I-would-like-to-leave - Reading + Other

Digital fanart for Omniscient reader's viewpoint. It's a series of black and white illustrations making out a single monologue through their accompanying text.
"I suppose, in a sense".
Kim Dokja looking at something under his feet. His face is hidden under a heavy shadow with only a single eye and a crack running across his face visible. Behind his head there's a disc of a halo crumbling away on a background of pitch black sky.

"I'm also a writer"
A shot of Kim Dokja from the back. He is standing on a path made out of screens-tiles, each depicting a scene. Closest to him are a scene of his companions calling out to him and a scene of unconcious Yoo Joonghyuk sleeping somewhere. Further aways, disappearing in the dark, are two female silhouettes, possibly Lee Sookyung and Han Sooyoung back on Earth.

"Worse than a proper one"
Two bright white parallel lines - two bridges extend into the dark, never getting close. Kim Dokja stands close to the lower edge of the art, watching someone standing on the other path far away, also wearing a white coat.

"With my hands accustomed to turning pages"
The text sits in the screen of Kim Dokja's phone held by his crumbling hands.

"Not filling them"
That text, in contrast, is printed on a stack of pages held by different hands, with painted black nails and different type of scars.

"My heart as well"
A close up of Kim Dokja's face, looking down. There is no heavy shadow over his face, yet his mouth are not drawn. Despite that, his eyes look dull, sad.

"Accustomed to seeing"
A reflection of younger Kim Dokja in an old pc screen. He looks down, just as sad and disheartened as his older self. There are pages visible on the screen.

"But not participating"
A shot from inside the train carrier. Hands claw at the closed doors, leaving bloody traces on the glass. It's Kim Dokja's crumbling hands. Behind the glass there is a night sky.

"Maybe that is why"
Kim Dokja is sitting on a train seat with his legs, looking to the right. He is wearing his stark wjite coat, and looks empty. He is surrounded by an empty void, all alone in the space he is in.

"Their expressions are hard to pin down"
A mirror image of the previous one, but this Kim Dokja is looking at his companions, who surround him. They all sit on grass, with a darkening sky above them. Still, all the faces of Kim Dokja's companions are hidden as if drawn over with a pen.

"If i never experience that strong of a feeling"
Kim Dokja at the end of the 1863 arc, from the back, hunched down with his black wings framing his back. His horns are crumbling, and so does the black star of a constellation above his head.

"How can i put it on a page?"
A mirror image of Kim Dokja from the first page - but now it's Han Sooyoung looking down on Kim Dokja with her face hidden under a heavy shadow, her expression impossible to pin down. She is wearing a bright white coat.

"A story written by someone that inadequate"
A page almost fully black. In the upper left corner, there is barely visible figure of young Han Sooyoung in front of a computer screen, typing. On her chair there's barely visible hand of the Dokkaebi king. Only whatever is bathed in the light of the screen is visible.

"Surely it's not a read you would approve of"
A similarly almost completely black page. In contrats with the text, a happy Kim Dokja, visible in the light of his phone, sits in a hospital bed. An IV drip is visible next to him, with the bags going from seemingly normal one to Story fluid the higher they sit.
Full text says:
"I suppose, in a sense... I'm also a writer, worse than a proper one, with my hands accustomed to turning pages, not filling them. My heart, as well, accustomed to seeing, but not participating. Maybe that is why their expressions are hard to pin down. If i never experience that strong of a feeling, how can i put it on a page? A story written by someone that inadequate... Surely it's not a read you would approve of."

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i-would-like-to-leave

1 month ago

hello writers.

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fanfiction ao3 fic writing fic written in ao3 posting form I don’t close the tab until it’s posted because then I won’t write it if I am forced to leave I copy paste it into a doc to repaste it into ao3 the more I speak about it the more disastrous it sounds

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i-would-like-to-leave

3 months ago

A black and white fancomics for Omniscient reader's viewpoint. Lee Gilyoung and Shin Yoosung lead Kim Dokja to what seems to be a half destroyed stationery shop.

Kim Dokja follows the kids in with a smile and slows down while they move ahead. He stops in front of a shelf and takes out a book, muttering "Oh... Haven't seen these in a while..."

It's Lee Sookyung's book "Underground killer". It's held by two sets of hands, Kim Dokja's adult ones and smaller child's hands covered in bandages.

An adult Kim Dokja is standing in a daze, holding the book. In front of him is he, but younger, sitting on the floor with the same book in hands. Both say "Huh...".

Kim Dokja is startled by kids' voices coming closer. He hides the book behind his back, asking if the kids are done with their stationery hunt.

Kom Dokja asks if they need anything else and leaves after getting "no" in response. The book is left behind on a broken table.

They are now back at camp, everyone busy with their own things: Lee Hyunsung is chatting with Han Sooyoung, Lee Jihye and Jung Heewonare training in the background, Yoo Sangah and Kim Dokja are reading something near the fire and Yoo Joonghyuk is cleaning his sword behind Kim Dokja's back. Lee Gilyoung and Shin Yoosung approach Kim Dokja from behind.

