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[thegreatestestatedeveloper]

The Greatest Estate Developer

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[go-against-fate]

this was for the tged spring collab but my ass procrastinated for too long so i didnt end up doing the llojavi and alicia one ughh

[ying-doodles]

I’m gonna take a break from drawing for a bit, can you watch lloyd while i’m gone? thanks!

transparent png if you want:

[lloydfrontera]

squishes him <33

[togrieve4]

i took him to the paris catacombs

[togrieve4]

damn. sorry ying i lost him at sea

[ying-doodles]

what the fck

[lloydbacktera]

I'll take good care of him <3

[ying-doodles]

lloyd in the microwave what's he doing in there-

oh i'm on the fcking floor rn why did that work so well BAHAHAHA- ｡ﾟ( ﾟ^∀^ﾟ)ﾟ｡

also here's the transparent turnaround cause I spent too long on this to not show the full thing:

(also microwave asset is by upklyak on freepik)

[lesbianlyonelb]

I just wrote 8 pages when I haven't written in months and was beginning to think I'd never be able to again. Idk what it is, but I am sharing and manifesting this energy for every writer who sees this. May you write 8 quality pages effortlessly and find joy writing once more

[go-against-fate]

Pov youre Sir Neumann seconds before getting crushed by a giant rat

no text version;

[spoiky]

Behold. All of my TGED (mostly Lloyd and Javier) incorrect quotes doodles I've amassed in over a year all created because one day I was bored.

[lloydbacktera]

I've been thinking about this for a while (and by a while I mean like about a week since I'm very new to the TGED fandom), but

While I do love me some Lloyd faces™, I feel like the real reason why I thought TGED was funnier than most things I've read before was a combination of all the other visual gags. Because of that, the funniest episode for me was actually episode 55. It does have a couple of Lloyd faces™ (because of course it does), but it also has many other things going on in terms of its humor that are so much funnier to me.

1) Javier vs Bibeong

This entire, uh, dialogue has such a "meowing back at your cat" energy, I love it so much XD. And of course, Bibeong's expression is amazing at conveying his hurt

Also my first thought after seeing this panel of Bibeong for the first time

was this XD

2) Ppodong vs Bibeong

I. am. absolutely in love with Ppodong's expression after the punch. Mostly because of how unexpected it is to see him like that, it's just such a hilarious contrast to his normally nice and bubbly attitude

3) Bibeong x Bangul

Again, love the expressions, but the funniest thing about it is that this is how they capture Bibeong. Magic? Weapons? Nah, all you need is that snek rizz. Amazing 😂

And then I completely lost it at this

The blush. The pose. The hair brushing. 🤌

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I do love an occasional Lloyd face™ (seriously, as an artist I can't help but appreciate the skill that goes into those), but I also want more of the other types of visual comedy that I know the team is very much capable of yes I'm greedy like that.

Also bonus point for a lovely Lloyd action pose 😍

[lloydbacktera]

Webtoon: haha Lloyd is so ugly

Me: joke's on you I'm into that shit-eating grin

[lloydbacktera]

Hello please accept my humble offering of Lloyd 😊

Hopefully I'll turn this into a full art soon

[lloydbacktera]

Okaaaay... chapter 37 of TGED really tested my patience with its prose. Not that I expected much from the novel in terms of its text when my (admittedly limited) experience with novels that manhwas are based on is pretty much "I've read ao3 fics with better prose" every.single.time. But still, it was a bit frustrating. Maybe I missed it in the previous chapters (or didn't pay too much attention), but it felt like the text was extra repetitive in this chapter.

Like

I’m so glad that I’m a Korean. 

Thankfully, he was Korean. 

The second sentence is soo unnecessary it hurts my eyes. You already expressed the exact same thought in the previous sentence. And I probably wouldn't have mentioned it in my post if there wasn't a couple more of these in the same chapter.

Idk if the original author had any sort of editors but I'm surprised the translators left it as is instead of omitting it like they should have.

Okay I'm done bitching about the text. The actual content of the chapter is still good, I just wish the text was properly edited.

I like that avoiding the traps was a joint effort and not all Javier. Although the manhwa technically included an abridged version of it by having Lloyd drag Javier off of the first magic booby trap. I also like that Lloyd came prepared for the sleeping gas, though it also makes sense why he wasn't prepared for it in the manhwa, which combined discovering the cave and entering it into one event. What doesn't make sense in the manhwa is that realistically Lloyd probably should have been affected by the sleeping gas after he stopped holding his breath cause yk. It's a gas so it definitely was in the tonnel that Lloyd dug out.

