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Whhhaaaaatttt?!?!?!?! OMG! So gonna be watching!


Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun Breaks Barriers By Portraying An LGBT Character In Upcoming Drama
Seohyun’s role is as an LGBT woman.

NEWS
6 hours ago
Girls’ Generation‘s Seohyun will be breaking the long-time stigma in Korea against LGBT individuals with her role in upcoming JTBC drama Hello Dracula.

Seohyun will portray the role of Anna in the drama. Anna is described as a woman nearing her thirties who has a good daughter complex and is a teacher at an elementary school. However, she has been harboring a secret since middle school.

‘I’ll never become the person mother wanted me to be.’
She never had her chance to live life her own way. She was always careful to not disappoint her mother, Mi Young. It was in middle school when she discovered she liked women. Anna expected her mother to be on her side, but instead, Mi Young coldly turned away. She can’t be accepted as ‘that’s just how it is’ by her mother. That kind of frustration dominated Anna’s life.
Anna’s world, which she managed to hold together, is crumbling after she received a phone call after 8 years, from the person she loved most in Sojung. Right after, Anna wants to go to Mi Young and be accepted and acknowledged for everything, but at the same time, she wants to hide from Mi Young until the very end.
— JTBC description

SONE around the world are praising Seohyun for her decision to accept a role where the character is LGBT, an issue that is still controversial in Korea, despite growing acceptance.

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Trailer is here and looks so good and heartbreaking!

 

[yeji]

I will for sure watch this one

 

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I will for sure watch this one

Now when I recommend this, you're gonna have to watch it

 

[yeji]

Now when I recommend this, you're gonna have to watch it

I will definitely watch it

 

[Belgizen]

It's good that she wants to do this but

I'm worried that fans are just going to watch it because it's one of the few LGBTQ-related drama's.
People seem to not think about the consequences:
making it popular JUST because there's an LGBTQ character will result in other dramas to be stomped out of the ground where the LGBTQ theme is used to make a profit.

I support Korea portraying more "sensitive" topics like these but I don't support the blatant profiting off of these topics.

 

[honeyfornomoney]

She kinds of looks like Sumin

 

[spicy_illusion]

It's good that she wants to do this but

I'm worried that fans are just going to watch it because it's one of the few LGBTQ-related drama's.
People seem to not think about the consequences:
making it popular JUST because there's an LGBTQ character will result in other dramas to be stomped out of the ground where the LGBTQ theme is used to make a profit.

I support Korea portraying more "sensitive" topics like these but I don't support the blatant profiting off of these topics.

I do agree, but they have to start somewhere and I think that portraying Seohyun with her mother is good to also spread awareness.

 

[Belgizen]

I do agree, but they have to start somewhere and I think that portraying Seohyun with her mother is good to also spread awareness.

Yes, I agree
but I know kpop fans and I know they will watch it just because of the topic brought up in it

 

[JakeyWantsCakey]

Good for her!

 

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What is this song called that she is performing?

 

[spicy_illusion]

Ok, so here's more of an update! It's a 2-episode k-drama with 3 stories, so Seohyun with her mother story won't be taking up the whole episodes and will be the first story.
At least this is a start though!

 

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I wonder if these images and gifs are a part of the story and that other woman is her love interest?

 

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Which is actually the right way to go so people can relate and to spread awareness of how difficult it is to be LGBTQ, especially in Korea.

 

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Here is another trailer, it looks so emotional!

 

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I think all 3 stories are merged in together.