#ch 551

[lloydfrontera]

anyway. damian asking rakiel to let him sleep in his bedroom in what he thought would be his last night before leaving to die alone in a desolated world. that's it that's the post.

[skylark325]

there’s no way…THAT’S the ending????

i don’t know how to feel right now.

it’s quite fitting. of course the author didn’t actually give us one, that’s what the story has been talking about all along. to let the readers imagination take over just like yjh didn’t actually write the ending when he sent the story to those million authors. i can’t believe the author literally foreshadowed the ending. the author said dokja hates it when the story ended with a “and they lived happily ever after” so they didn’t make the story end that way either. damn it, how am i supposed to recover from this.

[orviposition]

just read the side story set in the 3 year period that kdj got sent to the 1863rd turn and sangsoo r gonna be the death of me istg

[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 551/★

[cephiro]

.... i just realized its gonna b like. Years til the orv webtoon is complete.

[sweetshuga]

can u do one where mean!Matt and popular! Y/N get hi-gh and end up being freaky just for the other 2 to walk in saying “the bread’s ready” or something else chaotic like that? Js some humorous smut

𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏.ᐟ𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕 ───~𓆩♡𓆪~─── 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓.ᐟ𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓

Matt’s hands roamed over your body as you two shared a heated kiss, all rational thoughts were out the window after the blunt kicked in. The first few hits weren’t that bad, made you feel a bit fuzzy. You and Matt made small talks while waiting for the effects of the blunt, and after the 5th drag everything went south. You don’t even remember how you ended up on Mat’s lap, grinding your hips against the growing bulge in his pants. Your mind was a haze, fogged by the drug in your system. Soft moans exited your parted lips, your head thrown back now that Matt’s lips trailed down your neck.

His hands travelled down and grasped your ass, pulling you down on him all while rolling his own hips, making you grind harder against him. The delicious friction made your eyes shut and you bit your lips, trying not to make too much noise since Chris and Nick were just a few dozen feet away in the living room. Your fogged head tried to remember if you had locked the door when you first entered his room, but your mind proved to have gone dumb. "Matt, ’s the door locke—" your own yelp cut you off, he had slapped your ass. Matt had an annoyed look on his face, his eyes bloodshot and looking unfocused. He smacked your clothed ass again, harder this time—making you jump.

"Focus," he groaned out in a deeper tone of voice than usual. That sent shudders through your whole body. You didn’t say anything more as you squirmed on his lap, your neck getting attacked by Matt again. Just as you rolled your hips in an awfully nice way that sent pleasure coursing through both of you, moans were on the tip of your tongues when the door burst open and Chris’ cheerful voice echoed in the otherwise quiet room. "Look! Nick actually didn’t burn the cookies this time..." His voice trailed off and grew quiet when he took in the sight of you straddling Matt with his hands all over you.

Nick mumbled something incoherently and walked in after him, only to stop in his tracks just beside Chris. "What the fuck?" Nick and Chris exchanged a look before looking back at you two. "Hey, Matt!" Chris yelled, catching the attention of the brunette under you as he looked up with annoyance at the source of the sound, his movements more sluggish due to the blunt. Then it clicked, the compromising situation, his high state and a light blush creeped up his face as his eyes widened and mouth hung open.

He quickly pushed you off his lap and looked at his brothers in horror. You burst out laughing as your back hit the mattress, the sound was so infectious that it broke any lingering tension, causing the other two to chuckle along at the absurdity of the situation while Matt looked thoroughly embarrassed. You patted the side of his leg, "c’mon don’t look too embarrassed," he glared at you before burying his face in his hands. Groaning as he mumbled a few profanities along with a quiet, "Why did they have to interrupt us?" He was still painfully hard, and you seemed to be having too much fun to think about his situation.

𓆩♡𓆪

𝒘𝒄. 551

𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆. English is not my first language! I wrote this while I was half asleep so I apologise if there're any typos or anything like that.

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[orv-quotes-tournament]

ORV Quotes Tournament - Winner!

⸢There are three ways to survive in a ruined world.⸥ ⸢I’ve forgotten a few by now. However, one thing’s for certain.⸥ ⸢And that is, the you reading these words will get to survive.⸥ ⸢This story is for just that one reader.⸥ - Ch 551: The Eternity and Epilogue (Complete), Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint by SingShong

After many long weeks, this little tournament has come to a close! Thank you again for all the quotes you submitted, and the feelings you shared about this story. In an act of narrative beauty, this tournament has ended with Han Sooyoung's final words to us. This story has always been for just that one reader. Thank you, readers!

