#otome drama

[reesdomain]

The funny thing about this whole drama is that I can’t even be entirely mad at Papergames. Because the dick eaters who go for anything are the ones who both instigate conflict within the fan base and also try to drown out valid concerns from other players only to coattail of the benefits we got them in the first place. Calling even the most polite, constructive criticism “negativity” just to virtue signal and shut people up is a joke. And this game being mainstream has only worsened it. “Everyone’s opinion matters” until they’re not on the bandwagon with the majority. Foh. “You just want everything handed to you for free” “the workers need to be paid”. THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD BE BEGGING FOR SHIT THAT WAS IN GAMES OVER 10 YEARS AGO FROM JUMP. THERES NO WAY A COMPANY WITH GLOBAL STUDIOS, SUBSIDIARIES, AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN REVENUE A YEAR AREN’T PAYING THE WORKERS AND NOT STILL HAVING A SHIT TON OF RESOURCES REMAINING. ENOUGH.

This person put it into amazing perspective. Besides her guess, I looked up global average for salaries across the industry and Papergames included. Company size and all. There’s a ton of expenses that go into business besides salary but even after paying the small folk and the executive suits there’s still a shit ton of that half a billion remaining. And that’s not including what cuts they get from official collabs. They’re not “struggling” by any means. If something is going on in production that’s from a lack of proper management and balance. Not from them lacking money. Which by the way, what the fuck is with all the Z****** they’ve been contracting lately?

[xinyuehui]

⸺⸺ As long as the snow on the umbrella does not melt, you do not need to be afraid of anything.

[asteriass]

The progression of the “Villainess” trope

Y'know, thinking about it, it's very ironic how a trope made to subvert one's expectations & give more depth to 1 dimensional villains in cliche novels by "humanizing" them more & providing their side of the story, eventually became oversaturated with cartoony villains & flat MCs. Thus, completely failing in its goal to "subvert expectations" as it too turned into mind numbing cliche, becoming the exact opposite of what the troupe initially aimed to achieved.

I am talking about "Villainess" series.

I remember seeing a twitter post a while back saying how a lot of the villainess stuff the authors & studios are putting out nowadays lack any sort of nuance when it comes to its characters. And how a lot authors simply switch the roles of the cast (Like: OG MC -> villain | OG villain -> MC) & call it a day. And I 100% agree with that.

This troupe kinda ended up becoming the dictionary definition of the saying, "You either die as a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain” lmao

What could've been an opportunity to write nuanced villains & morally ambiguous main characters, turned EXACTLY into the cliche it was pocking fun at.

In an attempt to reveal how the MCs of your typical cliche novels can also be in the wrong at times, flaws that the story & its (in-canon) fandom may purposefully ignore, the villainess stories ended up doing EXACT SAME thing EXECPT this time it's the "villains" doing it rather than the OG FL or OG ML of the “OG novel”. In an attempt to stop cliche villains from remaining cliche, while we did ended up getting slightly more nuance for the “OG villain” characters, in the process, the OG MCs turned exactly into those flat cliche villains.

Alot of villainess series poke fun at the troupes they themself use, but not in a satirical way.

So many villainess series poke fun at the OG novels for being problematic or stupid & the fandom of said novels basically ignoring its flaws & problems, only gushing over the OG FL. Which yea, is nice & all, but y'know... that's exactly what those villainess series do too. SO MANYY of them borderline have the FLs participating in literal slavery. & More often than not have a borderline colonizer ML. Not to mention the numerous which carry weird undertones of colorism, and many such other things. All the while, the fandom of these villainess series continue to ignore their glaring problems & flaws & instead just gush over the FL and ML.

And I'm not even saying this in a hating sort of way (well, aside from the series with issues of colorism, orientalism, etc). Moreover, this is all not to say that one can not enjoy such stories, because admittedly, there is indeed fun in just reading a simple and familiar story line. But this is all more me being intrigued by this trope’s almost ironic progression as companies rush their staff to produce something which they think will be able to ride the waves of the current trends, only for the vast majority to simply drown in a sea of mediocrity (with many even being canceled due to this)

[Though I mean, something as simple as villainess tropes won’t be the only one to go through this. Like a lot of Shakespearean works, a subversion of the classics & typical troupes back then, got turned into ones of those classics and by many are now considered cliche. And that's just scrapping the bottom of the barrel!]

[firwoods]

I'm just gonna leave this here for the Rafayel/Homura girlies.

[auspicioustidings]

OK OK so the way I would do a mafia au would be reader who was raised by a single parent into a normal life but when their parent dies it is discovered that they are actually the grandkid of some mafia boss.

Said mafia boss did not know their son had a kid but is eager to spoil this grandchild so takes them in. Problem being after their son died the boss had over the years adopted children who are now all competing to be the heir, none of which are happy that their is now a blood heir as competition, especially not when it's some innocent little lamb of a civilian who doesn't even know how to shoot a gun.

[yuukosylus]

All I know is that I will always be attracted to Sylus

[bigbrainlivestock]

Shū Caring About Consent

is this…consent being shown in diabolik lovers?!?!

the bar was low but absolutely legendary of you shu👍💯

translation: @dialovers-translations

[bestlaidplansproductions]

Are you ready to meet the adorable baby Jane of Save the Villainess?

If so, head over to Save the Villainess' Lunar New Year update on Kickstarter, Steam, or Itch.io!

You'll learn about:

✦ Our 100+ hour process of creating animated character models

✦ A first look at animated young Jane and writing updates

✦ A celebration of Servant's birthday

✦ The conclusion to last month's brutal elimination game!

If you’re on our mailing list, you’ll also get a new picture of our kitten Voya AND be able to email us for special character cards about Servant. Let us know if you want to see Jane, Edmund, Izel, Ben, and Servant themselves talk about Servant!

Thanks again for your support, fellow villains and villainesses. We hope you have a wonderful start to your year!

[equinox-86]

Thought I should share this illustration from my Azusa CD, which I scanned (´ω｀)♡

[akkivee]

OTOMES SOLO IS CALLED MIC REWRITES THE ENDING

ICHIJIKUS SOLO IS CALLED GET FREEDOM

NEMUS SOLO IS CALLED DO THE RIGHT THING

AND THE DRAMA TRACK IS CALLED STAY GOLD

[dianalillian]

POV: You woke up in a world of novel/otome game as its villainess looking like this.

[kuruk]

don't ever read or watch anything I talk about on here I will kill you

[maliciousandmizerablevampirism]

you cannot let me watch Business proposal and expect me to get over Kang Tae-moo when he is a carbon copy of JUMIN HAN. MY ALL TIME CRUSH. EVEN THE HAIR IS THE SAME. THE PERSONALITIES ARE TOO SIMILAR. EVERYTHING

[deus-ex-mona]

real talk: lxl should continue to explore romance fantasy concepts in their songs. it’s clearly working for them~

[sinful-liesel]

I've never wanted to be breastfed so badly in my life 😩