Had this one on my list for a while! Considering every review on the first page of the NovelUpdates page is absolutely glowing, I'm excited to read it~
An Extra takes the stage at the beginning of the world, with no personal lines- he's only here to toss a flower onto the deceased hero's coffin at his funeral. After that? With no other plot relevance, he'll scatter into ashes with the rest of irrelevant.
The only thing that can save his life is entrenching himself in the plot- an Extra can be discarded, but a Minor or Supporting role has multiple scenes and won't leave the stage easily. And this plot rotates around the protagonist, the man currently lying in the coffin with his soul inhabiting the body of a minor noble in the alleyway nearby.
He'll need to approach him and make sure he has an excuse to journey with him to extend his short life a little more. In other words-
If he doesn't become a main character, he'll die.
This novel is. Wow. I really absolutely love it. Its crazy how much it gripped me from the very beginning- the literal world building around him as the protagonist slowly becomes more cognisant. The horror of being an Extra on a stage ready to discard you. The fact that the main character doesn't even have a name for a good while- its a narrative on the creative process from the inside of the world created. I'm weak to this topic as a creative myself, and I definitely cried a few times towards the end of the novel. I can't even say much of why its so good because a good portion of it is best encountered as you read it, blind. This author loves the story. This author loves everything within it.
The main character gets to experience a lot of horrors with little knowledge of the future- hurriedly scanning through the script of the next scene while feeling out the mechanics of the budding world around him. The first act and area Sinistra is the most outwardly horrifying- streets twisting to life under the gaze of Leovald the protagonist, Extra characters with a single line of repeated dialogue populating an inn which didn't exist before our main character told Leovald it did. The slow realization that this story is not a normal western fantasy like it presents itself, with a slow corruption that churns underneath the existing narrative- erroding it.
On top of the anxiety of trying to get ahead of the unfolding narrative and twist it in his favor, he also has to keep an eye on his plot relevance and raise it. If Leovald decides to leave without him once this act is over, he will quickly lose relevance in a city the Hero will not return to. He must follow Leovald out. He can't die here.
I can't say too much about our little protagonist Leo- he's very good too. A beast in human clothing, tamed by a mysterious man who refuses to tell him his name... I pretty much cheered every time we got Leo's perspective in a chapter- he's not normal. The main character is too deep into his love vision of Leo to really notice and its funny.
I adore the main character and Leo's relationship. The main character has an incredible chemistry with Leo, and their relationship slowly becoming more and more entwined as they spend time together is done in a comfortable and realistic way. I love how they slowly build up a solid trust between each other- Leo's embrace is the MC's only safe harbor, and the MC's secrets fascinate Leo in a way no other person or thing does.
The plot! The other characters! Holy shit I love Godric and everything around him (not elaborating bc spoilers) and the horrors he brings to the narrative by simply existing within it! I love the corrupted enemies that I cannot elaborate on either! I love the two behind the scenes working hard to give this play a happy ending. I love how gently created all the original characters within the play are. There is care placed in every major character (even if they aren't necessarily a Supporting character).
The Ertinez family is great- Celestina is probably my favourite out of all of them. Vittorio follows the main leads around like a little tail and has a satisfying character arc that ends with a bang. The Field Army characters that originally followed Leovald- Raul, Natalie, Paulo- are all funny and competent and I love their dynamic with each other. The original Leonardo is a rouge and I was happy every time he showed up- and his reluctance to explain things to his family is very him. I wish we had seen the outcome of that... Duke Marchez with his monster research obssession... There's just so many good characters.
This is a novel that plays with but ultimately celebrates the 'Story' and everything within it. The pure love and appreciation of creation that this author displays throughout the novel kills me. I don't usually like comparing things in these reviews, but if you were moved by O/R/V's epilogue you'll definitely like this novel as well. I can't wait to see if this author has more novels. Please read this one!
