nerdjem
nerdjem

he/him | big fan of numbers and words

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10 months ago

what if they were the only two people in all the world who could understand each other but the intervention of space and time made it impossible for them to ever both know that at the same time. what if they needed to twist space and time, cause and effect, and build bridges out of a story, just to cross that impossible gap. and even then they couldn't hold each other. what then


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10 months ago
My Little Brother & I Are Having A Scholarly Debate About Mornings

my little brother & i are having a scholarly debate about mornings

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10 months ago

Orv is insane, I'm a quarter through the novel and i should've started it earlier it's amazing

Orv Is Insane, I'm A Quarter Through The Novel And I Should've Started It Earlier It's Amazing

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10 months ago

does nobody wonder that kimcom will die of old age before ever seeing kim dokja again


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10 months ago

just something about 13 year old hsy giving up her entire teenage years and most of her 20s just to write a story for one person and one person only. just to give him something to look forward to, to give him something to prevent him from killing himself. something about 1863 hsy deciding she does not want to live in the perfect world she so painstakingly created, but instead going back to the first world to prevent twsa from being written so that the whole tragedy never takes place, only to write that very text herself after seeing kdj attempt suicide. about hsy giving all the 'characters' some similarities to dokja, and writing them as people who were accepted and loved not despite their flaws, but because of them. her telling kdj through the story that it was not his fault, it never was. trying to make him feel all the love and care kimcom had for him. something about sooyoung never once blaming dokja for anything at all. han sooyoung who sacrificed half her life to keep dokja alive. han sooyoung who let the world be destroyed just to keep dokja alive. han sooyoung who was always the first one to act for dokja in kimcom. han sooyoung who chose to play the role of the 'bad person' in order to let dokja move ahead in the scenarios as he planned. han sooyoung who cared so much for kdj she was ready to go on a never ending journey across worlds for him. han sooyoung who wrote orv just to make all the oldest dreams dream of an alive, healthy, happy kim dokja. han sooyoung who wrote not one, but two stories only for dokja. han sooyoung who wrote a 3149 chapters novel which was bad by her standards only to give dokja a reason to live. han sooyoung who so desperately wanted dokja to be happy, there was nothing else she could do but do what she does best, write. han sooyoung who loved kim dokja as a writer loving their reader, but also so much more. just, something about han sooyoung and everything she did for kdj.


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10 months ago
Episode 3, Three Days

episode 3, three days

if you understand this reference, then I love you

(skipping episode 2 for now, because I couldn't let this idea go,, alternative version of this piece will be posted tomorrow)


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10 months ago
A series of square black and white fanarts for Omniscient reader's viewpoint, each with text on it, that together make up a single monologue.
"My worl is reserved for small spaces".
A largely empty frame with only Kim Dokja sitting in its lower half in his office suit. He seems calm.
"A small apartment".
Frame's borders form an indent in a shape of Kim Dokja's silhouette. The shot itself shows a view of a not lived in apartment from the top down view. It barely has anything in it aside from a table with a chair, a bed and a bag next to it.
"A meeting room".
Same indent in the border, now the silhouette of Kim Dokja looking down. In front of him is his mother, Lee Sookyung, behind a glass, with her head hanging low and obscured by the light on the glass.
"A bookshelf".
Same indent, but now Kim Dokja is reaching out towatds an empty spot among many books sitting on the shelves. The shelves curl around his silhouette.
"A phone".
An indent in shape of a hand reaching towards a charging phone. It has a charm hanging on it in shape of a sword - it's Umbroken Faith.
"A novel".
A close up on a phone screen held by a hand that is still an indent in the frame. The text on the screen is unreadable aside from the the words "a novel", as if censored.
"Now that the small space turned itself inside out".
A shot of Kim Dokja during the first scenario, with Yoo Sangah and Lee Gilyoung next to him. He is fully visible now, but his expression is unclear with no mouth drawn - just big dark eyes staring at the system screen in front of him. Yoo Sangah looks shocked and Lee Gilyoung is, in turn, staring at Kim Dokja.
"I can only keep retreating".
Kim Dokja is back to beeing an indent in the frame, but now clearly as a Demon king of salvation. He sits at the top of the frame, looming over his companions with a theatrically spread arms and wings. At the bottom of the art are devastated Yoo Joonghyuk, Han Sooyoung and Shin Yoosung.
"To the comfort of a small space".
There's a spherical indent in the border of the frame, forming the barrier of Oldest Dream, who is hugging his knees, floating in a starry sky. None of his features are visible though, he is covered in papier-mâchÊ, like a protective layer or a shell.
On the top, rotated by 180 degrees, are Yoo Joonghyuk and Han Sooyoung, both looking tired. Yoo Joonghyuk is wearing a space suit with child's hands behind him holding his helmet. Han Sooyoung is biting at the frame of her glasses with a stack of papers in her hands, a child's hand behind her is holding a pen, reaching over her shoulder to change something.
"A cocoon i will never burst out of".
At the top of a fading frame, there's an open book. Out of it pages are falling, along with a broken papier-mâchÊ shell, two masks - of comedy and tragedy - and Kim Dokja, broken into several pieces of himself, each slightly different stage of his story. Under him there are many hands of his companions, reaching up in an attempt to catch his falling body.

