#webnovel liveblogging

[veliseraptor]

jun wu's ending will never not drive me absolutely insane. it's just...nobody's asked to forgive him or forget what he's done, but he's not being punished, either, and xie lian's deeply symbolic gesture of passing on the bamboo hat (representing the compassion he received at his lowest point) is so heavy with meaning.

jun wu is finished but he doesn't have to die and he doesn't have to suffer, or at least the narrative isn't lingering on his suffering - to the contrary! it portrays his defeat as a relief even to him. he doesn't even have to be imprisoned in eternal isolation - mei nianqing is there to stay with him explicitly as a friend.

it's such a compassionate ending for a main antagonist and it murders me.

(anyway once again mxtx's rejection of the punitive impulse and truly jun wu is the apotheosis of that and feels a little like mxtx banging the reader over the head with it as a theme. or maybe that's just me.)

#dysfunctional gods and ghost kinks #lise reads tgcf #webnovel liveblogging #jun wu

[melancholiaenthroned]

orvs cast is two guys in the worlds most convoluted situationship some random kids and then some of the most complex and well written female characters in the genre with unique powersets, insane complexes, and different motivations to commit to murder (all of them are murderers). and lee hyunsung is there too :-)

#the smily represents me thinking about lhs. i like him :-) #literally so many women tho... and no romance so far im so thankful #i wont mind if they do romance later but letting the characters stand on their own first is so nice #highschool final girl... avenging angel attack dog... office worker turned vessel for the entire greek pantheon... and webnovel plagiarist< #meanwhile the guys are like. the main one. the real main one. the nice one. #orv liveblog #poison.txt

[tsukana]

SHUT UP KUSURIYA WN3 IMPERIAL COURT ARC 2 CHAPTER 29 BRING TO LIGHT. ITS CATERING TO ME SO SPECIFICALLY IM NOT GOING TO STOP THINKING ABT THIS FOR DAYS HOLY FUCK IM OBSESSED.

Going to be thinking about Maomao collapsing at a banquet surrounded by The Highest Ranking People (The Imperial Brother, Shishou, Rakan, Various Other High Ranking Officials) after poison testing for Jinshi not that she knows its him but we sure do based on context clues and having a reaction to presumably poison or buckwheat (canon allergies) and then-

stop the horses im so. the hidden imperial brother and infamously neutral eccentric Rakan reacting Immediately tm.

RAKAN GO CRAZY GO FERAL!!! Thinking abt how fucking crazy this must look from the POV of anyone there Not part of the Jinshi gang or the Ra Clan. imagine the rando poison tester of the Imperial Brother dropping and then literally the most terrifying official in the military starts going batshit in a (protective) rage. Gaoshun's narration here knows that Rakan is being a protective papa. Meanwhile anyone else has literally just watched the man shatter a glass in his hands and start pointing out people and then start laughing crazily while the blood still flows. im fucking feasting.

#tsu liveblogs #knh lb #knh #knh wn #any changes in punctuation and typing style are me switching from my phone to computer to phone while drafting. #anyways i WILL be thinking abt this entire chapter for the next 73 hours and five business days thank you. #kusuriya no hitorigoto #Also since this Will get captured in maintags. THIS IS WEBNOVEL #knh wn - aurica TL

[rose-reads-visualnovels]

Okay so. Let's assess our situation.

Wei Wuxian is weakened somehow, either by the process of possessing the body or the kick from earlier really fucked this body up. Still it's important to note that Wei Wuxian brute forces through the pain/dizziness not to sit up like his initial plan, but to look around himself and check his surroundings.

And well. Hmm. Meatsuit X....... is this a special effects interest or are you like. GNC as fuck?

Wei Wuxian does not approve of men wearing makeup, but he also notes down that the makeup wasn't even applied correctly. I wonder which thing made him madder.

Hey, Wei Wuxian? I know this novel ends up with gay sex so like. Are you a repressed homophobic homosexual? Or are you one of those masc4masc "I'm a real man who only fucks real men" people?

What's your Grindr profile?

