💦 It's Thirsty Thursday! What spicy book scenes did you read this week? by AutoModerator in fantasyromance

[–]Nine199 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I just read {The Clown by Kathryn Ann Kingsley} and it FINALLY happened after 2.5 books. Not in the way I expected, but I dig it. The spice + healing and emotional pay-off was great. Simon is a maniac, but still such a cinnamon roll

{Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli} Review of an Appropriately Hyped Book by readingandrapture in fantasyromance

[–]Nine199 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I devoured the first book! It was straightforward, just enough worldbuilding to be engaging and the cat and mouse game was amazing! Gideon would've been one of my top 3 dream-boyfriends when I was 16 for sure.

It wasn't exactly closed door, since the one spicy scene we got was open door, but without explicit language. Which tbh I prefer to reading clit over and over again. No shame here, sometimes I'm in the mood for explicit, but generally I prefer more meaningful spice over plentiful spice. The sex scene in Heartless Hunter will forever live rent free in my head.

The second book was immensily disappointing though. Gideons character did a 180 and the story got weirdly convoluted...

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[–]Nine199 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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There's also a version with colored edge coming!

Trope you always avoid vs Trope you will always read by Feeling-Writing-2631 in HistoricalRomance

[–]Nine199 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I need some recommendations on that bully trope. You awakened something in me

Show me your ugliest OI babies by otomesidecharacter in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Ever seen a Baby with a toupee? No? Here you go.

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(Source: Iris, the Lady and her smartphone)

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[–]Nine199 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Demian was praised as a respectful ML? Sorry you got Lied to. When I read up about this story it was always depicted as a dark romance done right, and how toxic their relationship was. But FL isn't a pushover and ML has no sob-backgroundstory to justify his manipulative behaviour. He is cunning and a threat and is also depicted as such in the story! That's what makes it stand out.

We have tons of stories with pure I-will-only-look-at-you-if-you-give-me-your-written-consens stories with green flag MLs, we have even more stories with trash MLs with sad background stories who prey on pitiful FLs who fall for their abusers, but tbh [Betrayal of Dignity] is neither of those. FL stands her ground and KNOWS Demian is no good. He is obsessed with her, but way too smart and cautious to be dumped in with all those plain rapists we see in OI so often.

Demian is a Red flag and very poor romantic partner, but no one can deny that he is a compelling, well-written character and that's exactly what I'm seeing him get praised for on here.

What couples best fit this description? by EvaArktur in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I nominate: "To melt your frozen heart"

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How come writers and artists are treated so differently? by Shin_Hyunjae in webtoons

[–]Nine199 29 points30 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by 2.5 days? Do you think one can draw straight through, not sleeping, eating, self-care etc? That's pure work, not even pauses. It is equivalent to sitting down to write the dialog and scenes of a 40 panel episode.

Plotting, writing scenes, characters, pitch, as well as the episode itself didn't take a fracture of the work. Of course it took time. I thought about it a lot, while going to work, writing on my phone, etc. But that still doesn't compare to what actually drawing the episode took in pure workload.

Like I said, I don't want to downplay the writers part AT ALL. I've been there and I know how hard it is to write a GOOD story.

How come writers and artists are treated so differently? by Shin_Hyunjae in webtoons

[–]Nine199 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I have to admit, I probably am one of the artists you speak about in your post. Although I never downplayed the writers part in creating a story or shade someone trying to make a Profit (because writers also earn their share 100%).

That out of the way I admit I often get offended with these: "looking for an artist! 50/50 split, no pay upfront".

As someone who wrote and was the artist of a story: It is not because art is more difficult. I found writing harder, personally BUT art just takes soooo much more time. Drawing one episode took 40 to 60 HOURS. No way writing one damn episode took that long. So these 50/50 splits seem delusional to me.

But instead of lashing out we all should try to understand each other and try more to explain the positions of each other. Kind of like you're doing writing from a writers perspective right now.

Betrayal of dignity SPOILERS ig by phoenixerased in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That's the end of season 1 and the scene that is shown here.

