diving in canon but drowning in fanon.
obsessed with evillious, kagepro and orv (especially the lore).
crossovers and fusions are my cup of tea, literally bursting with ideas here.
P.S. quotes are (my) life.
Just finished rereading chapters 176~188 of ORV—funny, cuz chap 176 is part of the "Reading Again" episode. I had to stop so many times just because of the many foreshadowings—intentional and not—I noticed. Have to hand it to Sing-Shong, their flowchart must've been chaotic.
Anyway, another AU idea: Kim Dokja's Fate read something along the lines of "Incarnation Kim Dokja will be killed by the one he loves most." This is fulfilled in the Demon Castle scenario, where Yoo Joonghyuk destroys all of Kim Dokja's remaining lives to kill him permanently and expel him from the scenario. Of course, Kim Dokja still manages to survive the expulsion, even if it's only barely. BUT!
"What if Kim Dokja doesn't die, depite having all his extra lives destroyed by Yoo Joonghyuk? What if Kim Dokja isn't expelled from the scenario, despite clearly failing his mission? What if Kim Dokja just opens his eyes to a roomful of surprised companions, despite his Fate being fulfilled?"
Basically, the premise is that Kim Dokja survives the whole ordeal and isn't expelled from the scenario, but his Fate is still fulfilled. Canon events up to the end of chapter 188 of ORV follows, including the constellation messages saying they don't wish for his death.
My idea is that Kim Dokja did "die" back there, but not in the obvious way. It's specified by the fate that the one who dies is "Incarnation Kim Dokja". This involves my headcanon that only one Most Ancient Dream exists in all parallel worldlines, and since he is "another" Kim Dokja, that means that at least 2 Kim Dokja's existing at that point in time: one is a "constellation" and the other an "incarnation".
Now, Kim Dokja at the time of the Demon Castle scenario is already a constellation and is only waiting for his modifier. I know I said this follows canon events up till chap 188, but there is one minor and off-the-record change to the "Unable To Be Eaten" episode: when Kim Dokja is eaten by the Eater of Dreams, his Story splits into 2—the stories of the Kim Dokja's before and after the apocalypse. Before is the "Incarnation" while After is the "Constellation". It's not really a noticeable change, what with the Fourth Wall hiding away most of the memories it considered "dangerous" (the ones that blurred the lines of "reality" and "fiction") to and/or "unwanted" (the ones Dokja would rather forget) by Kim Dokja. Still, it makes all the difference at this AU's diverging point, because when Yoo Joonghyuk stabs Kim Dokja, "Incarnation" Kim Dokja—the one with the memories of the life before the apocalypse and the one who actually had a life outside of reading TWSA—dies. The one who remains is "Constellation" Kim Dokja—the one who began with the apocalypse an the one whose whole reason to live revolved around reading TWSA. Since Kim Dokja has already been influenced and affected by the Fourth Wall from the very beginning of the apocalypse, no one actually notices a thing, except Yoo Sangah, who notices things she didn't think Kim Dokja would've done before. However, she passes it off as just one of many she's already noticed.
The horror only begins when Kim Dokja's mother, Lee Sookyung, enters the picture again. While Kim Dokja's been with Yoo Sangah long enough to have her be part of the After memories, it isn't the same with Lee Sookyung. The woman is someone who he's subconsciously categorized as part of his Before—someone he'd rather forget and leave behind. Though the Eater of Dreams incident shed some light on her previously unexplained behavior, it's not enough to bridge the gap between them. So while Kim Dokja "lost" the memories of Sangah from Before while retaining those from the After, he completely forgot everything about his "mother" Lee Sookyung and only recognized her as the "King of Wanderers" who has an unwanted fascination with him.
When they bring up his mother, Kim Dokja will only reply, "I don't have a mother." When faced with situations he'd normally sacrifice himself for everyone else, Kim Dokja will be more pragmatic and calculating, pushing suicide as his last resort. When faced with situations that'd normally trigger his traumas, Kim Dokja will be unaffected and be more cold than ever. His emotions will also be more muted thanks to the Fourth Wall. Whether or not he is closer to the lines behind "reality" or closer to the border of "fiction" is up for debate.
Anyway, that's that! Just the barebones of an idea I thought of, though its potential for horror is higher than I thought, what with the memory loss and all. I'd much rather read than write a story with this premise though.
