The Kpop Otaku's Dream

I really can"t believe that I"m actually acting in Brilliant Legacy!

Brilliant Legacy while not the first drama, I had ever watched was definitely one of my favorites. The fact that I"m acting in it is still so unreal to me.

More importantly I"ll get to meet, Han Hyo Joo "the Smiling angel" and Moon Chae-won, "the Queen of Melodrama"

I couldn"t care less about Lee Seungi, to be perfectly honest. Could be my jealousy over the the fact that his the lead speaking but male celebrities bore me.

Originally I didn"t watch much TV at all, life was too busy. I was much more of a manga and anime type of guy things I could consume quick.

But once I stumbled into the Hallyu rabbit hole, it was a point of no return. I decided one day to just give IRIS a watch due the the netizens reviews going crazy about Kim Tae Hee. Well long story short I watched the entire series in a weekend with no sleep. Tae Hee, is the one who enlightened me of my wrongdoings.

She is, if you will, the direct reason I got into the Kpop life.

And Yes Kpop is a lifestyle, not a genre.

K-dramas are simple, fun and reality defying.

It usually follows a skeleton more or less like this.

A male meets a female, misunderstandings ensue causing them to dislike one another.

THEN PLOT TWIST, they are forced to interact alot, contract relations.h.i.+p or boss or co-worker

Various encounters later they begin to have feelings.

THEN PLOT twist, something comes in between them

Which can be wealth, sickness or ex"s

Some way or another this is resolved with about 5 episodes left

You then get one/two really sappy episodes, which are the best

THEN PLOT TWIST, one of the leads has an accident and loses his memory, someone tries to steal his company, he breaks up with her because his parents were a.s.s h***** to her parents, they could be related. Anyway its a new problem

And in the last episode everything is magically resolved (well atleast for the main couple)

There can be a happy or tragic ending.

Most of the dramas I watched, ended happily. I try to avoid sad endings, I mean what"s the point? If I want to cry just look at your life.

That aside, Brilliant legacy follows a similar schedule.

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Entering the building , I"m lead to a conferance room. Where scripts are laid out on the table.

Seems like I arrived early, only Myself and a few staff have gathered.

First I offer my greetings to all those present. And then introduce myself to everyone, finding out what their roles in the production are.

One never knows, these junior writers could one day be head writers and by then you"d have to kiss a.s.s to land a role. Being Kind costs you nothing but gives you a lot in return.

Before sitting down on the chair with my name tag, I take off my coat and drape it on the backrest. I then pick up the Script and notice that it is personalized with my name written beautifully in the corner under the t.i.tle of the drama. Running my fingers over the letter, I feel a little pride well up inside and open the script to begin reviewing the familiar scenes.

As I look for the dialogue of my character, I come across my "entrance" scene and I can"t help but giggle out loud thinking how I will act this out. This catches the attention of the room, who look over to see a graceful prince in his element exuding an aura of freshness. The female eyes who were plastered on me , ever since I entered can"t help but be curious about what scene is bringing me such joy.

For the purpose of context, allow to describe the first introduction I have with the female lead. Basically it is the stereotypical cool guy entrance where the camera pans over to me, from out of the shot, with bright lighting and slow motion effects. I then take my sungla.s.ses off and do a hair flick (firstly I"m already in doors why do I still have sungla.s.ses on and secondly am I Justin Bieber? What does the script writer even mean by cool hair flick). I then say my name for the audience like a James bond wannabe. "My name is Joon-se. Park Joon-se". It reminds me of that CSI show where the guy takes his sungla.s.ses whenever he makes a discovery and pouts at the camera.

I pretty much act morose for most of the first episode so putting on a bored act, given all the waiting I will probable have to do will come easy. Is to make a cool entrance and introduce myself as the best friend of the Female lead"s current "boyfriend". I say boyfriend but he only cares for the wealth of the female lead and his character is forgotten about pretty quickly.

Since I"m playing the absolute cool guy! A role I"m especially suited for If you ask me. I will make all the hearts of the Korean people tremble in excitement because of Park Joon-se.

I will act this role even better than Bae s...o...b..n did. Joon-se as a character is the ideal man whom all women would like to marry or date. It will be quite easy to make all girls watching faint from love and addiction.

Even if my screen time may be low, I swear to make the entire country have 2nd Male Lead Syndrome!