[Drama chat] Your fantasy drama pairing (2023 version)
by missvictrix
‘Twas a good chat back in September 2022 when we first named our fantasy drama pairings. Well, over a year later, it’s time to revisit those pairings.
This is your space to either rejoice that the drama gods heard your plea, rejig what you now consider a perfect bit of casting, or reimagine your casting fantasies altogether. After all, we’ve got a possible Seo In-gook x Lee Sung-kyung pairing on the horizon, and that is a miracle bit of casting I might not have been able to dream up myself.
It’s time to pair up your favorites and see what kind of magical drama chemistry you can create.
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1 Bunny Sonaki
November 12, 2023 at 5:20 AM
We have seen this pairing before but I want badly to see Lee Dong-wook and Yoo In-ah again.
As for some future pairings I want Lee Soo-hyuk and Kim Hee-sun in a Saeguk of their own to relish in their chemistry as one episode wasn't enough to satisfy me
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Kitsune Moon
November 12, 2023 at 6:11 AM
YES for both!
Lee Dong Wook * Yoo In Ah. For real, they should just get married in real life already!
And Lee So Hyuk & Kim Hee Sun, for real? What a perfect match, even though she's like, 15 years older than him.
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Bunny Sonaki
November 12, 2023 at 7:21 AM
Yeah, the age gap is big but they are cativating together.
Plus one for Lee Dong-wook and Yoo In-ah as married couple
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Kitsune Moon
November 12, 2023 at 8:56 AM
yeah, LSH & KHS were totally believable together! Their story had me ugly crying LOL
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2 Seon-ha
November 12, 2023 at 5:42 AM
If I've said it once, I've said it, well, uh, maybe, twice...I would like to see a comedy--an actually funny comedy--with Lee Jung-shin (Lawyer Do from Sh**ting Stars) and Jung Yong-hwa (Hot Scientist Shin from BrainWorks). In both of those dramas I've mentioned, these two aren't always playing for laughs, but when they do...it's amazing and I want to see more of it, with them together.
What I'm pitching here would be a CNBLUE bromance comedy.
There will not be a traditional ML-2ML tension, they won't be playing as musicians, and there sure as hell will not be a "who gets the girl" trope. Instead, it'll be the two of them somehow trying to make their way in the world. It could be a straight-man v. clown relationship...it could even be a comedic murder mystery. Don't care. Hell, even Kang Min-hyuk could show up--although I'd insist he'd play the drums. Just for no reason. Spontaneous jaw-dropping drumwork.
Let's see it peepul! I think it'd draw AT LEAST a 1.5% SK viewing marketshare. 👌😉🙌
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Midnight
November 12, 2023 at 6:03 AM
I would love that show!!
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3 Soyesterday
November 12, 2023 at 6:01 AM
Im assuming this doesnt just include romantic pairings, if so then...
Kim Hye-soo with either Lee Bo-young, Kim Hee-ae or Im Soo-Jung,
any combination of Jun Ji-Hyun, Song Hye-kyo and Son Ye-Jin (have any of the 00s "it girls" ever worked together?)
Gong Yoo and Namgoong Min, preferably in a comedy.
Hot Ahjussi's, Ji Jin-hee, Yoo Ji-tae and Cha Seung-won in an action vehicle
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Seon-ha
November 12, 2023 at 6:08 AM
This last idea needs to actually be called, Hot Ajusshis. I’d watch the crap out of that. 🤣😭🔥
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Kitsune Moon
November 13, 2023 at 6:55 AM
if we're doing ajusshis *ahem* then we can't leave out
my, our, ajussi Lee Sun-Kyun!!! SMOKING HOT AJUSSHIS thank you very much!
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Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
November 12, 2023 at 9:35 AM
But then I would have to buy a new TV, because the one I have would be ON FIRE. (But it would be worth it.)
How about Jang Seung-jo and Chun Woo-hee in a twisty, comedic, romantic thriller where everyone has well-founded trust issues?
Also, I'd like to see him and Kang So-ra together again in something that's actually good *cough*StrangersAgain*cough*.
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wonhwa
November 12, 2023 at 11:07 AM
Can I vote for these are romantic pairings as well?
