#Christian Manhwa

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Manhwa Review: Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom Vol. 3 – Team Edition

The latest volume in this joyous series takes a more serious turn while flipping the script completely on the cold, distant Sabrian, who until now has been Blanche’s father and Abigail’s husband in name only. Crucially, this volume reveals the root of Sabrian’s aversion to women, and tragically, it lies in childhood sexual abuse. The topic is handled sensitively through implication rather than direct depiction, while a message of hope unfolds through the chapters as Sabrian begins to take steps toward healing. Meanwhile, Blanche too is growing more and more confident, expressing her own likes and dislikes and taking the initiative, instead of remaining cowed before the adults who seek to control her. The royal family is being transformed! And it’s all thanks to Abigail. In short, this series just keeps getting better and better! 

Now for a spoilerific dive into the surprising depths of Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom Volume 3!

See also reviews of Vol. 1 // Vol. 2

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#Manhwa #Reviews #Manhwa Reviews #Not Sew Wicked Stepmom #Gyemoinde Ttari Neomu Gwiyeowo #Manhwa Article #Manhwa Blog #Christian Manhwa #Christian Otaku #Author: claire #Author: sleepminusminus

[jiejiian]

Zack...

#character development??? #his girlfriend is Christian but he converted to Buddhism instead #who knew that a materialistic monk living in the mountains would convert him instead of his girl #lookism #lookism webtoon #lookism manhwa #zack lee #lee jinsung

[kimura-uzuri]

Wait, brother?! I thought he was Christian's father 👁👄👁'''

Axion!!!!!

#untouchable lady s2 #solitary lady #axion berzet #christian parvenon #manhwa #kakaopage

[autism-corner]

gay people my beloveds

#ive been re-reading 'when a killer falls in love' bc its been on haitus since like. september (good for them.) #but i miss them sm its really fucking good!!! #its a bl manhwa but not. porn-in-disguise yaknow. at all #no butts smashing in this christian comic. no sir. #(no hate to those ofc. currently rereading 'red candy' and also waiting for 'love in orbit' to get back <3. its just very refreshing.) #BUT ITS SO CUTE. #its very well paced with lovable silly guys and <333 #augh its so good..... #i CAN NOT wait till theyre back from haitus im so excited. #from all the bl ive read (admittedly not a lot) i think this one will stick to me the longest. #you wouldnt get it..... #sillyposting

[blood-orange-juice]

Ok, Childe as a wuxia/xianxia trope. It's honestly a bit embarrassing how well this fits.

(blame @a-yarn-of-purple-prose for this post and if anyone here is a wuxia fan feel free to correct me, I'm new to the genre)

Wuxia is a Chinese martial arts fantasy genre you are all familiar with. An adjacent genre is called xianxia, "immortal heroes", it ramps all the fantasy elements up to eleven and skews tropes a bit (we'll get back to that).

A common trope is some kind of unorthodox school/sect or technique, allowing to achieve greater power without the usual decades of training. It could be straight-out evil or just revolving around chaos.

Such a martial school is usually called an evil/demonic sect (sect is more like a clan in that setting, not the modern concept of sect) and their techniques tend to drive practitioners to insanity. Either because they are inherently corrupting or because getting too much power without growing as a person is really not the best thing for your mental health. They are also often cast from hp points.

And then there's the archetype of a demonic sect heir. The best pupil or simply someone who has inherited a lost art. Proud, always greedy for more strength, often noble in some weird way.

*points to our calamity of a boy*

Common elements of such stories include:

Falling into some weird realm or meeting a weird person who teaches the hero a Forbidden Technique

Learning a technique too quickly through some sort of magic/alchemy/memory manipulation

Some people are so singular in their pursuit they become insane (走火入魔)

Ambition bad, loyalty and family good

Conflicting loyalties, generally a conflict between a chosen path and personal weaknesses/attachments (could be both ego and familal love, and this is more of a xianxia trope)

Fits like a horoscope so far but wait.

There's a very interesting case of Korean murim genre (their version of wuxia) where sects are less varied (I recommend this post for a basic introduction) and we get three paths:

Justice/Righteous/Orthodox/Light — theoretically they keep the Evil Faction at bay, and protect innocent people, but usually are corrupt to the core

Evil/Unorthodox/Dark — these try gaining as much power as possible and attempt ruling the whole world

Demonic Cult — usually dont take part in evil and justice battles, follow their own code of conduct based on their religion, value strength above all else.

