It would make life a lot easier if one's unrequited (first) love from the past (or past life) suddenly comes across your path and falls unconditionally for you, flaws and all.

Oh, um what? Sorry. What was the question? I got completely distracted by that picture of KYK’s back acting. I swear that man’s back could out-act dozens of other actors.

I actually really enjoy most tropes, except, you know, the amnesia, TOD, bitter romantic rivals, etc. So, just as wish-fulfillment hypotheticals, I'd probably be pretty delighted to run across most of the positive tropes in real life, such as the umbrella save or sweeping out of the path of an oncoming bicycle or moped (*swoon*). What I most appreciate in dramas, though, is the confessions that precede asking someone out - just straightforward and honest, "I like you." I like that dramas let you see the world through rose-colored glasses.

I don’t care for the drinking but staying up past midnight on a weekday and going to work the next day without feeling sluggish

Having two handsome and perfect guys competing for my heart.
Also, it won't hurt to have a wardrobe full of clothes and a few set of skincare products.

Going through stacks of documents and remember all the crucial details in no time, then using them to win at court or at scientific competitions or help your company sign important contracts...

I wish there was a real neighborhood grandma or grandpa with whom I could have deep and meaningful conversations with, and/or who could teach mean a craft. I mean, they probably exist, but connections of that sort are so hard to come by irl.

Time doesn't seem to flow linearly in dramas, like one hour is not always 60 min. A day at work sometimes is very short, but after you get off work, you have time to cook a huge meal and do a lot of other stuff before bedtime. If that was real life, I would end up going to bed at 2am. And when the whole table is waiting for you to go buy some more beers, you wander about the whole neighbourhood getting lost in thoughts, but when you come back, people are still waiting for your beers 😅

Saying exactly what I mean at exactly the right time.

Best friends owning a cozy bar (or café), and thus setting the stage for everyone to hang out at. There are never other (distracting) customers, the group of friends never have to pay anything, but the owners miraculously make enough money out of it to stay open.

That, and only private, luxury single bed rooms in hospitals, making one look gorgeous, as mentioned by @missvictrix .

Live most days just by eating ramyeon or convenience store snack without gaining weight/bloating/falling sick.

Small community gatherings that village people in kdramas have on a monthly/yearly basis with song, dance and fun.

I don't like romcoms much but why are the tropes that's usually featured in them the only things coming to mind? Haha

Hmmm, aside from fantasy elements (like time travel or body swaps), I would wish Taxi Driver and Leverage could happen in reality. Yeah, they could be called vigilantes and criminals but the world sucks and is unfair so it would be nice if there were folks who could balances the scales and help though who can't be helped by normal venues.

Taxi Driver 2 should how someone/people could infiltrate and manipulate the system but overall, that would still be my pick.

Politician or head of government bodies that resign from their position when public finding out their wrong doing. There's no such a thing in my country, they have no shame even going for election as public representative like who are they representing? 🤷🤦

FOUND FAMILIES

I wish they were as dime a dozen as in the dramas!

Have time for the simple things of life. Hangout with friends who share similar timeout activities with you.

Make the process to loving to not be a stress. I'm citing My Liberation Notes as an example to what I'm pointing exactly. Episode 5 where Mr. Gu asks for Mi-jung's number from Mr. Yeom. It was a simple ask. The air was tense asit should, but it wasn't toxic and filled with bad energy. IRL, you can't just approach the family member of someone you're like and ask for thier contact info without meeting some drama and the likes, even when your sincerity is not in doubt. My Liberation Notes made it all so easy and I wish it can be so in real life.

Fooood. I want their food! I want to order everything (but right away, fried chiken), To have someone who stack food in my fridge, to have little restaurants around my work that doesn't cost me an arm everytime or to have convenient store where I can eat junk food!

After, I'm not against 2 handsome male leads fighting for me :p

Among many ridiculous/mind-blowing things that happen in dramaland, I wish for this to happen:
Waking up like a fine lady; no trace of bed at all; no grogginess. In fact no practical reason for doing make-up. Cause so far I've only managed to waking up like a madwoman.

Having an entire wardrobe of beautifully tailored coats in a range of colors - and a closet that, like Narnia, is bigger on the inside than on the outside to store them all.

But also magically not the extremely cold weather needed to justify them. Just cold enough.

Midnight Diner type restaurant within walking distance

Settings

Locations: see so many gorgeous locations and unique places, upscale homes, great hotel rooms with a view, visit fantastic places without a crowd, historical settings, etc.

I wish breakups were as amicable as they are onscreen. Most of the time, there’s a little sadness, but then they are able to quickly let go and move on as if it’s no big deal. Sometimes they even wish each other well and remain friends.