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11 months ago
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11 months ago
Thinking About This Again
Thinking About This Again

thinking about this again


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11 months ago
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Remember to look both ways before crossing the street

nerdjem
11 months ago
Hi Yall Sorry Ive Been MIA I've Been Super Busy With Work And My Thesis Year Summer Work
Hi Yall Sorry Ive Been MIA I've Been Super Busy With Work And My Thesis Year Summer Work
Hi Yall Sorry Ive Been MIA I've Been Super Busy With Work And My Thesis Year Summer Work
Hi Yall Sorry Ive Been MIA I've Been Super Busy With Work And My Thesis Year Summer Work
Hi Yall Sorry Ive Been MIA I've Been Super Busy With Work And My Thesis Year Summer Work
Hi Yall Sorry Ive Been MIA I've Been Super Busy With Work And My Thesis Year Summer Work
Hi Yall Sorry Ive Been MIA I've Been Super Busy With Work And My Thesis Year Summer Work

hi yall sorry ive been MIA I've been super busy with work and my thesis year summer work <33333 im not dead i just wanted to get off most socials so i could focus on that LOL everything was submitted today though so i let myself draw for fun yesterday

anyways guess what my brain has grabbed onto

nerdjem
11 months ago
I Cant Stop Thinking About This.

I can’t stop thinking about this.

nerdjem
11 months ago

I hate that thing some people do where it's like. "I left my wallet on the table to see if you'd say anything" or "I wanted to see if you'd wash the car if I stopped doing it"

Cause like

I dont know about anyone else

But I am perpetually hovering three inches above the strong subconscious belief that everyone knows what they're doing at all times except me, so if you change your normal patterns and I notice, then I will assume it is an intentional choice with a thought-out plan behind it and I will avoid interfering

And if I don't notice, because I won't, because why would I, because not much bothers me and if you don't say anything to indicate you are bothered then how would I KNOW

nerdjem
11 months ago

mom said it’s MY turn to lay gently in the cold dark earth


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11 months ago

oxidized copper is such a beautiful color palette. The rich reds with the cool teals. Such a vibrant combo. No one is doing it like her.

nerdjem
11 months ago

oxidized copper is such a beautiful color palette. The rich reds with the cool teals. Such a vibrant combo. No one is doing it like her.

nerdjem
11 months ago
Caught Up On Reading Spider-Gwen/Ghost-Spider Comics So Now These Two Are Occupying The Just Kiss Already

Caught up on reading Spider-Gwen/Ghost-Spider comics so now these two are occupying the “just kiss already” center of my brain.