(I'm sure there's a similar distinction in wuxia too, I just can't find it in the deluge of lore)

"Demonic" is closer to "pagan" or "heathen" than Christian idea of demonic here, their beliefs are often based on Zoroastrianism and worshipping a sacred flame. Do you remember all the Persian themes used for Khaenri'ah? And Surtalogi being the flame on Surtr's sword in Norse mythology. I also had the impression that Genshin gnostic references are based on the Zoroastrian-flavoured branch of Gnosticism.

In murim the trope of demonic sect heir is called "heavenly demon" (I believe, a more correct translation would be "supreme heathen"), they are utterly badass, live for the glory of battle, seem more like forces of nature and follow a very strict honour code often conflicting with normal human ethics.

(do I need to spell it out)

TvTropes also says this about Korean stories:

(do I need to spell it out pt.2)

I'm not sure why a Chinese studio would focus on the Korean version of this trope but I'm sure something like this exists in China as well or maybe there's a popular manhwa that inspired authors.

Xianxia extends the fantastic element further, focusing on Taoist concepts and practices and adding all kinds of magical realms (celestial, demonic, etc) and magical beings and making immortality achievable. I still need to read more about it but if I understand that right, demonic heir trope turns into a demon prince in this case. An actual visitor from the demon realm or a practitioner who achieved immortality through dubious means.

These are fae-coded in a way very similar to Childe and have a certain nonchalance towards things most humans would consider traumatic. They are simply not bothered by them, having a different set of morals or faring from a realm that is much worse.

Our boy isn't that (he's still very much human) but he's aesthetically coded like one, same as Scaramouche is yokai-coded, despite not being a yokai.

So. When people say Childe's arc is a reference to Journey to the West, it's not entirely untrue, JttW is the classic of xianxia genre and Childe does belong to the same genre. He, however, is not Sun Wukong but a different, darker trope.

This also explains why he has that "shonen anime protag but not quite" vibe. Shonen was heavily influenced by wuxia but this trope never quite made it to anime or maybe never became popular enough. It's not a deconstruction, it's a different story. Or perhaps a deconstruction of that different story.

#childe #tartaglia #my investigation into what the hell this boy is is concluded #this means I'll get to think about something else #many thanks to saoki for indulging my questions for the past two days #there's also an argument for childe being a demon princess rather than a prince but I'm tired #maybe I'll get back to it if anyone wants to meme together #genshin lore tumour #skirk #khaenri'ah #if abyss be thy name I pledge to you my loyalty #I'll need another post to explain how it fits into some scenes #this is already too long

[zhoras-bitch]

Why does post timeskip Christian look like the male lead of every single one of those romantic fantasy manhwas with a vague 18-19th century European setting?

✨'I became the fiancée of the tyrannical emperor governor of Bengal'✨

#romance club #bitch speaks #romance club memes #kali flame of samsara

[olderthannetfic]

Jeez, this entire drawn out convo is embarrassing and done to death. BL is romance. It's bound to the same romance tropes as MF and FF, id-driven as many of them are. If you don't like how a male character is written, that just means you don't like the story; move on. A lot of romance and horror both function on the premise of "romanticizing" and "fetishizing" things that wouldn't be desirable in real life. Yes, horror movies do portray murder as something fun for the audience. That's why people like slashers flicks from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. It even became a trend that people would watch the intro of the slasher to see which teenagers are the most annoying, so it's fun when Jason or Freddy or Michael Meyers, or whoever kills them gruesomely. That's why we love the Final Destination films! That's why we like Saw! It's why we like The Evil Dead! It's why we like Wrong Turn! It's why we like Scream! Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Child's Play, Halloween! They're tropey horror slashers with elaborate, gorey murder scenes that become such spectacles of themselves that by the end of the franchises, there's so much blood and viscera that the scenes are parodies of themselves. They're beloved all over the world. And people cheer for the murders in theaters! People love cheering for Freddy Krueger and Michael Meyers, and Jason when they disembowl some 15 year old who was probably just off drinking illegally with their friends. People love cheering for them so much, that there're are crossover films so we can cheer as they fight each other. These are such well-known tropes in horror that they've become cemented in popular culture, so movies like Cabin in the Woods are made. It's popular, extremely so, and I don't know how someone can go 20 years of life and not realize this. Just like how people like reading Twilight wherein Edward basically stalks Bella. Women don't want to be stalked in real life, but they like Edward because it's just a story. No one wants to date a man like Christian Gray in real life, but he's hot in a story. No one wants a guy like Ryouma Ichijou in real life, but it's fun in a tropey BL. The audience is supposed to like him because they want the main couple to get together. If it's not your thing, just don't watch it and move on to something else. The world will keep spinning.

