Did Sung Hyeonje Ever Fail?

Did Sung Hyeonje ever fail?

Most people wouldn’t even think to ask such a question. He seemed like someone who had never even scraped his knee, as if he had succeeded in walking on his first try without ever falling. He must have effortlessly maintained first place throughout his school years, naturally taking the position of student council president. He probably entered university as the top student, graduated with honors, and, rather than working under someone else, built his own business—becoming one of the top 100 wealthiest individuals at a young age.

A person whose brilliant golden path naturally shines before your eyes.

But the real Sung Hyeonje. He was someone who had experienced more failures than anyone else in this world.

He failed, and failed, and failed again, stacking up failures like an impossibly high mountain until he finally reached its peak.

Before my regression, I must have admired and envied Sung Hyeonje. Even after turning back time, I still thought the same. I believed he was perfect. I secretly harbored the expectation that, if he helped me, everything I had to do would become much easier.

But now, I know about his failures. I know how long he had wandered. The perfection I once looked up to had cracked and faded, yet—

That imperfect Sung Hyeonje felt far more amazing and wonderful. I couldn’t help but be impressed.

The path that exhausted me after just walking it once—he had endured it for an unimaginable amount of time.

He never gave up. He came all the way here, right before my eyes. And in the end, he surpassed it.

- MSCH side story chapter 83

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1 month ago

Full body Illustration of my interpretation of Usopp from one piece. The foreground has post time skip Usopp laying on his back with his arms behind his head. One of his legs is bent at the knee while the other is outstretched to create a more interesting silhouette. The background has four different redraws of screen caps from the anime. From left to right there’s pre time skip Usopp drinking a blue beverage, post time skip Usopp looking back with a thumbs up, post time skip Usopp cheering with a sunset behind him, and pre time skip Usopp doing a cute pose holding his cheeks. Overall the illustration has a yellow and orange color palette

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Close up of pre time skip Usopp drinking a turquoise beverage with a little orange on the rim.

Close up of post time skip Usopp celebrating in front of a sunset. He had a large smile and is wearing a green shirt with his classic post time slip outfit.

Close of of pre time skip Usopp where he is holding either side of his face in a cute pose, his eyes are all sparkly.

Close up of post time skip Usopp looking back with a smile as he makes a thumbs up symbol.

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theancientdreamer

2 months ago

I’m not sure if it supposed to be funny but I laughed out loud reading texts 😂

[ID: Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint fanart by Blackbox of Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk smiling emotionally at each other, overlaid with the text "fandom so small i became soulmates with the main character". End ID]

thank u! @nebulations

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theancientdreamer

1 month ago

heart pirates 🫶💞

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theancientdreamer

2 months ago

Terrifying

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Dedicated to those who live in spite of the horrors Spent a whole month working on this project and here it is just in time for my city's i

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theancientdreamer

2 months ago

Digital fanart for Omniscient reader's viewpoint. It's a series of black and white illustrations making out a single monologue through their accompanying text.
"I suppose, in a sense".
Kim Dokja looking at something under his feet. His face is hidden under a heavy shadow with only a single eye and a crack running across his face visible. Behind his head there's a disc of a halo crumbling away on a background of pitch black sky.

"I'm also a writer"
A shot of Kim Dokja from the back. He is standing on a path made out of screens-tiles, each depicting a scene. Closest to him are a scene of his companions calling out to him and a scene of unconcious Yoo Joonghyuk sleeping somewhere. Further aways, disappearing in the dark, are two female silhouettes, possibly Lee Sookyung and Han Sooyoung back on Earth.

"Worse than a proper one"
Two bright white parallel lines - two bridges extend into the dark, never getting close. Kim Dokja stands close to the lower edge of the art, watching someone standing on the other path far away, also wearing a white coat.

"With my hands accustomed to turning pages"
The text sits in the screen of Kim Dokja's phone held by his crumbling hands.

"Not filling them"
That text, in contrast, is printed on a stack of pages held by different hands, with painted black nails and different type of scars.

"My heart as well"
A close up of Kim Dokja's face, looking down. There is no heavy shadow over his face, yet his mouth are not drawn. Despite that, his eyes look dull, sad.

