Currently reading: SVSSS

[krait]

I just finished the first volume of Scum Villain's Self-Saving System and have started the second volume!

Isekai isn't usually my thing, but it turns out that oblivious main characters amassing crushes left and right is exactly what I want from the genre, so it's been a lot of fun so far! Shen Qingqiu has managed to charm and then betray the protagonist, meet a fellow transmigrator, gather a rare mushroom, and vague about his plans for it.

Some of the illustrations are lovely, and the covers definitely are; the bookstore clerk even complimented them as I was checking out.

Has anyone else read it? Come and yell at me about it! I'm pretty thoroughly spoiled, so no worries on that front.

Comments

[viridian5]

I far prefer a fic Luo Binghe who wants the sex with SQQ to be good sex his Shizun enjoys--even if in some cases it's more about his ego than his partner--as opposed to volume 4 canon Binghe who's rough, too fast, and way too bitey and does little to no prep, and if he's told to slow down or be careful or can we just not do this tonight he cries rivers of tears about how his Shizun doesn't like or trust him until SQQ gives in. Sure, he's physically injuring and just about torturing his supposed loved one but don't you know how much hearing that hurts him? (I hate you, volume 4.)

There was a review on Goodreads.com about a lot of readers' similar reaction to this in which the poster goes on about how spoiled Americans want to read sex that's pleasurable and not emotionally coercive--how dare they--and just don't understand Chinese culture and I was just "...." about it.

[krait]

Oh, yeah, I can see how that would be a very divisive setup! I can't say how I feel about it till I get there (I'm about halfway through Volume 3 right now) but that's definitely not a dynamic with universal appeal...

I really need an SVSSS icon now, darn it.

[viridian5]

I was so upset about this unexpected and awful turn of canon events--"He gets better with more experience, right? ...wait, he doesn't want to bother with getting better and less hurtful?"--that I had to rant to a friend about it... and since none of my friends read MXTX's work, she had to listen and take my word on everything with almost no background of her own. (Sorry, Kasha! I appreciate you, girl!)