[Choose your epilogue] Cloggie fixed it
by Guest Beanie
Go Back Spouses
By Cloggie
It’s always tough to say goodbye at the end of a drama to characters we loved and followed for 16 episodes. But what’s even tougher is when there is no goodbye. When all that the beloved characters get is just one sentence, or an image of them looking glum, or they’re totally forgotten about as the drama focuses on cute scenes between the OTP, neglecting those characters who aren’t the Chosen Ones.
Yes, I’m talking about the second leads. We have followed their stories and their quest to find love, only to find it ultimately doomed. With some of my favorite second leads in recent dramas, I’m left wondering what had happened to them after they’ve been turned down. And. They. Don’t. Tell. You.
This is how I feel about endings like that for our second leads…
You Who Forgot Poetry
Let’s face it: just because the boy or girl you fancy actually ends up with someone else doesn’t mean your life is over! It just feels like that for a few weeks (or months). I want to fix this by using three epilogues to show you what happened to three of our second leads after they got over their heartbreak.
Epilogue 1: You Who Forgot Poetry
Min-ho has come to realize that patients are important and that he really should be studying hard. In a montage, we see him and Nam-woo with books, working with patients and then graduating. Then, Min-ho gets a call from his mum asking him to come for a buffet dinner in the hotel. He’s short with her and says he’s got plans with Nam-woo. “Oh, is that your friend who graduated top of your class? Bring him as well.” Min-ho tells Nam-woo he doesn’t want to go because it’s probably for his brother’s birthday, but it’s free dinner. That makes it an easy decision for Nam-woo. Once they get there, Min-ho is surprised that his brother isn’t actually there. His mum tells him that they wanted to buy him dinner because he graduated.
“Now that you’ve graduated, we would like to offer you and your friend a job in our hospital,” his father says. “Your mum and I… we’re proud of you.” Min-ho is shocked and waits for his father to say “Just kidding!” like he always does. And then is very happy when he sees they are serious. Nam-woo can only just control his tears when he realizes he’s got a job at last.
Look at Min-ho being super-happy that Cloggie fixed his life.
You Who Forgot Poetry
Epilogue 2: Are You Human Too
After Ye-na redeemed herself from “annoying second lead” status and recorded her murderer father on her phone in the last episode, all she got as an ending was this: We’re told she’s moved in with her mum in Boston and rarely leaves the house.
I want to know more — because how is that fair to the girl?
Luckily, in the epilogue we will find out that this was just a lie that the minion told her father to throw him off her trail. Because really, she’s perfectly happy with the outcome that the guy who tried to kill her fiancé is now in prison.
Are You Human Too
She’s gone through a tough time after Nam-shin broke their engagement but now, a year later, she’s thrown herself into her new career as a wedding planner. She’s well-known for her no-nonsense approach towards people throwing tantrums when the flowers aren’t exactly the way they wanted them to be. Girl doesn’t stand for any of that nonsense.
Her connections to the Rich and Famous have made her the event organizer to use. The epilogue shows grateful families happy with the results. She tells them with a smile that marriage is no longer for her, but she wants other people’s weddings to be as perfect as they can be.
Epilogue 3: Go Back Spouses
At the end of Go Back Spouses, I was really left wondering what happened to Nam-gil. Sure, we see him with a kid, but what I really wanted to know was: Is he still a CEO earning 60 billion won?
In this epilogue we find out a bit more about what happened to him.
Go Back Spouses
Jin-joo and Ban-do are watching TV, their child between them, when Nam-gil comes on the screen. In an interview, he’s asked why he became such a highly successful CEO of a company with a 60 billion won turnover. He explains that what really shaped his success was his relationship with his family. His stepmother became important to him after high school and his tight friendships have made all of this possible.
He tells the amusing story about how he used to be a total square before he got absorbed into this crazy group of friends and he ultimately joined their movie club. He really got into movies and he and his then girlfriend (now his wife) went through a phase of dressing up like Korean versions of scenes from famous American movies.
