#jang hayoung...

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/ orv novel ch 491 spoilers

ah yes. the 5 walls of orv

[ryvols]

close ups of my favorite keychain…….chefs kiss they all came out so beautifully and so easily

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9158 FANS WHEN NEW LIMITED EDITION GOLD DKOS FIGURINE DROPS 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[orphiclovers]

The process of writing ways of survival

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some more old orv stuff (that i didnt re-render) but im sharing them cuz theyre funny

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ORV Women's Week

[nutler--kleinja]

i love how orv has everything but happiness, like mpreg? we got it. trans rep? we got it. genderfluid rep? we got it. furries? we got it. self insert au? we got it. celebrity au? we got it. ancient dieties? we got it. genderbend au? we got it. dumpling shapeshifting? we got it. corossovers? we got it. alpha dynamics? we got it. reaction au? we got it.(eh close enough sp exists)

happiness? dont got it

[carenlin]

An illustration for jhy & aileen's first debut in webtoon manga!!

[meowingshojofanatic]

I think the scene that will NEVER NOT be funny to me is the scene where Kim Dokja makes Jang Hayoung send a message to Sun Wukong commenting on his hair and then proceeds to blame it on some of the antagonists during the arc. It truly was the funniest scene in ORV to me if not THE funniest

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dkos ≠ kdj (in denial)

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/ orv implied epilogue spoilers

wall of impossible communication

These artworks were made with twitter cropping in mind, I wanted to have them leaning against each other's backs while being separated by the image divider. Here is a screenshot:

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jang hayoung... ugrhr.. the whole theme with her wall hits home very hard.. and this moment in chapter 538 made me so emotional

hayoung's theme is like therapy for people who don't bother to say anything because they think they're a lost cause or not worth listening to. I didn't expect her to go from a character I liked to one of the characters I treasured the most in the novel, and she didn't get a lot of screentime but when she did, it was a total game changer.

love herrr

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[metanarrates]

the demon world arc centers itself primarily around four relationships that kim dokja has: his relationship with biyoo, his relationship with han myungoh, his relationship with jang hayoung, and his relationship with yoo joonghyuk. what I find very interesting about this is that the throughlines of all the first three relationships, as either introduced or recontexualized in this arc, have to do with parenthood/the responsibility of creation.

the last arc, dark castle, heavily examined kim dokja's relationship with his own mother. now, in this arc, he is taking on the role of a parent and the associated guilt and responsibility with it. let's take a look at the first three relationships mentioned.

biyoo - biyoo hatches this arc! though kim dokja needs her abilities as a dokkaebi to survive here, he feels some measure of guilt about bringing her into this world where she has no choice but to love the story. she's not a human infant, so their relationship isn't the same as a traditional parent and child bond, but he still views himself as her parent and feels responsible for her. her utility as a helping hand in his survival and his guilt towards both her and her past life as 41st shin yoosung are both major components of their interactions this arc.

jang hayoung- while kim dokja is emphatically not her parent, it was his comments on twsa that created her character. again, like biyoo, he feels some guilt and discomfort with his role in bringing her into the world. while it is plot-important that he helps her develop past her emotional problems this arc, I can't help but read his interest in helping her develop as being related to his personal sense of responsibility to her. he takes on the role of an older mentor to her in this arc. (you also super get the sense that kim dokja does not understand Kids These Days lmao)

these two relationships inform each other quite a bit. biyoo highlights kim dokja's responsibility as a parent, on a very mundane level. meanwhile, jang hayoung highlights kim dokja's responsibility as a story creator. both of these roles have things in common, and since biyoo is a story creator and jang hayoung is a real person rather than a fictional character, there's aspects of both roles present in both relationships.

kim dokja struggles quite a bit with viewing himself as an active party in the world. dark castle, as part of its setup in informing kdj's ongoing character, dealt quite heavily with how his mother's choices and his reliance on the fourth wall created this problem. now, he is forced to acknowledge his direct involvement in the creation of two separate people, and the veil of fiction cannot protect him. he is a parent. and his comments on twsa created a living person. he cannot easily deny, now, that his involvement with twsa is something that had no consequences. he hasn't quite processed all of that yet, but the feelings of guilt and responsibility are difficult to ignore. both of these relationships are priming him to deal with more difficult stuff down the line. we'll get to that in a minute.

meanwhile, han myungoh serves as an interesting parallel to kim dokja now! after learning that han myungoh has a daughter and was changed by his responsibilities as a parent, kim dokja is forced to reevaluate his relationship with someone who was formerly only his cruel boss. his presence in the story brings forward a lot of observations on parenthood that kim dokja would not have otherwise noticed. and... it also provides setup for kim dokja further coming to understand that people can grow past his impressions of them.

which brings us to yoo joonghyuk. THE focal point through the novel regarding kim dokja's involvement in the world of the scenarios. while his role in this arc is primarily dealing with his and kim dokja's relationship on a mundane level - and them literally impersonating each other - his presence is a reminder, something highlights those meditations on creation, responsibility, and involvement in one's story. if jang hayoung was created as a foil for yoo joonghyuk, and kim dokja is helping yoo joonghyuk develop in this timeline, can kim dokja really say that his reading of twsa did not have any consequences...? the thematic and emotional groundwork laid by this arc lays down a strong foundation for that question to be brought forward and explored more in future arcs.

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