[hunxi-after-hours]

Hello! I love your ORV posting. I do have an embarrassing question; can I ask how heartbreaking the ending is? I've tried reading it a large number of times, but have had trouble getting past the chapters in the 300s; I'll reread it up til that point over and over again, but can't continue. Not because I don't enjoy it, but because I get so swept away by the emotions, and all the characters go through is agonizing. I know it's not real! But my heart aches all the same, in a way I've never experienced this with a novel before, and I feel like a child LOL (It's also extremely funny-frustrating because I realize how thematic this is to the story itself). I'm not worried about the characters Kim Dokja is fighting for, but given the patterns in the story and how it seems to be told, I'm too afraid to keep going. I know I could just look it up, but at the same time, I don't want to spoil all the mysteries; just if my heart can rest easy. TLDR, if it's not too spoilery, is there any light for kim dokja in the ending? or is it a tragedy through & through?

(If this is a dumb question, please feel free to ignore this)

oh boy anon, I've been sitting on this ask for a hot second because it's hard to answer! so I will attempt to talk around it in a way that will hopefully (?) avoid spoilers

as I see it, the nature of orv's ending (broadly writ) is additionally complicated by the fact that there are approximately four(ish) endings:

1) the ending at chapter 516

2 + 3) the ending(s) at chapter 551

4?) the side stories

the ending at chapter 516

this is probably what many people would characterize as BE, but I'd personally compare it to the ending of my love, my life, 《琅琊榜》 Nirvana in Fire, in that the ending may be "sad" (broad air quotes to vague-ify whatever "sad" entails) but it feels earned. it feels right. it feels like the logical conclusion of what the entire book was building up to. some may consider it a tragedy, but it's not a hollow, meaningless tragedy — it feels correct. this is the note that the novel officially ends on, but is then over(?)written by the existence of—

the ending(s) at chapter 551

Kim Dokja's Company looks at the ending of ch. 516 and says "aw hell no" and sets out to rewrite that ending. after 35 chapters of epilogue, we've unlocked an OE — an open ending, that concludes the moment before the HE/BE ambiguity will be resolved. schrodinger's ending, except you, the reader, get to choose what you believe — and I do think the epilogues are written beautifully to get you here (they implicate the reader in a wonderful and deeply empathetic way). and from what I've seen, the vast majority of the fandom chooses to take the offered HE option and run with it; everyone lives happily ever after together in a big house, a million domestic post-canon fics will attest. this is the closest, I'd say, that would come answering your question of whether Kim Dokja has light in his future with an emphatic, loving "yes"

(I also think it's worth mentioning that the epilogues add a lot to the story; they fill in narrative lacunae and tie up loose threads that aren't answered in the original 516 chapters, so I don't consider the epilogues as "separate" or "extra." the epilogues aren't a fix-it tacked onto the end of the narrative; they serve and enrich the narrative in a way that would actively reduce the luster of the story if lost)

the side story

a few years down the line, Sing-shong have returned to the text to tie up "a few more loose ends." the side story is currently being serialized, and more or less picks up from where chapter 551 left off. this necessarily chooses among your OE options as detailed above; whether the side story will end happily, or with "light for Kim Dokja," currently remains to be seen as it is still ongoing. I've fallen off the bandwagon and have been meaning to catch up, but from what I've read so far I think the side story is an interesting and worthwhile addition to the text. Sing-shong continue to innovate and develop upon the worldbuilding and narrative they have already created, and we have met a new cast of characters that have rapidly become as dear to us as the old (the old cast of characters are also here, don't worry). if I were a betting person, I would say that the side story is headed in a more-or-less HE direction; the side story is currently engaging with and complicating themes of (self-)identity and (self-)worth through the many lenses of Kim Dokja, and while it remains to be seen how it resolves, I am tentatively optimistic that it will, if nothing else, be satisfying

TL;DR the ending(s) of ORV can be variously construed as HE, BE, or OE, and the elements of tragedy woven into the narrative and characters are inherent to the text. however, no tragedy is meaningless in ORV, and all of the endings feel earned

[pozartaa]

03.09.24 UTRZYMANIE WAG1 dzień 551. Limit +/- 2100 kcal.

Wybrane posiłki:

