Bonus Points If It Was On A Couch

don’t know why i made this but now it’s your problem

"i like your tattoos" theyd look better on your bedroom floor

The Professor: “Movies are like life, but not. (…) When it storms, you know the flashes? *nods* Yeah. Now imagine that, but if it told a story. Like if the lightning fell in love.”

That has to be one of the most beautiful ways to describe what a movie is, and it stood out to me in an episode already full of very beautiful moments.

im gnawing on your bones

ORV Actor AU doodles 🎉 The first post is referencing this piece I drew here!

doom yourself before the narrative does

sorry for being indecisive, I haven’t had any prophetic dreams to guide me in a while

i always mean it when i say i love you btw

One thing I love about orv is that it initially bait and switches you by convincing you early on that the constellations are the "big bad" of the story - voyeuristic beings that gain enjoyment off the suffering of others - until the reveal that they are also going through their own scenarios. This mirrors how us as the readers are going through our own lives and our own struggles yet we consume media highlighting the experiences of others. We root for these characters, we follow their journeys, we see ourselves in them. And yet we're not villains - we're just surviving. We're escaping the struggles of our own lives by indulging in these worlds created by human imagination. Similarly, many of the constellations in orv do not have malicious intentions despite living off stories - uriel cares greatly for the incarnations she supports (as the "fangirl" archetype) and sun wukong and abfd also greatly support kimcom throughout their journey.

This is further solidified in the reveal of the oldest dream. Despite unintentionally creating worldlines through his imagination, the younger kim dokja was never a villain or "monster". He was simply a child who sook to escape the tragedies of his life through a webnovel. He depended on that novel to survive. And that was in no way the sin he thought it was - not even secretive plotter who had gone through countless regressions and witnessed the despair of the universe could hold it against him. Nor han sooyoung, nor yoo joonghyuk of the 1864th round, nor yoo sangah, nor anyone else in kimcom. No one thought dokja needed to atone for anything - they loved him and cared for him even when he couldn't love himself.

Just like kim dokja and just like the constellations, we are readers seeking an escape from the struggles of reality. And we too are loved - regardless of whether we know it or understand why.

My 999th turn Uriel design. She’s literally called [the living flame] I can’t believe there’s not more fanart where she’s made up of fire.

Anyways I really love how this came out