#orv rec tag

[princess-of-purple-prose]

Hiiiii :3

So I'm starting to read more Asian bl novels thanks to a friend and she recommended me omniscient reader view and you're the only mutual that I know that has read it and I know 0 things about it, any thoughts that you would like to share? 👀

It is really going to make me cry to death?

I hope you have a good day 💖

This ask filled me with an unfathomable amount of excitement, but it also made me laugh really, really hard, because while I would never say it's wrong to call omniscient reader's viewpoint an "asian BL novel," it's kind of like... Hm. Hindu trying to think of a sufficiently funny joke about the bible here and failing. Basically: yeah, that's in there, but holy shit are you both underselling and underestimating it by saying that :)

I've answered questions about orv tons of times (see my best attempt here), but I am quite literally always happy to do so again!! I'll start with this: Since we're both tma fans, I think you are going to LOVE the apocalypse orv presents, especially its tragic themes on voyeurism and privacy and silent bystanders/watchers, self-sacrifice and suicide, and women who kill. You are also going to love kim dokja for his brand of sopping-wet pathetic bisexuality, but that was a given.

Orv is technically brilliant-- it renders its themes unto you like an obsidian knife-- but it's also INCREDIBLY funny, and although it has a convoluted timeline and a complex plot, it WILL hold your hand as you go through it. Its characters are so three-dimensional they literally jump off the page (how's that for a meta joke), and they WILL live in your brain forever after reading the novel. They're inescapable. And on that subject: YES, ORV WILL MAKE YOU CRY. It made me cry while I was reading it for the first time, multiple times, and it still makes me cry! Almost weekly! And I do not cry at things!!! This book fucks you up so so bad and you will kiss its feet and thank it for the privilege!!!

I really hope that makes sense, I have so much I want to and could say and absolutely no way to express it coherently, I just hope this is sufficient to keep you interested!! Thanks so much for the ask, I hope you're doing great!!!! 💜💜💜

[moondal514]

this is from my main but damn your orv rec from windsoftime floored me and then rewrote me. what. ive returned like the goblin i am and am thirsting for more. any more reccs please 🤲🧍🏻‍♀️

- squid-n-sunfish-express

haha I’m happy you enjoyed my rec! WindsOfTime is a great writer huh

Here are a few more orv fic recs:

by grand invention by seclusion

“Don’t go,” Yoo Joonghyuk says, then mentally kicks himself. And then wonders why he kicked himself. He wants him now, has wanted him since he drifted through the endless sprawl of black space with only the story of his sole reader to sustain him, has wanted him across countless screaming battlefields, has wanted him since he dangled him off a bridge, the glint of knowing hard against his temple. All in different ways. The latest: in his entirety, with the intention to never let go. If this is his end goal, he need not hide anything.

Legit prob one of the most beautifully written orv fics I’ve ever read

(re)- read, write by aozu/ @aozu

Post-epilogue.

Kim Dokja buys a big house and they all live in it. Including Yoo Joonghyuk.

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“Oppa,” Yoo Mia rasps on the door before hefting one of the boxes into her arms.

Almost immediately, the door opens to reveal Yoo Joonghyuk, whose gaze flicks to meet his. Yoo Mia enters, ignoring the frizzled tension where Kim Dokja stares with his mouth slightly open at the scene.

“…You bastard,” he says, and Yoo Joonghyuk closes the door in his face.

I haven’t read the main side story yet so as far as I’m concerned this fic is canon cuz this was exactly what I needed to read to soothe myself after reading the epilogues

Seal Of My Devotion by orphiclovers/ @orphiclovers

Kim Dokja could not stop obsessing over Yoo Joonghyuk's clothes. It was becoming a problem.

Wherein Kim Dokja wants to make sure 0th turn Yoo Joonghyuk is in the right cosplay

behind the black dial by HeavenlyDusk/ @inkstaindusk

The eldest of three children, Kim Dokja didn't wish for more than to help his mother run her hat shop. That plan is derailed when the rumored Witch of the Waste sets a curse on him, and in his fear, he runs away--right into the moving castle of the Wizard Yoo Joonghyuk, his two apprentices, and his demon. It's more than he could have ever thought he would have, but underneath his exciting new life is a secret no one wants him to know.

