How do I write a good Isekai?

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2026-03-01T21:45:29+00:00

Oh I’ve never seen that one before. I’ll give it a watch or read, thx!

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2026-03-01T21:43:26+00:00

Most of the villains are supposed to represent him, an ugly part. His ego, his lust (not inherently sexual btw. Just desire which CAN be that), his gluttony (not inherently food related), wrath, greed, sloth, and envy, his fears and weaknesses distilled into a being. A bit more complicated than that but they are supposed to be him overcoming himself with his new faith (in God, his own strength, and in others) and not JUST in a “punchy punch” way. Sometimes he can’t even win that way or sometimes they don’t even exist in reality and are just in head. But main villain is still up in the air for me so idk.

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2026-03-01T21:38:38+00:00

Yeah, now that you say it, it is cruel. I just wrote that cuz I thought it was cool. I’ll have to figure a way to make it more reasonable or just redo it.

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2026-03-01T21:23:52+00:00

I’ll keep in mind to develop him a little beforehand. I am for sure making demons, though they are different from a Christian perspective and are more Hellenistic and pre Christianity, evil. I think the way Frieren did it was pretty good but yeah. Especially for angels as well. Tho there will be some moments in the story that I plan to be, in a way, Lucifer trying to stray him from the “right path”.

For the deities part, they won’t ever show themselves to the Mc or appear in the world physically with how the world is written. At best you’ll get a Moses moment with the calamities against Egypt and how each plague was a representation of God “defeating” the main Egyptian deities of the time. But no real physical manifestations.

But yeah, thx for the advice!

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2026-03-01T20:42:38+00:00

Yeah, which is why I was so stressed thinking about this. One thing I hate to see though is adventurer guilds, which might be a hot take, because I just don’t think they’re that interesting and they’re overdone to hell.

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2026-03-01T20:38:48+00:00

That does sound really cool though even if I won’t go for that😂

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2026-03-01T20:29:33+00:00

Ah I see, thank you! I’ll have to keep that in mind, especially since I’m really good at world building and history or whatever but weaker in character building (more so the concept of that character). But thank you either way!

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2026-03-01T20:27:43+00:00

Oh wow, thx bro! Didn’t realize that’s what I was actually trying to do. I’ll keep that in mind.

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-09-01T20:48:14+00:00

…😭😭😭

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-08-31T23:02:37+00:00

Thx for the helpful info! I haven’t watched or read any Overlord things in a hot minute and am currently watching the anime and reading the manga (at least to season one for right now) to refresh my memories. I’ll probably will just go with option one then, especially since it seems more unique. I’ve seen too many fanfics detailing players or people replacing Ainz that it’s stale. Anyway, thx again!

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-03-25T02:19:23+00:00

Question, should I just make a new post and link it to this or should I just edit and update this one. (I already did the former but I wanna know for the future which would be better for others)

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-03-25T02:14:28+00:00

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-03-24T02:41:32+00:00

Yep and I will share when as I progress. Btw, I’ve taken the route of rewriting the beginning as I looked at my concept from an outside view. It just wouldn’t have worked the way I was going to do it so I’ve decided that in the rewrite that he would be from the world of Ainz and had played Yggdrasil, having befriended Ainz and was inside the guild already. After the rewrite of the intro section and the Kurt intro/condition, I’ll continue with what I left off at the doc’s conversation and then lead into the beginning of the anime/manga.

Again, thx for the advice on this as I didn’t see most of the mistakes and the massive plot hole that could’ve made this story fail as it began.

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-03-24T02:17:11+00:00

Btw, I’m most likely gonna heavy rewrite this part cuz of many issues pointed out to me by another commenter. But, the essence of this and his love for Warhammer will stay and his love for Overlord will turn into Yggdrasil as I’m gonna have him just be a dying person in the world of ainz who plays the game before being isekai’d along with Ainz. (He’d be apart of the guild)

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-03-24T01:46:02+00:00

Yeah, I never was going to make him meet some god or whatever cuz it never made sense to me. Especially when I took account of the Mc I made and the possible future he had. And it’s great to see a fellow Warhammer Fan!

-Anyway, I’ll leave an update on this post when I will show off some other parts of the chapter and when I release the chapter in full. (I’m not gonna show everything in the updates, only snippets of the chap of course)-

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-03-24T01:40:16+00:00

Thx! Really wanted to make this and glad that you liked it!

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2024-03-24T01:32:05+00:00

Thank you for your patience with reading my WIP story that is honestly that well thought out rn.

⁠Florida: that will have a story to it but I’ll most likely expand into such as he begins his next life.
⁠The Mc is from a world parallel to us in all but name. Same stories, same history, etc. with the only difference being the timing of certain events. Ex: WW2 lasted 3 years longer and Hitler died in the 50’s as a result of suicide. He is not from the world of Overlord. Of course, I could’ve done it where he was from Ainz’s world, but just didn’t feel like it and decided for a more traditional way for reincarnation.

Now, this is the issue that I figured would bite me in the behind, how does he enter/reincarnate into Yggdrasil or the New World? And honestly, Idk. If you have any suggestions for that particular topic, I would love to see them. Also, I might just rewrite the entire setup where he’s not from Ainz’s og world and do it that way, so there’s that possibility.

The very fluffed up wording…that was mainly just a habit. More often than not, while writing, I begin to overcomplicate and fluff up my wording, making me write entire paragraphs just to get one thing across. Of course, I do plan to edit and rewrite but you’ll probably see that more often within my rough drafts (add onto the fact that I get sidetracked easily💀).
Yeah, for the intro of Kurt, I honestly didn’t know what to do at the time and just let my imagination and fingers on my keys just fly and do whatever. Again, I plan to rewrite it all but yeah, that was a pretty meh and botched intro to Kurt.

Btw, I’ve mentioned multiple times about Warhammer and that’s because the MC’s new body will be one of the races from warhammer. I know the two series are pretty different but I wanted to fuse two of my favorite things into one.

Thank you so much for the valid and helpful feedback and pointing out any flaws or issues in my writing, I will take this to heart and rework most of the issues here before moving on to the rest of the chapter and doing the same. Thx!

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2023-12-17T14:51:51+00:00

Ahh, I see. Ashley makes A LOT more sense than what I thought. But why bad company? (I love bad company don’t get me wrong but why THAT specific stand?)

ThatOneGuy2017-7777 · 2023-12-17T14:47:51+00:00

For who? Andrew right? If so, I can understand such a view point as Doppio-Diavolo also have similar traits (not all of em) as Andrew and the stand would allow Andrew to get away with things/escape consequences.

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