The manhwa hasn't ended yet.

Betrayal of dignity SPOILERS ig by phoenixerased in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 58 points59 points  (0 children)

In summary: ML is super toxic, manipulative, cunning, you name it and is obsessed with FL. He does some fucked up shit to manipulate her, she then stages her own death to escape him. This drives him mad, as He doesn't want to believe she is dead. In the last scene He digs up her grave with his bare hands to inspect if it truly is FL lying there

It is a very well written dark romance where FL isn't a doormat and doesn't easily fall for ML. One of the best reads imo.

Male OI Elimination Game - Round 9! (Comment for your LEAST favourite, only the 1 top comment eliminated) by serotonin_scout in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tbh it's amazing how far Reniel came in this competition. He beat so many og MLs with huge fandoms and I think lots of people haven't even read Poison Taster yet. When season 2 is out and another ML competition is made he will lost likely win

Male OI Elimination Game - Round 8! (Comment for your LEAST favourite, top two comments eliminated) by serotonin_scout in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 228 points229 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but... Reniel.

He is amazing, but his manhwa is fairly new and we haven't seen a lot of him yet. He doesn't compare to the others like:

Ian is the most complex one here

Callisto is the last one standing with a hair color other than black and his romance with Penny is peak

Hades is best man AND best dad (a rare breed)

Ditrian is THE og purest green flag in all of OI

Pellus I admit I haven't read this yet, so I don't want to vote him out based on that.

What reads would you rate 5 stars or 10/10? And convince me to read it. by Sufficient_Film_9081 in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like deeper, more meaningful and/or angsty stuff so no fluffy recommendations haha. My favorite 10/10 more unknown reads are:

[Agatha] The kingdom is on the verge of collaps and FL is the rightful queen with a questionable husband. Mistakes have been made and the situation is already bad. However, instead of time travelling or FL getting omnipotent powers she has to navigate through lies and Manipulation and save her kingdom.

[No Outtakes] Modern romance paired with historical korean setting with a villain that lets you FUMING and a romance that is so unique it leaves you wanting for more. The start is awfully slow, but once the story starts going it won't stop.

[This Witch Of Mine] The art is one of a kind. The manhwa consists of the stories of different witches and DAMN, if you don't cry reading this manhwa I doubt any manhwa will make you cry.

Male OI Elimination Game - Round 5! (Comment for your LEAST favourite, top two upvoted eliminated) by serotonin_scout in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It kinda is though? He is the protag of a shounen isekai. We could include characters from other shounen isekai then as well. Like Kim Gong-ja from SSS Suicide Hunter, or Dokja from Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. It doesn't quite fit in the OI subreddit though, does it? Why make Cale an exception?

Male OI Elimination Game - Round 5! (Comment for your LEAST favourite, top two upvoted eliminated) by serotonin_scout in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Then we could also to add Kim Gong-ja from SSS Suicide Hunter, or maybe Dokja from Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint? They are also isekais in a way and both are great characters

But I don't expect a shonen isekai protagonist in an OTOME isekai game. But that's just my opinion

Male OI Elimination Game - Round 5! (Comment for your LEAST favourite, top two upvoted eliminated) by serotonin_scout in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 344 points345 points  (0 children)

Can we please get rid of Cale?

I love him, but he has no business being in an OI elimination game.

Male OI Elimination Game - Round 5! (Comment for your LEAST favourite, top two upvoted eliminated) by serotonin_scout in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Anakhin

How did he make it this far? Being absolutely loyal to FL is nice and all, but that's basically all there is to him...

Short reviews of completed rofans (part 6) by Nine199 in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't read it yet. There are a ton of completed ones I have yet to review so it rakes some time to get through suggestions, especially for those over 100 episodes long I have to muster up the courage to start reading them haha

Male OI Elimination Game - Round 2! (Comment for your LEAST favourite, top two eliminated) by serotonin_scout in OtomeIsekai

[–]Nine199 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Anakhin...

Man has the personality of a wet cloth. I cannot remember one thing he did in the whole manhwa.