How was the translation? Great! Maple's translation had a few bumps in the middle (mostly a few sentences ommitting the subject) but there were no typos and only a few 'tense' mixups. Maple seems to have left all the honorifics (i.e. 'noonim') out but it still flows well. Shirubame was wonderful but the translation for the IF side story had some bumps (Shirubame didn't like it so didn't put as much effort into it. I don't blame them).
*Don't read the IF side story (last 10 chapters) if you don't like coercive relationships and explicit rape- this is a bad ending for our poor protag. Rape is not part of the main story and the normal extras are very good.
Detailed triggers (which are few honestly) and arc names under the cut- I went by chapter title for the arcs before I realized there were bigger arc cuts and just kept going 😅
1) The Afterlife of the Good Person
2) Sub-Quest
Human sacrifice (mention)
A little awkward phrasing.
3) Searching in the Dark
Self harm (mild)
4) Fun Dungeon Exploration!
Child death (mention)
5) Escape
Gore, Self harm (mild)
6) How to Catch a Big Fish
Gore, Torture (mention), Body horror
7) Hooked!
Animal death (mention)
8) Turmoil
Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism (ish)
9) Ashes
Body horror, Gore
10) Intermission
Gore, Animal death (?)
11) Nameless Ones
Gore, Body horror
12) Promise
13) Reunion
14) The Return of the Prodigal Son
15) Renovation
16) No Secrets
17) Home Visit
Self harm (mild)
18) Rumours
Gore, Body horror, Suicide (mention)
19) Turning Point
20) The Opportunist in Crisis
21) The Visitor
22) Capgras Syndrome
23) Treasure Hunt
Body horror, Gore (mild)
24) Farewell
25) Second Intermission
Gore, Body horror
26) Reconnaissance
Some sentences feel a bit awkward, eg "The fake Duke hoped to let slip more information" should be more like "I hoped the fake Duke would let slip more information".
27) Reunion
28) Chasing Tails
29) Persuasion
Body horror
30) Diversionary Tactic
Gore
31) Frame Out
Body horror
32) Wise Imprisonment Life
33) Reunion
Gore (mild)
34) Festival of the Gods
Gore
35) Final Intermission
36) Patching Up
Suicide, Gore
37) Confession
Vehicle accident
38) Turning Point
39) Another Beast Emerges from the Earth
Body horror
40) The Conspiracy
Body horror
41) The Heroic Chronicles of Leovald
Gore
42) Full Stop
Body horror
43) If I Don’t Become the Main Character, I’ll Die
Gore
44) Extra: Curtain Call
Cannibalism (fantasy)
45) Extra: If (If MC had failed)
Rape (wow...), Body horror, Cannibalism (real), Self harm, Gore, Suicide
Tags: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, School life, Supernatural, Yaoi
Chapters: 139
Read on: 05/23/2026 to 05/25/2026
I read this one a while ago and remember liking it? Another novel from Wang Ya, who also wrote Working Records in a Weird World and Thriller Trainee~
Zong Yan has a secret: he can pull cards from the void. When he crushes these cards, he gains the superpower inscribed on the card. Low ranking cards let him summon a cup of water or learn a new language fluently- but the high ranking cards change him completely, a Daily Disposable Persona.
Eventually he gets caught by the government- they assume he's a rare Awakener: a subset of the human race that awakens to find themselves able to control certain elements. The more elements you control, the stronger you are.
Fake Awakener Zong Yan who has the cards to control over ten elements: ... Haha.
So this shining new prospect is enrolled in Miskatonic University and exposed to the hidden world of aliens and gods, and personally comes in contact with many of them. This itself was fine, but... Could someone tell him why the Lord of the Gate was pretending to be his senior brother??
Yay! I remembered correctly- I do really like this novel. Its a step away from the last one; Unlike most novels which borrow settings from the Lovecraftian myths, this one gives humans a bit of a chance to fight back. It changes how the novel feels and emphasises a bit less on the body horror/gore/despair unless facing one of the gods directly. That isn't to say there's none- there's still plenty blood and despair- but it feels more like an action-adventure novel than horror. And thats fine! The author explicitly states that they have a lot of personal settings mixed in and this effect is completely intentional.