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4 Britney
November 12, 2023 at 6:05 AM
I want to see Lee Seung Gi & Han Hyo Joo paired together again. After The Law Cafe aired, I wondered how different the show might've been if Hyo Joo had played Yuri. Don't get me wrong, I liked Lee Se Young's performance and I liked Yuri as a character but I know she was quite divisive and I just wondered how Hyo Joo would've played the character. They also came to mind when I learned of the Marry My Husband casting. I could see Hyo Joo as the lead character more so than Park Min Young. I think it's because I've seen Hyo Joo playing quiet, unassuming in Moving and she's played confident and proactive in other things like Happiness vs Min Young who seems to play more cheery, beautiful characters who makes it hard to believe they've ever gone through hardships especially due their looks or personality. I think Seung Gi could play a confident boss as well as threatening or passive aggressive intimidation such as in The King 2 Hearts and he can also do simp as in The Law Cafe.
Plus they're friends in reality so I wonder how their real life familiarity and comfort with each other would translate onscreen. Also, they've both grown and gotten more experience as actors so I wonder how they would work together now.
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Midnight
November 12, 2023 at 6:42 AM
I would love thet too!
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5 Kitsune Moon
November 12, 2023 at 6:17 AM
Repeating what Bunny S said, Lee Dong Wook + Yoo In Ah; Lee So Hyuk + Kim Hee Sun.
Also, Lee Jun Ki + Moon Chae Won because they just sparkled together!
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6 Wise
November 12, 2023 at 6:41 AM
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7 Wise
November 12, 2023 at 6:42 AM
Kim Young Kwang and Park Bo Young again in a slice of life x rom-com drama (the one without murder mystery subplot).
Lee Jun Ho and Park Eun Bin in drama written by No Hee Kyung.
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immawish
November 14, 2023 at 11:14 AM
Oh I see On Your Wedding Day still scarred you huh....
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8 Storyenthusiast
November 12, 2023 at 6:46 AM
As a fan of the romantic dramas, I’d love to see two of my favorites together, Park Bo Young and Ji Chang Wook.
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9 aicaramba
November 12, 2023 at 7:12 AM
I only thought of pairing up Kim Seul Gi and D.O. because of the last Cast Away prompt, and now I can't get them out of my head! I'd love to see them in a feel good comedy... not necessarily as lovers, but maybe as twins!
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10 panshel
November 12, 2023 at 7:43 AM
My 2022 fantasy pairings haven't come true (and now one will never come true Yoo Ah-in 😭).
Also on the horizon, a possible Jung Hae-in x Park Bo-young pairing in rom-com Mom's Friend's Son (puppy couple) and a possible Jun Ji-hyun x Kang Dong-won pairing in drama The North Star (power couple).
My new fantasy pairings are from my "Cast Away" casting in addition to actors of the same/similar age.
-Chae Jong-hyeop (1993) x Chae Soo-bin (1994) or Park Gyu-young (1993)
-Lee Jae-wook (1998) x Shin Ye-eun (1998)
-Roh Yoon-seo (2000) x Moon Sang-min (2000) or Kim Jae-won (2001)
-Kang Hoon (1991) x Ahn Eun-jin (1991)
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Lalla32
November 13, 2023 at 9:50 AM
Chae Jong-hyeop (1993) x Chae Soo-bin (1994)
Oh, I like it!
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immawish
November 14, 2023 at 11:15 AM
Oh!! Chae Jonghyeop x Chae Soobin or Park Gyuyoung!! never thought of that but that would be nice!!!
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11 jillian
November 12, 2023 at 8:27 AM
Kwak Dong Yeon and Kim Dami in a romcom
Park Bogum and Kim Dami in a psychological thriller
Lee Junki and Moon Chae Won in a romcom
Joo Ji Hoon and Jun Ji Hyun in another drama/movie with a better script
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12 jerrykuvira
November 12, 2023 at 8:57 AM
Kim Sung-kyun and Kang Mal-geum in their own romance story, where everything happens.
Seo In-gook and Kim Ji-won.
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13 Kitsune Moon
November 12, 2023 at 9:15 AM
Lee Min Ho + Kim Beom as chaotic besties (instant chemistry, they're both cancers)
Lee Jun Ki + Lee So Hyuk as an opposites-attract crime-fighting duo
Hwang Bo Ra, Shin Hae Sun, Hyeri, Seol In Ah, Kim Go Eun and Kim Se Jeong in a girlpower romcom
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14 imzadi
November 12, 2023 at 10:37 AM
I would love to see Nam Ji-hyun paired again with Seo In Guk or Ji Chang-wook. And Jung Hae-in as someone new.
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immawish
November 14, 2023 at 11:17 AM
Suspicious Partner was fun when it was airing but I truly cannot remember what happened in that... but yes! a reunion!!
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15 tabong is ironing the crosswalk
November 12, 2023 at 10:46 AM
1. KIM SEUL GI AND KANG KI YEONG.
I've been waiting for this to happen since 2016.