They are actually individual full pieces that ill be using for something else 🤭 But they also look surpsingly fitting when merged together and lowkey my redraw attempt at that webtoon panel
the contradictory dichotomy that is kim dokja's relationship with reality and fiction is totally skewed and it totally makes me see mirrors between the people from both sides of his fourth wall, including himself...
lee sookyung (his mom) <--> tls123 (1863rd han sooyoung)
for his sake, both women sacrificed their lives and turned the lives of others into a story to be used for his survival. and yet kim dokja hates one but loves the other. his only means of contact with either woman was through a “wall”... they also gave up their stories, their lifeblood, for him at one point.
kim dokja's online persona <--> lee gilyoung
both are fanatics to their interests (insects and twsa) and idols (funny, cuz it goes like this: lgy -> kdj -> yjh). they both clung to the first thing that'd help them survive and never quite learned to let go. both fiercely defensive of who and what they love...
kim dokja as a child <--> shin yoosung
both carry survivor's guilt from their first murder and for taking advantage of people (kdj -> twsa characters; sys -> unnamed extras). both saw themselves as “bad” for a long time. both connect better to their comfort object (books and animals). both experience disconnected film theory and feel guilty enough from their other selves' actions to volunteer (atone by) suicide.
yoo sangah <--> yoo joonghyuk
not my oddest comparison so far, but this still weirds me out. heewon's a close competitor but ysa won out.
both are among the staunchest characters in their convictions. both realized they had to adapt to survive. both shed blood usually out of (self-justified) necessity. both are supported by powerhouses. both used one of the “three ways to survive” (reincarnation and regression). both have opposing yet similar deceptive personas (ysa is soft but can be sharp while yjh is cold but hides a warmth). both have chosen to trust kdj despite evidence otherwise. both terrify the rat a lot.
han sooyoung (“plagiarist”) <--> anna croft
anuzzer odd comparison of mine... odder than the last.
both are disliked by kdj from the start, but become his temporary and later permanent allies later on. both proclaim to know the future (credibility aside). both leaders of their own groups that ended up disbanding cuz of kdj. both at odds with kdj's protag.
kim dokja's antisociality <--> han donghoon
both hide behind the screen. both have a severe distrust of people in general. both are good at reading between the lines. both probably terminally and chronically addicted to their phones.
kim dokja's relatives <--> the dokkaebis
both milked kdj for all his worth and more. both tried extorting him (only one of them succeeded). both aired his dirty laundry to the public.
news reporters <--> constellations
both are always hungry for stories. “thrill seekers” and “incarnation seekers”. both have hounded kdj against his will. some romanticize kdj, others stand quietly by his side, the rest want his head on a pike.
kim dokja towards yoo joonghyuk <--> fourth wall towards kim dokja
sometimes pro, sometimes against. both like teasing their partners. both have snark and sass and unabashedly abuse it. both watched over their partner's long and lonely journey.
rereading orv, i can totally see kdj being an annoyance on purpose and on accident to yjh
yjh literally went from trying to kill kdj to just watching to see if he'd live or die to trying to keep him alive cuz he keeps running toward death
also kdj collects anomalies like candy, from ysa (olympus's incarnation) to lgy (forgotten evil's incarnation) to jhw (judge of evil + absolute good) and they're all super attached to kdj and hostile to yjh in different levels
not to mention how kdj stole one companion and killed another and is in the process of corrupting the only one he has left
kdj also has uriel wrapped around his pinky and lots of important constellations plus the dokkaebis in the palm of his hand so yjh really can't off kdj unless he's able to handle the backlash
and let's not forget kdj's mom who totally wants to kill yjh for being a “bad influence” on her son when in yjh's pov it's the other way around???
Chapters: 1/2
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Characters: Percy Jackson, Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson), Grover Underwood, Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Rapunzel (Disney), Luke Castellan, Apollo (Percy Jackson), Artemis (Percy Jackson), The Hunters of Artemis (Percy Jackson), Labyrinth of Minos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Percy Jackson Has Healing Powers, Anachronistic, Sundrop | Sundrop Flower (Disney), Moondrop | Moonstone Opal (Disney), Dreams, Prophecy, Memory Alteration, Song: I See the Light (Disney), Awesome Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson), Some things stay the same, Not a Fix-It
Series: Part 2 of golden sun, dark moon
Summary:
In one universe, before Rapunzel entrusts the Ultimate Power of the Heavens to the cosmos, the last thing she wishes for is the return of the lost. It's a prayer she has prayed for a lifetime; its song flows in her veins. And it stays.
Dimensions away, three-year-old Percy Jackson finds a shiny pebble buried in the sands. Electric blue calls to him, and the ocean in him swells in response.
Or, in which Percy Jackson has Sundrop and Moonstone powers on top of Poseidon kid powers, and absolutely nothing changes. (Yeah, right.)
the fact that hyunsung got 0 votes not even as a joke is so wholesome in itself
but that perfect 1% on sangah is *chef's kiss*
plus the fact that yoosung got tied with jihye and not gilyoung got me cracking
in seolwha's defense there will always be a 0.5% chance of a doctor strangling a particularly annoying patient who happens to also be suicidal. though i am both curious and scared as to what the answer should be when question is about stabbing.
prguitarman
pixelskylines
turnnoffyourmind
gummygunk
yousharknotpass