The plot is pretty good- it centers on Zong Yan himself and how he slowly figures out who he is and reacts to the world around him. Every new threat is something he has to figure out, while every move he makes is under the slightly curious eyes of Yog-Sothoth.
Zong Yan is a cute, lonely teenager who tries to keep to himself but secretly wishes for friends and warmth. He's weak to people who are nice to him and thus finds himself with a few friends as he moves forward. His relationship with Yog-Sothoth is pretty cold until Yog really starts trying to win him over, but he does have partiality towards him beforehand (as opposed to his blatant dislike of Nyarlathotep and Shub-Niggurath, who hang around too because of things). I like how their relationship develops and the mystery behind who Zong Yan is and why he is the only one with the power he has. I really like the mobius strip Wang Ya weaves- the reasons why all the Evil Gods feel partial to Zong Yan is deserved. Just wait for the plot~
Yog-Sothoth is an evil god, and thus cannot truly love someone. But he does figure out that Zong Yan, who he was only slightly interested in before because He can't see his timeline- is important enough to him that he must watch him always. I think Wang Ya really sold the thoughts and actions of all the evil gods, its emphasised how they aren't human and never will be. Yog-Sothoth havung to simulate human emotions to try to figure out just what the heck his little human is thinking is always really funny to me. Somehow this cosmic horror entity ends up being the funniest character here 🙂↕️ Though I think if you had to choose from those three, Yog-Sothoth is the better choice. If I had a nickel for every time someone fell in love with him in a danmei....
Side characters are there but mainly supplement the plot. While Wang KeMing and Edward are given a bit of spotlight and plot, its far less than the evil gods surrounding Zong Yan. I don't think this was a detriment really, but Zong Yan needs some time with humans too lol. They are enough to help dispell some of his gloominess and keep his attention on the MU crew. I just think that the Dragon group should have had more screen time- every time he turns around He Yuan is on another trip and can't help out. I was expecting a little more from the guy appointed to be his mentor.
This novel also deals with a lot of non-chinese countries and some of the depictions are a little... Shallow. I wouldn't say its egregious, just a bit misinformed. I've seen worse honestly, and Confectioner is really good at pointing some of the author's misconceptions out. Its easily overlooked.
Overall this novel is a lighter read with funny interactions and an interesting mystery to unfold. I personally like "group pet" (where everyone loves the MC) novels that are done well and have definitive reasons as to why everyone loves the main character and this novel certainly delivers. I think Zong Yan is charming, and I really love Yog-Sothoth. Converting now-
How was the translation? Perfect! I think there was only a single typo in the whole text. Confectioner is really thorough on tl notes about the different phrases and transliterations they make.
*From a brief look into Yog-Sothoth's thoughts if Zong Yan ended up rejecting him. He's an evil god, you can't really say no to him. I shrug. Zong Yan obviously doesn't go down this route.
**I'll also mention that Harry Potter is mentioned a few times as a comparison in the text, but this novel is older so 😗
Arc names and detailed triggers under the cut:
1) Child of the Wind
Gore (brief, mild)
2) The Night Watchman
Suicide (brief mention), Cults, Human sacrifice, Gore (mild), Self harm
Mild crossdressing joke..
3) The King of Clouds
Gore
4) The Astrologer
Gore (mild)
5) The Sun God
Racism (sinophobia), Gore, Human sacrifice
6) R'lyeh
Gore
7) High School Student
Body horror (mild), Gore
8) Little Majesty
Gore (mild), Rape* (fantasy?)
*Yog-Sothoth is not a normal person and briefly thinks about what normal conventions of an evil god would do with Zong Yan if he refused (little black room), but obviously he doesn't do this and instead has coaxed Zong Yan into reciprocating.