Nie liczę kalori1 od: 57 dni

Hej wczoraj na kartach było fajnie ale była jedna drama. Kolega - Mistrz Gry miał załamanie nerwowe. Można pominąć ten akapit jeśli kogoś nie interesuje Magicowa drama↓

W naszej mini grupce mamy takiego chlopaczka - już o nim wspominałam, który ma 17 lat ale jest nad wiek dojrzały mentalnie (nazwijmy go Baby Face, bo twarz na jak 10-latek) a przy okazji jest bardzo inteligentny i trochę taki klown... Ale gra w MTG od 11 roku życia - co daje mi 6 lat przewagi nad nami. No... i zawsze nas równo rozjeżdża. Dla mnie to nie jest akurat problem. To tak jakby się złościć na ładną osobę, że jest ładna bo wygrała w genetycznej loterii.

Zdjęcie poglądowe

W pewnym momencie kolega Mistrz Gry pierdolnął w stoł i rzucił kartami krzycząc, że ma tego dość : " Kur***, wydaje na te karty w CH***, składam decki, czytam i inwestuje ten czas i ciągle dostaje w pizdę!" Ja się na prawdę przerazilam, bo to był prawdziwy rage...

(Chciałam powiedzieć, że mata za 400 zł nie zrobi z niego lepszego gracza...ale się powstrzymałam ) Kurde, mimo wszystkoja go rozumiem - bo sama nie raz się podłamałamałam do łez.

Przecież też ciągle przegrywam ale dostać w pizde od dobrych graczy to nigdy nie jest wstyd... Tym bardziej, że Baby Face nie jest "sapaczem" i nie ma z tego jakiejś strasznej frajdy - po prostu jest od nas lepszy.

Później Baby Face mnie odprowadził do domu i sobie trochę pogadaliśmy. Wiecie, ja się cieszę, że przez tą karciane poznałam tylu fajnych ludzi.

Powiedział mi, że za jakiś czas będę wymiatać bo jest postęp i mam "ciekawe pomysly", a o moim S., że gdyby grał więcej to zawsze byłby w czołówce (No to akurat wiem, bo mój "małż" ma łeb stworzony do takich gier)

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A dziś nadal wolne. Ale tradycyjnie przygotowywałam sobie posiłki na dwa dni. Zrobiłam też mały spacerek przy okazji załatwiłam pare sprawunków. Mam wrażenie, że bez S. w domu mam jakby więcej czasu... "Małż" zadowolony z pracy (Firma serwisująca sklepy Kaufland).

Wysyła mi zdjęcia obiadów, które gotuje jeden z ich kolegów dla wszystkich - mejn gott - porcje jak dla górnika 😆

Ale mój "małż" jest z tych co jedzą w stylu "raz a dobrze". Ja mam styl jedzenia "mało i często".

Strasznie smali mam nadzieję, że to ostatnie podrygi lata 😝. Dziś idę też grać ale na 18:00 do sklepiku czyli competitive. Koleżanka ( jedyna babeczka poza mną, która gra - bardzo fajna) też postanowiła złożyć deck na jaszczurkach... No gra lepiej ode mnie, więc będę mogła zobaczyć jak mi dopierdziela "moim własnym pomysłem"... Trochę mnie to zmartwiło.... Ale Baby Face powiedział - miej wyjebane - to mam (na tyle na ile mogę).

Dziś więc post znowu wcześniej. A jutro - ponieważ będę w robocie i nic ciekawego się pewnie nie będzie działo - napiszę o czymś na co pomysł podsuną mi wczorajszy post @anjinho-sem-pes0 .

Dobrej nocy wam życzę!

[uris9158]

Pairing: Gen/Platonic (KDJ & LSK)

Rating: T

Word Count: 2,359

Summary:

He said, “I didn't know it was so lonely.”

She lifted her eyes to him. “What is?”

“...Sacrifice."

For a moment his mother gazed at him, simply looked.

Finally, she said, “I’ve learnt that sacrifice is lonely too. For the one for whom it is meant.”

Postcanon, Kim Dokja and Lee Sookyung have a conversation in which walls are metaphorically written upon and reached through.

