#orv spoilers but for that one reader

[gottagobuycheese]

A world where no one tried to save another. In this world where only victims existed, no, a world where the wounds of the victims were in full display, here was the lone hand full of scars extending out to her.

⸢Kim Dokja was already extending his hand out from there.⸥

It wasn't just the person reaching out, but the one grasping that hand also required courage to do so.

Courage to hold that scarred hand, courage not to give up.

Even if she knew this wouldn't heal her, even if she knew that holding that hand would only inflict her with a greater wound – courage to hold that hand in order to live for one more time.

ORV Women Week (2023) Day 1 - Jung Heewon/Scars

This was going to be something...incredibly different lol, but with such a prompt for day one of @orvwomenweek, I could NOT resist the power of this passage. Jung Heewon and her scars, truly...

[ID: A black-and-white digital art piece depicting Jung Heewon from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. Her right hand rests gently on the face of an enormous monster, which is so large that only three partial eyes and a portion of tentacle can be seen. She wears a distraught, tearful expression as she gazes up at the beast, the upper half of her body reflected in its middle eye. She is dressed in a burnt, torn-up blazer, tie, and button-up shirt, with her silvery-white hair floating loosely in the wind. Various scars, cuts, burns, and bloodstains mar her skin, and on the back of her right hand, an infinity symbol glows brightly. /end ID]

#omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv #jung heewon #orvww #kim dokja #...kinda #orv spoilers but for that one reader #sorry asa but you can't unlock this one for a while :') #this passage — this entire section really — never fails to utterly wreck me #enemy of the story my beloved... #orvww 2023 #I was SO ambitious at first lmao #tried to combine all the characters and prompts in two separate fics but couldn't tie it up fast enough #then briefly entertained the idea of a comic form of this #but I don't have the skill or humility for comics yet skfjhdskf #also considered doing the proof of stars with both hsy and jhw #but the perspective and amount of Things Involved freaked me out XD maybe some day but not in the next couple of years probably lol #my attempts at art #you can tell I kind of gave up on the coloring/shading after a point #specifically the part where they're watching hsy attack chungmuro and almost kill the kids — and hsy experiencing the sick regret of that #which is fair because this entire drawing is extremely Illegal for me to be doing right now #SHOULD I have waited until after death exam this week to start participating? #yes absolutely #COULD I have waited the five short remaining days before thinking about my beloveds? #absolutely not #anyways the ideas I had for tomorrow were also incredibly ambitious #but given that it is once again 4 AM and I have two days left to correct my sleep schedule for a 17-hour test that starts at 7 A.M. #I think I will wait until After™ to actually work on the rest #*grabs me by the shoulders* DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. DO NOT. #now go to sleep jeez this is why we almost never get anything done during the day

[dogstrikes]

I. "What if he didn't get to read that novel... What will happen to him?"

#shes back again. with an orv worm in my brain #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kim dokja #orv spoilers #my art #embarking on a new journey of drawing one of these every month for the whole year #we're off to a good start bc i just barely made it in before february #id in alt text

[turtlespancake]

i love seeing out of context posts about long-running stories with deep lore because it's always shit like "MAJOR SPOILER WARNING!! i can't believe that the metallic athenaeum's envoy actually used never-ending dance of the 57th universe on rionne as if she's not LITERALLY the incarnate of august?!?!" it's like buddy boy thank you for the spoiler tag but all of those words are incomprehensible without at least 5 years of foreshadowed knowledge, 7 different fan theories, and 21 wiki entries

#rambling #this post was about 3 different fandoms #number 1 was my friend trying to explain to me what was happening to dazai bungo stray dogs (i have not seen bungo stray dogs) #number 2 was ominscient reader viewpoint. anything tagged MAJOR SPOILERS for orv is either completely incomprehensible or like. #an image of someone interacting with a book. and somehow BOTH manage to be emotionally devastating in context #number 3 was me trying to explain genshin lore to a friend and realizing i sounded deranged saying shit like #“after the primoridal one fought the second who came celestia used nails to supposedly heal the land but enkanomiya still sank rip” #how did the wot fandom find this i am a gaming blog mostly..

