CLOUD NOVEL NO LONGER EXISTS??!!11!!!1

A couple of days, I went to Cloud Novel to look through the library for new assets but it was shut down :'( 

I'll admit that I was never a huge fan of the Cloud Novel engine but this kind of feels like an era

So many amazing games and artwork are now lost to time. Even the first game I ever made 😢😢😢😢

A moment of silence........

OH MY GOSH, CLOUDNOVEL IS OVER?!

It's true...This feels like the end of an era. Cloud novel was the very first visual novel website I ever tried and despite its many flaws, I cherished my time with it

So many wonderful visual novels and assets are now lost to time and that probably stings the most in my opinion. Even my own games...

Country Love Story and UwU (yes I named it that) will be missed...I-I'm sorry....I just need a moment...

*screams into the void*

Thankfully some of the original games and assets have been archived somewhere else and I'm glad that I also archived some on Itch Io. But alas

Cloud novel gave me the confidence and knowledge to be able to go onto more professional (well as professional as I can get) projects and for that I'm grateful. But maybe the end of an era is just the beginning of a new one

LOOKISM IS SO GOOD HELP!!!

I'm going to get straight into the meat of this topic: Lookism has got to be one of the most amazingly written human masterpieces in the entire history of...ever! I'm far from the only person who thinks this but there's just something so genuine about the story. I actually kind of judged this Webtoon based on the way it looked and only until I watched the anime on Netflix (which is pretty good to!) did I finally decide to pick it up. Kind of ironic, huh?

I assumed that Lookism was just going to be another one of those generic fighting manhwa with constant fight scenes and a bunch of emotionally unstable testosterone induced teenagers try to ruin each other's lives. But it is so much more than that at least in my opinion. There's not even a single character in this story that I don't find interesting. Daniel is such a likeable protagonist (which is a lot to say about a Webtoon protagonist). The side characters are equally well-written and even the mean characters had something interesting going for them. The themes of bullying, stereotypes and well lookism (yo she said the title!) genuinely make me think about the times in my life where I judged people based on their looks. It's something that humans will always do. It's something that everyone does at least once in their. But it doesn't make it right...

ALSO PRETTY BOYS MAKE ME WEEEEEAK!

I know I started this post off all philosophical but I'm sorry I need to go to fangirl mode here. Jay is best boi and you cannot convince me otherwise. Man doesn't even speak but he's already charmed his way into my heart. Also I know this might be a little controversial and some people might even hate me for saying this but I ship Jay and Daniel so hard! Granted, I don't think anything will become of their relationship since that doesn't seem to be hinted at in the story (at least not where I am currently). Everyone can have their opinions and nobody should be forced to believe anything against their will but come on! Jay is into Daniel and you cannot convince me otherwise. He bought Daniel expensive clothes for his birthday despite not knowing him well at the time, he beat up a bunch of guys to help Daniel and stopped smoking when someone advised him that it might help him get a lover (and he only acts that way about Daniel), he has a picture of him in his wallet AND on his phone case, he blushed when Daniel gave him a present, he got envious when he saw Daniel hanging out with a girl that everyone mistook as his girlfriend and he adopted puppies from Daniel despite being terrified of dogs (the fact that he dresses his puppies up in designer brands makes him love him even more!)

Also Mira and Zack are also so cute together! Zack cares so much about her and tries to protect her at every moment and Mira pretends like she doesn't like him but deep down she really does and it's just so freaking wholesome! This Webtoon just makes me feel so lonely and I love it! Oh yeah...the plot is good and the story is impactful and yeah yeah...but hot anime people!

If you ever want a story that has light-hearted elements but isn't afraid to tackle some of the more darker sides of life then I cannot recommend Lookism enough. But if you don't want to read it then there's always the Lookism anime on Netflix that's only currently eight episodes long. I NEED ANOTHER SEASON 2, PLEEEASE!

And always remember this my simp students: Jay is bae~

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