(Written for ORV Gotcha for Gaza @orv-gotcha-for-gaza)

Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, MAJOR SPOILERS UP TO CH 551, post ch 551 AU where kimcom successfully brought back the true KDJ, Introspection, Familial Love, Reconciliation, Happy Ending, Brief References to Past Domestic Violence, Character Study, ORV Gotcha for Gaza, no beta we die like kdj, do u ever think about how all of orv is about love? bawls..., this is just my wish fulfilment reconciliation scene

[anrisimps]

Ch 551

Ch 552

NATKANE NATKANE NATKANE AHSHSHHSHSHDHDHDBNDD <- has lost the few remaining braincells over these two

[lloydfrontera]

It doesn't matter. 'Because I can't let you go' It can't be like this. I can't send you away like this. You, who were a shining protagonist in another world, should not meet an end like this. Because it's my responsibility. Because it's my fault.

[skylark325]

😭 😭

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yeah just drive the knife into my heart why don’t you

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oh my god OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOOD

[yuudamari]

ORV ask game !

(3), (7) and (14) ?

already answered 14!

3. do you have a favourite quote?

"You are this universe's most powerless existance, aren't you"

ch 515

Yoo Joonghyuk slowly opened his mouth. "I want to die." It was a clear voice but there was a voice only clear to me. 「 I want to live. 」

ch 297

⸢If this story can really save you…⸥ If you regained just a little of your memories and remember us just one more time… …Then I’ll keep writing the epilogue for you until the end of the time, for eternity.

ch 551

AND OBVIOUSLY many many more but these are ones i remember constantly.... for many many reasons. man even remembering them kind of brought tears to my eyes a bit

7. conversely, whats a headcanon that youre just pulling out of your ass but you love anyway?

EVERYONE KNOWS ITS ZWEIHANDER UNBROKEN FAITH i will take that thing to my grave i think kim dokja should have a huge very unpractical sword i mean its supposedly a ceremonial sword in the end so it doenst need to be practical does it. Im just saying it would be cool and funny so it should be real. We have enough normal boring shortswords, claymores, broadswords, rapiers and longswords in all stories so i think kim dokja should get the unpractical option.

I also like to think that han sooyoung and yoo joonghyuk share many small ticks because creator and creation can never be too different but they keep fighting over who had it first because this is how they bond

[aofikofi]

suddenly realizing my past 4 fandoms in a row got me binging insane amounts.......

hc/life series - grians s6 and s7, 187 episodes total

tma - 200 eps podcast

dcmk - 1115 chs manga + 26 movies (how the fuck????)

orv - 180 chs manhwa + 551 chs novel

[milkbreadtoast]

imma just rant for a bit but-- it's actually insane that theyre making TWSB daily pass on en webtoon. I don't just mean this in a "oh its annoying to wait" sense-- TWSB is literally significantly longer than ORV (700+ ch and ongoing, compared to orv's 551)...

Does it make sense for a long, lore heavy series to be released from the beginning as daily pass?? Clearly not, as TWSB on korean webtoon, and series like ORV and tower of god are not daily pass... I'm already seeing so many webtoon commenters with misunderstandings bc they forget or missed lore that was already revealed in the webtoon, but bc it's daily/weekly pass, they can't even check prev eps to refresh...

After a certain pt its not even daily but WEEKLY meaning theres super long gaps in btwn eps(that all expire after 2 weeks)... readers r forgetting a lot of stuff in btwn eps while waiting, and again they can't go back & check/reread... what a disservice to what will be a v long running series... again this is like if they made the orv webtoon daily pass, it LIT DOESNT MAKE SENSE😭😭

I've never seen a long running series made daily pass from the very beginning like this (ones like true beauty were made daily pass AFTER the whole thing finished, and that seemed to be their standard practice)... It's actually insane that they're doing this... anyway I'm just so mad😭 twsb is already p popular on webtoon but they're sabotaging it like this... this sucks

(pls read twsb esp the webnovel tho🛐 i said lore heavy but it's actually v easy to follow and reveals are well paced... the only reason its a problem w the webtoon is literally just bc daily pass😭 like they created a problem from nothing, which is why im frustrated... it's not daily pass on kor webtoon either!!! theyre lit just doing this for en fans!!!

and don't get me started on the glaring tl errors (biggest ones are misgendering the empress(cedric's mom) and the ruler of the diving kingdom(jesse's mom) as male) bc they're actually so bad..... But the worst thing is that webtoon never bothers to correct them!!!! Making mistakes is understandable, if they went back & fixed them it wouldn't be a problem! Let the fans volunteer to fix them even!!! They're spreading so many misunderstandings/misinfo to international fans bc of this😭😭😭 the only way ppl would know is if they read the webnovel and most won't... I can only pray that webnovel readers will comment correcting the mistakes and make top comment like for orv(thank u🛐) but so far none of them have made top comment...