Since I first read it orv is all I think about no joke
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orv is genuinely one of the most well done and nuanced examinations of trauma, depression, fiction as an escape, media as a tool, stories as a connection, communication, capitalism and its resulting commodification and consumerism, and (very importantly) healing and the necessity of interconnection, that i have ever seen.
and it's all packaged up as this. cliche web novel. like, oh look at me i'm just another series stuffed with currently popular tropes, surely i won't change you forever with a deeply impactful and highly emotional experience :)
the genius. the audacity. the meta of it all.
“Kim Dokja is my comfort character”— No. Kim Dokja is my pain. Kim Dokja is my suffering. Kim Dokja is the reason I cry myself to sleep. And I love that bastard so much for it.
This novel has completely destroyed me
so i picked up omniscient reader webtoon and here is my sale pitch
character summary(?)