9) Extras
Gore (mild), Slavery (brief mention- ancient Egypt)
Thanks for reading my review! See you in the next one 💜💜💜
Here's a novel that has! Crazy good reviews (299 5* out of 365 total on NovelUpdates) and one I've seen around before. Sang Wo is the same author who did Born to Be Rebellious which I really loved and reviewed in 2024! Translated by 98Novels, who translate via edited MTL which can be hit or miss, but is usually readable. Here's to another really long novel to review~
Wen Jianyan is a professional scammer, lying as easily as he breathes. Focused entirely on his own pleasure and hedonism, he forges no bonds and has no one to miss him.
Right after he finished a scam with his biggest payout yet, he wakes up in Nightmare-A streaming system that forces Anchors through Instances for an unknown audience. Great. He was about to retire, and now he's forced to risk his life here??? Go to hell.
Deceiving both humans and NPCs alike, focused on digging the bloody truth out of the dark, Wen Jianyan completely flips the table on its head while also targetting Nightmare itself. How dare it bind him?
And as unrestrained and intelligent as Wen Jianyan is, he still runs into a bit of a hiccup... Why has this 'Father God' he woke up (and then immediately lied to) keep following him?!
This novel is so well structured. Its very long, sure, but it needs to be- the main plotline is dense and very well executed. Both danger and rest are balanced delicately in a way that keeps the reader engaged. I wouldn't even say it starts slow- the pace of information is slowly unvealed in an almost artful way. I cried reading the author's note on the final chapter. Sang Wo really poured their soul into this novel and it shows!
I kept having little realizations about things in the novel as I read it- figuring out some of what was going on as Yanyan did. Some of Hugo's reactions in particular that were never explicitly explained are crystal clear to me. That blows me away.
Wen Jianyan is a little liar who is also prone to being scared shitless and while that cowardly part of him is best showcased in the first few instances, you can see it in the way he grows as an Anchor too. If he can't talk his way out of something, he runs. He's sensitive as hell to the rules of instances and how things interact with each other, relying on his brain more than his items and Talent. I really love how all of this built up, a steady progression of competence that feels realistic. Wen Jianyan is still incredibly fragile even in the final arc- but his bonds with everyone and his quick thinking serve him well to directly face Nightmare.
A huge part of his character arc is him slowly learning to let others take risks with him. He's inclined to make friends- incredibly good at it, actually- but since he ends up being targetted by Nightmare he tries to keep them out of it. He may keep everyone at bay, but cherishes each and every one of them. Even the ones that he loses. Somehow, most of his team is someone he's deceived, but all of them love him and look up to his leadership. And have a victim's club open to the next person he scams, lol.
And above all else, remember this: Yanyan is a professional hole digger. He's continuously leaving pitfalls for himself, especially when facing Wu Zhu lol.
Wu Zhu I can say less of just because of how important he is to the plot, but know that I love him. His character arc is entirely focused around Wen Jianyan. Without Wen Jianyan, he wouldn't even be awake. From a tyrannical and fierce god who could kill this lying Bishop of his that defies him at every turn to realizing what he has in his hands is a lively spark that consumes him whole- that he gladly gives himself to. Folding away the claws and fangs to anxiously seek out Yanyan's love- he goes from a beast relying on instinct to being obedient and being sensitive to Yanyan's thoughts and wishes. From hatred to overwhelming love. I really like it. Its a slow change and towards the beginning he's pretty forceful with Wen Jianyan- who then manipulates him in kind- and he has no real sense of shame (which Wen Jianyam has a lot of-) so the interactions between them are really interesting and I look forward to their next meeting every time.
The romance is very slow, in fact before about about a third of the way in its impossible. But after evening the playing field both of them slowly start to realize both the importance of the other to them. I like it a lot- enemies/antagonists to somewhat working together to unable to let the other go in this lifetime. Is good. Give me more God/Mortal interactions I crave it-
The side characters arreee so good I liked pretty much every character introduced. Sang Wo says that its harder for them to write larger casts, so they worked extremely hard to make sure every character introduced had their time to shine and was integrated into the plot seamlessly. I love all of Wen Jianyan's eventual friends, I love Dan Zhu for reasons that are spoilers, I even really like the characters we didn't get to spend a whole lot of time with like Chen Cheng. Orange Candy may be my favourite side character, but Bai Xue is also a real contender for first and I enjoyed the reveal of his Talent. Ma Qi is adorable and I wish she had been introduced sooner so I had more of her. Everyone has their spot, and even the split POV of the last arc when we got long chapters that didn't include Wen Jianyan at all were chapters I couldn't stop reading. Its very good and I think Sang Wo accomplished their goal beautifully.
