Han Sooyoong 1863rd Round

I'll do the same as you. (I'll try and hold it up.)

tfw you have homoerotic subtext with someone of the opposite gender. queerbait but it's not... queer...?

[Story "One Who Is Loved By All" is continuing its storytelling.]

One Star

A friend requested that I post some ORV thoughts on Tone and Themes from discord. I have edited the messages for better organization and clarity below:

There are a lot of quotes that you could argue are the culmination or distillation of ORV. You could also argue that ORV itself is not reducible to a single quote because of the sheer enormity of it, and how that size is a component of the story itself. But if I were to convey the specific melancholy of ORV-- my most fundamental read on the Feeling of ORV-- I would choose one quote to do so.

I’d fall back on, “In a world turned upside down, where monsters were rampant, we still had to clear the snow.”

Throughout the immense battles of good vs evil or gods and demons, ORV remains a story about people doing the things they have to in order to continue living.

And there is a distinct melancholy to that: the grief stricken “is it just this forever,” everyone being a regressor, and the mundane tragedies of struggling on in a world that will build a narrative around you regardless of your input or desires. However, all of these things are part and parcel to ‘surviving’ in a ruined world

It's about taking those small steps forward, regardless of cataclysmic tragedy and world-rending stakes. You still have to clear the snow. You still have to take care of the people around you. You still have to cook dinner. You still have to live.

It's the melancholy of a 'nevertheless', and that's a hopeful kind of melancholy. Reaching out and trying again and again. Leaving a mark on the wall because someone might read it. Regressing so that one day you won’t have to. Iterating and changing and trying again and again. It’s about making attempts.

It's about finding ways to survive, even if you've forgotten a few.

My part of a collab for the @orv-gotcha-for-gaza event! It was an honor to work with you guys on this. Huge thank you to @/constellorv on twitter for donating, and to the mods for organizing this huge endeavor! Though the official donation phase is closed, the need for donations is not, so to anybody reading this: please continue finding and contributing to fundraisers you come across; this is the ORV G4G's original donation page if you're not sure where to start, but by no means is that an exhaustive list!

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(Full collab) (Piece #1 by @normalfreaks) (Piece #2 by @kookadooks/@tls123_twt)

oh..... my meow meows....

KDJ's constellations were internet friends who said 'we should start a band when we meet up irl' and then they did and it worked. unfortunately SP left the friend group early to settle down and have a child 😔 but it's probably for the best he can't sing anyway

This sounds like fanfiction but it all actually happened

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