TCF is going on hiatus during December due to the author going through surgery. Apparently her health has been declining since summer, but it's supposedly not life-threatening. Still, everybody please pray and/or send good wishes for Yu Ryeo-Han's swift recovery! 🙏
The S-Classes that I Raised often gets grouped with Omniscent Reader's Viewpoint and Trash of the Count's Family, but there's something distinctly different about Han Yoojin as a protagonist. I think it's that his story really makes you feel how much of a fighter he is. I'm not saying that Kim Dokja and Kim Roksoo aren't fighters exactly, but they tend to come off as schemers first and foremost. Their approach to most problems (from my perspective as someone who's read all of ORV and like a third of TCF) involves leveraging secrets of the world that only they know in order to get the better of their adversaries and achieve their goals. They plan things out a long time in advance, and sure, things don't always go their way, but they feel like chess players when they're confronted with obstacles.
Meanwhile, Han Yoojin feels like a guerilla soldier. He definitely also schemes, but SCTIR makes a dedicated effort to showing that his current knowledge of the future and the world's secrets will only take him so far. He does think ahead and plans for the future whenever he can, but most of his problems are solved by improvising. One of his greatest strengths is that he thinks on his feet and doesn't let himself be fazed by surprises. This ends up making him feel more like someone who has always had to fight desperately for every last scrap of respect and survival he could get his hands on in a way that ORV and TCF don't go for as much (as far as I can tell for TCF as of now). Kim Dokja and Kim Roksoo's plans go "first, I'm going to go to the super secret location to get a weapon that will help me in six months, and then in five weeks, I'm going to recruit an obscure powerhouse to be my spy for the operation I'll do next year..." whereas Han Yoojin's plans are more like "first, I'll get into some shit, and then, I'll figure it out."
It's kind of hard to explain the vibe difference because these characters are all defined by their cleverness, but I guess the best way to put it would be that Kim Dokja and Kim Roksoo seem more... exasperated? with the way they've been wronged in the past, whereas Han Yoojin seems more angry and spiteful about it. The first two mostly seem tired of dealing with the way their lives were going before and just want to be happy, but Han Yoojin gives off the feeling that he doesn't think he can find happiness without biting and clawing his way to it
Yeah- Han Yoojin feels significantly more feral compared to the other two. And honestly, it's probably because compared to Kim Dokja and Kim Rok Soo who've struggled to survive on their own and essentially gave up on themselves, Han Yoojin has always survived for someone else.
Yoojin has always fought for his own survival, but he was also responsible for his brother's survival ever since he was a small child. As a result, Han Yoojin is so much more upfront about his love and so the sheer anger and drive that he has to keep it comes across significantly stronger because he has spent his entire life fighting every sudden turn that threatens it. So- he gets angry at the world and everything because when he's on the brink he can't give up since it would be the same as giving up on loving others. That added responsibility of another life on top of his own is so heavily ingrained in his nature- that he lashes out without a second thought at any threat.
Another thing is that Han Yoojin also feels weaker compared to the other two- like, we know that KRS is technically weak too but his AP are strong and he feels like someone you can't ever catch off guard. HYJ's main skills from the system are almost purely support, and yet, he somehow survived the hellhole that is the hunter world for five years. He's had to get himself out of the shittiest situations and evaded death for so long- it's no surprise that it feels like he's running on pure spite.
That's so well said! In Omniscient Reader, Kim Dokja has always been a schemer, a gambler of sorts capable of analysing a situation without emotions clouding his judgement (thanks to the forth wall). There is always plan, a way out of an disadvantageous situation, as Dokja dedicated a good part of his life reading a webnovel, since said webnovel saved him. Information and tactics are not scarce, and if push comes to shove, he will put his life on the line that will get him and the group to their objectives. Dokja can see the light at the end of the tunnel, he has planned beforehand how to make his companions reach it. The one thing he doesn't plan is if he too will make it, as he is just another expendable card, a stepping stone for others to use.