Oh and another thing that bugged me in the manhwa but wasn't in the novel at all was Lupellan getting ready to sacrifice officer Greg right before Lloyd and Javier showed up. I mean, Lupellan was already about to strike, he should have proceeded with it immediately after he shut the door. RIP officer Greg, you're dead in my version of events XD

Oh and it looks like Lloyd and Javier had that whole conversation about Lloyd's life being more important that the life of his workers earlier in the novel? The manhwa briefly touched on it during Lloyd and Javier inspecting the mine after the ants incident, but I feel like it also had a full on conversation like the one in this chapter, but at a later point? Unless I'm misremembering things ofc it's not like I know the manhwa or the novel by heart XD

[lloydbacktera]

Some thoughts from reading chapter 34 of the TGED novel

I have noticed it with earlier chapters as well, but the manhwa really breezes through the construction process (which was actually lampshaded in the manhwa itself with the whole "it only took three panels to build the house" "it was actually a whole week!!" XD). I guess the reason why it stuck out to me here was because it showed how Lloyd really tried to complete the construction without involving the orcs at first, but the granite blocks ended up being too heavy for his human workers. I guess that makes the manhwa version of the orcs a bit kinder? sympathizing? since they offered to help with the construction before every single one of Lloyd's men got some sort of injury and it was Lloyd himself who needed to be taught how to lift heavy weights properly. Of course, it also means that manhwa Lloyd simply accepted their help while the novel version of him used good old weaponized incompetence by making the orcs feel sorry for him when he struggled to continue the construction on his own.

Also this chapter was the one that actually made me realize that the novel!Lloyd really puts a lot of faith into Javier not questioning his words too much huh. Both versions of him talk about stuff from our world when necessary, specifically when it relates to construction. However, iirc in the manhwa Lloyd doesn't really use modern slang? He makes some pop culture references (like with the "red sun" and "gotta catch them all'), but they don't sound too weird because they are just normal words/phrases spoken out of context. In the novel tho he uses modern slang quite a lot, and Javier notices it every time, but it gets quickly brushed off by Lloyd. Idk so far it gives me the impression that novel!Lloyd puts less effort into not being busted than manhwa!Lloyd.

[lloydbacktera]

Reading the TGED novel after catching up to the webtoon

I can see why certain changes were made in the beginning (like combining several characters/events into one), but now I got to chapter 29 and all of a sudden the orcs making the "oink" sound all the time makes so much sense

Maybe I should combine reading the novel with rereading the webtoon to see what other differences I can catch🤔

[lloydfrontera]

i think my issues with the canon romance at the end can be summarized by that competition alicia holds to win lloyd's hand.

she's like 'oh your new body sucks you need to marry someone who can protect you 24/7' so she holds a tournament to find the strongest woman in the continent and marry him to her so he'll have built-in bodyguard. which is objectively the funniest thing she could've done i love her so much. but. like. it's so unnecessary, redundant and also just,,,, factually incorrect??? ajdhka god lemme explain

here's how alicia puts it

but,,,, lloyd already has a bodyguard who's at his side 24/7. like. that's very much a plot point of the entire novel. there's literally a character who's arc is about coming to care about lloyd above anything else and deciding to stay at his side for the rest of his life to protect him. like. that's very much a thing that happened. it literally takes us 320 chapters to get to that point why are you acting like you're doing something new here

a swordsmanship competition. to decide who gets to marry lloyd. remind me what character have we spent the entire novel being told and shown over and over and over again is the most powerful and strongest swordsman in literally the entire world???

right. but he can't participate. because he's not a woman. which i think it's the point to this rant.

i don't think i need to spell it out but i'm gonna anyway.

the only reason javier isn't the one to end up with lloyd is because he's a man. because even by the in-universe made up requirements he's the most qualified one to do so, except that he's not allowed to even participate because he's not a girl.

and y'know what's the extra thing that just. makes me go a little insane because it's the one detail that makes me doubt for one second that all of this wasn't just pure chance or coincidence and instead is bk moon taunting us. y'know what it is.

what character is the only one who canonically can and has passed for a woman with no issue whatsoever in a seemingly out of nowhere gag that never comes up again. do you remember.

right. yeah.

so we have,,, a character who is devoted to our main character and has sworn to protect him for the rest of his life with everything he has, who is the strongest swordsman in the entire world and who can easily pass for a woman.

and then the main character is supposed to marry whoever wins a competition to decide who gets to protect him for the rest of his life, who is the strongest swordsman in the country and where only women are allowed to participate.

and i'm not supposed to read anything into that.

okay. i feel like i'm going crazy this is me right now

but seriously. this little tidbit that was probably just meant to be a joke about how alicia came to marry lloyd just,,, really highlights how unnecessary and redundant their romance feels to me

like. why would lloyd need to marry alicia. when he already has javier.

do you get what i mean

[mlandslackervibez]

It truly runs in the family.

( Julian, your time is coming)

[individuals-collective]

The original, the novel version, and the manwha one

[procuder]

I think I have to draw this one