A Very Rwde Lady

That she thought she would struggle more fitting some of the specifics of the rvvbyverse into something of her own, she thought she would have to do lots of full overhauls etc etc, but she didn’t have to change much, that more often than not she feels like she's patching places that the canon either left unexplained or only half-explained and she has mixed feelings, because she now wonders if she can call truly claim the ideas as hers.

I honestly just told her "look, you took something that was AT BEST half-baked and at worst burnt, gave it shape, used your own spice and seasonings, and then put it into the oven, whatever that came out of the oven is your own work... especially considering that what RT had done was less of a grandma's recipe and more of a cake mix you buy at the store"

And it hit me, that's literally what 80% of Rvvby is, a cake mix made of a bunch of already existent tropes and concepts that are already very prevalent in the genre, so, you shouldn't feel bad about reusing your fic, ocs or headcanons for other stuff, because those are your ingredients, not theirs.

And even then, it still bothers me that people put Medrano and MK in the same category.

Look, HH is far from being a masterpiece, it was a pretty hot mess, and a-okay show, I'm not here to say anything about its quality, but the one thing it has over RVVBY, RT and MK is that all the people involved genuinely loved the show and loved being in it and despite the flawed final product, you can feel how much everyone involved cared about it.

Because you see, normally I'm all for fandom sticking the middle finger to bigoted and mediocre writing in shows, specially when the creators are vocal about hating the changes, it's actually fun to participate in that and piss them off even more.

And there's a lot of that same content in this fandom that's clearly a byproduct of the subpar canon writing, and has a bunch of lore and representation that's actually absent in canon.

But in this fandom, there are too many people who despite creating this type of fanwork, they still be licking the boots of the crwby, they defend them and claim that the interpretarion of... idk... this time I'll bring up the whole fan interpretation of Penny as a transwoman, and how these stans say it was totally intentional and that the series deserves to be praised for that so-called portrayal... despite the fact that we know there was a lot of transphobia in RT.

And again I want to specify this isn't for the fandom creators in general, only for the subset that spend way too much time praising MK and making up reasons why rvvby is actually good I swear!

I once again urge the RWDE side of the fandom to read Kubera: One last god. I promise you all that it's so good that a good chunk of the reason I didn't touch this blog in so long was precisely because I hyperfixated in it and despite its length I have made several re-reads of it.

It's a story rich in worldbuilding, lore, characterization, philosophical and moral questions, and A LOT of grey morality, of every single shade running around, even from the most upstanding of the characters, and right out of the bat it's announces as a story "with no heroes or villains, only victims."

Some of my favorite lines from it aren't even accompanied by impactful images, just a black bg with text, like a quiet acknowledgement of their situation:

Sure, the art of the 1st season is a little wonky, and some of the humor seem outdated (it started on 2011), the official translation can be awkward to read, but come on, this fandom was given a lot worse in terms of quality of animation, art, and dialogue from the v1 didn’t we? And unlike RT, the author delivers on everything they set up, and continuously improves, you can tell she has everything planned and knows exactly where she wants it to end.

And look at how she portrays herself, as a literally Currygom, meaning a curry+bear in Korean (yeah, it's one of those authors who don't like showing their faces)

Every single promise that the RVVBY series has failed to fullfil for the audience? Currygom delivers far above and beyond, and she has a whole ass encyclopedia of comments for almost every episode of the story, just to fill in lore or the occasional blank.

So, try to give it a chance, please.

Also, if you doubt me on the art evolution, here's some proof, the first images are very early s1, and the second is from s3.

Thank you for the ask!

Man, idk what's worse, that they didn't even offer an explanation or that they are once again, being incompetent by shifting responsibility of the v10 happening onto the fandom.

After more or less 10 years, in which, they spent over half of them being the main voices in the writer's room since Monty's passing, they STILL dare to pull the "Oopsie, sorry guys we're still learning about how to write our own show, and we made boo boo again, please be patient :3"

And their stans still buy that shit up!! 😬😬

And I don’t understand why people keep giving them leeway, as if they don't know how to be writers, because just we're clear, I have problems believing this was EVER true, even during the first 2 volumes. They weren't amateurs or recently graduated or anything, they had been working for YEARS in RvB, there's a world of difference between being unfamiliar on how to write for a certain genre, and not being able to write, period.

They kept pulling shit like "we had no idea how to do x", specially about the ship teasing and the queerbaiting, and I believe them, because I'm not saying they are evil masterminds or something either, that would be giving them way too much credit, I'm mostly talking about that saying of how suficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

Anyway onto my rambles: