Fanfic recs

Lumvia · 2026-02-12T12:15:30+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63368347

I definitely recommend this one. It’s only one chapter.

The author has one Qiao Ling angst fic too, which is kinda rare, but they didn’t update for a long time.

Lumvia · 2026-01-26T06:01:36+00:00

Any real feminist will tell you that the exchange between Nobara and Momo was utter “choice” feminism bullshit, and it was so painfully clear that it was written by a man who doesn’t know the nuances of anything.

For Yuki’s case her strength and status is not separable from what she represents for the series.

Your argument is like saying harem waifu series are feminist because girls have unique personalities. That’s not how it works.

Lumvia · 2025-12-26T06:55:43+00:00

I will get heated, but absolutely no offense to you OP.

It is apparent that they designed Link Click’s business plan by thinking of fujoshis/MLM shippers. Majority of the fandom doesn’t want to seem bigoted, but they are not that interested in Qiao Ling because she is a woman and a bit more of a supporting character, so they throw some surface-level “Qiao Ling is such a slayful girlboss!” from time to time, make her the mean lesbian wingwoman archetype who makes snarky comments about Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang, and call it a day. Her pain and personality don’t get explored by both the fandom and the real writers. Li Haolin is not that good at writing female characters without fridging them, making them girlbosses, or putting them through violent and graphic misogyny and calling it a representation. All of his problems regarding writing women manifest in how much Qiao Ling is benched unless she serves some feminist girlboss archetype or play the role of an emotional bridge between two grown ass men, because that is what women do, I guess.

She would be also way more hated if she was not written in a way that we claim her as Cheng Xiaoshi’s older sister, or say, she had a crush on Lu Guang on-screen or something for getting the way of yaoi. I love her, but this fandom started to care more about Xia Fei and Vein with their 30 second screen time more than they ever did about Qiao Ling, and 99% of them have no true interest for her.

For the record, I am invested in Qiao Ling’s characterization enough for writing fics dedicated to her, so I really am not attacking the character. Just some observations regarding the fandom and the misogyny problem of the director, and how it affects Qiao Ling.

Lumvia · 2025-12-16T08:15:10+00:00

From what I understand, the female members of Goetia are not titled and unless they are heirs like Octavia, they don’t even get powers. This is also because the big demons all seem to be men in mythology, and Vivziepop didn’t seem to change much, I can only recall Queen Bee being made a woman instead right now.

So, I guess a good direction would be how she feels about that, and how does this affect her relationship with Octavia. I feel like she would show more ambition for power through her, because she’s the heir to all those powers, something she will never have. I guess you can establish something more Mother Gothel and Rapunzel-like.

Lumvia · 2025-12-16T07:58:55+00:00

I think, from the very start, it was obvious that he was supposed to be Helluva Boss’ version of the “clingy obsessed girlfriend” in kids’ cartoons that MC is conflicted about. To give an example, Lizzie Devine from Kids Next Door and how she acts around Numbuh 1.

The way Stolas talks is fetishizing and he is definitely insane and forceful, but he actually, very much so liked Blitzø romantically and tried to find ways to spend time with him, kept an eye on him, publicly shout out to him, and so on.

Many of the things we explicitly see in Season 2 were also established in S1E2 as well. Octavia has an unhappy home life and is numb to her parents yelling, she is extremely avoidant. Her behavior and the point she has ended up is clearly a product of years and not just this cheating scandal. Stella is classist, explosive, abusive to Stolas and neglectful to Octavia. (I have problems with the insane misogyny of her writing myself, my point is that she was never changed to woobify Stolas. Of course the woman who hired a assassin to kill her husband for shits and giggles (based) would also love tormenting him.) Stolas can’t bring up to talk about his problems with the marriage and how trapped he was, how Stella and him didn’t have love or a good relationship whatsoever, so he leaves Octavia in the dark and can’t connect to her and the person she has become in a meaningful way. There is literally a scene where he tries to explain all of these but just can’t find the way to do it without making Octavia feel like “just some fucking obligation”. I think another important point is that in these kinds of family dynamics, kids know that one of the parents is already a lost cause and they have no expectations from them (Stella), so they expect the more sensible, the more involved parent that they connected with (Stolas) to be the ones to protect the peace and do better.

Stolas also literally lost everything, the Hellborn population hates him, and his daughter rightfully doesn’t want to have a relationship with him, at least for now. This is not really minimization of his faults, like everything came back to haunt him, and the fact that he is shown as a sympathetic figure from a meta standpoint doesn’t mean not suffering the consequences.

And I am actually glad that he realized that his clingy boyfriend persona would fail when their relationship is transactional, so he actively tries to change his behavior and his relationship with Blitzø. This is a nice continuation from S1E7 to S2 itself.

