Disclaimer that by saying this I by no means mean to insult or exclude non-writers, but: Scum Villain really is a story for storytellers, huh
It's so incredibly meta - so much of it is about the way stories are told, the structures of plot and narrative logic, the way that plot drives character and character drives plot, examination of story devices that make sense in-world and how strange they look when divorced from narrative context, exploring the limits of the suspension of disbelief and the backlash when readers hit those limits and recoil, even without getting into the meditation on external pressures and the warping effect of deadlines and money on a storyteller's craft.
in scum villain the story tools (tropes, framing, character arcs, licensing) are the plot, and the plot is a tool in the story, and the author's problems are Airplane's problems and his problems are the author's problems and the main character is the reader and he brings the reader's eye into the story and his meta-knowledge becomes his greatest asset and also his greatest blindness, just the way that a self-aware reader can get more out of a story but can also by their very cynical meta-awareness block themselves from unabashed enjoyment of it
I think it's not a coincidence that so many people who have spent years writing get so hung up on this series.
Jonny and Alex, very aware of their audience, writing in the fact the statement giver doesn't like DnD to indicate that they're a villain
This is the single funniest thing I've read in my fucking life
*inhales*
It’s Luo Binghe, not Lou Binghe.
It’s Shen Qingqiu, not Shen Qingqui
And please, please, please stop calling them “Luo” and “Shen”
okay so since nobody else jumped to make this, here we go
(there's a 'see results' option for those who did read svsss at the end of the poll btw!)
(also i ask humbly to reblog if this poll caught your fancy. because most of my followers are from danmei fandoms and likely have read svsss)
More Mo Ran and WWX interactions!! They’d really be such a chaotic duo if they ever were to meet
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Just like any motivated and loving life woman, and for years, I poured my heart and soul into my work at Al-Shifa Hospital and Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital, as Biotechnology Specialist serving cancer patients with compassion and skill 💪✌
(photos of Al-Shifa Hospital before and after the IDF destruction)
(photos of Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital before and after the IDF destruction)
I also gave medical lectures to students at different universities and training centers in Gaza👇
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Forced to flee with nothing but the clothes on our backs, today, we find ourselves sheltering in a displacement camp lacking access to sanitation, medical supplies, food and drinkable water. I will not talk a lot about the dire and unbearable life we have to go through, as no word can express it fairly🥺😣
Meet 22 women who have been awarded the OWSD PhD Fellowship.
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Attention non-artists who commission artists: don’t fuckin do this???
guys i made a carrd for liu yao with updated links
(read liu yao. please.)
MDZS Drinking Tropes 🍶🍺
remember to drink responsibly! :^)