Super fun Howl’s Moving Castle au

foundations for cathedrals by featherx/ @featherxs

Before the scenarios, Yoo Joonghyuk had lived in a two-bedroom apartment. It had been neither spacious nor comfortable, furnished only with the bare necessities.

Suffice to say, that two-bedroom apartment had not prepared him for the experience of living in a two-storey building in the Industrial Complex.

An exceedingly domestic KimCom fic that makes me so happy

at the end of all things (you'll find me) by aryelee/ @luxaofhesperides

At the end of everything, in that space between death and regression, Na Bori and Lee Jihye meet again and again and again.

Or: what is a haunting if not a love that lingers?

I hope you don’t mind me throwing in a BoriJihye fic rec here cuz they’re actually my favorite orv ship and this is my favorite fic I’ve read for them so far

Enjoy!

[annakacoyett]

Summary:

[Welcome to the Star Stream's ‘If you're criticizing us that much, why don't you do it yourself?’ System!]

[The System wishes to inform its esteemed guests that they are in the world of the novel Three Ways To Love The Male Lead!]

[The System identifies itself as an extremely specialized system made for aggressive anti-fans who attack the Author and their works!]

[It says that Anti-fans Kim Dokja, Han Sooyoung, Yoo Sangah and Jung Heewon aren't allowed to leave until they finish their quest!]

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Because they shit talked a trashy novel, KDJ, HYS, JHW and YSG were dragged into that very story. Their mission is to bring the ML & FL together. In order to return to their original world, the four anti-fans had to lower their IQ to match the MC's IQ, but no matter how much they lowered it, it wasn't enough…

By chance, while completing their mission, they also encountered other unlucky people who were transported into books by criticizing the original novel. So the Anti-Main Character club was born, offline regularly, participation fee is for each person to curse the author 13 times. As the story progresses, the club gains more and more members...

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okay, pretty sure im late but i was wandering around in the orv fandom and found absolute GEM of a fic from error_404_cannot_connect_to_fic.

they also wrote Feel The Magic In The Air i rec'ed some time ago and i just realized this NOW?? tf brain???

side note, i am now subscribed to them :D.

[orphiclovers]

lucy dacus the shell and yoohan. thoughts?

verse two perhaps the most yoo joonghyuk thing I've ever read. I would call this SP coded specifically (ghost without a name....self explanitory....latent legendary past lives within me....thats about 999... if i had the offer to do it again... regression....deliver up my shell to be filled with somebody else...you already know what i think on that....)

and of course the chorus. uuuuurghhh 1863 han sooyoungggggg.... GOD did she need to hear this even once, but by design there was no one around to say it to her. if there was even ONE person who cared about HER and only her, who didn't know who this Kim Dokja was or have any loyalty to him, they would have told her she didn't need to carve away at her own soul for thriteen years, that it was okay to put down the pen and stop martyring herself. She left all her companions behind for this very reason - so there was no one who could stop her from her self-sacrifice............

[unexpectedgeese]

Fuck it we ORV ask game

send an emoji to someone's inbox, or slap it in the tags so anyone who reblogs from you can answer!

📖: How much of ORV have you read? Have you reread it yet?

📅:How long did it take you to read ORV?

👀:What’s your opinion on the webcomic? Does it do a good job adapting the story?

✏️:Have you ever written any ORV fics? Unfinished brainworms count too!

⭐:Any ORV fic recs?

💸:Do you have any ORV merch, official or otherwise?

❓:FREE SPACE– ask a mutual about their interpretation of a theme, symbol, or motif of choice!

💧:Which parts of ORV, if any, made you cry?

♥️:Who’s your favorite character, YooHanKim excluded?

💭:What’s one ORV headcanon you’re ride or die for?

