Hello PHM people of tumblr- left feeling empty after reading/watching PHM? Need something to fill the void? This is my personal plea to go read Dungeon Crawler Carl! This series was suggested to me after reading PHM and needing a similar Rocky/Grace friendship. While tonally different I have become obsessed by DCC and I think many of you would enjoy it too. Join us, we have:
People thrown into a televised alien gameshow where they must survive by any means and try not to die in flashy ways!
The MC is a man who runs around half naked in heart boxers with his Ex-Gf’s talking Cat who shoots lasers from her eyes!
Similar style to Andy Weir’s humor, but a bit more in your face punchy! Expect lots of satire, dry humor, and scathing commentary on society!
Don’t be fooled by Carl’s manly man demeanor, that man is kind, smart, and complex but also a bit dense and pathetic at times. We LOVE IT!
A fuck ton of found family- MC (Carl) and his Cat (Princess Donut) have beautiful friendship! Other crawlers you meet become adopted into this family and there’s so many side characters to fall in love with!
Complex and morally grey characters with histories of trauma! Also well written women! (The books have more female characters as story progresses)
It’s an Anti-capitalist and anti-corporation revolutionary’s tale at its core! Books get progressively more unhinged and get even better as they go on!
Isn’t afraid to tackle political topics unlike Mr. Weir (no shade)- tackles genocide, colonization, and how do we survive under the violence of capitalism?
Persistence of humanity! Hope is a powerful tool to resistance! How do we protect our loved ones in the face of overwhelming oppression?
The gameshow is run by a progressively insane Artificial Intelligence who has a thing for Carl’s feet. Also canon one sided toxic yaoi w Carl
*Several things happen at once*
The Male Strippers are awesome and fun characters, sex work is important!
the cat has a pet dinosaur
8 books to read! (AND 8 FANTASTIC, audiobooks, it’s 100% the way to read). Two more are currently being written!
A confirmed TV show adaptation, get in early and brag to your friends you were an OG fan
It’s not for everyone but how this series (which has all the troupes fanfic writers and tumblr users LOVEEE) hasn’t managed to dominate this site yet, I’ll never know. Join the Princess Posse and Viva La Revolution!
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