And a lot of people like stories from the antagonists' perspective because it's interesting. This doesn't appear often in things made for children because it's for children, so it has some small responsibility of modeling behavior... because it's for kids. Things for adults don't have all these restrictions because as an adult, you should be able to judge right from wrong in real life, so you can just relax and watch Hannibal Lector abuse and manipulate Will in Hannibal without having an existential crisis about the moral fabric of society decaying. If you can't handle it, you should leave the training wheels on because genre fiction for adults will not always hold you hand--because you're an adult, and you should have common sense to know "murder/sexual assault/stalking/harassment/etc is bad in real life." Children below the ages of 4-5 aren't supposed to watch things like Spongebob for this same reason: they can't tell the difference. If you're an adult, you should be capable of that much, at least.

BL studies is an established academic field that discusses and examines BL across the world in different media forms: manga, manhwa, manhua, anime, donghua, live action, etc. from different countries. Read articles from professionals. Learn about BL and geicomi since apparently it also has to be reiterated that the characters in BL--yes, even the thin, waifs--look like straight men in East Asia. They're ikemen. There are different stereotypes of what queer men look like all over the world, wild concept, I know. The stereotype of what gay men look like in E. Asia are chubby bears, like plumbers, or super ripped men, like the body types typically featured in geicomi, the stories made by men for a male target audience.

Yes, many popular youtubers/breadtubers say convertly puritanical talking points in their videos. Few, if any, actually have media literacy. And few are actually transgressive or nuanced in their discussions of fiction or fandom. If they were, Google wouldn't promote them. You should try reading up more about radfem/TERF theory to recognize these talking points. Everyone who thinks these things isn't walking around around with a neon sign. You should know, since you actually share many of their harmful beliefs, but I doubt you'd call yourself a TERF or a radfem. Read Nancy Friday books like My Secret Garden to learn more about taboo sexual fantasies are how normal they are.

Read BL studies articles to actually learn history, read some Nancy Friday books to get over this weird projection of morality and kink in fantasy, and actually listen when people are correcting you because there's decades if not centuries of research refuting all your "points." No one is saying you have to like these stories for yourself, but you do have to realize the world doesn't revolve around you, and other people will always like different things and that's fine. These stories and discussions have always happened and they're fueled by misogyny and homophobia, as well as a desire for censorship. Read some Oscar Wilde essays too or even more recent BL manga/hwa/etc. BL anime doesn't get produced often because animation is expensive. It's 2023. Why are we pretending that Love Stage is representative of current trends in BL across different countries in different mediums, genres, magazines/publishers since Love Stage came out in the early 2000s?

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[ladygwyndolin]

Yuri Marathon Dictionary:

MARK IT, DUDE!: one of those shots where a character's face is obscured by shadow except for pure white eyes STUPID MAN-THING: any time a character in a yuri manga plays basketball Kirika Syndrome (KS)/DING DING DING DING DING: a character talks about either wanting to be/being at peace with getting killed by their love interest Satou: any time a sudden age gap romance is introduced Coward's Way Out: when a toxic yuri switches its focus to a non-toxic couple like a COWARD Mireillecore: self-hatred masked through being a real asshole and/or christian, or a blonde woman with low empathy Pink Hair Manhwa Moment: the femme in a series with otherwise normal/andro leads (usually with dyed hair) whose vanity leads her to attempt ruining the main couple Yuri Comedy: series that relies on the same 5 or 6 jokes that have been played out by countless other series before and are so tiresome Axed: cancelled before its time trash, Trash, and TRASH: the three kinds of bad manga (bad, so bad it's good, so bad it's terrible) Chikane Moment: a more yuripilled way of saying "category 5 woman moment" Nobody Does It Like Kuroko Koumori: nobody does it like Kuroko Koumori

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Thanks for answering my question. Can I ask your best recs for LGBTQ+ media (tv series or books or manga/manhwa)?

I'm from a country that saw LGBTQ+ as something taboo and my family also think it's sinful. So my LGBTQ+ mainly are from BL and GL manga/manhwa (sorry if I'm wrong)...