🔥:Which ORV character gets the most bitches (if you pick Kim Dokja I’ll hunt you for sport /j)

🐟:If Kim Dokja is a Squid and Yoo Joonghyuk is a sunfish, what’s Han Sooyoung?

🚘:Do you think anybody in Kimcom knows how to drive?

⚔️:Do you think you would survive the scenarios? How far would you get?

[thefirstimagifabricator]

am i crazy or could i say that sacrifice tomorrow by alec benjamin is doksoo coded

this is the song btw. if you don't know it

[qserasera]

everyone who has ever liked anything joongdok related pls read this fic Immediately

“Are you sure you want to bring a stranger to your house?” Kim Dokja asked with a tilt of his head toward Yoo Joonghyuk. “What if I’m a crazy fan? You should think about stranger danger.” “Are you a crazy fan?” Yoo Joonghyuk asked in a dangerously interested voice, like the idea was extremely appealing to him.  (x)

[kimdokjas]

and ahhh i cant wait to understand the orv memes i see on twitter sjfnstk

I CAN'T WAIT EITHER dhsjdhsh the orv memes are a different flavor of unhinged but it's how we cope <3 but yeah once u can understand them the payoff is worth it for sure, the fandom is insanely talented fr

(but also omg pls tread lightly bc there are like. A Lot of major spoilers everywhere 😭 like major with a capital M even)

[hehearse]

I'm not sure if you're still taking song recs but I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) by the 1975 is my Quintesential orv song. I put it on a playlist when I was only a hundred chapters in. When I finished reading I listened to it again and the first line body slammed me like a truck

turns out i am taking song recs for a whiiile! :D

h-huh. huh. hm.

hm. that sure is an orv song huh. i feel like i need to tag it as spoilers as is. hm. huh........ nothing to add...... hm.

[song-tam]

hiiiiii roshan. got any. got any orv fic recs? bats eyes

always!! i think ive exhausted the orv tag by this point lmao

exposed scaffolding - soosang teacher au and i think about it SO much the characterization slaps pls read it. the entire time its hsy being like “ugh i hate her so bad” and ysa just has hearts in her eyes

new activity - kdj & yjh are hsy’s beta readers. they start beefing and/or developing feelings in her google docs comments.

show me proof you hear my sound - post canon au where kdj has amnesia abt what happened during the scenarios and now he’s running a bookstore but they all find him one by one and it’s just very. yeah

the depths of one’s sorrow - this is like. melancholy. au where they’re all immortals. i read this while delirious on a 16hr plane ride so i unfortunately do not remember much but it made me Think Thoughts

loving out of tune - joongdok neighbors au my fucking beloved. the entire thing was crack. but also like weirdly emotional. good shit 10/10 i have read it a billion times by now

spidey-kiss - yjh is spiderman and is abt to tell kdj but kdj instead thinks yjh is confessing to him and they start dating. its actual crack i love it (fair warning it isn’t finished yet but!! give it a shot anyway lmao)

a match made in a room adjacent to heaven - kdj thinks yjh is an npc in a game and starts trying to seduce him. i won’t elaborate

on the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog - this one’s p popular maybe you already read it?? but anyways uh. catfishing. but also like trauma. go in blind i think (being so fr i remember i rlly loved this fic but i totally forgot the plot. it was SO good though i remember that much)

anyways??? i hope that’s a decent list lmao but i will find you more stuff buried in my bookmarks if you do in fact care to read them

[jomeimei421]

hi do you have any more fic recs?? ive read everything you already recommended in the last post and i am Terrible at finding fics myself-

why yes indeed i do <(:]) spoilers for all of ORV under the cut! Here is a link to my other fic rec post for those who haven't seen it yet.

Mei's ORV Fic Recs 2: Electric Boogaloo

Looking for Yoo Joonghyuk by Je_te_veux

GEN, written for YJH's birthday. A canon compliant exploration of YJH's search to find the answers to who he is and what he should live for. Takes place during the epilogue. Again, JTV is a Chinese author so you will need to read their fics with material translation, but their writing is remarkable! I'm especially fond of the way they wrote YJH and Anna Croft, and also, I have a soft spot for things where YJH (who has had to carry the enormous burden of the Story for so long) finally gets to do some reading and writing of his own.

