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. Kim Dokja read WoS steadily since his 3rd year of middle school, when he was being bullied. He also read it when he flunked his entrance exams, when he was placed in the forefront of the military unit, and also when he repeatedly changed his jobs. He used to say "I am Yoo Joonghyuk" to himself during his difficult time when he was young. 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 not the best. Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk were in adjacent carriages in the subway where the scenarios started. After the 1st scenario ended, Kim Dokja decided to escape from Yoo Joonghyuk, since he was sure that Yoo Joonghyuk would kill him and the other people in his carriage if he reached them. Yoo Joonghyuk had held Kim Dokja in a chokehold while debating 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, and asked Yoo Joonghyuk to accept him as a companion. To test Kim Dokja's credibility, Yoo Joonghyuk hung Kim Dokja on top of the ichthyosaur 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 how much they trust each other. 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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