Even my first post on DB is about them. 🥺 Can't I have this just once? They're such a chaotic duo for a romcom. I would love to see it.
2. Moon Chae Won unnie and Song Joon Gi. Yes, I know about Innocent Man existence.
3. Lee Min Jung and Ji Sung or So Ji Sub.
4. Go Ah Ra and Seo Kang Joon.
5. Kim Tae Ri and Bo Na for the first GL in kdramaland because their chemistry in 25-21 was insane.
6. Ro Woon and Anh Hyo Seob in a BL because A Time Called You killed them.
7. Seo In Guk and Han Hyo Joo. (Something like Flower of Evil meets Love Affairs in the Afternoon meets Happiness).
8. Yoon Eun Hye and Sung Joon (Lie to Me revenge).
9. Jang Ki Yong and Chae Soo Bin.
10. Moon Geun Young and Yoon Shi Yoon.
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Storyenthusiast
November 12, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Yes, yes, yes to #1. Genius pairing!
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tabong is ironing the crosswalk
November 12, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Yes, please!!
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16 Qingdao: likes scented candles
November 12, 2023 at 10:53 AM
IU & Lee Jong-Suk - let's see their real-life relationship bloom like Hyun Bin & Seo Ye-Jin!
Kang Tae-Ho & Kim You-Jung - cuteness overload!
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17 zindigo
November 12, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Lee Tae Sun and Kim Se Jeong. I think they'd make an amazing romcom couple. Especially if it was some kind of crazy caper. It could be modern or historical.
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18 Kurama
November 12, 2023 at 12:01 PM
I think between the imagination and the reality there is a gap. On paper, some couples seemed perfect but at the end, they were meh and vice versa. So I don't really have a fantasy couple.
I wish to see Nam Ji-Hyun with Kim Soo-Hyun after Will it Snow for Christmas and Nam Ji-Hyun with Kang Ha-Neul after Angel Eyes. For both dramas, the childhood part was way better than the rest and it was quite frustrating.
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immawish
November 14, 2023 at 11:20 AM
tbh!! I truly don't know if I'd bother to continue with the adult counterpart if it weren't for Nam Jihyun and Kang Haneul....
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19 redfox
November 12, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Kim Beom and Kim Seul Gi who are goblin siblings working in a world class restaurant.
both would have their own crushes (Seulgi way too many so her brother is like "I can´t keep track of who you eat and who you date!") but can she help it if they run away when they see she has a huge hole in her body where heart should be? and the brother has one crush he daydreams about who but he cannot talk to her, why? cause if she looks in his eye she will turn to stone. just because. so far, it has only happened to a chicken. " this bird seems to be overcooked, it´s like a rock!"
the quest is to collect 10 000 tears of joy, to be reincarnated as mountain gods. "I dont want to any more. being sous shef is hard enough."
so basically two goblins just looking for meaning of life and trying to accept themselves as they are. like we all live.
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redfox
November 12, 2023 at 12:20 PM
and when he explains its like "you turned her into a chicken? no I turned a rock into chik...I mean, a chicken into a rock!" - "I dont think she minds tho?"
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20 DancingEmma
November 12, 2023 at 4:15 PM
1. Esom and Junho as time travelling union leaders. ( Junho needs help getting out of his crappy but lucrative rom com destiny. I rather them be comrades in arms than lovers but I would watch the hell out of a tragic love affair with them.
2. Yang HyeJi and Lee Jaewook: Both were so charming and had such wonderful chemistry that I would love to see the exact same characters (names can change) in a sliding door drama which shows them interacting extensively in different possible realities. I would pay to see this. Seriously.
3. Jung Somin and Kim Woobin as ghosts who can become corporeal if they facilitate one systemic change in the communities they love.
4. Son Woohyun (I like his acting so much because of To my star and (2)) and Ren Meguro (Who is my favourite Japanese actor). I want them to either be star-crossed lovers who will eventually find each other in a time-travel syorynor subversive university students who find common ground in opposing the Japanese colonial rule (I would like RM’s character to be korean and Japanese).
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DancingEmma
November 12, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Mea culpa for the typos.
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21 Mandy
November 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
I could list out so MANY fantasy pairings I’d love to see but I’ll try to limit it to a few!
Reunion:
Definitely Jeon Ji-hyun and Kim Soo-hyun would be an ultimate dream. They were absolutely 🔥 together. And Jang Geun-suk and Park Shin-hye in a melo or something. They were just adorable together and had tons of chemistry. Really want to see them in more mature and romantic setting. Then there’s Kim Soo-hyun-IU, Nam Joo-hyuk-Lee Sung-kyung. ‘Nuff said.
