[2023 Year in Review] The actual husbands of dramaland

[2023 Year in Review] The actual husbands of dramaland

by Unit

They’re charismatic, they’re dramatic. They’re possessed with a glib tongue and the power to lie with out blinking. They know learn how to work a go well with and may appeal your pants off. They’re: The Actual Husbands of Dramaland.

After I take into consideration male characters in a Okay-drama romantic setting, my thoughts primarily goes to the swoony — and really a lot single — love curiosity who’s coming to appeal the pants off the feminine lead. Or the pitiful second lead who’s all the time one step behind. Husbands are undoubtedly not on the prime of my thoughts. However this 12 months, in some way, I saved noticing them. Possibly as a result of a lot of them had comparable traits — which we’ll get into quickly sufficient — however yeah, 2023 was certainly the 12 months of the husbands. We had the great, the dangerous, and the ugly. And with out additional ado, let’s dive into a few of the featured husbands in dramaland this 12 months.


1. Nam Joong-do (Trolley)

There are good husbands and real politicians. And there’s me, who’s neither of these.

Politicians are a loopy bunch, so I bear in mind being wowed throughout Trolley’s opening episodes once I noticed a Okay-drama assemblyman with a standard and wholesome marital life. Nam Joong-do was the epitome of affection and devotion to his spouse, and he was headed for husband of the 12 months! Heck, I already wrote down his title in my greatest dramaland husband of all time checklist. After which, growth! This man was revealed to be the scummiest scum that ever scummed.

It was a impolite slap to my face as a result of I rooted for him. We had been all rooting for that hypocrite who spent your entire drama working for the “better good” when in actuality, he was the worst of the lot. This is the reason individuals develop belief points! Nam Joong-do single-handedly ruined his household, and he’ll go down as one of many greatest character disappointments ever.
 

2. Ha Do-yeong (The Glory)

I like my ladies decked in designers, however ladies with scars attraction to me, too.

I went into The Glory for revenge, and whereas the drama delivered satisfactorily on that entrance, it additionally gave me the revelation that’s Ha Do-yeong! Why, hey there, Ah-juicy! I used to be not anticipating to be swept off my ft by somebody who wasn’t even the male lead — a lot much less the husband of the antagonist. However aesthetics apart, Do-yeong was such husband. He supported his spouse’s profession, he was keen to stay along with her when her bullying previous got here to gentle and he liked their daughter regardless of her delivery secret.

I received’t reward a fish for swimming, however I’ve at hand it to Do-yeong; though he had far more chemistry with the feminine lead than the male lead did, he didn’t step out on his spouse. He was fascinated with Ms. Feminine Lead, however he remained an honest man till the top of his marriage. Total, I believe his spouse’s greatest loss wasn’t her profession or her freedom, it was Do-yeong himself.
 

3. The lads of Pandora: Beneath the Paradise

Pyo Jae-hyun

I’ll have the proper household, even when I’ve to recreate my spouse on my own!

This man murdered a chimpanzee! That tells you every little thing you might want to find out about him. Different adjectives that can be utilized to explain Pyo Jae-hyun embody: manipulative, obsessive, mastermind villain, vindictive, loopy, and terribly loopy. On this psycho’s thoughts, he liked his spouse — although he manipulated her for your entire period of their marital life. Jae-hyun constructed his household on a basis of lies, and he was on the verge of manipulating your entire nation to vote him in as president! As soon as once more, politicians are a loopy bunch. Even in dying, Jae-hyun nonetheless received’t let his spouse be. However I’m not going to speak about his dying and cosmetic surgery resurrection as a result of so far as I’m involved, Episode 16 of this drama didn’t occur.

Jang Do-jin

The Good E book says to like our neighbors as ourselves, so it’s not an affair if I share my love with the neighbor’s sister-in-law.

Do-jin fell in love with — and married — his spouse in opposition to his father’s needs. And what does he do afterwards? He cheats on her with Jae-hyun’s sister-in-law — who’s secretly courting his different good friend. The makjang-ness of all of it! No less than have the decency to maintain your affair distant out of your interior circle! Do-jin was not there when his spouse wanted him essentially the most. And although he barely redeemed himself when he finally granted her a divorce and helped her collect proof in opposition to his father, it wasn’t sufficient to make me overlook about his philandering methods.
 