Cale is a strategy genius, he will have as many hidden cards as he can store. And some are former enemies that came to respect him, or allies coming from unexpected places. By being himself, Cale has made the world his ally, that even if the fight takes a sharp turn, there will be a way out. If he uses himself as a weapon, his companions - his family - will gather all their energy to end the battle as soon as possible.
Dokja and Cale look at their past and numb any pain that comes from it. They see it almost as something insignificant, a point in their lives that they struggled, but doesn't affect them anymore. It is as lycoric3 said, Kim Dokja and Kim Rok Soo were surviving on their own, and as they held themselver in low regard, what happened to them is not important. They gave up on themselves.
Yoojin, however, never gave up on the past. From the very beggining he is fighting tooth and nail for the bare minimum, demanding life to be kinder - not to him, but to those he lives for. He has plans, but they are not a step by step on how to defeat the enemy, they are contingency plans since he knows things never go accordingly. And for that, he is angry. Yoojin's hidden card is not one of his hidden skills, it is his sheer desesperation to pull through.
A few days ago, I decided to watch Bungo Stray Dogs at the ass crack of night (2 am), more specifically s1 episode 8, and when the cannon fodder started rambling about how death was an experiment to him-I got inspired and wrote a whole article on my notes app about how we perceive death and religion.
Well, fast foward to the next night, my mom tells me that her grandpa died.
Its been three days, we just got back from his burial.
Now that CN is over I need more fics to read (I say as if I'm not in the middle of rereading CN and plan to reread ITYSG(AINLY) again because I'm literally obsessed with your fics). Do you have an recs? Also what's your favorite fics/comfort fics (you can include your own)? I always find it interesting to know what the authors of my favorite fics like to read when they aren't writing.
other than my other fics (babysitting in the apocalypse is my other zhongchi fic), i do have a some zhongchi recomendations! sadly i cannot actually go to my bookmarks atm nor provide direct links. i also don't really remember the authors' names of most of them? and you'd have to like.... save them for later, what with ao3 being down and all;;
but here are some off the top of my head if you want to get planning:
(once ao3 gets back up i'll update this list with proper links and the authors' names and maybe more recomendations since i do have many more i just can't remember,,)
○ entirely out of spite by Bgtea - i generally assume everyone's already reading this one given how big it is (and how it was kind of my inspiration for cyanide even tho i never said it), but if you're not, holy shit are you in for a good one. literally anything bgtea makes is wonderful. this one is an au based on the premise of a different story, but you don't need any knowledge whatsoever of it to enjoy and understand eoos (tho consider it if you like the premise, bc it's also really good). the rundown is- a mondern ajax dies and wakes up in the body of tartaglia, the antagonist of genshin impact, a game he'd been playing before kicking the bucket. he is tasked by a weird isekai-anime looking menu to fill in the shoes of the antagonist or else, but he's not technically stopped from altering the story just a tiny bit or being ooc, so he goes about trying to play the tartaglia role without meeting the same end as tartaglia (who dies ingame). it's such a good fic i cannot recommend it enough - it's not complete yet, but the wait for each chapter is more than worth it, and bgtea always does an insane amount of research for everything they post.
○ literally any other zhongchi fic by Bgtea. there's this short one about pulcinella or capitano (i can't remember, it might've been pantalone) selling pictures of childe to increase morale in the fatui (something something pr strategies), that one is hilarious. there's another one about zhongli getting stuck as a dragon and childe taking care of him as the world slowly goes to shit from rex lapis being missing (a comment pointed out it might be called "ajax' adventure with dog-lizard" and it sounds about right for me). another one they have is the autumn winds are sighing i think. that one was posted WAY back, some of the info is a bit outdated, but it's still so, so good. i can't remember what it was all about, but i do remember it involves zhongli going to snezhnaya to meet childe's siblings. the pining and tension on that one is off the roof. i should read it again,,,
○ after everything by Amanveth (i think that's how their username is written,,) - literally palate cleansing fluff. there's really good angst as well but it's overall just very sweet and soft, very much a feel-good fic. it's about zhongli and childe going back to being friends after the events of the archon quest and slowly realizing they're in love. it's still ongoing but it updates shockingly fast, and it's a nice little thing to read before going to sleep.