Come Here and Hug Me
They went to New York for a few years but he wanted to keep in touch with his family and friends. He still wanted to watch movies with them even though they now lived in different cities. He developed an app that let people from all over the world watch movies together and comment. As he lived in New York, he called it Bun.NY. So that’s how he became rich because of his weird group of friends.
Jin-joo and Ban-do smile. They know that even without them, he would have been rich and successful. Just then, they get a text from Nam-gil. “Did you see me?” And then: “Anybody up for a Bun.ny watch of this new drama?”
As you can see, all three of our second leads went on to lead a happy life. I wished that the dramas had showed us this… but it’s okay, because Cloggie fixed it.
Are You Human Too
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1 deadlybaby
October 11, 2018 at 10:12 PM
this was so good!! indeed, cloggie fixed it! the clever reference you made with bun.ny just made me rotfl. man it would’ve been so nice to see yena get over shin & start to live her own life doing what she likes
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2 greenfields
October 11, 2018 at 10:17 PM
This. Is. Brilliant.
I am so glad I have lived to read this. @cloggie - *finger hearts*
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Cloggie
October 12, 2018 at 1:01 AM
Thanks Greens *finger hearts* back
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3 frabbycrabsis loves KBS Drama Specials
October 11, 2018 at 10:28 PM
@cloggie, did you know that I love you? 😂♥️♥️♥️
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Cloggie
October 12, 2018 at 1:02 AM
Thanks Frabby for making my morning! ♥️♥️♥️
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4 superwhopotterlock
October 11, 2018 at 10:33 PM
Amazing epilogues of YWFP and GBC. Very clever pun of a very popular video watching site, though I've not joined.
Wait, does that mean you watch dramas with nam gil? Do I have to finally join?
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5 javinne
October 11, 2018 at 10:39 PM
You fixed them amazingly good. I love your end for Min-ho and Nam woo the most. (Ha ha, maybe because that is the only drama I have watched from the three you mentioned. 😂... not true, I also watched go back spouses), but anyway... I like A poem a day better.
Hey! You also made me feel guilty.
I want to write my contribution to this serie, but I also was thinking of epilogues for some of or blissfully OTPs! 😳
I am that basic.
But you are right. Most of the time is second leads or second characters who need epilogues more than the otp, because the writer focuses more on the otp (like, all the time)...
Nevertheless, there are few dramas where since the plot is more complex, some otp endings are lacking... I will still think of some of them and see if I can fix them, like you did! 😉
Thank you for writing your part and doing your task😊
I will promote you 😂
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Cloggie
October 12, 2018 at 1:05 AM
You can write cute OTP moments - there are plenty of OTP stories that need 'fixing' too!
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6 gadis
October 11, 2018 at 10:51 PM
Cloggie, I love this. Sunbae needs all the good things in life. I'm happy to know that he is still in contact with his quirky band of friends. And bun.NY!! What a great invention 😉
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7 Jules
October 11, 2018 at 10:54 PM
Bun.ny. Hahahaha. We need a Cloggie fairy for sooo many dramas!
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8 ravennightstar
October 11, 2018 at 10:54 PM
O.M.G.
Love, love, loveeee this!!
The last one is my favourite! ♥♥ As much as I loved the happy ending we got for our leads, I was really bummed that all we saw of Nam-gil was him walking away with his kid. That's it!! I wanted to know who he married, what his job was now and why he wasn't in touch with his friends from the past!
Now I can rest in peace because my questions have all been answered. ♥♥♥♡♡♡
Cloggie fixed it is indeed reliable!
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Cloggie
October 12, 2018 at 1:05 AM
I can rest in peace too - because in my head this is now the way all those dramas ended.
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9 🤖 liquidsoap | dreams of electric sheep
October 11, 2018 at 11:03 PM
"Look at Min-ho being super-happy that Cloggie fixed his life." oh! oh!!! me next!!! fix mine next!!!
I love this. I totallly see Yena as a star of her own wedding show on TLC. she would organize such a wonderful wedding for Shinnabon! and a beautiful secret ceremony for Shin and YH, obviously. excuse me, there's something in my eye.
