Joongdok

Joongdok is the slash ship between Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk from the Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint fandom.

Canon
Yoo Joonghyuk was the protagonist of Kim Dokja's favourite web novel, "Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World" or "Ways of Survival" in short. Through his difficult childhood, he always used to say "I am Yoo Joonghyuk" to himself as a coping mechanism when he was being bullied and such. For Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk was like a father, brother and best friend. He was largely inspired by Yoo Joonghyuk's "never-give-up" attitude, and he liked, grumbled and cheered him on as read the novel. The novel and especially Yoo Joonghyuk were Kim Dokja's ways of surviving.

Yoo Joonghyuk and Kim Dokja's first meeting was quite rocky. Yoo Joonghyuk held Kim Dokja in a chokehold while debating internally whether to kill him, as he felt like Kim Dokja was an abnormal factor in his 3rd regression. Kim Dokja lied to him by saying that he was a prophet. To test whether he was speaking the truth, Yoo Joonghyuk hung Kim Dokja on top of the ichthyosaurus infested river from the bridge of light. Yoo Joonghyuk asked Kim Dokja to predict whether he would throw him on the river or not. Kim Dokja, knowing Yoo Joonghyuk's personality from WoS knew that he would surely throw him in the river. So he said, "Release your hand and get lost, you damn son of a bitch." to Yoo Joonghyuk, who proceeded to throw him off the bridge with a smile on his face, telling Kim Dokja that he finally believed that he was a prophet. Kim Dokja fell on the mouth of an ichthyosaurus after that.

Fanon
Joongdok is an extremely popular ship within the Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint fandom. Fans ship it because of their trust and companionship. In AO3, Joongdok is the most written ship for both Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk, and it has a wide fanbase. The ship does have a bit of resistance from fans who see it more as a bromance. There are rival pairings like Kim Dokja x Han Sooyoung, Yoo Joonghyuk x Han Sooyoung, Yoo Joonghyuk x Lee Seolhwa, Kim Dokja x Yoo Sangah, and a few more, but Joongdok is still the most popular ship in the fandom.

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