Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint - Ch. 40 - The Omniscient Sunfish (4)

[Nanaimnida]

Is that you yi shu sin? Btw thank you for your hard work!

 

[Nemgaxad]

Great chapter, she had a stand that had ship stands. Wouldve been greater if dark mode was for the rest of chapter and future instead of just for flashback (or future?) 🤔

On a side note, why dont webtoons use/have dark mode instead of the typical white background? Not like itd be a waste of ink since its all online. Hmm

 

[havyzarre]

DAMN THIS IS REALLY GREAT OMG THEY PORTRAIT JIHYE'S GHOST FLEET REALLY WELL.

Maybe this is the first great battle in ORV, and I get a goosebumps reading this chapter, OMG OMG the hype is realll! Well done, can't wait for another great battle and action in ORV which is will be like... BANGER!

thank you for this chapter ❤❤

 

[adarrr]

duuuudee the goosebumps thoo. this ch is freaking coooll

 

[biancatsu]

chills literal chills 🛀 makes me look forward to how the future huge fights in the novel will play out 😩✊

 

[wondergame]

Damn Yi Sun-Shin

 

[Lord-Raine]

So, around ten years ago, I did an RP story experiment with some friends of mine on a creative writing forum, where we each had a concept we would come up with for a co-written story we would work on. We would vote on the ideas, and the one that won, we would all help write a few chapters. My concept did not win, but it was a very close second place, and several people confessed to me in private that they wish mine had won, because they thought it would be fun to play with. My idea was that a very large group of people got transported to simulated world, where magic and superpowers are real, but everything, from food to supplies to their own abilities, cost points to use. Points could be earned by fulfilling 'requests' made by the system, like turning in quests in a video game. However, certain people would only get certain kinds of requests, based on their personalities and previous actions taken, and as time went on, the payouts would decrease while increasingly extreme behaviors would be needed to continue earning points. There was only one concrete goal given, which was, at the beginning, everyone received a message that whoever could make it to the colossal tower in the very, very far distance of the horizon, would be free to go home. Over time, the large group of characters would be whittled down and killed off, by monsters, hazards, and other people in the game, until eventually only a tiny handful of them were left, fighting each other to the death at the foot of the tower. I stressed in my scenario that no good explanation for how any of of this was possible would be given, or even if these people were still alive, if it was all just a dream, or if it was some kind of purgatory. It was meant to be a psychological thing. A sort of "what are you in the dark" kind of scenario, where the very best and worst of various characters gets drawn out and used to paint a drama.

This isn't at all like that old idea of mine, and yet the coin system, and the method in which scenarios are invoked, and even the way the goblins behave, strongly reminded me of it. I never did anything with that old idea of mine; after all, it didn't win the vote. And it may sound pretentious of me to say this, because I obviously had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with this story. I'm not claiming anything. And yet, I hope some of you could understand how it makes me happy to see something so similar to that old idea, done so well. The idea didn't die. Somebody else thought of it, somebody else thought it was a cool idea, and they did something with it. And even though it's not the same thing, that still makes me happy to see it.

I'm glad I tripped over this. I'm glad I read it. It's on my list now, for sure.

Maybe one day, I might even go back and do some work on that idea of my own. This story has made me think about it again. The race to the tower, the fight to survive, the decay of morals and violence and drama the desperation causes. And of course, the mystery: is it all a dream, is this purgatory, or even hell, who are these people, what connects them together, why were THEY chosen for this, what is the living system with a voice that gives out these quests, and what does 'going home' even mean, is it death or redemption, or a ticket to heaven? Do you literally just go home, wake up in your bed like nothing ever happened? Will you remember? The best mysteries remain unanswered. You let the readers arguing about it among themselves. There's still a good story there. I'm glad this reminded me of it. Maybe one day I'll stop being a coward myself and do something with it.

 

[Nauriel]

@Lord-Raine Holy shit bro kek

 

[goldenstream]

IT'S FINALLY HERE ♥️ I REALLY LOVE THIS SCENE

 

[Raskaro]

DOPE!

 

[knivcht]

Ooooh the martial lord of loyalty has arrived this is so dope. Fuck yeah Admiral Yi Sun-Shin the undefeated admiral

 

[markjericoguevarra]

ty for tling <3

 

[Ey_man]

Best moment of the entire series!

 

[LingLing40hrs1]

Wowww! Queennn

@Lord-Raine, Although I was too lazy to read all of it, thats rlly cool! I totally think you shouldve won 1st place.

 

[Lord-Raine]

@LingLing40hrs1 Thanks. You don't have to read it all, it's not important. I was just saying, even though it's different from that old idea I had, and I obviously have nothing to do with this one, it was cool to see someone else do something real with a similar idea. It felt nostalgic, tripping over this and reading it. If you get what I mean. I'm happy for the creator, sing N song, that he was able to do something cool with his own idea.

 

[Graviity]

@mizuhaya

oh you're SxThx? that's quite a difference in usernames.
what fight with your bro? not sure what exact conversation that is referring to where I mentioned you during an argument?

 

[Nauriel]

@Graviity nah im mizu not sxthx, co-owner
im watching you and my bro rhys arguing always, its make me laugh so hard kek

 

[Graviity]

@mizuhaya

You mean with his alt?
I don’t remember having any conversations with him for quite a while. I mean the dude can be a little lazy, but besides working on series that aren’t dropped by others he’s fine. Never had any real issue with him.

 

[nicklablue]

cool

 

[hentacle]

@Lord-Raine badass dude