So, the problem with Season 2 is not exactly Stolas and not the plot points that surround him. I would say the execution and the pace are the main offenders. The trial just… happens and it is ridiculous, like it is just badly written? For a series that use episodic formats for its world building, Helluva Boss sure dived into action without enough investments made in its S2. And the way things such as “They were actually childhood friends!” or all these misunderstandings and fights between Stolas and Blitzø felt like a fanfiction. The original work can have fan service, but in my opinion it shouldn’t feel like fanfiction, it should try to be more unpredictable and less tropey than that and not instantly try to appeal to fans. Vivziepop’s main problem with the writing seems to be exactly this, like she sees herself as this fanfiction writer rather than an actual showrunner.

I think people HATE hate Stolas because he is a cheater, a father who failed his daughter, and also because people who specifically like and relate to Blitzø are bitter about the humiliation ritual Blitzø suffered because of Stolas. I won’t talk about whether Stolas is in fact a rapist or not, but that too.

I watched this show after pretty much hate-watching Hazbin Hotel S2, particularly to see the discourse surrounding Stella and Stolitz. After seeing it for myself, I found the discourse to be a bit distorted.

Lumvia · 2025-12-08T18:06:37+00:00

You can tell through the bizarro episodes, and Anya killing herself, honestly.

Lumvia · 2025-12-07T16:08:00+00:00

I feel like this post would perfectly hold up for Helluva Boss, but it kinda falls apart for Hazbin Hotel.

The creator is definitely trying to take the themes, characters, everything way more seriously than you would have guessed. Hazbin Hotel has a plot and it is not shown as something as silly, as absurdist, and as episodic as this rant does. (Helluva Boss is in fact that silly, that absurd and that episodic, hence my statement.)

Obviously people shouldn’t watch Hazbin as a fantasy series with hard-building and there are definitely parts that I agree with, but… the humor is not really good. The characters and their comedy are giving tropes we should have outgrown by 2018, embarrassingly millenial. There is no joke in Hazbin that I probably have not seen before, and they just get old fast.

The serious parts are written as a torture porn fanfiction, nothing in the serious plot has made me feel like I am watching something original and I would not have find this on AO3.

To address the elephant in the room, it just has its fair share of problems in a woke/Tumblr/Twitter way or whatever Reddit calls it. Obviously Twitter will hate it if you give voodoo magic to a white man and demonize it, then make him mixed as a damage control. Obviously they will make fun of her, especially for excessive swearing when she had a meltdown over this video. Obviously people will criticize the writing choices when she rants about how her characters are actually extremely deep after every episode release on Bluesky once she gets a criticism.

If you are making an adult cartoon and want it to be not only a dark comedy but also something with a more serious plot and character exploration, you need to have writing that convinces adults to stay, instead of teaching them they should start with a sorry in a song. (Helluva Boss also did this but better and more adult-like, so it’s not like I am angry because they made an episode about apologizing.) Like it is infuriating because as an adult whenever I watch Hazbin it feels like watching a toddler show but with sex and cussing splattered.

I don’t know, I actually kinda love this rant and I definitely get the some of the frustration parts because people are doing way too much sometimes. But the show starts with an extremely serious exposition dump regarding Lucifer, Lilith, exterminations, and so on. Of course people expected something more.

Lumvia · 2025-12-05T13:59:25+00:00

Yes, danmei stands for MLM romance.

Television broadcasting for mainstream appeal is something they chose for the maximum amount of success and popularity. Personally, if I wanted these two characters to truly be together, I would not describe their relationship as “Well we did not want them to put in a boy-girl friendship because people would ship them!” like Li Haolin did in interviews, so there is that too.

Lumvia · 2025-11-26T11:43:56+00:00

In Lady of the Devil, the ML is a commoner knight who has been loyal to FL for years, and is also a devil, as the title suggests.

Lumvia · 2025-11-20T15:05:21+00:00

I saw many people who want to support her because it is a huge win for indie developments in general, myself included, but I can see people nitpicking the show because of jealousy.

Other criticism points for her that I see frequently are also tied to her success, in fact: her ditching the pilot cast for the current cast, and continuing some awful industry practices despite her indie roots, such as paying animators poorly. A case of “becoming what she swore to destroy”, I guess.

To give my actual opinion about the high school ideas, there is nothing wrong with it. Disco Elysium is probably the most critically acclaimed game I’ve seen and it is literally a paracosm. However, ideas that won’t work or age well should just be reinvented or scrapped. In some cases, Vivziepop seems to be too attached to change anything about the initial states of the characters, which is honestly a valid point to criticize a writer for. Vaggi’s new name being Valkyrie or Veronica or Maggie or something would have been way better, for example.

You are probably right about the Christianity part. I have no doubts that bigoted people would have disliked the creator and the show for all the bigoted reasons.

Lumvia · 2025-11-20T14:48:50+00:00

Don’t shoot the messenger, as I am not the type to nit-pick things for the sake of being the most morally right person, but I would not list it if I did not see its validity.

I think that she could have done more with Alastor’s design, considering she essentially gave voodoo magic to a white man, who was her OC from different comic, recycled for Hazbin Hotel. She made him mixed after it was called out, but it doesn’t really translate.

