Comic for Thursday, Oct 10, 2024
Commentary
Posted October 10, 2024 at 12:41 am
It's in Minion's job description to judge everything I do, so he can't *technically* be rude to me.
I think.
Genres
I did not look up how other people define the genre, or what other people consider the tropes of these genres. I've read enough that I simply have my own perception of the genre(s), what I would / would not include, sub genres, sister genres that can overlap, etc.
Which is hilarious to me. Do you know how many stories I've read that begin with an engaged woman being dumped at a party while being accused of bullying?
Because I sure don't. I've lost track.
My Next Life as a Villainess
At the end of a day that was mostly spent crying, I decided to try reading the first manga volume of My Next Life as a Villainess. It was something I had sitting in a wish list on a whim, and looking for something to occupy my mind with, I decided to get it.
The themes of reincarnation and kindness brought me out of my sadness, and had a disproportionately huge impact on me given the timing of when I read it.
(Seriously, don't underestimate the impact of the context of when a story is first consumed.)
Anyway, that was my start down the path of reading stories with similar setups, and ye GODS are there a lot of them of wildly varying quality. I don't actually want to bring up the "wildly varying quality" part, it feels mean, but I feel it would be irresponsible not to.
Also? Some of them get REALLY dark. Someone might be thinking "ah ha ha villainess antics" AND THEN THEY READ THE DARKEST NONSENSE EVER.
But a lot of them are pretty chill! Yay!