"Accustomed to seeing"
A reflection of younger Kim Dokja in an old pc screen. He looks down, just as sad and disheartened as his older self. There are pages visible on the screen.

"But not participating"
A shot from inside the train carrier. Hands claw at the closed doors, leaving bloody traces on the glass. It's Kim Dokja's crumbling hands. Behind the glass there is a night sky.

"Maybe that is why"
Kim Dokja is sitting on a train seat with his legs, looking to the right. He is wearing his stark wjite coat, and looks empty. He is surrounded by an empty void, all alone in the space he is in.

"Their expressions are hard to pin down"
A mirror image of the previous one, but this Kim Dokja is looking at his companions, who surround him. They all sit on grass, with a darkening sky above them. Still, all the faces of Kim Dokja's companions are hidden as if drawn over with a pen.

"If i never experience that strong of a feeling"
Kim Dokja at the end of the 1863 arc, from the back, hunched down with his black wings framing his back. His horns are crumbling, and so does the black star of a constellation above his head.

"How can i put it on a page?"
A mirror image of Kim Dokja from the first page - but now it's Han Sooyoung looking down on Kim Dokja with her face hidden under a heavy shadow, her expression impossible to pin down. She is wearing a bright white coat.

"A story written by someone that inadequate"
A page almost fully black. In the upper left corner, there is barely visible figure of young Han Sooyoung in front of a computer screen, typing. On her chair there's barely visible hand of the Dokkaebi king. Only whatever is bathed in the light of the screen is visible.

"Surely it's not a read you would approve of"
A similarly almost completely black page. In contrats with the text, a happy Kim Dokja, visible in the light of his phone, sits in a hospital bed. An IV drip is visible next to him, with the bags going from seemingly normal one to Story fluid the higher they sit.
Full text says:
"I suppose, in a sense... I'm also a writer, worse than a proper one, with my hands accustomed to turning pages, not filling them. My heart, as well, accustomed to seeing, but not participating. Maybe that is why their expressions are hard to pin down. If i never experience that strong of a feeling, how can i put it on a page? A story written by someone that inadequate... Surely it's not a read you would approve of."

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theancientdreamer

1 month ago

Relaxing Bath Time 🛁🫧📺🐰

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theancientdreamer

1 month ago

Encouragement

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theancientdreamer

1 month ago

by the way, quietly bottling your discomfort with someone and just hoping they'll "get the hint" until you can't take it anymore and then taking it to the nearest moderator isn't "setting a boundary" or "being victimized," it's actually called "being a huge piece of shit" and "expecting people to read your mind."

Sorry about your conflict aversion, but you actually need to tell people when they're making you uncomfortable. like, with explicit, clear, unmistakeable words that don't give you a safe cover of plausible deniability with which you can back out and "still be the good guy." It is kinder to let someone down face-to-face so they can hurt and move on knowing what went wrong than it is to lead someone on and then stab them in the fucking back, you know?

Also, I cannot stress this enough, it is not actually someone else's fault for making you uncomfortable when you literally make a point to lie to them about how much you like them by pretending you're enjoying their company more than you are. That's your fault. That's called making a bed to lie in. Maybe just desperately hoping someone who has already misinterpreted how close they are to you will just happen to pick up on the subtle signs of you desperately hiding your discomfort is, frankly, fucking stupid, and you need to get over yourself and say real words to them instead of getting some third party to punish them for your own inability to communicate.

Sorry this one isn't as nice as my other posts, but some of you need a wake-up slap. Stop fucking burning autistic people and trans women one-by-one because being a coward is easier than being a villain. It's not fucking nice, it's not cute, and the more I see it happen, the less forgivable it gets. Grow the fuck up and change in the scary but necessary ways.

Because it's kinder to tell someone when they're fucking up than it is to let them make the same mistakes in ignorance until you've secretly tallied enough transgressions to safely write them off as unforgivable, and thus disposable. Because I care about you, and everyone else, enough to give you a real chance to actually correct your harmful behaviors by being honest to you about the harm they cause. Because I believe people can make hurtful mistakes while still being genuine unintended mistakes, and that they can change.