Thanks if you want to answer me....

Hi again! I know how you feel, my country's also not great with queer issues. I've only recently started exploring outside the BL/GL subgenres so I may not have as varied a selection as I'd have liked to give you.

I've done a similar post recently but this time imma really go all out. I'll categorise them based on the type of media.

Danmei

Heaven Official's Blessing by MXTX : mlm, Chinese historical fantasy(tw: Violence, gore, death, like A LOT)

Mo Dao Zu Shi by MXTX: mlm, Chinese historical fantasy (tw: death, gore, violence, homophobia)

Peerless/Wushuang by Meng Xi Shi: mlm, historical fiction, murder mystery, enemies to lovers (tw: violence)

(Note: there's a lot more danmei I love but these are the ones I've rated highest, will attempt to make a masterpost or smthg for the rest laster)

Dramas

Not Me (Thai): mlm, political, secret identity, enemies to lovers (tw: violence)

Bad buddy (Thai): mlm, rivals to lovers, family drama

Novels

Peter Darling by Austin Chant : mlm, trans mc, written by a trans author, fantasy, fairytale retelling (tw: severe transphobia, violence and gore, also there may be an age gap but it's not specified)

I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver: Non-binary MC, queer romance, very informative and heart warming (tw: transphobia)

Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens: Non- Binary MC, queer romance, urban fantasy, rivals to lovers (sorta).

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo: Queer rep, Poc rep, disability rep, just very good rep in general, fantasy, found family (tw: violence)

Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan: One of the main cast of characters is gender fluid, and is also involved romantically (later on) with the MC, also great representation in general, fantasy, Norse mythological fiction, found family

All For the Game trilogy by Nora Sakavic: mlm, sports, mafia, slowburn, explicit and emphasized consent, enemies to lovers, found family. (tw: violence, PTSD, trauma relating to past SA, etc)

Loveless by Alice Oseman: Aroace MC, university life, queer exploration, found family (tw: aphobia, stereotyping and stigma)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: wlw, space, necromancy, cool stuff, enemies to lovers (tw: violence, death)

She Drives me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen: wlw, sports, fake dating, very cliche but I loved it.

Tv Shows

Heartstopper: mlm main couple, also includes a lot of queer representation, found family (tw: homophobic, transphobia)

Good Omens: Genderfluid MCs(altho usually male presenting), slowburn, Christian derivative mythological fiction, very queer, slowburn.

Our Flag Means Death: mlm Main Couple, lots of other queer characters, pirates, found family (tw: gore and violence tho not much)

I've left out anime and manga/manhwa/manhua cause there's a lot of stuff and I'll have to sift through to find the ones which I consider good rep. May make a post on that later. I also sadly have only a few recs for non mlm fiction mostly cause I've only found a few so far I've really liked.

I hope you like some of these if not all of them. If I've made any mistakes or missed out on some problematic stuff pls do tell me so I can learn from it and fix it.

#lgbtqplus #lgbtq+ #lgbtq community #queer fiction #queer shows #queer books #tgcf #mdzs #wushuang #not me the series #bad buddy #peter darling #i wish you all the best #spell bound #six of crows #magnus chase #aftg #loveless #gideon the ninth #she drives me crazy #heartstopper #good omens #ofmd

[semiramis-audron]

When your team is fucking weirdos, hated by the fandoms, with half of them involved in gay drama and you're just trying to stay in your lane...

Aka my collection of problematic Metafaves

I thought about actually drawing them all, but i dont think i would ever manage...

Legend under the Cut (links to character pages provided, open at own risk for spoilers)

Enoch (Metatron) from El Shaddai Ascencion of the Metatron (both video game and tie in Mangas, the game is fucking underappreciated!)

Metatron from Dogma (he is sarcastic baby)

Metatron from Good Omens (TV Series) (innocent until proven guilty, the book one looked kinda like #15)

Metatron from Supernatural (unfortunately proven guilty, because they copied #9's homework)

Metatron from 7 Heavenly Virtues Anime ("Nanatsu no Bitoku" kinda NSFW, big tiddy anime )

Metatron from Shin Megami Tensei video game series (obligatory, cause first mayor video game appearance)

Metatron (Enoch, Sean Christian) from Devils and Realists Manga ( "Makai Ouji" sad little meow meow, reminder to always read job descriptions )

Metatron from Omniscient Readers Viewpoint Webnovel (I have not collected enough spoons to read all of it)