And Nightmare itself! I got chills from some of the final reveals- just how Nightmare works, what its trying to do, everything is seamlessly foreshadowed and absolutely crazy I love it. I want more novels where the System controlling the Infinite Flow is somehow Something Else.
The instances!! The way they all link together!!! The core function for each one are definitely after my own heart. I always favor IFs that have their instances have ties to each other and this one does it really well! The ensemble reveal in the final chapters is. whew. I really enjoyed both how Yanyan tore down each one and then how he used his knowledge to his advantage later. Some arcs are over 100 chapters long, and I never felt like I was looking at how many chapters were left till we were done with a particular instance. And that is incredibly rare in this genre~
Anyways I have nothing but praise for this novel. Its well worth the over 700 chapters to read! Please do! I will be revisiting this one in the future for sure.
How was the translation? Good. It is edited MTL, so has some missed stuff. Some typos, some mild disjointed sentences, translating "En" (sound of agreement) as "Well" once, mild typos, some wrong names, some swapped genders and negatives (not/no etc), anchors/streamers used interchangibly, Overzealous use of bold, full uppercase, and italics in some parts (😐), hanzi left in, inconsistent terms. A lot of the weirder ones I documented in the detailed triggers, but overall its much better than the last novel I read translated by them.
Would I recommend this novel? Absolutely!
Would I reread this novel? Yes.
Trigger Warnings: Gore, Body horror, Animal abuse, Animal death, Self harm, Infant death, Child death, Medical abuse, Medical malpractice, Cannibalism, Torture, Parasites, Gender dysphoria as a mental illness*, Homophobia, Psychiatric abuse, Genre-typical demonizing of mental illnesses*, Hydrotherapy, Electroshock therapy, Human experimentaton, Sexual harrassment**, Lobotomy, Self harm, Suicide, Dubious consent***, Human sacrifice, Eye horror, Huamn trafficking, Humans as furniture, Calling a child a slut, Vehicle accident
*Defining being gay as gender dysphoria, specifically.
**An instance gets mutated with Wu Zhu's fragment, causing them to be really focused on Yanyan and the "hunger" caused by the fragment gets interpreted by the human NPCs uh... a little more than carnally. Wen Jianyan is a little shit who immediately capitalizes on this.
***Considering Yanyan is the one who dug this pit and is just embarrassed the dubious is on the lighter side. He immediately contemplates asking for it afterwards 🙂↕️
Detailed trigger warnings and arc names under the cut:
1) Decai Middle School (D)
Gore (mild), Body horror, Animal abuse, Animal death, Self harm
This setup... I'm mildly reminded of Playing the Prophet and I am quite intrigued 👀 Hell yeah provoke the final boss 👍
2) Fukang Private General Hospital (C)
Body horror, Infant/child death, Medical abuse, Gore, Animal death (corpses), Medical malpractice
Hahaha Yanyan the hole you're digging is about to breach the usa from china
3) Antai Community (B-)
Child death (mention), Infant death, Gore, Cannibalism (maybe), Torture
YEAHHHHHH YEAH! Ough this is so good
4) Fantasy Amusement Park (A)
Body horror, Self harm, Parasites (frog, ghost baby), Gore, Torture
Yanyan's special ability is digging holes for himself, obviously.
5) Ping An Asylum (A-)
Gender dysphoria as a mental illness, Homophobia, Psychiatric abuse, Gore, Genre-typical demonization of mental illnesses (schizophrenia, DID), Hydrotherapy (mention), Electroshock therapy, Medical abuse, Human experimentation, Sexual harrassment**, Lobotomy (mention), Body horror, Self harm, Suicide
**Wu Zhu's big big hungry for Yanyan is making the NPCs unwell *watches excitedly * And while Wu Zhu's hunger is a more Eat Him For Real situation the NPCs are human and interpreting the urge as they will.