4. The Queenmaker males

Baek Jae-min

Politics is a unclean recreation; don’t blame me if I don’t play truthful.

I began out feeling sorry for Jae-min as a result of his spouse was a free cannon, and his mother-in-law was an overbearing matriarch. Jae-min gave the impression to be an odd man caught in a nasty scenario and it’s straightforward to empathize with a sentiment like that. However then he entered the mayoral race, and as I mentioned, politicians are… nicely, political schemes apart, Jae-min misplaced all my goodwill when he was unmasked as a sexual harasser and a serial cheater. I can not consider I went from disliking his spouse to sympathizing along with her ultimately — although I celebrated Jae-min’s downfall. He completely deserved what he received.

Kang Moon-bok

The highlight on my spouse doesn’t make me much less of a person.

Whereas Moon-bok wasn’t as outstanding within the drama, he was the proper foil to Jae-min. He was every little thing that Jae-min was not: a loving and supportive husband, and father. His spouse would in all probability not have change into the mayor if she didn’t have him to carry down the fort at house whereas she pursued her activism — and finally politics.
 

5. Website positioning In-ho (Physician Cha)

What’s the connection between mommy points and extramarital affairs? It’s me. I’m the connection.

I cancelled In-ho on the level the place he refused to donate a bit of his liver to his spouse, and he remained canceled for your entire drama. A spouse who wouldn’t even assume twice about donating her liver to him! A spouse who gave up her physician desires to bear his kids and change into a supportive homemaker. The audacity of In-ho to cheat on a spouse like that, have a baby outdoors wedlock and preserve mum about it for years — whereas nonetheless carrying on the affair! This is the reason some individuals don’t deserve good issues.

Then In-ho had the nerve to be jealous when a youthful and extra good-looking man started to point out curiosity in his spouse. His double normal was appalling. I’m so glad the drama didn’t go the merry outdated manner of forgiveness and reconciliation, as a result of his ass wanted to be kicked to the curb for stringing two ladies alongside.
 

6. The lads of Happiness Battle

Kang Do-jun

We’re a cheerful couple on social media, however my spouse and I hate one another to dying.

As her husband, Do-jun was on the suspect checklist for his spouse’s homicide — and for good cause! Manipulation and blackmail had been his bread and butter, and this scoundrel topped all of it along with his infidelity. It’s one factor to cheat, but it surely’s one other factor to take out your sexual insecurities on youthful ladies. It’s one factor to behave out your fetish, however it’s actually the worst factor to be careless sufficient to go away the movies the place your elementary faculty daughter can discover — and watch — them!

I get that Do-jun hated his spouse — who wasn’t even individual, by the way in which. However approaching her “barely authorized” daughter (from one other relationship) as a sugar daddy was not the payback he thought it was. It’s simply felony. And as to who killed his spouse, nicely, I received’t spoil that. However you possibly can all the time guess who did.

Lee Tae-ho

A person wants a lady who’s obsessive about him, a lady who’ll idiot round with him, and a system to stop each ladies from working into one another.

I do know this drama revolved across the wives, however there was no cause for Tae-ho to don’t have anything else going for him within the plot apart from being a dishonest bastard — who like his predecessors above, didn’t have the decency to idiot round outdoors his social circle.

Jung Soo-bin

I like my spouse essentially the most, however I secretly admire different ladies from a distance.

Soo-bin was the wimp husband married to a richer and older woman. His brothers-in-law all the time disrespected him behind their sister’s again, and he had my sympathies for that. However then he began to behave suspiciously and it seems that he had a lil one thing for Do-jun’s spouse. He didn’t pursue it, however, jeez! In the entire of this drama, how can we not have one first rate husband!?
 

7. Ma Joo-seok (The Uncanny Counter 2)

I is perhaps an evil spirit now, however I used to be as soon as a loving husband.

Joo-seok’s case is unhappy as a result of he was man and an excellent higher husband. He liked his spouse, and he didn’t fault her when she misplaced their cash to an actual property rip-off. They had been completely happy collectively till she was killed by an evil spirit. Then he allowed himself to be possessed by one other evil spirit to avenge her. It’d have been a fairly good revenge story if he didn’t stress the hell out of me — and the counters. Then once more, it wasn’t simply him. The drama as an entire confused me out.
 