Love & Affection Do (Not) a Cat Make by featherx

Sangsoo, with a side of Joongdok. The misadventures of HSY (cat) and YJH (cat???). I have a special spot in my heart for this fic because cat HSY is written so hysterically well it has permanently affected my own characterization of HSY. Funny, charming, cute, but as with all things orv, has a very sweet and sad undertone.

Great Escapes by wyrvel

JDJ. YJH attempts to confess. KDJ does not make things easy for him. The calling card of a great jdj confession fic is a tasteful amount of KDJ brand tomfoolery, just enough to make you want to grab him and shake him like maracas. This fic accomplishes that with flying colors. It's written from YJH's pov, but you can just feel the gears turning and steam puffing out of KDJ's head. Op understands babygirl YJH. As a warning, this is the first part of a three fic series, the other two are NSFW.

Only I know how this show will end! by ineedacatchyname

YHK. Our favorite toxic polycule, now on live tv! A truly tremendous Love Island AU fic. My absolute favorite thing about this fic is that every time a character is introduced, there's a cutaway to their Love Island Love Interest Self Introduction Sexy Beach Montage Reel written in the style of a TV film script and every last one of them had me crying real tears. YSA is also excellent in this fic.

World's End Rhapsody by wakerife

JDJ, with a side of Sangsoo. This was one of the first orv fics I read, before I started bookmarking them; there's a really sweet scene of YJH reading that I couldn't get out of my head so I went on a hunt to find this fic again by searching through every single ORV fic tagged with "post-canon." A collection of KDJ recovery snippets, punctuated by some heartfelt jdj.

At Sea by ksalientian

YHK. The dead return from the sea, including KDJ. He doesn't come back exactly how they remember. Eerie, melancholy, and permeated with slow, enormous loss. There are some horror like elements in this fic, but it's more psychological than something that might make you squeamish. Yoohan are going through it. Fantastic fic!

I don't want to fall asleep just yet by featherx

GEN. Pre-canon. There's a ghost that lives inside of HSY's house. A short character study on the loneliness of a writer.

A New Story Written by pyrrhura

YHK. KDJ worries in the middle of the night about being responsible for a new story, and about being a father. Or, three idiots and baby. I love fics where yhk get their blissfully mundane happy ending, but op doesn't confuse that with forgetting the traumas and hardships of the past. Love the banter in this fic, and the way they just lean on one another without even thinking. As a warning, there are discussions of unplanned pregnancy in this.

Ain't Nobody Solving That Declining Birth Rate by dulcetair

YHK. KDJ is fresh out of a coma (broke) and YJH is a former terrorist (also broke.) The post-scenario government issues a cash incentive for people to get married. Or, the gang commits marriage fraud! Features YJH wearing a apron that says grillmaster on it. I was already a firm believer in YHK getting married for """tax benefits""" because it makes things easier for KDJ who is too embarrassed to admit anything otherwise, but the idea of HSY using Avatars to game the system and buy a three story house just for funsies is also incredibly in character.

What the Living Do by younglegends

GEN. Snapshots of mourning, loving, and longing from various KCom members' points of view. The chronological events of this fic are backwards, which makes for an interesting read. Younglegends hasn't written a lot of ORV stuff yet, but the two fics that they have so far are both downright phenomenal, and some of the best work I've seen in this community. They are also the author of the fic that I refused to spoil in the previous orv fic rec. Also, their YSA characterization is perfect.

That's all for now! Enjoy!

[princess-of-purple-prose]

hello! I was wondering where did you read orv? I have been wanting to get into it but I'm a bit confused on how to read it. Thanks!!

Hi anon, you made me so so happy with this ask!!! You can access the epub file to the webnovel here, and as a bonus, here's the link to the webtoon! I open epubs on pc using the calibre app and firefox's epub add-on, and on mobile with the app readera!!