○ the white cicada society by clementinesgulag. still ongoing i think, but i have paused reading it for reasons unrelated to the fic itself, so i can only really atest to the frist arc of it? but holy fuck is the first arc good. the angst is godly in this one, and i'm always a sucker for a good horror mystery. this one is about the gritty and slow reconciliation of post-archon quest zhongli and childe as they investigate a series of awful murders and terrifying paranormal shit (i'm pretty sure) going on in the city. (it might be revealed to not be paranromal later in the fic as that partiuclar plotpoint hadn't yet resolved when i paused it at the end of the first arc, but i wouldn't know. wouldn't make it any less good if it wasn't tho)
○ death became him by Merianon. also still ongoing i think, but part of the many fics i have paused reading for reasons unrelated to them (i have... way too many saved,,,). this one is about childe going back in time after dying and waking up as a god, and the fic starts there, so it's about how the events of the game go with childe as a god and not in the fatui. i can't remember all that much about it tbh, but i remember i really liked it, the concept was so interesting. i'm waiting for it to end.
○ a sight for sore eyes by ToumeiKyoudai. still ongoing afaik, but i paused reading it as of very recently (again for reasons outside of the fic). this one is the events of the game except childe is legally blind. you have no idea how interesting and hilarious this fic is, the premise is so simple but it's so nicely executed. i can't really say all that much more about it since it's basically just that- it's a retelling but childe's blind. and he's so fucking funny. it's all so fucking funny, and the worldbuilding is stellar, and i just really really like it i can't explain why exactly. it's not a comedy! but fuck it's so entertaining.
i have so many more that i wish i could put here but i'm not 100% confident in their titles nor which fic was which (happens when you have a ton bookmarked but have paused reading a lot of them), so i don't want to risk saying this fic is one thing when in reality it's something else completely different,,,
these last two i put below for reasons i'll explain in each of their blurbs, but they're still as recomended as those above!
○ lungs full of roses, by SecretlyACatLady. if this is the title (and i'm 99% certain it is, but i can't check), then this is hands down the BEST hanahaki angst i've ever read. i'm not kidding. this one is very specific in its angst tho, and i gather likely not what everyone is looking for in a hanahaki fic, but holy fuck. basically childe gets hanahaki here but knows he cannot afford to have anyone find out he has it (bc fatui) and also not that he died from it, i think? might be mistaking that particular plotpoint for another fic. anyway- he leaves liyue but zhongli goes to look for him bc he's confused and just wants to apologize for the whole tsaritsa's contract and all. it gets out of hand real quick when the ppl of mondstadt try to help by acting as pushy wingmen and it's so GOOD holy fuck. i've never liked when other characters try to push the main pair together and act all 'just kiss already we all know!' around them, and seeing it backfire as horribly as it could if it were a realistic scenario (tho enhanced bc childe) is so incredibly satisfying. the reason why i put it down here is 1) i'm not 100% sure that's the title and 2) if it hasn't been abandoned, it's been in hiatus for a while now. which is hearbreaking, but it's also such a good fic that i'd honestly recommend it regardless if only for the angst at the start. but i understand not everyone is in for something like that if it doesn't resolve/likely won't resolve (idk if it's abandoned tho but i understand that if a fic takes too long to update, people will fear the worst). so yeah,,
○ non-playable character, by Jouicifer. this one is here exclusively because i'm a sucker for horror mystery - it doesn't mean the zhongchi isn't good, but it's not as prevalent in the plot as in white cicada (another horror mystery), so i can't exactly put it with the other more zhongchi-centric fics? not that the zhongchi isn't here, but. hard to explain. this one is also hard to explain in general, i'm not sure if it's based on the premise of another story or if this is a highly-secific trope/sub-genre in china (i think?), but the author refers to it as 'unlimited flow', so look it up if you want to be sure. either way, much like with eoos, it doesn't matter if you know anything about whatever that might be to enjoy and