[its-your-mind]

ORV as textposts 39/???

[Photo ID - 10 images from the Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint manhwa with Tumblr posts pasted upon them.

The first image shows the backs of nine members of the main cast as they look toward the sun in the background. The text post is by Tumblr user daisies-on-a-cup and reads, "THEY DID IT THEY ESCAPED THE NARRATIVE!!! THERE IS A WAY OUT!!! THE STORY CAN BE ALTERED!!! YOU ARE NOT STUCK-THERE IS AN ESCAPE!!!! THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL BUT YOU HAVE TO WALK TOWARDS IT!!!!"

The second image shows Kim Dokja in a suit with his hand on his hip. The text post is by Tumblr user yuridefender and reads, "i do love stories that start out with the protagonist going "hi! 👋😀 i am such a normal guy. the most average person ever. 😄 an average joe even. i have no friends or enemies. i spend my time reading books and sing to myself on occasions. nothing to see here! ^^" and it turns out that not only are they a liar but also the most fucked up person ever. and a cunt"

The third image shows Kim Dokja with a shocked face. Yoo Joonghyuk is clutching Kim Dokja's shoulder as he falls. Lee Hyungsung is behind Kim Dokja on the viewer's right, and Yoo Sangah and Shin Yoosung are running toward Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk from the viewer's left. The text post is by Tumblr user littlespoonsokka and reads "oh and btw the love was there and it changed everything. if u even care"

The fourth image shows Kim Dokja. The text post is by Tumblr user tomwambsgirl and reads, "being an unreliable narrator is inherently homoerotic". They reblogged with an addition that reads, "what do you have to hide? your sexuality?"

The fifth image shows Yoo Joonghyuk yelling dramatically. The text post is by Tumblr user fembutchboygirl and reads, "He's a cis man. He's transfem. He's nonbinary. He has 35 genders. He's a cis woman. He's a trans man. Gender, he barely knows her. He's transmasc. He's gnc. He doesn't know what a pronoun is. I didn t say his name but he popped into your head didn't he"

The sixth image shows Yoo Joonghyuk staring at Kim Dokja while he holds him by the throat. Kim Dokja is slightly beaten up and smirking back at him. The text post is by Tumblr user neilgayman69 and reads, "They have never canonically fucked. But also they have, and they should, and it would be a horrible idea."

The seventh image has Yoo Joonghyk hunched over in the foreground with Lee Hyungsung to his left and Shin Yoosung to his right. Kim Dokja is in the background with Yoo Sangah on his right and the viewer's left. He's facing Yoo Joonghyuk and the viewer slightly and is hunched over with a sword in his hand. The text post is by Tumblr user billypotts and reads, "stories about time travel are about two things. number one is inevitable tragedy. number two is seeing that inevitable tragedy and saying oh god I will make this right please even if I can't fix it I will try to make this right. also I lied they're about three things and third is obviously love"

The eighth image is a close-up of Kim Dokja with smile and dull eyes against a black background. The text post is by Tumblr user raylangivins and reads, "I love a character who's like "I know exactly who I am and I'm being very authentic about it" and then when you analyse his behaviour even a little bit you realise his self perception is completely selective and delusional."

The ninth image shows Han Sooyoung, Yoo Joonghyuk, and Kim Dokja. Yoo Joonghyuk is leaned over Han Sooyoung's back while Kim Dokja is slightly off to the viewer's right with a confused expression. The text post is by Tumblr user notsoni and reads, "Not soulmates but it always had to be them and they weren't destined to be together but they were doomed to be but also it took everything for them to get here and also it was never supposed to happen but also it always was and had to happen this way. Hope this helps"

The final image shows the members of Kimcom sitting around a garbage-can fire with drinks. The text post is by Tumblr user gothritsu and reads, "if theres no found family what is the God Damn Fucking Point". /End ID]

ID by @incorrect-web-novels tysm!!!