Man I love this instance. Shaking Sang Wo's hand. Author who knows my heart.
6) Chansheng Building (A+)
Gore, Infant death (ghost baby), Dubious consent*
Some jokes from the barrage about Yanyan dressing up as a girl in this instance and "You didn't expect it, the beauty's a guy" stuff. Also yay An Xin a guy is fine too!
Some inconsistent terms, mainly the Chansheng building's name. Not hard to follow.
*Its Yanyan's fault that he's teaching Wu Zhu these things. the hole. Yanyan the hole you're digging!
7) Xingwang Hotel (S)
Gore, Body horror, Child death, Human sacrifice, Self harm (brief), Suicide
Nightmare system = Meng Tong, Some hanzi left in, Xingwang Hotel = Flourishing Hotel
8) Yuying Comprehensive University (A)
Gore, Suicide, Self harm, Body horror, Cannibalism (adjacent), Eye horror
Yanyan is forced to dress as a girl for part of this instance without using his appearance change. Some mild jokes about that.
A bunch of the same typo. Brother Hu and A-bao= Tiger and Panther/Leopard, Fortune Beckoning Boy=Lucky Cat, Society=Clubs, Admission=Matriculation,
AHHH THIS IS SO GOOD what the hell this is so good. Fuck, yanyan.
8.5) Vacation
Dubious consent*
*Wu Zhu is more enthusiastic than Yanyan is prepared for fhdhdks. its fine
9) Lucky Cruise Ship (SS)
Gore, Body horror, Torture, Human trafficking, Suicide (ish), Self harm, Humans made into furniture
Bricklayer=Mason
10) Infinite Train + Beyond
Bullying, Child death, Torture, Child abuse, Child neglect, Calling a child a slut (Instance NPC to instance NPC), Gore, Suicide, Self harm, Humans made into furniture, Body horror, Cannibalism, Eye horror, Infant death (ghost babies)
I really love all of this. So many things come together here, and its ending up to be my favourite thing of every instance is linked together some way.
11) Extras
Vehicle accident, Self harm (mention), Infant death (ghost babies),
Lol the ghost baby diaries. They hate Wu Zhu 👍
Thank you for reading my review 💜💜💜💜 Its so nice to have a good one after the last disaster.
Please bunny suit yuri bunny suit yuri bunny su *i am forcibly dragged from the Maraverse gacha page*
Ding ding ding! You rolled an Ultra Rare Yuri card 🎉🎉
Bunny Suit Yuri
[Image ID from ALT: A small pixel drawing of my OC, Yuri, in the traditional anime bunny girl suit including a tie. He has his arms crossed in front of his chest with one hand resting on his chin in confused contemplation. A speech bubble with an elipsis floating next to him. End ID]
Why is he here again....? In any case, its probably Xena's fault.
[ID from ALT: A line drawing of my two OCs, a Angel of Eternity with their child. The child is sitting in their parent's lap, wings curled behind her and beaming up at them with a smile. The Angel of Eternity is holding a book for both of them to read, glancing at their child with vague worry. End ID]
I've had this oddly specific image of Muffet working at McDonalds in my head for nearly 10 years, but no reason to really draw about it. The plot to get there is Kris Deltarune committing manslaughter at the McDonalds, obviously. Any resemblance to real Health Inspectors is coincidental.
I broke my original post order plans to get this on time for Valentines Season cuz it's always Valentines Day somewhere. Enjoy more out of order jokes.
Someone out there's playing Health Inspector Simulator (badly).
