ORV Finally Got Me

One of the only Kim Namwoon fans you’ll ever find. Lee Gilyoung is best boy. || Han brothers from SCTIR ruined me. || Sucker for found family tropes and narrative foils since 1999. || ORV and SCTIR || Ryuu, 26, they/them, aroace

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My friends, for years: Read ORV, you’ll love it.

Me: Nah, from what I’ve heard, it’s not my type.

(4-5 years later)

Me: *finally reads ORV*

Me:

Me: Fuck, I love it.

Unfortunately, I hyper fixated not on the made-for-me-in-a-lab, exactly-my-type-of-fav-character Kim Dokja, but on Kim Namwoon. It be like that sometimes.

P.S.

WEBTOON-onlys beware, this is not a spoiler-free space.

I tag the combo of YJH, KDJ, and HSY as “rip trio.”

I usually use and tag “Most Ancient Dream,” not “Oldest Dream.” Why? Cause it’s a MAD, MAD world.

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Me, writing this^ fic and/or talking about Kim Namwoon:

[ofchaosgoddess]

help I’m having ideas beyond my available free time

[kindlingsoul000]

Happy Birthday, Yoo Joonghyuk.

Art based on a poem by Langston Hughes, from "The Weary Blues" (1925).

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Finally back on land AND will have actual housing in a couple days. Slowly coming back to life. 👏 Also left my keychains in my office while I was at sea and got an instant serotonin hit when I opened my draewer and saw chibi KNW and LGY waiting for me. Best boys for real.

[blackeraser]

I can't stop thinking about dragon girlfriend- and her dragon rider girlfriend-

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Hello 🥹 I was just wondering if you could tell us Kim Namwoon's relationship with the other main characters more or less in the CST story? Just a rough outline or so, mostly very curious on Lee Jihye and Jang Hayoung, AKA his fellow teenagers (although then again... Hayoung isn't exactly a teenager)

And judging by the side blog for Han Donghoon that you made...was wondering what Kim Namwoon's relationship with him would be too 🥹

(I also just find it funny that Kim Dokja later on will be having three children gather around him 😔)

Hey hey! Sorry for the delay, I’m at sea for research and the wifi is not so good haha.

I have a pretty solid plan for his relationship with Lee Jihye. He’ll still have a bit of a crush on her because I think that’s important to his character, but they’re not endgame. He’ll also be quite reluctant over his crush on her at the start, because he’s a KDJ stan and she’s a YJH stan. They’ll get over it and form a strong bond eventually, and LJH has a different character that she will have a romance with.

Jang Hayoung and Han Donghoon are both potential romance options for KNW, though KNW would have to be aware of JHY’s reincarnation for that romance to work.

I’m still working on fleshing out JHY’s relationship with KNW because it’s so far ahead, but I think it’ll be a mix of mutual teasing and eventually they’ll get on like a house on fire.

HDH pretends to be reluctant whenever KNW drags him into chaos, but he’s just as ready to cause it as KNW, don’t let him fool you. It’s always the quiet ones.

KNW and LGY are my favorite pair of chaos brothers. KNW actually likely won’t be as close to SYS as he is with LGY, partially because he doesn’t know how to handle a traumatized kid, and partially because he feels like KDJ favors SYS over LGY and that pisses him off.

KNW is gonna do his best to drag a new kid in each time KDJ turns his back (aka dies). Oh, you pulled a sacrificial stunt that cost your life? Have a new child to guilt trip you into staying alive.

There are a few more relationships I’d like to talk about, but those would be major spoilers haha. Hopefully they’ll be pleasant surprises!

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DND night ended with my chaotic evil warlock being the heaviest hitter in our party of eight, totaling 7 one-shot kills, including our lawful good paladin - twice -, and badly wounding another two… out of 10 total enemies.

Other MVP of the night was our rogue, who stole the evil wizard’s artifact right out from under him thanks to 8 excellent stealth rolls and the wizard being distracted by a giant, wild shaped gorilla in the window carrying a wizard polymorphed as a sheep and a raging halfling barbarian chewing his face off.

His fate was not kind.

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Is it breaking and entering if you just sneak in. Asking for a friend.

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Me: Hey, I accidentally left something behind when I moved out yesterday that has high sentimental value to me and absolutely no monetary value, can I check if it’s still in the apartment, or can you have someone check and then return it to me?

Manager: Sorry, it’s against policy. All items left behind will be thrown out if it hasn’t been already.

Me, already entering through the side door whose lock doesn’t work if you press on it Just Right: Damn, that’s too bad -

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Is it breaking and entering if you just sneak in. Asking for a friend.

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Hello, I really love your CST story and am already so invested despite it only being seven chapters long right now, I really love how you decided to give Kim Namwoon Hades as a supporting constellation and I also adore the entirety of the scene with the Sea Serpent 🥹

I was just wondering if we could ask questions related to parts of the story that haven't come and what you plan on doing with them? No pressure to tell, I absolutely understand if you want to keep it to yourself for suspense or other reasons, just wanted to make sure before I actually ask anything related to that 🥹 That's all, hope you have a good day ^•^

Hi! Thank you so much, I’m really glad you’ve been enjoying CST and my version of Kim Namwoon!! 🫶 Hades is really fun to explore, and I love the Underworld and wanted more of it haha. The sea serpent escalated beyond even my expectations, but I’m glad it worked well!

You can always ask, but I might not always answer haha. Some things I’m willing to give away early, and others I’m keeping in suspense until The Right Time. No harm in asking! If it’s a secret, I’ll just let you know. Thank you so much for commenting and reaching out!

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Got off work after a 12 hour shift with a 15 hour shift starting early tomorrow and decided I was too tired to walk all the way home, so I splurged on an uber.

Uber driver got pulled over by the cops.

I should’ve walked.

[new-worlds-dream]

Yeah so that 15 hour shift turned into a 23 hour shift.

What if I did a Kim Dokja.

[melodicwriter]

[oranges-i-guess]

Drive containing Parts 1 & 2 on epub, and up to chapter 381 of GSGW (for now, I'll add more later, it's only Wednesday)

[new-worlds-dream]

Got off work after a 12 hour shift with a 15 hour shift starting early tomorrow and decided I was too tired to walk all the way home, so I splurged on an uber.

Uber driver got pulled over by the cops.

I should’ve walked.

[new-worlds-dream]

Going to sea for research soon and I wish I had a little Lee Jihye charm like Lee Gilyoung so I could take similar photos for her. Alas.

[heademptyjustptysie]

The fact that Han Soyoung wears purple hoodie, and not gray is destroing me right now

Kim Dokja and Yoo Junghyok wear white and black and there are already essays written about significance and symbolism, so i will not be getting into that

But Han Soyoung doesn't wear gray. She isn't in between them, she always stands out when with them, she isn't in grayscale.

She is in color. The author. Someone who creates, and who can't give everything, she can't give them color. She is something more than them