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“Our Wish for the End, Me” by Clayshaper

just finished reading lotm and now it's gonna be my whole personality for a while holy shit it was amazing

"You can’t separate us, not unless we’re willing to do so."

Zoro, King of Hell

It's about devotion and obsession. It's ALWAYS about devotion and obsession. And hunger. It's love with teeth.

it IS super funny that orv starts out like "hoo hee i'm just a normal self-inserty power fantasy protagonist! my name is literally 'reader!' just an office worker turned action hero you can project onto slash look up to 🥰" and then very quickly shows that 1. no the fuck he isn't and 2. the story is a detailed interrogation of the nature of self-insert escapist power fantasy. and then the endgame twist that hits you like an emotional freight train is that orv is, in fact, actually very much a self-insert story about how you 🫵 are deeply loved and your survival matters so much that this book was written just to help you find reasons to live. idiot.

Part 3

it’s always “why did you sacrifice yourself and leave me behind” and never How was the sacrifice Was sacrificing yourself fun it looked fun