#listen these ones are all long all at once and I apologize #but I try to group them by VIBE #and these are all meta posts ya know #and meta posts get LONGE #so here we are #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscent reader #omniscient reader webtoon #omniscient reader novel #orv spoilers #just in case!! #orv novel spoilers #orv novel #kim dokja #kimcom #dokhyuk #yoohankim #yoo joonghyuk

[aweekoftodays]

Hey, can we talk about the fact that one of kdj's biggest traumas is indisputably the way the publishing of his mother's book affected his life. He felt powerless and on display, and it severely hurt his ability to connect with other people.

But honestly, if I saw that book at a bookstore, I would have picked it up and read it and thought wow im so glad she was able to tell her story. I would have fallen into the trap lsk sets, and never thought deeper about how it happened. And this book was said to be really inspiring and the way the other prison women stands up for lsk you can see they sympathize with her story and maybe there were plenty of women who felt seen and heard from that story.

Its popularity meant a decent amount of money was made off of it that went straight to kdj's cousins pocket. Everyone profited from this novel in some way, everyone but kdj. (That's why he's the fool that has never dreamed of his own happiness, he can't picture it, it's always been everyone except him.)

So tell me why, kimcom + everyone writing orv and collecting the pieces they knew of him and spreading them out, not to one universe like his mother, but the eternal ever-multiplying universes and that is what saves him.

The exact same action, both born out of love and despair. One ruined him, and the other brought him home.

#orv #orv thoughts #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kim dokja #joongdok #kimcom #yoo joonghyuk #lee sookyung #han sooyoung #orv spoilers #One was a lie the other is trying to find the truth

[void-and-virtue]

Lying on the floor in a puddle of my tears and staring blankly at the ceiling as I once again think about all the fucked up, multi-dimensional ways that Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk and Han Sooyoung encompass the god vs creation and deity vs worshipper dynamics

#it goes all ways between them and stacks on top of each other #there’s like five different angles to it and a secret sixth thing and it makes me go insane #is a god the person who creates or the person who preserves created life by sheer faith alone #the absolute mind bend of a world created for one person alone yet that entire universe kept alive by their imagination and love for it #also the whole situation of love from reader to creator and creator to reader and character as a tool but character as a devoted companion #the way the creation loves and devotes itself to suffer for its god-not-god in turn #ORV is so convoluted it’s like five billion mindfucks stacked in a trench coat #and I love every silly little word of it #ugh #orv spoilers #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader’s viewpoint spoilers #kim dokja #yoo joonghyuk #han sooyoung

[localapparently]

/ orv epilogue spoilers (read comic right to left)

If only I could turn back time

#orv spoilers #guess! who! finally got around to finishing the epilogue! i was dragging it on for nearly a month #i am fucking distraught #she didnt fucking deserve that ending. she didnt fucking deserve to disappear just like that. #she was the one that saved him. and until her final breath #she just wanted to tell him that it wasnt his fault. she grew up with him. she saw him grow through the comments. #and just like how she saved him. his comments made her love her life a little more too. i cant fucking do this. and shes just gone. she jus #omniscient reader fanart #orv #orv fanart #omniscient reader #omniscient readers viewpoint #kim dokja #doksoo #han sooyoung #hankim #kdj #hsy #crit's art: orv

[lilyofthevalleycaughtintherain]

An angel and a demon are on my fingertips

Making me write lyrics, whether I’m smiling or crying

Even when the paper gets all wet

I can’t stop

Sometimes, I exaggerate my sadness when I write

#orv #omniscent reader's viewpoint #fan art #orv spoilers #hsy #han sooyoung #Silver's lily garden #my art #orv fanart #sudhjzkwns i love her so much #lyrics are from Lyricism by HEIZE #art #lyrics in caption was also imspired by that one hsy animatic to this song on youtube #1863rd han sooyoung