Metatron (Enoch) from His Dark Materials Novels (+TV) (If you think his ego is big, you should see his dick. He's thinking with it. )

Metatron from Dear Door Webtoon Manhwa (Yeah... I'm not gonna link this one. The story and art is amazing, but there is also so much gore and even more hardcore gay sex in like every single chapter. Google it and read it yourself, but... Dead Dove, do not eat - unless you're into that or are a fast scroller )

Metatron from Spawn Comic Series (She's so pretty, and the Spawn comics are just visually cool)

Metatron (one of several forms) from the Puzzle&Dragon Games (They are so pretty... acursed Gatcha games!)

Metatron from Angel Sanctuary (nostalgia, he did nothing wrong, baby with evil twin)

Metatron from Dating Game Miraclr (He has red hair and his Storyline is... just Metatron, just Metatron...)

Metatron ( Eternity (Earth-TRN781) ) from the Marvel Comics (Obligatory cause marvel is everywhere and I put the Spawn one)

Im aware there's some more in various other gatcha games but those usually dont have any story to them... and the other animes, im not yet familar with (or role is too minor)...

Collection is still open if anyone has some Metatron's to drop off...

Honorary Mention:

#metatron #good omens #supernatural #dogma 1999 #el shaddai: ascension of the metatron #Devils and realists #makai ouji #Dear Door #His Dark Materials #Miraclr #Angel Sanctuary #shin megami tensei #puzzle and dragons #7 Heavenly Virtues #nanatsu no bitoku #omniscient reader's viewpoint #mettaton #Undertale

[beneaththetangles]

Happy Release Tuesday, everyone! This week, we’re serving up reviews of fantasy series and modern-day high school romance, which have become par for the course in today’s manga landscape, but there are some outliers in our bunch as well: stories about seeking your passion, an unusual take on detective series, and a manhwa about vengeance, justice, and family. Dig into our reviews below and let us know what you think!

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Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You (Vol. 1) • Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside (Vol. 7) • Drifting Dragons (Vol. 8) • The Essence of Being a Muse (Vol. 3) • The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl (Vol. 4) • Itaewon Class (Vol. 1) • No Longer Heroine (Vol. 6) • Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 6) • When I Became a Commoner, They Broke Off Our Engagement! (Vol. 2)

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#Manga #Manhwa #Reviews #Anyway I’m Falling in Love with You #Banished from the Hero’s Party I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside #Drifting Dragons #The Essence of Being a Muse #The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl #Itaewon Class #No Longer Heroine #Usotoki Rhetoric #When I Became a Commoner They Broke Off Our Engagement! #Reader's Corner #Douse Koishiteshimaunda #Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni Shimashita #Kuutei Dragons #Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi #Muse no Shinzui #Heroine Shikkaku #Kizoku kara Shomin ni Natta node Konyaku wo Kaishou saremashita! #Manga Article #Manga Blog #Manga Reviews #Manhwa Article #Manhwa Blog #Manhwa Reviews #Christian Manga #Christian Manhwa #Christian Otaku #Author: TWWK

[boot2004]

For the webtoon/manhwa readers in the chat: read all of Carnby Kim’s work, in my mind he is one of the best writers of his generation

His works include:

Bastard, a story of a child forced to be an accomplice to his father’s murders

Sweet Home, a story of an orphan, and on the day he was going to commit suicide, monsters appear all around the world

Shotgun Boy, the prequel to Sweet Home, about a bullied kid who, while on a school trip, finds a shotgun (and also monsters appear)

Flawed Almighty, a story of a sinner (in the Christian sense) who gets a guardian angel and must grant people’s wishes on the threat of going to Hell

Pigpen, which I have not read but which I’ve heard is really good

There’s probably some others but those are the only ones on Webtoon. Anyway, go read them, they’re really good! You can also find them on other websites too if you don’t want to do the daily pass.

#196 #manhwa #carnby Kim #sweet home #shotgun boy #bastard #flawed almighty #pigpen #webtoon

[isekai-crow]

Doctor Elise Ep 2

So much for trying to do individual episode posts every week! We gonna do them in clumps and queue-away instead because life gets in the way some times! Trying to still break them up by episode though~

If episode 1 was the introduction to how the reincarnation stuff works and her previous life, episode 2 is the introduction to Fantasy Britannia/Germany/Russia before the Fantasy Crimean War, and setting up the premise of the show. The royal family are the de Romanoffs but they're blond haired and blue eyed, and the world feels more German than British, so FANTASY EUROPE IT IS YALL.