understand the story. the rundown is childe and a bunch of other people are players in this sort of virtual-reality scenario hopper, where they get put in 'games' with other players where they can die (tho idk if die die irl as well). basically, in the newest scenario they get thrown into, it's a horror murder mystery about a haunted mansion, and their guiding npc is zhongli, whom childe has met in another scenario and whom he is an absolute simp for. god idk how to explain it, it's just so good; but you need to be there for the plot first and the ship second. the ship is there! it's just the plot takes presedence. but holy fuck is the plot good. the reason why it's down here, like lungs full of roses, isn't bc of the plot or the ship being secondary, but... well, it's also been in hiatus for a long while now. to this fic's credit in particular, it was in a long hiatus before, but updated! out of nowhere! and then it went into its current hiatus, so. again, i understand people don't like that, but i'm a patient person so i'm willing to keep it in my bookmarks for as long as it takes (and forever if it gets abandoned). it's just THAT good. and since there's not much horror murder mystery in this fandom (or in fics in general), i'll take whatever i can get. the mystery is good in this one, so it helps.
(edit: added some authors and a fic title, thank you archon-of-chaos and redwormonastring!)
okay, but what if Genshin decides to choose violence again and by calling Paimon "Emergency food" we are literally jinxing it.
I can think of so many ways this could happen.
Getting trapped in the Abyss by our twin with only Paimon so we have to resort to eating her, getting turned into an Abyss monster and losing our sanity as we tear Paimon to pieces.
Gods what if eating Paimon gives us fairy powers or some shit.
hello friends! have you been thinking to yourself, "wow i'd love to give rooney a birthday present that also gives the middle finger to jkr"? well i have good news for you! you can contribute to rooney's top surgery fund! what better way to say "happy birthday and fuck you, terfs!" than to mobilize our hp fic community to fund gender affirming surgery for our sweetest cinnamon roll @academicdisasterfic!
visit rooney's gofundme page to donate! we're trying to raise £2500!
any donation amount is appreciated!
as a thank you for a donation of £25 you can submit a prompt for one of the following:
a microfic from @lqtraintracks
a microfic from @nv-md
a curated playlist from @lou-ifyouwant
a three card tarot reading from @saintgarbanzo
a microfic from our dearest @academicdisasterfic himself!
AND! a wonderful anonymous member of our community has already pledged to match the first £150 of donations!
this community is a safe haven where so many of us have been able to explore and affirm our queerness. rooney was able to realize and begin his gender journey through the stories we tell here and the support of this community 💙💖🤍💖💙
we thank you from the bottom of our queer little hearts for all your support! 🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🌈 let's do this!
i was going to wait a few hours to do the time zone reblog but we just passed £1000. this community raised over £1000 in only six hours.
i am crying right now and feel so lucky and proud to be a part of this amazing, loving, generous community.
thank you so much to every one who has donated, reblogged, liked, commented, and sent me beautiful messages of support. it's been a tough year for queer rights and all of your generous support is an incredible reminder of just how many people out there love and value trans lives. i cannot thank you enough.
one of the lovely messages i received was from @babooshkart who kindly volunteered to offer doodles for £25 donations!
i also received a message from another wonderful person in our community who offered to match the next £50
the donations are incredible and mind blowing and the support is priceless. i love you all. you have given me the gift of getting to wake rooney up on his birthday to tell him we've raised over £1000 while he was asleep.
The past few months have been hard. I’ve been stressed and burnt out and sorting out top surgery has felt often futile and hopeless. I didn’t know if it was going to be able to happen for such a long time and my chest dysphoria has been getting worse and worse. I’ve pushed back the idea of fundraising for months - years, really, and I was only able to with my darling’s @saintgarbanzo help. I thought maybe we’d get a few hundred to help with my initial consultation costs that are currently sitting on my credit card.
