LEE JOON
GI
NETFLIX’S
DOCHABI
THE ART-HISTORY
FEVER
DREAM
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 Ever since Netflix dropped the synopsis
for Dochabi - the upcoming 2027 original from director Ahn Tae Jin, writer Hwang
Sung Goo, and Onda Works - fan speculation has been off the charts. Naturally,
Lee Joon Gi’s role as Yi Do Gwan is already driving everyone wild.
Theories
are flying at Mach speed. Imagination is running wild. Secret villain? Tragic backstory? Spicy love
triangle? Nobody knows, but everybody has a thesis.
Yi Do Gwan. Some fans are picturing him in high-octane sword fights or brooding in cinematic slow-mo. But, why let him just exist when you can trap him in an art movement? Make him descend straight into art-history fever dream territory.
THE SERENE PHASE
Picture
this: Yi Do Gwan, serene as a Joseon-era scholar, strolling through the scenic
Cheongpung Valley. No, not screaming commands.
Or in a Joseon Landscape Painting.   Or Yi Do Gwan in a Korean Ink Wash Painting.    Or
chilling in a misty Chinese ink-wash landscape (Dwelling in the Fuchun
Mountains), contemplating existence while a single dramatic leaf drifts by.
 
Or even casually aesthetic-maxxing in a Japanese Haboku-Sansui masterpiece.
 Gorgeous,
right? Too peaceful. Enter the fan nightmares.
THE MODERNIST NIGHTMARES
Imagine
poor Yi Do Gwan trapped in a Pointillist painting, literally reduced to an
existential crisis made of dots.
  Or
worse, a Cubist nightmare where his nose is in his mouth and his left eye is
having a deep conversation with his right kneecap. Thankfully, it didn’t turn
out to be that way.
Then
comes the Jackson Pollock treatment: splattered into existence, wondering what
cosmic mistake got him here.
  
Or
Edvard Munch’s The Scream, permanently frozen in panic under a sky that
looks like melted crayons.
Even
Van Gogh’s Starry Night isn’t safe - sure, the swirls are pretty, until
the stars start aggressively staring you down.
 
And
don't even get us started on Salvador Dalí. Imagine Yi Do Gwan's black obsidian mirror
melting, his bow and arrow turning to soup, and his own shadow flirting with a
surrealist Jurchen mask or sword.
THE TIME-TRAVELING CHAOS
But
wait, he’s not just trapped in art styles; he’s time-traveling, too.
Ancient Egypt:
Chilling with ancient Egyptian waterfowl in The Meidum Geese (yes, real
painting; yes, iconic).  
The Renaissance: Yi Do
Gwan is utterly scandalized by the lady’s lack of proper clothing in Botticelli’s The
Birth of Venus.
19th Century Mexico: Yi Do
Gwan is stoically posing in José María Velasco’s The Valley of Mexico,
trying his absolute best to stay majestic.
Baroque Drama:
Thrown into a dramatic Chiaroscuro piece where half his face is lit like a hero
and the other half is actively plotting his downfall.
    The Dochabi hype isn't just real, it’s gloriously different in the fantasy world of the fans. Global fans aren't just excited; they’ve got goosebumps on their goosebumps. Dochabi is slated to be aired in 2027.
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