pose for the PPL you've designed also fun?
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25 Zora
March 13, 2022 at 11:51 PM
I want to be Sung Deok Sun for a day! I will have a breakfast with No Eul, Appa and Eomma then go on a date with Taekkie, and have a drink with Sunwoo, Bora, Junghwan at Dong Ryong's restaurant afterwards.
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