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Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
Ok I read my first web novel, Reverend Insanity, out of boredom and it's actually not bad. I think the biggest part is that the author didn't gently caress with romance/harem crap and he actually did some planning before hand (after 1500 chapters so far events and characters in the past chapters are still actively involved in the current situation). I also like the clusterfuck feeling of the story. Never a dull moment with that Fang Yuan (biggest poo poo stirrer I've read lol). I wouldn't call it brain food, more like brain candy. But it's very entertaining.

Now my question is, is there any other web novels as entertaining as Reverend Insanity? From what I've read I think I lucked into the best one and the rest are way worse. I need something to pass this quarantine.

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Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

excluding the many, many webnovels that are effectively serial rapist travelogues, there are a few works whose protagonists are huge pieces of poo poo that come to mind. the most popular would probably be overlord, though i've soured on that over the years. dungeon defense is quite good overall. way of the devil is very odd, but usually in a good way.

what did you like about reverend insanity other than the protagonist being a vicious psychopath?

I liked that everyone was doing their own things. The universe doesn't revolve around the protagonist even when he caused some major gently caress ups. I liked the espionage and hidden schemes from all sides. I also liked the resource management stuff and the constant sense of scarcity.

I didn't find the protagonist being edgy a problem in this particular novel since he doesn't go over the top. Sure he did some demonic things but it's fine, he lives in a hell world where everyone is doing the same.

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
i will check your recommendations. thanks

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
I’m really really enjoying Reverend Insanity (Gu Daoist Master). The current giant battle has me on the edge of my seat. It’s the only one I’ve read where the enemies feel real.

When Fang Yuan is fighting against the world it feels like it. The enemies are many, their motives are varied, their backgrounds are deep, their relationships are complicated, and they are as capable as him and more.

I don’t recall any bullshit moments outside of one in the very early chapters (the inheritance of Wine Flower Monk). (the one I thought was bullshit was actually set up properly)

I also love the Gu system where everything can be represented as these insects that the user needs to feed (e.g. want to make someone poo poo? use Defecate Gu), and where immortal level Gu are unique in the world (there can only be one Immortal Defecate Gu in the world). It makes for interesting plot points.

Workaday Wizard fucked around with this message at 13:51 on Sep 25, 2020

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica

AtomikKrab posted:

Same, and the story plays really well with time traveling shenanigans as well. I thought the set up for the interventions of the various Venerables in this battle was excellent as well. And also because as much as this is the great climatic battle it is, the story has already set up for things to happen after it ends.

Might wanna spoiler that friend.

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
Forums CYOA are prone to a lot of munky cheez stuff. How much of that is in Forge of Destiny?

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
Ye Yan bought an iphone after selling his kidney and Dies by falling in sewer and transverse to Ye family Waste who was born with one kidney and unable to cultivate. His Second uncle want him to cultivate Evil Dao Technique to become a women and marry him to One of the Four main family. Ye Yun was getting bullied Until he found out that his kidneys could not only make alchemy but also had the function of a smartphone, everything changed...

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
Reading chapter 2243 of Reverend Insanity reminded me why I like it so much. I was genuinely surprised by thing even though thing was set up properly in a completely appropriate manner spanning multiple chapters.... many arcs and hundreds of chapters before. You can just feel how much effort the author put in planning the whole thing.

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
Beware of Chicken got real horny real fast. Shame :rip:

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica

90s Cringe Rock posted:

It started on the porn spinoff of spacebattles, the version everywhere else is toned down apparently.

No, I'm not going to go and see what the original adds, site's a shithole.

Ewww...

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica

quote:

Her tongue was very nice too. Uh, yeah. Thats all I’m going to say about that.

"Tee hee she sucks good dick 😇"

It just feels gross.

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica

Telsa Cola posted:

Is it literally just a one liner about blowjobs? Seriously?

That's just what I bothered to copypaste obviously. It got that horny stench over it and the first-person narrative really doesn't help.

90s Cringe Rock posted:

The best married couple is chunky & peppa anyway.

:yeah:

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
bloodninja: Baby, I been havin a tough night so treat me nice aight?
BritneySpears14: Aight.
bloodninja: Slip out of those pants baby, yeah.
BritneySpears14: I slip out of my pants, just for you, bloodninja.
bloodninja: Oh yeah, aight. Aight, I put on my robe and scholar hat.
BritneySpears14: Oh, I like to play dress up.
bloodninja: Me too baby.
BritneySpears14: I kiss you softly on your chest.
bloodninja: I cast Earth-Rank Eroticism. You turn into a real beautiful woman.
BritneySpears14: Hey…
bloodninja: I meditate to regain my qi, before casting Soul-Fusion-Rank Cock of the Infinite.
BritneySpears14: Funny I still don't see it.
bloodninja: I spend my qi reserves to cast Mighty F*ck of the Beyondness.
BritneySpears14: You are the worst cultivation partner ever. This is ridiculous.
bloodninja: Don't f*ck with me bitch, I'm the mightiest scholar of the lands.
bloodninja: I steal yo soul and cast Divine-Heaven-Rank Lightning Your body explodes into a fine bloody mist, because you are only a Foundation-Level mortal.
BritneySpears14: Don't ever message me again you piece of ****.
bloodninja: Qi constructs are trying to drill my brain but my lightning shield inflicts DOA attack, leaving the constructs as flaming piles of metal.
bloodninja: The Moon congratulates me for destroying The Barbarians's evil army of Man-Beast Horrors. The cold war ends. The Son of Heaven steals my accomplishments and makes like it was cause of him.
bloodninja: You still there baby? I think it's getting hard now.
bloodninja: Baby?

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
Reverend Insanity translation reached the ban. Censors can suck my balls. It's really annoying that it got banned when degenerate novels full of rape and molestation are thriving.

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
It also helps that Li Yao is a likable character.

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica
If you’re reading Library of Heaven’s Path skip the side stories. They undo a major story point in the stupidest way possible. The author literally said he wrote them because readers cyberbullied him into it. It’s very obvious they were written to shut them up.

Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica

Sindai posted:

Huh. I don't think I read them. What do they undo?

Finale spoiler!
During Luo Rouxin and Zhang Xuan’s wedding Rouxin’s dad spots Qiqi and asks her if she still had hope of being with Zhang. She says yes. He then wraps her in a wedding dress and adds her to the wedding. Zhang doesn’t mind because apparently the Library was suppressing his heart before so he was only able to love Rouxin. Now that the Library was returned he is ok with it because all the two-souls-never-to-separate stuff was fake anyways apparently. Rouxin doesn’t even get a reaction shot because the author couldn’t be assed (he was forced to write it).

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Workaday Wizard
Oct 23, 2009

by Pragmatica

Megazver posted:

Let's just say I didn't read that series for the romance, haha.

Me neither but it still takes away from the character and also renders that big awkward event (you know the one) pointless.

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