#rc lse

[romanceclub-confessionss]

Confession:

“Everyone's talking about HSU, Remy and her lost plots, the farewell to WTC.

But I just want to know when Tepish plans to return to finish his stories, which have been on hiatus for a long time... shit, even Veronica delivered the unexpected: the conclusion of DALS.

I'm saying this as a fan of Love, Sin & Evil and Love from Outer Space.

There's a theory in the Russian fandom that says, "All stories with the word 'love' in the title suffer in some way, time-wise."”

[reneedenoailles]

Bringing this back !

Here's a fun little thing I'm bringing back for the fandom - reblog this (or make ur own post) with your favorite ONGOING books, if you want you can add reasons as to why they're your favorites, and tag people who you think would like to participate ! 😁

reasoning & tagging below the cut to not clog the post ✨

honorable mentions: astrea's broken heart, the missing, w time catcher, kali: flame of samsara.

tagging: @theodoravery @suckitphaneuf @lanesrequiem @haitianempress @ratanslily @jillfvs @a-cloud-for-dreams @taemcains @webanglikethat @hexesandroses @renninflight @rosesandpearlss and anyone else who would like to participate ! <3

a) Soulless - where do I start ? Amazing. Showstoping. Spectacular. Totally unique, completely not ever been done before. I LOVE every single love interest, I love Vyxaria as an MC no matter the path, I looove how neatly the plot all ties together - it's just all amazing. Best ongoing story I think.

b) Shakespeare's Code - despite the fact it's been 6 episodes, this story is bumped to the TOP of my favorites. It's just amazing, Amabelle is extremely entertaining as an MC, the love interests all have different plotlines, and I love how many stats & combinations you can have !

c) 7 Brothers - of course, it wouldn't be fair to talk about my favorites without talking about this story I've been defending tooth & nail since forever. A misunderstood work of art, I really like the MC, Jaynie's so relatable & an all-around character, I absolutely cherish her. Of course, there's the love interests & Langley's amazing writing strikes again. It's always the first story I play every update <3

d) Love, Sin & Evil - another underrated work of art, my favorite thing about this story is the mechanics of saving the characters ! Super innovative, I love it. I also think Mina's a super entertaining MC and the fashion is just top notch, though on the more expensive side 👌 Eagerly waiting for the next update & the upcoming finale.

e) Heaven's Secret: Requiem - unfortunately, despite all its problems, specifically romance-wise, I still really like this story, at least for the plot of it. I'm still invested in what the fuck is the deal with Lane, and how it's all going to end.

f) And The Haze Will Take Us - Suuuuper invested to see where Alice is taking this story. I was kind of torn on season 1 but I'm actually really focused on season 2 to see where this story and this haze will be taking us ! Looking forward to the next update.

[what-do-you-mean-theyre-evil]

Anyone else missing Love, Sin, and Evil or is it just me

[annebardot-sl]

someone tried to make sense of all of tepish’s posts lol:

>>> What is known about LSE :

🔹 We expect the story to be extended by at least one episode (it has already been extended before). The episodes promise to be more voluminous than usual .

🔹 Aleksandr was assigned an assistant . Her name is not disclosed. It is assumed that this is Stacy , but she is currently working on the KFS , so perhaps this is a new author or someone already familiar , for example, Natalia (MHS, SOL) - at the moment she is free.

🔹 All episodes are planned in one update - as was the case with Dracula . This could be 4 or more episodes at a time.

🔹 There will be a finale with Paradox - it is not an affair, but a full-fledged romantic line .

But regarding LFOS Tepish was brief:

🔸 He put off working on the story for a long time , and is only now returning to it.

🔸 Priority is completion of LSE.

From telegram (not his, but from a fan)

[malbontesmrs]

Never in a million years did I ever think I could adore a jock named Chad.

Yet here I am. 😅

[justanotherrcblog]

I did the thing

Vicky is here representing me not putting my face on the internet btw, not because we look anything alike ;)

[webanglikethat]

so how do you even achieve having some of the LSE characters choosing the dark side ? the walkthrough mentions it but doesn’t explain what to avoid 🫩

[dumpingscreenshotshere]

Tepish, the author of Love, Sin, & Evil, shares his thoughts about Courtney

I was asked in the comments to say something about LS&E. I’ve got something to say about Courtney (without spoiling anything).

She was the most difficult character for me in this story. Her foundation was very simple and cliché, something you just have to use in a slasher.

And when I started working on it, I was confident that would be enough. Especially since I had the twist near the finale in mind, I was gradually leading toward it, and everything seemed fine to me.

Her role was self-evident: almost an antagonist, the girl who flirts with all the guys (to naturally provoke jealousy from the romantic interest), who nags poor Johnny while serving as the voice of skepticism (since the others could be romance routes, this negative role needed to go to a side character). She was the ballast that caused the party to split and get into trouble, diverting their strength (like when Mina has to choose who to help).

And everything was going according to plan until… Until the first delay in releases happened, and players’ opinions could not only be heard but changes could also be made.

And to my shock, it turned out that people really liked Courtney. That was unexpected. I personally didn’t like her (in a good way! I lovingly wrote all her arrogance, uselessness, obnoxiousness, and vanity), and I did that intentionally. I never imagined readers would actually want her around, because I thought the way I wrote her would set the tone.

And here’s where my lousy habit of yielding to my audience came into play. I really do value you all, and I write these stories specifically to bring you joy. But the issue was...I didn’t personally see anything cool in her.

So I had to run polls in Telegram, ask what people thought about her. I ended up having philosophical conversations with my wife; about her, about femininity, about girls, about gender roles.

And eventually I came to understand that what people like about Courtney… is that she’s a girl. A very girly girl in her default settings. She knows she’s weak and delicate, and she’s not ashamed of that. She’s not trying to prove anything or pretend to be someone she’s not. But she has a different kind of strength: a feminine one. She makes the world revolve around her. She insists on being treated like a princess and knows her worth.

So, infused with that "pink" understanding, I started writing her further dialogue and interactions. I began to understand the tragedy of her situation more deeply. She’s not just a crybaby. All her life she made the world revolve around her. But now she’s in a place where none of her skills or charms work. A place where weakness is a sin. Where there’s no one she can lean on. It’s a kind of initiation—being forced to face real adult life.

And since, for a number of reasons (both personal and creative), the finale turned into a cyclopean mastodon where I had to untangle all the chaos I’d spun earlier, this reimagined Courtney found her place in it. The pivotal moment I originally planned, and the ending overall, remained true to the initial idea. But with these additions, they gained much more depth and a lot more lines of dialogue (in general, it turned out that all moments needed way more lines, so a few hundred more here and there didn’t change the overall mass much).

<Here I started to write a couple lines about her scene, but quickly stopped myself because, well, spoilers>

So yeah, that’s how it went.