#mdzs liveblog #mdzs #mxtx novels #webnovel liveblog #webnovel weekend #wei wuxian #meatsuit x

[pttucker]

The surrounding constellations started to sweep through the bushes. Their attacks were devastating as they used all types of explosions, acid and fire to damage the nearby bushes. The acidic liquid melted my feet and burned my neck and wrists. However, I held Jang Hayoung's wrists tightly and didn't move. A little bit more. Just a bit more. The bombardment swept through the area. Fortunately, they didn't seem to have found us. They started gradually moving away from us. …Just a bit more. I listened to the sound and estimated their distance. 10 steps, 20 steps, 30 steps… Suddenly, all the explosions disappeared. "Run." Jang Hayoung and I ran out of the bush. We didn't see any constellations. At this moment, a scream was heard out of nowhere. It was a long and terrible scream. In the distant sky, a bird was falling down with a giant sword through its neck. [The helper 'Thunder Eating Bird' has been killed!] …He came.

I will never get tired of Dokja’s entire plan boiling down to “buy time until Joonghyuk shows up to wreck shit.” Never. He’s always so dramatic about it too. This is a man who loves a good entrance. Won’t even tell Jang Hayoung why they’re buying time, just that they are. Dokja read 3,149 chapters of a webnovel centered around a guy who likes to bust through the door and step on people and absolutely loved it. What a fanboy. Though it does make me wonder how tf Dokja was originally planning on fighting Joonghyuk when he was literally waiting for Joonghyuk to come save him. What was his plan if Bihyung hadn’t combined their industrial complexes? Especially since he’s the one person who knows that Joonghyuk gets even more powerful in games due to his Pro Gamer attribute? Just stand there with his arms raised all “Joonghyuk don’t hit me. I have a plan.” …...Honestly that probably would have worked.

#it’s always funny when I remember that Joonghyuk literally used to be a famous gamer in TWSA #like Dokja is portrayed as this random reader geek who got dropped into a webnovel #(which he is) #and YJH comes off as this physically powerful martial arts jock type #(which is true) #but YJH was ALSO this random geek who got dropped into this BS #they're BOTH just big ol' nerds #also I love the possibility of people recognizing yjh #‘hey isn’t that the league of legends guy?’ as he’s terrorizing some poor constellation #orv novel chapters 261-262 #yjh #jhy #kdj #orv #orv liveblog #orv spoilers #omniscient reader's viewpoint

[americankimchi]

you know what. i might as well complete the trinity of self sacrificial korean MCs and read s classes that i raised as well

#liveblogging #i need a shorthand #liveblogging s class #there we go #han yoojin was it?? pleasure to meet u #im only gonna read the webtoon though bc if i had to read three webnovels at the same time my brain would implode #esp since im reading other books from the library rn too #im not dual wielding so much as im multi track drifting rn

[milkbreadtoast]

owurhsofhskfkd so im checking the korean for ch 16 of the twsb webtoon and i cant stop fking laughing😭😭😭😭 its so funny for no reason... this is prob 1 of the best webtoon adaptations out there just bc of how silly theyre making it... I LOVE THEM

#SPECIFICALLY JESSE.... HES SO SILLY... #he still feels like the same jesse from the novel like theyre not changing his lines or anything #but i cant stop laughing at how dorky theyre drawing him dmbdncb #in fact i think theyre capturing his chara sooo perfectly #i feel like the novel itself is v funny and silly and the webtoon is matching the tone but cranking up the silliness to 11?? #but not in a way that feels annoying or unnecessary?? like i like it a lot dkfbd #im not sure how theyll adapt some of the more srs scenes later on but also i think i can trust them #the art is rly good so im sure theyll make the panels impactful... #god im gonna die when the webtoon gets to great clearance arc i hope they make it as romantic as the webnovel... #ahhh my only complaint is that they didn't introduce the empress yet... theyre going to have to later on anyway so why draw it out... #twsb liveblog

[sunflowercider]

-thinks about orv for longer than a second-

#I HAVENT EVEN FINISHED IT YET #and wont for a while - im on a break until im done moving 😭 #bc oh my goD this fuckin webnovel.... #orv liveblog

[inkstaindusk]

Good trope: “Don’t worry guys, I know how to pick locks” *breaks door down*

#broke webnovel is so funny #dusk liveblogs #wnlb

[veliseraptor]

rereading the villainous friends extra and

Xue Yang was about to split his sides laughing. "You should've gotten a mirror and looked at your face. That smile was nasty. It was so fucking fake I could have thrown up."

Jin Guangyao snorted. "What do you know, you little delinquent? One has to smile, no matter how fake, no matter how disgusting it is."

