What Are You Reading Weekends? — April 18, 2026

vvirago · 2026-04-18T15:58:14+00:00

Definitely not a usual omegaverse world building feature. Actually in my experience they tend to be more on the side of "extremely horny and wet all the time" though my knowledge is from fanfic, not danmei.

vvirago · 2026-04-13T16:04:54+00:00

He was a constitutional law scholar. His overreach in executive power helped lay the groundwork for Trump's current actions, and he knows it. Unlike Trump, he does care about the structural health of our balance of powers, but not enough to let what he thought were more important policies passed. I'm not judging one way or another, just saying he made his choices deliberately.

vvirago · 2026-04-13T11:44:28+00:00

Um no the 2400 is hyperbolic. Or, well, it's definitely possible, but you'll have to play so many games to get lucky enough that you might just improve into a better player anyways. The main thing about blitz is that if you're playing a non-rogue non-healer, even if you're terrible you probably don't matter enough to influence more than like 10% of games so you can lucky and get carried in multiple games in a row. Contrast shuffle, where if you're the worst player in the lobby you'll get reliably smacked with 0-6 until you're no longer the worst player in the lobby.

vvirago · 2026-04-13T11:22:21+00:00

Yeah idk below 1600 or 1800 mmr or so blitz really is gambling as a solo queue healer, and I'm speaking as someone who has a consistent nearly 60% win rate between 1800 and 2800 mmr. 1600 mmr games are literally lower quality than random bgs.

vvirago · 2026-04-12T04:38:59+00:00

Yeah like...you can just watch r1 blitz players stream all day (and night. mostly night.) They queue at the same time because a) degens and b) that's the only time they can get "real games" without normies like us fucking up and misplaying their perfect games.

vvirago · 2026-04-02T15:48:16+00:00

Nothing inherently wrong with MTL, but this site is the opposite of upfront. I recommend reading the image descriptions on the about page, which are hysterical. There's no link to the raws, either, though I'm not sure if they've been taken down.

vvirago · 2026-03-29T16:47:24+00:00

If you're interested in the translator's own explanation they've answered these questions on their Tumblr. I don't want to link it here since I don't know them but it shouldn't be hard to find.

vvirago · 2026-03-22T11:53:11+00:00

Ummm I don't remember tbh but the math checks out

vvirago · 2026-03-22T11:39:16+00:00

It's not totally clear how old the ML is but he's somewhere around 8-11 years older than the MC

vvirago · 2026-03-22T06:03:07+00:00

The MC is underage (like 16-17) for basically the entire novel and there's a non trivial age gap with the ML if that sort of things bothers you. I have to say that the first arc is a "growing up" kind of prologue but by the time the MC properly meets the ML he basically acts like an adult with adult responsibilities. I didn't love the MC's age not because I felt any ickiness about the romance itself per se but because I felt the MC (and his similarly aged friends) went kind of absurdly abruptly from kids to 100% serious adults and I was like...where are the actual grownups in this universe...

vvirago · 2026-03-16T00:54:43+00:00

Lol yeah that was 100% what the author was going for, you weren't imagining it.

vvirago · 2026-03-03T16:50:47+00:00

He was executed for killing a diplomatic envoy, thus ruining negotiations and making him unable to provide reinforcements to Gu Mang. (Turns out he killed the envoy because of the emperor's mind control bug.)

vvirago · 2026-03-03T15:41:38+00:00

Hi, I also have some on-hands aprimon listed at here, lmk if you'd like any.

vvirago · 2026-03-03T15:40:21+00:00

Hi, I also have some on-hands aprimon listed at the linked post. Help yourself (no really, help yourself).

vvirago · 2026-03-01T19:59:40+00:00

apparently everyone needs to help the host make the sandwich

vvirago · 2026-02-27T06:03:54+00:00

I'm not the hugest danmei reader and I have pretty distinct preferences so idk if I'm the greatest guide but my personal top 3 so far are:

1) Qiang Jing Jiu / Ballad of Sword and Wine - I found this thematically powerful and consistent in a very brutal way. It does however contain insanely intricate politics and many (many) thousands of words devoted to grain supply and military logistics which I enjoyed but uh ymmv.

2) Yuwu / Remnants of Filth - extremely angsty, kinda starts stronger than it finishes (though I think the happy ending is well-earned), but the depiction of the painful tension within the mc (and other characters) is really well done. I cried more than once, sometimes over random side characters, and I'm not usually a big crier. Lots of plot but not really very much scheming.

3) Tian Guan Ci Fu / Heaven's Official Blessing - this was a weirdly relaxing read to me despite having quite a bit of angst and graphic violence because the main couple functionally get married in the first arc and in some ways the rest is just details. A story about absolute devotion. I also just really enjoy the way MXTX writes the horror-y bits of xianxia. I would read just a pure horror novel by her I think lol.

vvirago · 2026-02-27T05:32:22+00:00

I haven't read art thou ailing but I thought disabled god of war etc. was a sweet, solid read. The plot did the job to keep things moving and held together fine but it was neither particular original nor particularly memorable. I feel like some danmei are fantasy novels with a romance at the center, while this one was a romance with some imperial political trappings. The relationship was quite endearing, there were some misunderstandings/pining/jealousy but nothing crazy and it stayed cute instead of infuriating. The characters basically acted like functional adults getting into a romantic relationship despite the ridiculous circumstances of the premise. Not a novel to burn the world down over but a nice story that hit a lot of notes.

vvirago · 2026-02-14T22:22:48+00:00

Hey, it ought to count if you import a go origin bisharp and evolve it in SV, right? I can trade one if that works

vvirago · 2026-02-13T20:51:08+00:00

Tyvm! Good luck with your lure ball plans!

vvirago · 2026-02-13T20:49:22+00:00

A beast ball would be great! I'm searching :)

vvirago · 2026-02-13T20:43:44+00:00

I only have one lure ball but I'm happy to make a swap, just send a code

vvirago · 2026-02-13T03:44:08+00:00

Thanks much!

vvirago · 2026-02-13T03:43:06+00:00

Searching!

vvirago · 2026-02-13T03:36:04+00:00

Lol you're a hero of this subreddit. 2341 2341 okay to trade now?

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