[mhaynoot]

thank you for the tag @rusquared!!! this is horrendously late LMAO i hope you don't mind 🌱

Fanwork creators self rec! When you get this, reply with your five favorite fics/art/podfics/etc. that you've made, then pass on to others. Let’s spread the self-love 🌼

Everything is going to be ORV because I love ORV!! I love love ORV and i can't stop thinking about orv so its my favourite!!

(1) ha's bad analysis of orv

my *checks notes* 23k word doc containing all my insane ramblings i tentatively call "analysis" and which probably lured all of you in mwuahahahah

(2) kim dokja panel redraw

listen i know the art style is all over the place and the consistency is nonexistent but this is still to the date, the most accurate representation of my squid infested brain

(3) my first joongdok fic to make lunch for us

still some of my best writing tbh and i won't subject you all to the beautiful line again and instead leave you with another line:

Kim Dokja listens to the strong heartbeat, thudding like it doesn’t know how to stop, like it hadn’t stopped for 1863 times, and breathes as the man holding him up breathes.

(4) these sketches

am i cheating by including two? yes but hsy would approve. these were so fun to draw and my more goober brain needs fictional man like isn't he so perfectly squishable? dont you wanna just stuff him into a jar and shake? so cute so cute also I redrew the shocked kdj here and he's so i love him so much

(5) my streamer au!!

this is still being worked on i swerar i swera i swear-

i lied before this is actually technically my first joongdok fic except there's no joongdok yet and its not even a fic, just a bunch of first drafts posted together so did i really lie (yes)

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tagging @kkomaism @headphonemouse @shika1864 @cloudiistarz @nebulous-squid @harpieisthecarpie

[weirdplutoprince]

Almost forgot about it but @rusquared tagged me in this fun little thing! :DD

Fanwork creators self rec! When you get this, reply with your five favorite fics/art/podfics/etc. that you've made, then pass on to others. Let’s spread the self-love 🌼

Illustration:

I'm pretty proud of this bakugou botton I made because I really like how the rough-ish lines effect came together with his explosive mood. I think the background as well really complements it and I'm happy with the warm colours and expression! Nyehehe.

Comic:

I particularly like the chapter 3 of my webcomic Cor de Rosa, because it has a lot of cute pages like these. It was very fun colouring in those pink and red tones and I think it really conveyed the loving feeling I wanted those pages to embody. :3

Writing:

I really like writing though I don't do it as often. So I was glad that I got to write my first fic in a long time with this ORV Fanfic titled 'Facade' It's my longest yet and it made me happy to write. I'm even somewhat excited at the prospect of writing yet another one so I think it deserves to be here

This extremely based cover I made for my webcomic Acchan

And at last for my ORV Works I think it'd have to be these guys!!

Thank you for tagging me!!

If you feel like it, I'm passing on the torch to @setewbro @lvpmm @tomaturtles and @dukemercury

[orphiclovers]

You don't have to answer if you don't want to. What is your opinion on abo!orv, but bitching exists and YJH is an alpha?

Hahahahahahahaha, no I think I will answer this. Just, I am never prepared for the things I get asked on tumblr. No shade.

I've read a fic or two with this premise before, let me try to find my bookmarks. (power scaling - this one is the closest) ( The scent of Jasmine tends to calm the mind - a/b/o but not bitching but I think it counts. check warnings.) (Mr. Yoo × Secretary Kim - this one I read yesterday, it's good.) (i could make your bed shake, i could be your sin - not abo but fits the theme) (the fine art of cooperation (or lack thereof) -D/s verse)

Omegaverse isn't my absolute favourite genre but I've been known to enjoy the occasional fic as you can see. Don't really have a preference for who is an alpha or omega, a good writer can convice me either way. I like it a lot when whatever gender they are is in conflict with their personality or sexual preferences, that's the good stuff (and that's what all the fics I recced are about. also this one rules are how you lose - check warnings.)

If we're inventing a new gender binary (or...trinity?) I still want to read about the people who don't fit in and break those sociatal norms, just like with our universe. If alpha/omega is straight, I like to read slash omegaverse, so to speak LOL

[nekomimiswitchtsurui]

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