#orv....

[mxdotpng]

thinking again about [incarnation kim dokja will be killed by the person he loves most]. orv as a whole rewards you for reading and remembering every bit of text in that novel but my favorite part is definitely the parallel between everyone fighting to kill kim dokja in "73rd demon king" and everyone fighting to save kim dokja in "the most ancient dream". shin yoosung and lee gilyoung are described to be holding themselves back and unable to do anything in both scenarios. jung heewon raises her sword to fight the demon king, and drops it when she meets the most ancient dream. han sooyoung is almost silent as she fights dokja and then she's clawing and screaming as secretive plotter levels his sword at the most ancient dream's head.

more than that i think often about how kim dokja sacrificed himself to become the demon king of salvation to save everyone. and while he claims again and again that he wants to save them again by eliminating the star stream, his desperation in wanting the most ancient dream to die is because he can't stand the sight of himself. he was crawling on his hands and knees begging for a weapon because he was powerless, and because he wanted to die. he knew how selfish he was being, too, both times -- how cruel it was to ask for his friends to kill him, and how cruel it was for wanting to kill himself even if the star stream - and its stories, its past, its future - would come to an end. its kind of beautiful that both times, in a way, the story he loved most is what ended him.

[rlaehrwk21]

they are canceling me for the way i deal with grief. also, for the infinite number of destroyed universes

[dreadark]

it’s always “why did you sacrifice yourself and leave me behind” and never How was the sacrifice Was sacrificing yourself fun it looked fun

[hehearse]

[evercelle]

some favorite moments from orv read :)c

[nasykuching]

[JoongDok/ORV] A solution

[randomgarbagecan]

has this been done before? I mean, spoilers for the demon realm arc

[orphiclovers]

ORV reels you in with the "What if all my useless interests were suddenly SUPER important in real life and I was better than everyone for investing all that time in them" isekai power fantasy and then when you're invested pulls a bait and switch like "Actually they WERE always useful and necessary! They are what kept you going through life all this time! Even if that was the only way they ever served you, it still was not a waste of time because the only thing that matters is that they helped you survive"

[kartonidze]

beginning sweetness never stays

[riiserrie]

the demons kept telling me to make this

the forbidden He would not fucking say that but wouldnt it be funny edition. i do what i want ☝🤓

[jomeimei421]

My full piece for @jdlogbook !! What if I took you on a house tour and there was a big prophetic mural of you killing me in the foyer 🤍

Extra sales are still happening!

[pillow-boi]

That one conversation on the roof

[rlaehrwk21]

"i can fix him" ok well i will try to make him realize how loved and cherished he is outside of the narrative he created for himself

[kiwiandmint]

Doomed by the narrative

Pose reference from here!

[hehearse]