Weather and enviroment that reacts to your mood and feelings XD Perfect weather for perfect days. Beautiful snow and cherry blossoms in romantic moments. Rain when you are desperate XD
Being able to drink beer with friends every single night like it is water.
Being poor, jobless and still living in one of those perfect tiny super cute apartments on a roof with the perfect view.
Perfect fried chicken delivered to you whenever, wherever

For me its the apt background music for life's happy moments and sad ones.😉

Instant healing!

With the US health care system, how much easier and cheaper it is to get health care in kdrama hospitals is enviable. And you get to linger and nap there. Hospices and retirement communities also seem affordable.

Also, being able to just run into your true love and friends all the time. Seems like everyone in the same social circle are on the same schedule and live and work within in a 2 mile radius of each other. Kdrama life seems like the best parts of being on a college campus.

I have often thought that Dramaland should be a place that one could visit….à la the movie Austenland

Hotter than hell bad boys with hearts made of gold that are willing to love me till death and beyond ofc! OK, if we're talking serious - that flying martial arts technique. It's just SO COOL! And long, flowing, thick manes of glory that apparently doesn't need any crazy maintenance to look gorgeous 24/7 no matter the weather or circumstances. I've been sporting waist length hair for 95% of my life but never even came close to that *cries*

True story. About a couple of hours ago, went out for lunch with hubby and another couple friend (in a Korean restaurant, no less). In the midst of it, hubby suddenly reached out and plucked something out of my hair - a piece of noodle or rice or something with a 'who is eating you or?" I went completely aww and went "you just reminded me of those K-drama heroes..." and he went "well, need to be mindful of competition"...LOL! I didn't know the trope I needed to be true hahaha!
Bring it on K-drama, you are changing more things about relationships than you know.

The "one" twirling you around and into his arms thereby avoiding the TOD, water splash, motorbike etc.! (and hopefully a kiss to top it off)

I'd like to be a boss who got to kick his subordinates in the shins whenever the fancy took him.

Does this actually happen in real life in Korea, or is it just a drama trope?

Falling in love with someone.
I love romance in dramas, even tho I've never had a crush on my entire life. Idk, dramas make it look fun. Wish it was real. 😂
If the person is a chaebol (with good manners), even better. 🤭😆🤣

Okay, being serious, I love to have the MC protection. Even if the main character is being stalked, or if they follow strangers, or if they're in a killer's death note, nothing really happens to them. I want that.

We always know that they won't die, we always know that someone is going to rescue them on time, we always know that things are gonna get better for them at one point. I want it, the main character protection.

The kind-hearted supportive sidekick friend who just wants the best for you and helps you out with everything, giving you a place to stay and helping you meet up with your male lead behind your disapproving mom's back. The supportive friend never covets your hot man for herself, nor does she suddenly turn into the female lead and you find yourself demoted to second lead. Sorry if this sounds a little antsy, but I had the best supportive sidekick friend who ended up becoming a romantic competition, it was a miserable and humbling love triangle. Ah, young love.

I just wanna check if it is REAL that my comment won't go to page 4.

I'd like to be able to make sudden u-turns whenever I feel like it. Wouldn't want everyone else doing it, though.

I'd love to be like the average, normal FLs who live ordinary (?) boring (?) lives and suddenly something extraordinary happens: someone you cross puts the Holo glasses into your bag, you inherit a manon with a handsome vampire included for free, you make friends with a time traveler, you are given a cat which turns into a young man...

Apart from that, I would like my hair and face skin to look like theirs in dramas. I can't complain about mine, though. But I wish I had their willpower to do skincare routines...

How about the guy that is sweet and kind and nice and not an a&&hole? When guys complain that we girls should not expect a man like that it makes me sad because men really set the bar low for themselves, don't they?
Can I just be *twirled* at least once? I don't mind being saved every now and then. Umbrella optional.
I would love to be carried piggyback but I think I'm too heavy for that (unless we're talking about The Rock) :(
I would love it if someone's eomma or halmoni invited me in for a meal when I'm sad.

Sadly the only trope I have in my real life is eating at Subway.

I have a completely opposite view of Korean hospitals than @missvictrix . I would constantly worry about being smothered with a pillow, having poison injected into my IV line, having critical life support turned off, or being kidnapped. Even if guards were stationed outside my room to keep me safe, they could easily be fooled into leaving their posts.

When it comes to medical services, I would love to have doctors as caring, patient, and skilled as Kim Sabu or Hospital Playlist’s Fab Five!

what I would give if someone gave me shoes!!! not that I cannot afford it but with a size 35 foot they are troublesome to find. sometimes it takes me 3 months of visits to shops. please give me shoes. yes I´ll run but only 8km and back with a round.