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I was listening to the soundtrack while drawing this and I was so locked in man the whole ost is so fire jiidniwdndiwn

Here’s some low effort yuji doodles cause I’m too tired

He looks so traumatized now :(

Some sketches sksksksk

𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩é, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘥.

Wattpad honestly isn't built for writers who actually want to pursue a serious career. It's a platform that thrives on cliché, mass produced romances because those bring in the most clicks. and the more shallow the trope, the better it performs in their system. The plots are often painfully cringe, and finding a genuinely good book buried under the algorithm feels like digging for gold in a landfill. And that algorithm pushes popularity, not quality, so writers with depth or originality barely stand a chance unless they bend themselves into whatever trend is currently blowing up.

Most of the writers who made it big from Wattpad either come with problematic histories or have virtually zero background in actual writing craft, yet they get glorified because the platform treats virality as talent. It's basically turned into a giant fanfiction hub at this point (no hate towards fanfiction or fanfic writers, i write fics myself) despite it was originally meant for all genres, and the culture around it treats writing like social media engagement instead of literature. And the community? A lot of readers there have no real sense of literary critique, everything is either overhyped or ignored based purely on vibes and ship drama.

Worst of all, abuse and pain is heavily fetishized and romanticized and I find it odd how most of female writers engage in these tropes. Wattpad could've been a space for real creativity, but instead it feels like an endless conveyor belt of trends, tropes, and underage fantasy dressed up as "storytelling".