[000yul]

you’ve never once done what i wanted you to

#orv spoilers #full book spoilers in these tags btw #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #yoohankim #yoo joonghyuk #kim dokja #han sooyoung #im honestly. so obsessed with this trio's dynamic #ever think about how han sooyoung and yoo joonghyuk both express their love in an extremely vitriolic way #THE WAY THEY REFLECT EACH OTHER. SOME PROJECTING GOING ON PERHAPS? #and then theres kdj who cuts himself out of the picture at every opportunity emotionally. jfc #alt caption: damn one to save the other #but thats not quite complete is it #by the end of the book yjh is quite willing to be damned for kdj #and hsy doesn't know what to do with that!!!! #man. #my art #orv fanart #anyway if you got to the end of this i hope you enjoy yjh's snatched waist. a little treat sprinkled within the pain #unrelated complaint why do these three only wear like two colours between them. im TRYING to make a visually interesting picutre ok!!!

[yuudamari]

"Kim Namwoon, you can't be saved"

#omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv #kim dokja #kim namwoon #999th kim namwoon #orv spoilers #my art #notttt super proud of this one like its not bad but i feel like i lost it...but its whatever here it is!! #anywyas kim namwoon my beloved #many thoughts about him

[orphiclovers]

N'gai forest deleted scene (real) (not clickbait)

#up for interpretation on which one he is imagining himself as. but real ones know where i stand on the topic #secretive plotter #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader #orv #orv spoilers #plotja #plothyuk #my art

[macaronijail06]

This body means nothing to me-

"Get a Hold of Yourself!"

#orv #omniscient reader #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kim dokja #kdj #orv kdj #demon king of salvation #oldest dream #yoo junghyuk #han sooyoung #orv hsy #hsy #orv spoilers #orv fanart #yeah its that one scene where kdj tries to uhhh kill OD #most ancient dream

[kimdokjas]

one must imagine kim dokja happy

#that sisyphus quote but make it orv #bc we're all fragments and we're the ones who get to give him his soft epilogue #and by giving him his happiness we're allowing ourselves to have it too #orv #orv spoilers #omniscient reader's viewpoint #gabby speaks #kim dokja #kdj

[lacertae-dreamscape]

Yoo Joonghyuk is now planning to cook the wedding reception meal.

So this stemmed from me realising that most of the time, Kim Dokja in fanfics (or fanart) doesn't quite confess and keeps all of his feelings buried.

I also thought, though, that he would choose the opposite way too -confess his feelings, pretend it to be not as important, not as big, as a way to distance himself from those emotions, ready to take some embarrassment and shame due to the confession in order to feel less pained when inevitably (in his mind) those feelings are rejected.

Takes control of something horrible and shameful for him so it will feel less raw and visceral, less 'i'm being perceived'.

Except he absolutely does not count on Yoo Joonghyuk having feelings back so of course he's blown away by YJH accepting and coveting that confession that he's been waiting forever to hear.

extra: the background from panel 2 since i handwrote that, and a rejected panel.

#kim dokja #yoo joonghyuk #joongdok #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader #orv fanart #orv comics #SOYdoesART #long post #vague spoilers for novel ending #requited love #absolutely bonkers kim dokja thought process #we love one (1) rat bastard

[its-your-mind]

thinkin bout how orv starts with kim dokja actively working to ensure that kim namwoon dies during the first scenario

thinkin bout how kim namwoon was a teenager at the start of the scenarios, dealing with the apocalypse using the mental paths that came easiest, jumping into the new world with both feet

thinkin bout kim dokja as a teenager. tired. hurt. alone. his internal and external struggles ignored by the adults around him. choosing to throw himself off a rooftop because there wasn’t anything in his life worth living for

thinkin bout how kim dokja woke up again, even though he had planned not to

thinkin bout a teenage boy. lost, alone, broken, scared, angry, in need of someone to come and show him how to keep moving forward

thinkin bout a protagonist in a webnovel who is an example to you of how to survive against all odds. a mantra to repeat when living life as yourself is too hard