BY THE WAY Elise is from the de Clorance family which is hiLARIous play of FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE!!!

Also. We get a character that WAS NOT IN THE MANHWA and LOOKS LIKE HAKU FROM SPIRITED AWAY. I didn't completely forget this man from the manhwa did I???? It's been a year or two since I read it but I wouldn't forget a long haired man.

Spoilers and Pictures below the cut

HELLO WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU??? THE SNARKY KING'S GUARD??? (IS THIS GOING TO BE A RARE PAIR SHIP because I'm here for it. A guard who demands that everyone respects the king but keeps interrupting the man himself??? yes, hello, thank you lmfao)

MAN I wish I had hair as gorgeous as this king. (Who is voiced by Inoue, Kazuhiko who plays Kakashi (Naruto), Madara(Natsume), and fricken YUKI FROM GRAVITATION BTW LMFAO)

and HERE he is.. Prince Sparkly Himself!!! Prince Linden de Romanoff.

He looks like he's going to be your typical Ice Prince, but this man blushes SO DAMN MUCH ITS REALLY CUTE.

I was trying to figure out why he has two voice actors and... Well. His main voice actor is Azakami, Youhei who plays a ton of supporting characters, including a dozen of small roles in Aggretsukko which is hilarious to think about.

Anyways, we get a lot of set-up about who Elise was before she died in her first life, and a declaration that she no longer wants to marry the crown prince and instead wants to be a doctor, setting up the stakes for the story, and gives us some fun Doctor flavored power fantasy tidbits, with a fairly accurate(?) diabetes diagnosis!

She's not trying to hide her knowledge at all, including knowledge about what's to come like war tactics, but the hand waving of (OH, I read about it in a book! Oh, I was just thinking about the topic very hard!) is very powerful magic in this world it seems.

Elise makes a wager with the King that if she can pass the medical exam, she gets to call of the engagement. Everyone thinks she's craycray, but this girl has a one track mind that has jumped of the rails of PrincePrincePrince and on to ScalpelScalpelScalpel.

But also. This girl legit smiles at him while thinking about surgery and doctor stuff, and has him blushing. This man has zero interest or experience with women up until now, and it shows, or will show in later episodes.

ELISE is also oblivious to this as she apologizes for everything she's done up until now, and everything she hasn't dont yet in this time line. And is like.. "I know you don't want this engagement, so sorry for forcing you and always stepping over your boundaries."

YOU DID BRUH. IN YOUR PAST LIFE.

It feels like your typical self sacrificing female protag in a shojo. BUT. She's self-sacrificing for the selfish (positive) sake of CUTTING PEOPLE OPEN!!! It's cute to know the romance will have a base to build off of though, and hopefully be realistic.

My favorite take from this episode, and in the series so far though is...

Capybara: THERE IS NO CULTURAL TOUCH STONE IN THIS WORLD FOR MOTHER TERESA!!! Crow: YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. Capybara: ...I don't know that. But there's no Christianity in this world!!! Crow: You don't know that. Capybara: ...I don't know that. NO CHRISTIANITY IN MY ISEKAI PLEASE!!!

Moral of the story: Anything goes in an Isekai. Just don't look to closely or you'll break it. lolol

#gekai elise #medical drama #isekai #manhwa recommendation #doctor elise #anime #shojo anime #villainess #fantasy europe

[lovelyes]

Convincing you (yes, you) 🫵 to read my favorite manhwa!

Based on the commonly known fairytale, “The Little Mermaid,” by Hans Anderson Christian, "Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid" is a manhwa set in Joseon [now called Korea] in 1926. Like the original tale, this story tells of a girl who falls in love with a man she saves, and in exchange for her voice, she goes out to see him again. But she realizes that her love for that man will forever be unrequited because he already has someone (or rather something in this case) who is dear to him.

Right from the start, it is obvious that this will be tragic and sad. Although the story revolves around Su-a’s love for Uihyeon, romance is not exactly the main plot here.

Su-a is a wonderful female lead, who slowly learns and comes to understand the world and the people around her. She does not let being mute stop her from doing what she needs to. Uihyeon and Haesu are friends and comrades who are both fighting for their country’s independence. Yet despite sharing a similar goal, the two are still completely different from each other.