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nerdjem
11 months ago

do you ever think about how lsk loved kdj more than anything, so much that not only did she throw away her freedom to protect him but also was even willing to bear his resentment and sacrifice her very relationship with her own son, to protect him? (and how kdj did the same to his loved ones like yjh and kimcom, willing to bear their resentment to save them?)

do you ever think about how kdj, too, loved his mother so much, and so much of him is made of his mother - she taught him to read, gave him his love of stories, taught him to read again, taught him love-as-sacrifice... how incredibly similar they are, like mirrors of one another... how they both hurt each other so badly but underneath all that is so much profound love?

do you also ever think about how orv is about love, and about stories, and how those two are the same thing. and kdj and lsk.. their story was always about love all along! what would you do to protect the people you love? what would you sacrifice?


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11 months ago

From the US but i spell grey with an e because e just feels like a much greyer letter than a


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11 months ago

I cannot believe there's absolutely no way to watch free shows and movies anymore, there are too many paid streaming platforms and pirating websites have viruses and ads preventing you from watching it uninterrupted((.)) id rather follow the rules and purchase media moving forward because it is too inconvenient. Seriously, free and no ads or viruses with 1080p streaming is DEAD.


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11 months ago

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.


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11 months ago
There Are Many Unexpected Hierarchies To Being A Marine Biologist

there are many unexpected hierarchies to being a marine biologist

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11 months ago
A series of black and white inky fanarts for Omniscient reader's viewpoint, each accompanied by a text.
"Creating for yourself".
Han Sooyoung is towering, holding magic stones in her hand - it's one of her first appearances. Her face is hidden under a shadow, appearing as a mask of comedy.
"Creating for others".
It's Han Sooyoung from 1863rd turn. She is on the roof, in her white coat and white cap. Her face - a mask of tragedy. A single white star is shining down on her.
"Or maybe creating for a single reader".
The words are bleeding ink. They are put down by Han Sooyoung's hand on a parchment, old looking wall in the background hinting at this Han Sooyoung being from Kaizenix. The window in the background shows a single star bleeding into the bottle of ink on Han Sooyoung's table.
"Who may or may not come".
Han Sooyoung's lonely, narrow back is the main focus. She is sitting at her table, half covered by a warm cape, watching the window longingly.
"Your art is a lifeline".
Three frames break Han Sooyoung's single agonising profile into three time frames. 
First is present Han Sooyoung, she is clutching her face, hiding her mouth in her palm. She looks distraught. Her background is pitch black.
Second is Han Sooyoung during 1863rd turn, with white coat visible in the frame and long scars on her chest, going under her shirt. Slowly, stars emerge in the background.
Third is her hand with a quill, delicate dress sleeve visible. The ink from her quill bleeds into the frame's edge. The background is rich with stars, single big star sitting right above her quill.
"For both you and him".
A side shot of Kaizenix Han Sooyoung with her head hanging low over her table. Her hair hide her face completely. She is curling onto herself, as if soothing herself. Over her, Kim Dokja is looming, his face similarly hidden by his falling hair. He seems to be watching whatever Han Sooyoung is putting down on the pages. The word "You" overlaps Kim Dokja's head, while "Him" overlaps Han Sooyoung's.
"Each word a waypoint".
Two thin, tall frames. 
Left frame is Han Sooyoung in a white coat, reaching over the edge of her frame and into the right frame. She looks incredibly tired and dejected. A waterfall of white pages descends behind her, framing her head.
Right frame is Oldest Dream, young Kim Dokja reading something on his flip phone with a smile. He is contained in his frame save for his falling pages - they sit behind his head and overlap the upper edge, a link to something beyond. A single black star floats above Oldest dream, its ink bleeding into the pages.
"All else is his job".
A borderless black page - a sky full of stars. Five stars with delicate halos are falling. Han Sooyoung's white silhouette is standing over Kim Dokja's sitting one, watching him read a book in his hands.
"What's left is to pray".
A wall of white pages overlapping like papier-mâchÊ, hiding behind them a silhouette of Kim Dokja made out of dotted out text. He is smiling. Han Sooyoung's hands grasp at the pages, peeling them off.
"Your art has any impact at all".
Someone wearing a white coat is on their knees in front of yet another white coat hanging.  Black handprints all over the lower half of the coat paint it into a black coat. The person in front of it is clutching at the coat in desperation.

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