8. Website positioning Do-gook (Excellent Marriage Revenge)

They are saying time strikes ahead and by no means stops, however I’ll bend the foundations of time to assist my spouse get her revenge.

The primary time we see Do-gook, he’s scolding his wife-to-be for being her evil household’s doormat. The second time, he’s pulling out a resort keycard as his reply to her marriage proposal. One minute he’s main her by the arms out of the jail that’s her father or mother’s home, and the following, he’s on his knees with a hoop made out of flowers and promising to assist her along with her revenge plans. That’s the kind of husband Do-gook was.

Dedication was his center title. Dedication to being enjoyable and flirty, to being his spouse’s private chef and taste-tester, and to throwing himself one hundred percent into her revenge. For his spouse who believed that nobody would ever love her, Do-gook showered her with all of the love on the planet. By way of his phrases and actions, he made certain she knew — and felt — how liked she was. In him, she discovered a house and vice versa. Do-gook went again in time for the sake of his spouse. And I wager if given the prospect, he’d do it once more. Belief me, it doesn’t get extra good husband-y than that.
 

9. The Castaway Diva males

Jung Bong-hwan

I’ll mislead punish my household.

After I talked about the great, dangerous, and ugly husbands within the intro paragraph, “ugly” was completely referring to Bong-hwan. He was a horrible husband and father, and what made it worse was that he was a cop! An individual whose job it was to arrest home abusers was the champion spouse and kids beater. Just like the vindictive bastard he was, Bong-hwan had zero regret, and he was keen to destroy his household simply to show some extent. He didn’t see them as people with company — he noticed them as objects he owned. I legit shuddered every time he got here onscreen, and I’m glad he met an inglorious finish. Good riddance!

Kang Sang-doo

I’ll lie to guard my household.

Did somebody say “inexperienced flag”? Nah, Sang-doo was your entire forest! From the little issues he did like matching his steps to that of his limping soon-to-be spouse, to the massive issues like committing id theft — as a civil servant — to guard his new household. Sang-doo damned all the results to point out his spouse and sons what it was like to really have a husband and a father — as a result of Bong-hwan doesn’t rely for shit. Sang-doo proved that blood doesn’t make a household, love does. And my uncontested bean for husband of the 12 months goes to him. There’s no extra deserving recipient.
 

10. The Matchmakers males

Shim Jung-woo

I’ve been a widower longer than I’ve been a husband.

Look, I used to be all the time going to discover a method to sneak Rowoon — or on this case, Jung-woo — into this checklist. Who cares that he was a husband for all of ten seconds? A very powerful factor is that Jung-woo spent eight stable years investigating his spouse’s homicide — even when everybody saved telling him she died of pure causes. It’s his dedication for me! And whereas the individuals behind the homicide haven’t been dropped at justice as on the time of penning this YIR essay, I’ve little doubt that he’ll make them pay for his or her crimes earlier than the drama involves an finish.

The king

All I need is to reside a stress-free life, however my kingdom received’t rule itself.

This man is essentially the most enjoyable Joseon king I’ve seen in latest occasions! He’s additionally a fairly first rate husband from the few interactions we’ve seen with the queen. They may have differing opinions on how greatest to guard the crown prince, however they’re all the time on the identical web page when shit hits the fan. The opposing faction desires to dethrone his spouse? Yeah, proper. Like he’ll enable that to occur on his watch.

Lord Jo

As the top of the household, I by no means hearken to my spouse, although she’s a lot smarter than I’m.

Lord Jo is the worst left state minister ever! I’ve by no means seen a extra incompetent fellow in my life. He by no means bows to superior arguments from his spouse — although greater than half the ability he gloats round with comes from his spouse’s aspect of the household. Actually, they might have made an incredible energy couple if Lord Jo wasn’t a minus to the staff. Let’s not overlook that he’s been mendacity to his spouse for years about their eldest son’s dying. Whether or not in historic occasions or fashionable days, politicians are a very loopy bunch.

In abstract, perhaps it’s simply peculiar to the dramas I watched, however subsequent 12 months, can we please have good and type and trustworthy husbands? I do know you are able to do it, dramaland, I consider in you! Additionally, I can do chaebols, docs, prosecutors, or any of dramaland’s different favourite professions. However politicians? Let’s not have them in any respect. Thanks.

 
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