Each character is well-written, with motivations of their own. There are characters that receive amazing development that you’ll come to love, or at least sympathize with, even if they were dislikable at the beginning.

The art is gorgeous, and I absolutely love the illustrations at the end of each arc that refer back to the original fairy tale. It truly shows how similar Su-a is to the Little Mermaid.

This tore my soul apart and broke my heart into pieces, but if I were given the chance to go back to the past and read this for the first time, would I take the offer? Yes— yes, I truly would.

#whale star #thegyeongseongmermaid #webtoon #manhwa #tragedy #angst #naver #korean #historical #romance #story

[rouecentric]

TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS MANHWA CULTS AU PLS

of course! enjoy reading 💕

MOST of the au logic depends on what manhwa's we're talking about.

per say, if we're talking about manhwa's that have multiple gods already in the story, examples such as "lout of the count's family" and "omniscient reader's viewpoint", the writer will have have more creative liberty on what kind of god the reader is and their titles as well as what their followers are like, are they a minor god? a god part of a pantheon? etc.

as an example, in "omniscient reader's viewpoint" god's, angels, etc. view the starstream, a streaming platform that is basically just a survival show, but the participants didn't consent beforehand and can die, of course, the higher beings themselves are reffered to as "constellations", and as constellations, they can sponsor or donate coins(?) to a "participant".

with this in mind, you can have a lot of fun with the cult au, the reader could be isekai'd into this world as a god and pretending to be human, accidentally getting into the same train cart as kim-dokja, chaos ensues.

or the reader could be a constellation, wanting to help the protagonist or any side character, maybe even physically barging in to help some of them behind the shadows.

or my personal favorite, the reader has an alternate version of themselves, their godly counterpart, the god of course, knows this, and actually worships the reader, as the reader actually got inside the story, maybe reader also has the same powers and abilities their godly counterpart has? it's up to the writers.

but if we're talking about "lout of the count's family", i have some ideas for it.

for context, there are 4 gods in the story, from what i remember, death, sun, war, and despair. the god of despair was sealed and can be defeated, so with this knowledge i propose a few template ideas.

1, the reader was a sealed god, with the sealing being literally just them going to sleep, the reader's soul could've travelled outside of the world and ended up in a mortal body in this world, so they end up reading the novel, sleep, and wake up in their original body. the reader would probably spend a few days adjusting and naturally regaining their powers and memories, doubting that anyone would unseal them, but guess what, they got unsealed by a character of the writer's choice.

2, the reader is a minor god that now travels around the world, encountering different characters and doing their godly duties in a scheduled time.

and 3, the good old "reader gets isekai'd and becomes a new young god"!

and now, my personal favorite section of this post, i'll be using examples from the manhwa's "roxana", otherwise known as "fhe way to protect the female leads older brother", "how to get my husband on my side", and "the villainess reverses the hourglass".

if it were manhwa's that only have a single god or no god mentioned in explicit detail, the writer will have less creative liberty, usually being just described as a christian god, unless there'd be a sub-au of the manhwa cult au where we pull a SAGAU and say that god!reader created the universe and yada yada.

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in roxana, there isn't any god mentioned at all in the novel and manhwa, so the writer's will have more creative liberty with stuff regarding godly stuff.

maybe reader gets isekai'd into one of the five(5) ruling families and hides the fact that they're quite literally god?

or will the reader hide themselves and reside in a human form, trying to help roxana agriche to achieve her dream?

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in "how to get my husband on my side", maybe the isekai'd!god!reader takes pity on ruby and tries their best to help ruby out? such as getting her healthy and clean food when she ran away from the omerta dukedom?

or does the reader hide their true identity and tries to befriend their favorite characters?

or do they hide themselves to not get associated with the story and the characters?

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Girlies on the manga/manhwa reader site will read noncon shit and be in the comments like, "rape is wrong!!" And when anyone expresses any sort of ??? They are like, "if you say I'm wrong then you're a rape apologist!!!"

Its not that people think you're wrong in a general sense. Its that it is weird that youre saying that in this context. Imagine going to a slasher film and standing up in the middle of the movie to tell everyone, "murder is wrong!! And if you ask me to sit down and be quiet or don't want me to be saying this right now, then you are a murder apologist!!"

Its the context. Also...YOU READ IT TOO GIRL??? so which is it??? Jfc. Never let anyone fool you into think just because you're young that you are any less like the pearl clutching Christian boomers.