I still haven’t really processed what this community has done for me. You all have already saved me so many times. I felt like asking for more was greedy. I have no idea what I did to deserve any of you, but I’m so, so grateful, and this money is going to help more than I can possibly say. Thank you so much to Chickpea for helping me do this and to @nv-md @lqtraintracks @lou-ifyouwant @oknowkiss @babooshkart for offering up their time and talent to help me. You are all so precious to me and I’ve been crying all day thinking about it (in a good way). You’re changing my life in a way I didn’t think was going to be possible this soon for me. I adore you all.
Thank you to this sweet, loving community for welcoming me in and making me one of you. I’ll never be able to tell you how grateful I am. Thank you so, so much.
we've raised close to £2000 for rooney in two days, which is incredible.
almost all of that money has come from this community and your enthusiasm for this cause and your love for rooney. i am just floored. proud. awed. extremely grateful. every time i sit down to write another little update and think about how all of you came through for rooney i cry a little more.
we have some tentatively exciting news that might give our fundraiser even wider coverage, but we're being cautious about it until we know rooney's privacy and safety will be respected. but in anticipation of that wider coverage, we've decided to raise the fund raising amount to cover the taxes rooney will have to pay when he withdraws from his govt retirement fund (close to £1000 in taxes) and the cost of the flight from australia to scotland for rooney's mum, so she can come take care of him after his surgery. i just wanted to be transparent about why we did that, and also say that, truly, you've all helped so much already. all i want to do with this update is thank you.
i've gotten a lot of messages from people asking how they can help now. the best way to help now is to spread the word beyond our little community here. if you have an account on a different social media platform, please consider posting the link there. if you're in other discord servers, check with the mods of that server to see if you can post it there. if you feel comfortable and safe sending it to people in your life, please do. i've made sure the gofundme page has no mention of fanfic to keep us all safe in our little community.
from the bottom of my heart, thank you. this will change rooney's life. i keep imagining that ten years from now we'll be thinking about how much happier rooney has been since his surgery and how all of you helped make that happen. i feel like i'll be grateful for this for my entire life. i'll never run out of love or gratitude for all of you.
Friendly reminder that if you donate 25 pounds or more (where is the pound key on an American laptop omg help I looked for five minutes!), you can request a drabble from me! Drarry, Ginsy, Hardy, Tedrarry, Charlie/Teddy, Dralbus, Jalbus (throw Teddy in there if you like, or Scorpius), Wolfstarbucks, Pansmione, Sirry... any of those, any rating, gimme a prompt and I’ll make you a nice little something! (Also,Teddy and Charlie need a name. Tedarlie??)
Donate to a good cause and one of the best humans I know and DM me a pairing and a prompt here or on Discord! Love y’all! <333
"Playing minecraft with my feet challenge"-fuck that, I want
"Speed-reading fanfiction with max google zoom on my laptop challenge"
Bonus points if the fic is angst
Bonus bonus points if the fic has smut in it
Bonus bonus bonus points if its one of the cringey 12-year-old fics
random thought but when Izuku was like "The worst outcome is losing our teacher!" I just wanted to let him know that NOPE THAT WAS NOT LOOK AT THE BLONDE BITCH BEHIND YOU-
also, I just saw that one panel from a theory post anybody wanna give spoilers?
Another stupid headcanon, but this time its Genshin.
Kaeya has a silent panic attack whenever he receives a mission that involves killing Hillachurls, Abyss mages, y'know, monsters that people usually have no remorse for?
If his mission is, for example, to destroy all the towers, he wouldn't bare to hurt the creatures, breaking the wooden towers and running away.
He has tried to talk to them, but none understand Khaenri'an anymore, having a new, jumbled, and not-quite-right language.
He almost always ends up killing them in the end, digging small graves near the camp to mourn for his people.
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