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mugyuljoie is preciousss
October 11, 2018 at 11:52 PM
I think Cloggie sweetened the bitter parts of those endings.
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10 Johahaeyo
October 11, 2018 at 11:13 PM
This made my morning😂 I adored Min-ho, so I was majorly bummed when his story ended! I love all of these epilogues😍 Indeed you fixed it and made it so much better😂
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11 Giegie
October 11, 2018 at 11:22 PM
Thank you for this, Cloggie! <3
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12 RaOnAh loves Jay B 💚
October 11, 2018 at 11:24 PM
@cloggie You're the best! I love all the endings but I especially appreciate the Minho and Namwoo one 🙂
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Cloggie
October 12, 2018 at 1:09 AM
Thought you might like that one :-)
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13 panshel
October 11, 2018 at 11:26 PM
Can you fix my life too, @Cloggie?! This was amazing. I didn't think I would hear "Just kidding!" again.
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14 Cloggie
October 11, 2018 at 11:53 PM
Thanks for posting this!
I have to be honest: I forgot to give my piece a title when I submitted it - so thank you to the lovely people at Dramabeans who gave my post such a great name!
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15 outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
October 12, 2018 at 1:18 AM
BRILLIANT!
I love this tagline "Cloggie Fixed It" How I wish you these dramas ended as you wrote them!
I don't always want a perfect closure to everything in a show but it would be nice if some characters have a good send off.
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16 PakalanaPikake
October 12, 2018 at 1:39 AM
Thank you, @cloggie. Very nice essay. I only saw the latter two shows. Brava for both epilogues. ;-)
Gee, is that scene from COME HERE AND HUG ME supposed to be an homage to AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN ?
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Cloggie
October 12, 2018 at 1:51 AM
In my head it is, @pakalanapikake. As soon as I saw that Come Here and Hug me scene, it reminded me so much of An Officer and a Gentleman .
That probably dates me lol.
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PakalanaPikake
October 12, 2018 at 4:19 AM
You're not alone, @cloggie. I never saw AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, but I vaguely remember the movie posters. Another blast from the 80s. ;-)
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17 mano
October 12, 2018 at 1:54 AM
😂😂😂😂😂
Cloggie, you're amazing!
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18 Ally
October 12, 2018 at 5:12 AM
I love it! The shout-out to your Rabb.it Beanies—foreshadowing, much? Will we see you on TV, a multi-millionaire someday? I only saw APAD, but imagined a similar scenario for our friends, the two boys who didn’t get the girl. At least they get jobs, which is a start. I’m so glad I’ve met you through this site and that I so enjoy your contributions to it! You’re definitely in the right/write profession!
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19 RenOIshi
October 12, 2018 at 5:40 AM
THIS!!!!!!!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 How did you turn out to be this awesome Cloggs??!?!
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20 fay17
October 12, 2018 at 6:02 AM
Omg it took me a good 5 minutes to realize that I have been reading the Cloggified ending. In my eyes, you are qualified as a sane kdrama writer cloggie! Very very good job!
And needless to say, which one was the closest to my heart, the ending for min ho of course. How I wish the writer gave this much respect to his/her own character too, sigh.
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blnmom
October 12, 2018 at 6:49 AM
Yes, so many dramas need cloggification, sadly. Some even don't have endings for the first leads (looking at you, Prime Minister and I). Thanks for fixing it, Cloggie!
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fay17
October 12, 2018 at 9:26 AM
I have my own list of dramas which need changes too. Maybe writers are sadistic people who get some cruel pleasure in ruining their creation's arcs? :/ But a great topic to delve into no doubt.
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21 egads aka Dame Maggie
October 12, 2018 at 7:03 AM
@cloggie Your epilogue for Min-ho and Nam-woo is perfect and I hope the drama writer still wakes up in a cold sweat over the psychological torture she put those boys through.
He developed an app that let people from all over the world watch movies together and comment. As he lived in New York, he called it Bun.NY. So that’s how he became rich because of his weird group of friends.
*give cloggie the side eye* Are you insinuating your rabb.it friends are a bit weird?