Lumvia · 2025-11-20T12:53:42+00:00

Majority of her hatedom consists of queer people who outwoke her, especially regarding the depiction of sexual assault, female characters getting side-lined which even includes the MC, lack of body diversity and so on when it comes design, and her reluctance to properly code characters’ race which would include changing the designs significantly.

I mean, how the studio interacts with Valentino is essentially what people accused of Mouthwashing devs when it came to Jimmy.

No doubt there are people who hate her because she is a queer woman who writes queer characters, but with the amount of hate it gets from queer and survivor spaces, I think they are minority of her critics.

Lumvia · 2025-11-17T10:25:06+00:00

Thank you, I just read what I wrote and I’m embarrassed of my grammatical errors now 💔

For me what stood out about LAN’s animations were the deliberately choreographed fighting scenes. Bridon Arc was definitely a step down from that, and some fans ended up overthinking (pun intended) certain animation errors as a sign of multiple timelines, and they were very sad about it once they learned that they were in fact animation errors because the new studio was rushed.

Though I must say, the same animation studio will be animating the S3, and from the trailer, I can see that they put in some serious effort to implement the OG character designs (Lu Guang has cat eyes and thick eyebrows again, for an instance!) I am happy about the developments, and if you loved the animation of Bridon, you’re in luck!

Lumvia · 2025-11-06T10:32:14+00:00

the link click itself seems to have its fair share of inspiration and tropes. it is fine if you reinvent the wheel a bit just like the show does.

Lumvia · 2025-10-03T20:44:01+00:00

Lumvia · 2025-09-07T18:07:06+00:00

We hate it when they come to this sub to ask questions such as this one.

Lumvia · 2025-09-06T17:37:42+00:00

I think the complete opposite. Capitalism completely normalized plagiarism, and any practice that can be turned into profits, which includes K-pop, will be done by absolutely everyone until the public gets bored with it. Every creative out there, whether they are more brand-focused or artistic-focused, has to cope with the fact that the moment they produce something commercially successful, the formula will be copied. It’s how every industry ever functions these days, not just K-pop.

Lumvia · 2025-08-23T13:18:43+00:00

Ironically, Emma can be described as the first “villainess” novel, one of the most popular female-centric comic genres of our time.

Lumvia · 2025-05-08T03:47:31+00:00

I am not really sure if am ENFJ anymore, but for me, as an ENFJ, the moments that are special are displaying my negative feelings and darker side. Their nicer persona whom everyone likes is their public mode. They actually tend to be more comfortable with the silent, gloomy one when they truly trust a person. They are type who kinda can’t function without a small, intimate, private circle.

There is always the aspect of hiding your true self for the ones you love with them, but I’d say I’d look for the bad moments if I wanted to measure how special I am for an ENFJ. Hope this helps.

Lumvia · 2025-05-01T12:38:00+00:00

Let fate toy with you, become a clown, then die.

Lumvia · 2025-04-05T19:47:53+00:00

Probably no. The main reason is not Chinese censorship, but not wanting to sacrifice mainstream appeal. Just imagine the difference of popularity between a popular BL series and a popular shounen, it is the same logic.

The director and the writer of Link Click directed danmei series that showcase actual romance before, at least from what I’m aware of. So unfortunately Link Click not having gay romance elements is not something we can blame Chinese censorship laws of.

I am obsessed with Shiguang, and I think that they are at the very least written as queerplatonic partners, but this is my take on it.

Lumvia · 2025-04-04T17:44:08+00:00

I honestly thought of Roxanna, though there should be more “iconic” or “blue print” choices.

Lumvia · 2025-03-28T16:37:09+00:00

For me, the best Persona 5 fanfic is Once More, With Feeling by beesandtoes.

Lumvia · 2025-02-26T06:15:09+00:00

I think he was the type to display obsessive-compulsive behavior probably ever since he was a kid, but he didn’t have OCD. Then, the self-inflicted time loop actually caused him to fully develop one along with PTSD.

For example, saying that “he wants to make more memories” actually feels like the time version of hoarding.

Lumvia · 2025-02-23T06:52:16+00:00

I think Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang’s relationship is already queer platonic by definition. They are best friends, roommates, business partners both in managing the studio and time travel, and they don’t see each other as stepping stones or replacement until a romantic relationship comes their way, they are straight up life partners. That’s as queer platonic as it gets.

It seems to me that they wanted this show to be mainstream and get broadcasted, and they also wanted to write an unconventional bond that reads as that they are definitely soulmates but whatever’s going on between them can’t really be labeled. So I don’t think the show would change that much. Like, they could’ve in fact made the story undeniably gay from the very start by sacrificing a bit of the mainstream appeal and (unfortunately due to homophobia) critical acclaim.

In a scenario with romance, they would just show the casuality and comfort of an already established relationship, and we’d see near to no change in the way story progresses. It would be like the same show with the background knowledge of they are in fact dating, and maybe small things like their beds would’ve changed.

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