thinkin bout a hardened and powerful hero who knows exactly how this world works, who holds out a hand offers you a place with him

thinkin bout teenage kim namwoon, looking to yoo joonghyuk as captain, teacher, and protector

thinkin bout teenage kim dokja, looking to yoo joonghyuk as role-model, hero, and refuge

thinkin bout teenage kim dokja, who saw himself more as kim namwoon than any of yoo joonghyuk’s other companions

thinkin bout adult kim dokja, reclusive and unsocial, hiding his phone from his coworker so she doesn’t see what he’s reading. convinced that yoo joonghyuk would look down on him if he learns who he “really” is. ashamed of any details kimcom learns about his past

thinkin bout what happens to a life when the person living it has never seen in it any redeeming qualities or objects of value. how someone feels about life when they tried and failed to give up that life a decade ago, and every day since has felt almost accidental

thinkin bout the lesser fire dragon. the disaster of floods. the strongest in seoul dome. the devourer of dreams. the 73rd demon king. the industrial complex. the war between good and evil. the wager with secretive plotter.

thinkin bout the most ancient dream. an empty station. a cold and hard bench. bandages and a notebook and a too-loose uniform. smaller than he should be for his age and more broken than any child should ever become. alone.

thinkin bout an unbreakable faith, shattered. a family frantically throwing themselves at their heart to save him from himself. desperate hands prying a blade out of shaking ones, moments before the jagged edge pierced deep into vulnerable flesh

thinkin bout how the younger kim dokja, recently released from the hospital, does not watch. instead, he instinctively curls up to protect the parts of himself already hurting the most. he begins to repeat his mantra

thinkin bout how kim namwoon kicked and fought and screamed and stabbed. and then, when he realized there wasn’t anything he could do, he got down on his knees and begged kim dokja for his life

thinkin bout how kim dokja just stood over him, held him in place, and looked at him in silence as the clock ran out

thinkin bout kim dokja at the beginning of his story and at the end of his story. in a subway. looking down at a teenage boy.

making a choice. the same choice, both times.

the first time: an explosion, a blood splatter on his reflection, and a confused and wary protagonist who has lost one asset and gained another

the last time: arms holding him back, a family hugging him tight, and another protagonist who steps in front of him. holds the child close. forgives him everything. offers up anything more he could need. and kim dokja watches as the person with the strongest claim to vengeance upon this younger facsimile of himself instead gently gathers up the most ancient dream, tucks him close against his chest, and walks away with him safe and sound in his arms.

#orv #omniscent reader #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader novel #orv spoilers #omniscient reader spoilers #kim dokja #kim namwoon #most ancient dream #secretive plotter #LISTEN. listen. #I JUST THINK ABOUT KIM NAMWOON A LOT OKAY #literally there was like #one line in the 1863 arc where kdj was like #lol yeah I used to imagine replacing kim namwoon in the squad bc I thought I could do him but better #and then my brain short circuited #literally changed everything I felt about kim namwoon in like .02 seconds #cuz like yes kdj unreliable narrator #but I had not unlocked the kim namwoon mystery until that moment #anyway justice for kim namwoon my bby boy deserves better #he was a C H I L D #lee jihye also killed someone day one and kdj doesn’t hate her for it #anyway I’m just sayin that everything we see is through kdj’s eyes and if he thought Kim namwoon was cringe af #BUT ONLY BC teen kdj thought the edgelord thing was kinda badass #obvs we only get the bad vibes #I mean also there was an attempted stabbing #but only after kdj stopped him from doing old lady crimes specifically with the intent to make sure he didn’t make it thru scenario 1 #no old lady saving desire present

[rlaehrwk21]

by loving kdj, u are loving yourself at the same time. he is you and you are him. and as much as you want him to be loved and cared for, he does wish the same for you. the biggest love letter to him is simply loving yourself in spite of everything <3

#omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv #kim dokja #omniscient reader's viewpoint spoilers #living as the kdj fragments as he would want us to #as we would want him to live #he wishes for a happy end as much as you do wish for one for him