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Cloggie
October 12, 2018 at 10:13 AM
Clearly this is just Nam-gil talking about his friends.
About my rabb.it friends, I'd say they're... just as weird as I am.
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22 Shefali
October 12, 2018 at 7:10 AM
what about epilogue 4 for Come and Hug Me?
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23 tsutsuloo
October 12, 2018 at 7:50 AM
@cloggie—Brilliant, as always. @girlfriday and @javabeans—Please consider making "Choose your epilogue" a regular feature for DB recaps. After the final recaps, wouldn't this be a deeply satisfying coda?
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24 Wag-a-muffin
October 12, 2018 at 8:01 AM
Great fixings! I like second leads so much I married one.
Yes, my hub is a nice guy. I wonder how I ever figured out that living with a nice guy is better than living with a cold, uncommunicative, lead?
I like 2nd leads so much I wrote that the second lead get the girl in my romance novel--actually available on Amazon Kindle. But you don't need to read it now, because I've spoiled the ending. : )
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Cloggie
October 13, 2018 at 5:11 AM
Thank you!
My point wasn't so much that I want the second lead to get the guy/girl - even though I'm sure everybody knows by now that I sometimes do!
It's more that if I'm invested in a character, I want to know what happens to them. But sometimes it's as if the drama feels that after their love-life is a total fail, there's no point in giving them any closure in the rest of their lives either, and it really bugs me. I
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Wag-a-muffin
October 13, 2018 at 7:56 AM
Another common "wrap up" that bugs me is that too often the really nice, considerate 2nd male lead gets paired up with the nasty, vindictive 2nd female lead in the last episode. I always hate it when that happens. I mean, just because the main female didn't choose him, does he have to get stuck with her evil best frenemy?
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25 Rukia wants melona
October 12, 2018 at 10:36 AM
Thank you for fixing these, @cloggie!
We might need to ask for some others to be fixed too....
🤔💕
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26 🍃noobita🍃
October 12, 2018 at 10:37 AM
I love this post, cloggie! 😆🌺✨💐
I haven't watched all the mentioned dramas*runs, but I do know the legendary war between the islands, and reading that you gave a happy ending to Minho makes me smile.
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27 bbstl 🧹
October 12, 2018 at 10:50 AM
💐💐💐 Cloggie, you are the Fixer Extraordinaire! Also, punster 🐰
I laughed so hard 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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28 Diana Hansen
October 12, 2018 at 11:35 AM
brilliant indeed! i loved the idea and every ending therein! thank you for fixing it for us cloggie! *applaudes*
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29 JustMe
October 12, 2018 at 11:41 AM
@cloggie. Write a drama. Now. Please. How did you manage to echo exactly what i wanted to happen? <3
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30 Jenmole🍊
October 12, 2018 at 11:58 AM
Sorry, Cloggie, I went skipped the other two and went straight to Go Back Spouses. Loved how you fixed this with Bun.NY!
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31 bong-soo
October 12, 2018 at 2:54 PM
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32 bong-soo
October 12, 2018 at 2:55 PM
Thank you @cloggie for taking care of Min-ho and Nam-woo the way writers-nim from APAD never did.
I loved it. So on behalf of those who thought Min-ho and Nam-woo were done wrong and your great epilogue please accept this copy of A Season of Good Rain.
(Remember Min-ho had found and was trying to deliver this out-of-print book of poetry to Bo-young when he was hit by that Motorcycle of Doom.)
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Cloggie
October 13, 2018 at 5:31 AM
Thank you @bong-soo, I shall treasure it always
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33 LT is Irresistibly Indifferent, Dame Judi
October 13, 2018 at 1:41 PM
I kind of want to see Go Back Spouses now.
Man, I still can't believe that Are You Human Too fridged one of their female characters, neutered another and dispatched the final one to Boston in some unceremonious throw-away line.
I'm glad you gave her a good ending.
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Cloggie
October 14, 2018 at 12:03 AM
Watch Go Back Spouses. I guarantee you that you'll like it - after the first couple of episodes. Plus it's only a 12-episode series. Perfect for someone on current-drama hiatus
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