Both Shin Yoosung and Lee Gilyoung smile brightly, presenting him with their art: "We drew you something!". On a piece of paper is a crudely drawn portrait of them holding Kim Dokja's hands. Kim Dokja has insect antennae and dragon wings. Behind them are Han Sooyoung and Yoo Joonghyuk with comically evil expressions and poses.

Kim Dokja is distressed, his thoughts a mess: How should he react to this in a normal way? What to compliment? What to talk about? His thoughts form into a mess of wires the deeper they go.

His spiralling is stopped by small hands snatching the art out of his fingers. Both Shin Yoosung and Lee Gilyoung then maneuvre his hands so that he is petting their heads.
Shin Yoosung: "And now you pet our heads!"
Lee Gilyoung: "And say we are great!"
Shin Yoosung: "Really simple, right?"

Confused Kim Dokja is avoiding eye contact, while the kids bicker:
Lee Gilyoung: "We are the best after all"
Shin Yoosung: "I'm the cooler one though"
Kim Dokja pauses, an awkward smile on his face, then proclaims: "Yeah, you're both great". The background in contrast to sweet words grows darker.

He continues, but in his inner monologue: "The best. Both of you".
It's a heartwarming scene of him talking about their art, both kids sitting in front of him listening intently. Behind him curious Han Sooyoung and Yoo Joonghyuk look over his shoulders. Kim Dokja's monologue continues: "With me..."

"...Or without."
Past three years timeskip. Kim Dokja's squid silhuette is cut out of the comic page's frame. The kids in front of him have grown, changed, and look at him with surprised, sad, perhaps even betrayed faces.

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i-would-like-to-leave

2 months ago

Did the second chapter… quite a bit shorter but now from Kim Dokja’s pov on the train

Past/future swap with KDJ but instead of his middle school self, he swaps with 51% and 51% has to deal with /gasp/ EMOTIONS

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fanfic kim dokja orv spoilers

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i-would-like-to-leave

2 months ago

I'm sick of internet negativity, so let's combat it: reblog this and saying something nice/pay a compliment to the prev in the tags.

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I really like your bio picture!

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i-would-like-to-leave

1 month ago

NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.

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fanfic fanfiction ao3 writer ao3 fanfic ao3 anti ai even if it’s a mess fanfiction is something someone put genuine effort into don’t use ai to do that

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i-would-like-to-leave

2 months ago

ORV SPOILERS but can u believe kdj bombastically spilled heracles' whole tea just to buy time for his own giant soldier

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orv kim dokja orv spoilers it’s the only way to do these things you see heracles orv

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i-would-like-to-leave

1 month ago

I'm thinking of making a temporary server for an ORV book club reread. This would be ideally for those who have read ORV at least once so we can discuss spoilers and stuff during the second read through. We can set up weekly/bi-weekly chapter counts, have discussions, and such.

The server would basically be just to talk about ORV during the time of check-ins and/or placing your thoughts/having discussions while reading. It's not supposed to be a gen chat kind of place or just an ORV fan server, just FYI.

Would people be interested? I was thinking of setting something up for August 1st so those who bought the english novel can start off reading that, but we can consider starting sooner if people want sooner.

Again, this server would only last the length of the reread and is meant for just discussion of the novel/meta commentary/etc for those who have read ORV at least once.

Those who are also interested in continuing into the side stories (which I will be doing as they are the continuation of ORV officially) can also stick around in the server to continue the book club from there. We'll figure out the "how" when we get a bit closer. They are almost as long as ORV is rn (somewhere in the 400-500 chapters fyi)

Doing an interest check.

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orv orv spoilers this sounds fun!

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i-would-like-to-leave

2 months ago

A cursed thought: What if all the TWSA readers that stopped reading chapters consider it to be the "My Immortal" of webnovels. And it's almost a meme in the community about how bad they think it was...

Now imagine being the sole reader to complete the story and trying to defend it to other people because it's your favorite.

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Kim Dokja was thoroughly banned from commenting on any and all sites he would also be a meme by this point you say something mocking it and he descends like a bloodhound he is forever pissed about this

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i-would-like-to-leave

3 months ago

we failed

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i-would-like-to-leave

2 months ago

You know for all intents and purposes it was a mercy that Kim Dokja’s body was expelled after his death in the tenth main scenaio

Because how much more fucked would it had been if his corpse was left.

Like he’s died before, Dokja has left corpses before and came back alive. The time limits have changed in the past and his revival has been delayed before.

How long do you think the company would’ve held onto his corpse? How long would they hold off on that funeral?

Would they notice a difference when Dokja’s body went into rigor mortis?

Has his corpse went into rigor mortis before? Because if so they still may hold onto hope.

Would they wait for decomposition to start?

Would they set him up in the usual coffin and check in on it? You know, just in case?

How long would it take the others to get Dokja’s body out of Yoo Joonghyuk’s arms?

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please no why must you say this it’s already so angsty genuinely is such an interesting idea though would have gone horribly for all involved

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