Xue Yang lazily replied, "You were asking for it. If anyone dared say I was raised by a whore, first I'd find his mom, fuck her a couple hundred ties, then drag her out and throw her into a whorehouse for others to fuck as well. Then we'd see which one of us was really raised by a whore. Simple."

Jin Guangyao laughed as well. "I certainly don't have such refined hobbies."

"You don't, but I do. I don't mind taking care of it for you. Just let me know, and I can go fuck them for you, hahahaha..."

Jin Guangyao said, "No thanks. Save your energy, Xue-gongzi."

head buzzing full of thoughts mostly:

I will never not love the fact that Jin Guangyao calls him "Xue-gongzi." do you think anyone else does that because I don't and I think Xue Yang finds it hilarious and also kind of adorable (and I think Jin Guangyao is both sincere and also knows Xue Yang finds it funny)

I feel like sometimes I see fellow Jin Guangyao apologists talking about Jin Guangyao like...just tolerating Xue Yang or dealing with him because his father told him to, and the thing I love about their dynamic so much is actually that it seems like Jin Guangyao is genuinely, ruefully fond of him

like here, Jin Guangyao has just had a very nasty experience that we know later on is what finally pushes him over the edge w/r/t Jin Guangshan, and Xue Yang makes Jin Guangyao laugh. by being crass and absolutely kind of gross, but Jin Guangyao's understated verbal reaction ("I certainly don't have such refined hobbies" "save your energy, Xue-gongzi") read to me as teasing.

also between this and Xue Yang's cutting out He Su's tongue after he insults Jin Guangyao too far earlier: Xue Yang's love language is horrific violence. other people will say "do you want me to kill them for you" but Xue Yang will actually do it and be very proud of himself about it.

anyway. just some feelings about them again and I feel like I'm failing to verbalize them appropriately. maybe I should go try to write that "jgy teaching xy to read" fic now

#important text posts #xue yang #jin guangyao #lise reads mdzs #lise does meta #...ish #the sad queer cultivators show #webnovel liveblogging

[thisislifenao]

Webnovel commenters ily

#scrolling down and seeing everyone dogging the ml... incredible #im glad we're all on the same wavelength lmaoo #liveblogging #webnovel posting #*reblogs*

[citadelofswords]

surprise to no one, by the way, that i adore yoo joonghyuk

#star child speaks #it's the nasty boy of it all #i cannot fucking liveblog this novel it's too goddamn long but #using webnovel anglicization for now. honestly not sure how it works for korean so

[rose-reads-visualnovels]

Quacking youth count: 3

I love the emphatic question marks!!!

Wei Wuxian is just baffled. He really doesn't seem like evil villain material. Maybe he just thought necromancy was cool???

He certainly seems to have an anti possession policy when it comes to his powers. "I'll have a whole army of the dead but I draw the line at nonconsensual spiritual possession"

Okay, Wei Wuxian whatever you say.

Also interesting that we get told again and again that Wei Wuxian could feel the passage of time when he was in his dead state. It isn't a blink of death and then accidental possession.

And I have to ask. What happened to the spirit of Meatsuit X? Is he in the back of his mind sleeping or is he just POOF gone?

#mdzs liveblog #mdzs chapter 2 #mdzs #webnovel liveblog #webnovel weekend #mxtx novels #wei wuxian #meatsuit x

[grassbreads]

I just finished reading the first chapter of Tai Sui, and I gotta say, even in translation, the prose is really peaceful and pretty!

The only other webnovels I’ve read are the mxtx novels and, like, 2 chapters of bad translation of 2ha, so just in terms of vibe alone, this is a Wildly Different Experience lmao. I know pretty much nothing about this series other than that I’ve seen it recommended a couple times, so I’m excited to go in blind.

#and starting a new webnovel means another excuse to liveblog stuff #idk if people enjoy seeing it #but I honestly love posting reactions as I read on here #and I also really enjoy other people’s liveblogs of stuff #it’s fun! #andie reads tai sui

[orivode]

Hello! I am Ori/Orivode (she/her) ! This is a multifandom blog and I mostly focus on bg3 in my sideblog @bardofbaldur. I am currently succumbing to the ORV hyperfixation with plans of finishing the webnovel and the webtoon after and then maybe writing my own ode to reader/writer/protagonist characters through a self-insert/isekai main character so if you follow me because of my new liveblogging on ORV just be kind about my thoughts regarding self-inserts because I know that they are not very popular in most fandom spaces but I think they are fascinating on how you can use them as a love letter or hate latter to canon depending on your feelings on it. I will be trying to tag all my spoilers about ORV but I am at the very beginning so that won't be an issue for a bit I believe.

