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A very interesting story that got my attention from beginning till end. The switch between acting and irl (except maybe the first time with the NVL), doesn’t feel jarring at all. Perhaps the bit about all that worldbuilding could be placed somewhere earlier though (maybe a seperate scene with the king, perhaps close to moving their kingdom again or sth like that). I love the concept and the idea, and the prose was deeelicous (there’s only like 2 places with a grammatical error and that one Italian line at the end ohhh insert Italian joke here).
Oh, and Basil, for being the ‘Smart’ one it didn’t seem like there’s one usage of that brain in the story (the smart and the brave once acts kind of similar to each other). And the one scene that requires imparting knowledge was fed by the protag of the play instead. Also he died first too (justice for ma boi :sob:).
For presentation, its my personal preference but I’m not exactly a fan of the style (mainly because it clashed with the bg a bit) and also maybe something like a different vibe irl than in acting could also work (but that’s too much drawing to do so it’s fine). The music are ALL BANGERS, where do you find these omll. I especially love the first scene w/ the princess <333.
For the theme, the acting and spotlight, the coming out of the closet from the VN MC, the contrast in coloring between VN MC and Crni could all counts as certain degrees of the ‘Light in the Dark’, its present throughout the story and plays a major role, you absolutely nailed it w/ this part
P.S Can’t think of any witty comments here so I’ll just say that Crni is kinda hot.
P.P.S Also idk if there was any intentions behind it but I like how for the jam you placed the wolf name as Crni even though irl he’s a ram (and there’s 3 other wolves as major characters)
Rating: 5445