New Pairings:
Kim Tae-hee and Rain (yes I’m cheating because it’s not exactly fantasy lol). Lee Seung-gi and Park Shin Hye would be lovely together I think. And… Hyun Bin-Jeon Ji Hyun!!
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22 9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
November 13, 2023 at 2:51 AM
I would love to see these pairings:
1. Namgoong Min and Park Eun Bin in either a full-on romance or a rom-com. They dealt well together in HOT STOVE LEAGUE and I started thinking they might just have enough chemistry for a romance.
2. Kim Dong-Wook and Park Bo-Young together in a supernatural Sageuk investigating spooky stuff on behalf of the Empress's secret service and tripping head-first into accidental love along the way.
3. Ji Chang-Wook and Nam Joo-Hyuk working together to pull off the heist of a lifetime. But what they are stealing is not exactly what anyone might expect.
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Semma Vetti
November 14, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Yes, please for 1!
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23 Healer’s
November 13, 2023 at 4:27 AM
In a post about dream pairings last year, I wished for Ji Chang Wook and Shin Hye Sun pairing, and that’s become true!! It’s three weeks from now and I am so excited already.
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24 mmmmm
November 13, 2023 at 6:04 AM
I think Han So-hee and BB Kim Seon-ho have really nice chemistry irl. I’m not sure though if that will translate to when they work in a project together. But I still wanna see this pairing.
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25 Gum Shoe
November 13, 2023 at 8:08 AM
I would love a Yoon Eun Hye comeback drama this year.
She could be paired with so many:
Old magical pairing:
Gong Yoo
Joo Ji Hoon (it would be great see how far they came from the lightning in a bottle pairing but newbie acting)
New interesting pairing:
Lee Minki (could break the X-Man meme that haunts her)
Son Seon Gu
Eric (finally have the missed Que Sera Sera pairing)
Yoo Yeon Seok
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26 welh
November 13, 2023 at 9:06 AM
In this installment, I would like to see Namkoong Min and Lee Yu-Ri paired as husband and wife in a situation where they love each other sooooooooo much they try to outdo each other in showing their affection, appreciation and love to the other. I can see the back-and-forth starting small, growing into bigger and elaborate gifts, to surreal and fantasy events, then to outrageously expensive shows of affection that bankrupts the couple.
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27 Lalla32
November 13, 2023 at 10:01 AM
I just had a vision:
Choi woo Shik and Kim Tae Ri <3
Another silly dream:
Chae Soo Bin and Junho
Siwan and Shin Hye Sun maybe?
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28 immawish
November 14, 2023 at 11:11 AM
I don't know about you but Kim Soohyun and Suzy has never leave my mind not even once since dream high. And I just think their chemistry was insane in Dream High given how raw and green both were..... imagine how it would be now.....
Also... I just need to see Han Hyojoo and Yoo Yeonseok again because if I clung to a 5 mins scene of them in a movie..... then a whole drama would be the death of me
And Jeon Yeobeen with Son Sukku reunion like god I NEED THEM NOW!!!!!!!
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immawish
November 14, 2023 at 11:19 AM
now that I think about it I forgot about the ultimate pairing that I just... want to happen like with the worst drama script ever I don't care.... Yeo Jingoo and Kim Sohyun... where you at.................................
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29 Semma Vetti
November 14, 2023 at 11:57 AM
1. Lee Jae Wook and IU together in a show, preferably comedy, but genre is immaterial.
2. Investigative action comedy with Hyun Bin and Shin Hye Sun, with Shin Hye Sun being tsundere and Hyun Bin bringing comic relief.
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30 Violabelle
November 15, 2023 at 2:09 AM
Rowoon with somebody tall
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9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
November 15, 2023 at 8:56 AM
The poor dude needs a FL who is tall enough that he doesn't need to bend almost double for kissing scenes.
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Kurama
November 15, 2023 at 2:01 PM
Ahn Hyo-Seop was tall 😁
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9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
November 15, 2023 at 6:37 PM
@Kurama The weird thing is that Ahn Hyo-Seop is pretty much as tall (or almost as tall) as Rowoon but people haven't been noticing that he too needs to bend quite far down to kiss some of his FLs.
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Kurama
November 15, 2023 at 9:07 PM
I was more talking about their couple in A Time Called You.
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31 🌸 Seeker 🌸
November 22, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Yeo Jin-goo and Kang So-ra
Lee Je-hoon and Lee Jae-Wook
So Ji-sub and Yoo Ji-tae
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