#elises list

i collected all the links but then tumblr decided to fuck me over so ill do it again ^_^

please dm me for the link to the epub, its not the best to keep it out in the open from a legal and ethical standpoint. you can also just wait on tapas, you can read the chapters as they release there for free!

chapter 201 translated by tumblrs own pocasu one of my fave chapters

another link from pocasu but the mtl links they used are down. still a good resource

the starter: orv. the gateway drug of webnovels. tumblrs favorite. i cant write a better pitch than whats already been said. yes it is longer than the bible but thats rookie numbers. read if you like found family full of assholes, unreliable narrators, and plot twists youll be thinking about for days and picking your memory apart with a fine tooth comb over.

the wish fulfillment: tcf. guy accidentally adopts three children and several adults. he just wants to chill but he keeps being forced to save the world. very well written every chapter makes me giggle and kick my feet. 800+ chapters and ongoing but im fucking committed. read for a pathetic sopping wet meow meow who everybody instinctively wants to protect despite him paradoxically being weak and able to kick their asses. he takes his kids on family fieldtrips to loot and murder across several universes.

the kpop: dod. its funnier if you dont know a damn thing about kpop but is more understandable if you do. guy has to debut as a kpop idol, or die trying. title self explanatory. its balls to the walls ridiculous but simultaneously really sad. the protag suffers everyday but its funny as he does it. really realistic depictions of korean stan twitter and all internet in general. guy begrudgingly gets friends against his will but is okay with it eventually

fantasy high: typical dnd bullshittery but in high school. small town fucked up teenagers save the world several times. the first d20 season and deeply silly. good gateway into the series. watch until episode 2 so you can get absolutely episode 2'd. it has my favorite little teens ever

starstruck odyssey: based off the comic series but you dont need to read it. my favorite season out of the ones ive watched. space opera but comedy and also some drama. the worldbuilding is so much but youll understand it super quickly. another show where you should get to episode 2 or so to see the fun twist. some of the best battles that actually keep you engaged. god i love this one so much watch it for me. disregard this entire list and go watch it

unsleeping city: honestly not one of my faves but still really good. new york but theres magic and shit. urban fantasy we love urban fantasy. great characters as usual.

black dragon witch. shes the best. she has a tough and cold exterior but is such a delightful and happy woman on the inside. she secretly likes romance novels and has killed thousands. she tortured some people by dropping them in a blank dreamspace for thirty days. is besties with the protag. we love friendships between diff genders that arent romantic at all. the main chapters may seem romance potential but thats just gongja grovelling at the feet of anyone who is nice to him. shes ukranian and fled to the tower. nationality is pretty important for the guild leaders so ill be mentioning it. i know her real name but im not telling you. i know all of the guild leaders real names bc theyre gongjas besties

the paladin. shes so cool. captain of the vigilanre corps. only guild leader who has never killed anyone. always wears her full body armor, especially her helmet. shes a huge music nerd, and eventually does a jazz performance with gongja and black dragon witch. shes venezuelan and is one of the last characters gongja gets to know the name of even though she was one of the first to trust him

the countess. i swear the paladin and countess have something yuri going on. can shapeshift into a cat. once the paladin was getting really into talking about music with the countess in her arms and was petting the shit out of her. gongja wondered if the cat theming of the countesss guild was for the paladins tastes. he didnt like thinking like that. the countess is from an indian slum and worked her way up to having money. she considers money the most important thing in the world thats why shes so rich.

ester/preta: okay its kinda hard to explain her deal. its be best to read her arc since its beautiful. s1 of the manhwa. basically she was a goop monster that took the form of whatever it ate. she happened upon a girl in the forest and became her. she later became a saintess in her home town because she could cure people by secretly eating them. the king of her empire didnt like this and sent people to kill all of her village. she became the demon king of autumn rain in response and attacked the empire. gongja dies to her like 5000 times and gets her to retreat into her human form and back in time. he kills her and resurrects her into his ghost army. to replace the name she stole, he calls her preta. theres a funny scene where he makes her do acrobatics to prove to the kings army he can control her. she later regains the name ester once the family clan is established. i call her earthworm girl because of an unfortunate simile in the translation

ja soo jung: she shouldnt really be here in the chronological order since she isnt rightfully introduced at this point but she does appear to gongja, if only her voice and shadow. i honestly dont know how to explain her to you, she is a lot. she is the tower master, she created it. shes lived a lot of lives, and she can rewind and see time however she wants. she has control over all timelines, and she wants everything in the universe to blamed on her. she lets bad things happen, and forces gongja to watch. he sees her trauma, which is basically her whole life. she married her cousin, gay marriage but at what cost. honestly her arc was really fucking confusing and i didnt umderstand it, but the burden of god was understood. gongja has sex with his wife in her living room

sylvia evanail: im saving the best for last. sylvia is my evil terrible girl. shes basically "i had a crush on this girl and didnt know how to deal with it so i wrote her a note to get out of my school" she was so infatuated with raviel and jealous of her that she stole raviels fiance and tried to take her place in society. she even asked gods for help. that damn cow. she failed bc raviel is better than her and then had to join raviels family clan as the chancellor which is awkward.

raviel: MY HUSBAND! raviel is the duke of ivansia, and was betrothed to the crown prince. the crown prince liked sylvia instead, so she stabbed her heart with a magic sword and wishes her love would last forever and became the apocalype for their world/story. then she became a regressor, repeating the same ten days over and over again. enter gongja, who is sent to stop the apocalypse. she teaches gongja about love, and they eventually fall in love. they have to kill each other several times to counter the regression loop. gongja simply does some quick maneuver to take them back, but when he becomes to immersed in his role, raviel kills him ten times with her bare hands to have him watch her trauma to bring him back. after they get married, raviel becomes the duke of ivansia, and gongja becomes her wife. the webtoon is a coward that didnt translate it as wife and instead used matriarch and consort. they dont know gender roles. bi4bi t4t. thats not canon but to me it is. raviels my fave character in the series sorry for talking so much about her wife hes just integral to her character arc. shes his first bitch of a lover

a man dies and wakes in the body of another man who just committed suicide. but three years back in the past! he gets a pop up window, aka system message saying he must debut in an idol group within a year or die. hence the name. he ends up going on a produce 101 survival show but even more fucked up somehow. (economics...) he needs to use his past life knowledge of kpop to navigate his new forced lifestyle!

reasons i like it so much: the comic is beaaaautiful. so much. and hilarious. the characters are so fun, and the description of performances is so vivid. the songs even have lyrics! moondaes such a good protagonist, and the novel rlly blends internet culture into its narrative bc moondae is obsessed with the publics view of him. well it makes sense bc he will die if ppl dont like him. hes mostly straight faced but called a puppy by fans. his actions are all calculated to an extreme degree but seem absurd to everyone else. his internal monologue is really funny, hes such a hater. hes a pathetic meow meow

in order: moondae, ahyeon, keun sejin and moondae, and ahyeon again.

you should read the holy grail of eris.

why? if you like villainess stories, but like way more mystery and political intrigue, its for you. the series is even better if you completely ignore the romance all together.

summary: a girl witnesses an execution at 6 years old. ten years later, she is possesed by that girlboss "villainess" ghost, and they set off on taking revenge for each other. it turns out the ghosts story is an entire murder mystery which leads into a drug epidemic and signs of war. everything happens so much basically.