(Do you guys also remember when McDonalds had Mario Party 3? The controllers were almost always busted, but it was pretty dope.)
i will ensure you stay alive above all else. even if what i do to make it happen is horrendous. even if it violates all your wishes or moral principles. even if you can never look at me the same way again, even if you hate me for it. because at least if you hate me it means youre alive
"i can't do this without you (romantic)" of course. but also "i can't do this without you (platonic)" and "i can't do this without you (mentee to mentor)". for that matter "i can't do this without you (mentor to mentee)". nor can we forget "I can't do this without you (siblings)" and "i can't do this without you (work husband)". "I can't do this without you (novice to idol)" and "I can't do this without you (parent teaching a child)" and "I can't do this without you (a stranger on the street)". "I can't do this without you (we're in this together)" and "I can't do this without you (you make this worth it)" and "I can't do this without you (you give me hope)". simply so
Children near a magical wood catching bugs and their family are like. Please do not catch pixies and small fae and bring them into our home. They are sentient and they are intelligent
And the kids are like "but they get into our bug traps" and "we didn't catch him he followed us home"
And their parents are like. Please i do not believe that 6 fucking pixies smuggled themselves into our garage on the underside of your bicycle saddle and then set up shop in the old dolls house. These are living beings they're not toys it's not kind to treat them like this
And the kids are like we are NOT treating them like anything you said we're not allowed to trap them and they always get into our traps so we always run away when they see us and then they follow us and get inside our backpacks and stuff
And the parents are like
Stop lying!!!
And then they set up wildlife cams and not only can pixies apparently do all of that and are very desperate to hang out with these human kids (who have fun life-sized toys and are covered in wonderful things like glitter and are a free source of fresh bugs and pop tart crumbs)
But they can also like. Fully just pick locks and shit.
Setting up little cameras and having to come to terms with the fact that not only are these small fae initiating every interaction with the kids but have also taken their cat's side in the war against pigeons and keep riding it into battle
The fae quickly realise the camera is a camera, and just as quickly invent silent movies
Each intertitle card has been crafted from words cut out of other writing, so a piece of paper looking like a ransom demand states "BuT Hoo wil SAVE the Dams3l?" is pulled away to reveal a doll tied to train tracks
yeah i like to give my blessing to the most pathetic looking weak little knight at the tournament. she can’t even look me in the eye when i give her my flower and she stutters out that she’ll do her best or something of the like. i think its funny when she has to cry and beg my forgiveness and i get to say “such a shame, i suppose my hand in marriage will have to go to someone else…” and then i get to hear her whimper like a dog. ive done this like 6 times alrea-
They just turned your stupid golden retriever boyfriend into a chocobogirl so she can run better and be even more golden and make such cute warks and kwehs
ten THOUSAND years of wotc humiliation for fumbling larian so hard that even the most successful dnd computer game couldn't keep them from going back to divinity
Firing literally everyone that helped conceive Baldur's Gate 3 with Larian after BG3 became an inescapable success and unstoppable juggernaut that they could have milked forever with DLC instead is maybe the most boneheaded thing WotC have done in the last 5 years, incredibly impressive given that they're WotC
especially a bad one for wotc because, while divinity had a positive glow on it for crpg fans already at this point, larian walked away with the prestige of being able to advertise the next divinity game as "from the creators of the game that endeared the modern dnd audience to crpgs"
for historical context on this one before it gets lost: the logo for the new game had just "leaked" (it was in a trademark filing so I hesitate to even call it a leak) when I made that first post, at which point it was immediately matched to the statue of the hellstone, so it wasn't actually a called shot lmao
[ID from ALT: A digital halfbody drawing of Wei Yingluo from Story of Yanxi Palace. She is sitting primly, her hands resting clenched in her lap, and glaring with mild discontent at something offscreen. She is wearing one of her winter outfits, a pale printed dress with a layered, embroidered collar, and her hair is up in a constructed bun with flowers pinned on each side. She has multiple earrings, and she has a jade beaded tassel pinned to her collar. End ID]
my knight you have to live you have to get up you have to put your hand over your wound and hold it there. you have to keep walking and walking and walking because you cannot lay down yet, it’s not time. wipe the blood off your breastplate and look up into the sun. lean on your sword if you need to. lift one foot after another. get up. get up. this would be a pitiful grave.