#about me #just a new intro post in case I get followers as I slowly spiral into a new hyperfixation

[aroacehanzawa]

What are kaleidescope of death and global examination? You've piqued my interest after your liveblogging lol (as in, I'm very curious to know what makes one so terrible and the other so good, and what they're about)

Heyy! They are both danmei webnovels of the unlimited flow genre, with basically levelled survival games where if you die in the "game" you die in real life. Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu (147 chapters, info carrd) is horror-focused, where characters who are close to death must pass 12 doors that are kind of like elaborate escape rooms filled with ghosts and monsters typically from urban legends. Global Examination by Mu Su Li (166 chapters, info carrd) is similar but less focused on horror and follows characters who have been pulled into a mysterious system where they have to solve exam-style questions except the questions are actually dangerous scenarios where it's easy to die. And there's romance in both of them <3

GE is brilliant in the way that both the MC and ML are well-written with fleshed-out backstories and they are both incredibly smart and complement each other's skills perfectly. The exam system is really cleverly laid out and the way the characters solve each level is presented in a very logical way, so that the way they are smart doesn't feel forced and instead reads very natural! The world inside the system is also consistent and we get to find out more and more about it at a good pace, and the recurring characters all turn out to be very important not only to the plot but also to our protagonists.

To me the plot never felt like it was dragging on, because on top of solving each exam level there is a greater narrative connecting everything, so that eventually all the plot points come together in a very satisfying way at the end! The leads also have great chemistry even without knowing their backstories, which makes it even more emotional and romantic after you learn everything about them. It's genuinely one of my favourite webnovels!!

In comparison, KOD just falls flat despite the amount of 5 star reviews and the hype i keep seeing by people who recommend it as a similar novel to GE. I didn't think the horror part was scary at all, at least for me, because it relied mainly on stuff like grotesque ways to die and mutilated body parts, which i thought were just gross instead of actually scary. But the main problem i have with this novel is that the main characters are presented as 'smart' but the way they solved each door relied too much on luck and coincidences or them somehow coming to 'obvious' conclusions that seem like they just came out of nowhere. It was like the author just kept telling us that 'oh here is this random item or situation so clearly it must be like this' without any intermediate steps, and most of the time they never would've even escaped the door if the ML or MC hadn't ~somehow~ stumbled on a key item or hint.

There is also a ridiculous amount of plot armor for the main characters, which i could suspend disbelief for, if the rest of the story wasn't also written in this hand-wavy style of 'anyway so this is how they solved the problem' and 'anyway so this is how they got out the door'. The world of the doors is never clearly explained or given any more meaningful treatment than if they were levels in some random video game, and the climax felt like a poor attempt at bringing it all together but just ended up with basically 'then so-and-so many days passed and they survived'.

The characters were not very fleshed-out*, especially the MC who seemed like he was only given basic traits like 'exceptionally calm' and 'cat-lover' - and even the cat-lover part was forgotten for most of the story and feels like when you make an OC and give them random traits that are only ever mentioned in the character sheet... The way the leads got together felt abrupt and superficial, and after that it's like no other characters mattered, which i suppose is a romance trope of its own, but when you apply it to shallowly-written characters like this, it just feels forced.

*) My biggest gripe was the author deciding to put key plot twists about the main characters in the first extra chapter after the ending (like ?!?!?), that changed the whole perspective of the story but didn't actually add anything of value to the plot itself and just makes everything more convoluted and plain worse if you think about it. The side characters who were actually interesting were either used as plot devices or plain forgotten about. And the ML who starts off relatively interesting in comparison to the others, is practically reduced to a caricature of himself by the end.

Anyway. Sorry this got so long i really had to rant about KOD to get it out of my system. Basically GE did everything that KOD tried to do but wayyyy better, and if you're looking for a well-written infinite flow novel with an ingenious plot and well-written characters with outstanding chemistry, look no further than Global Examination!!

#can you tell i'm soooo salty about kod #i pushed through because i wanted to know how it ended but uhhhhh what a waste of time #and it's not even how low i would rate it but it's so annoying to see the amount of 5 star reviews like...........really? #i mean if you read it without using your brain then sure. unfortunately that couldn't be me