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Winds of Time
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30+ y.o., she/her, fanfic writer. Mainly ORV (Joongdok) for now. Not spoiler-free
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Honestly, what I read of Solo Leveling was so devoid of any genuine human connection that I'm not surprised the brave fujos soldiers resorted to fishing in foreign waters. Maybe protagonist to proganist alchemy would smash through Sung Jinwoo's emotional unavailibility... Can't blame them for hoping
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Stopping here for today, but I'll say that this makes for a much more pleasant reading experience than the first TL. The descriptions are more atmospheric and the narration flows better.

(I can't compare to the official english TL though, I bought the book but have yet to open it.)
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Oh I 100% buy it, yeah!
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Innnteresting translation there @tsukithewolf.bsky.social 🫢
(ch9, left is retranslation, right is first TL)
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
For some reason, Kim Dokja's sudden potty mouth here feels more jarring than the first TL's use of "that bastard". If I was Han Myungoh and the eternally meek contractor suddenly swung at me like this, I would also have bluescreened lol (ch8)
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Nah, that one is honestly on me. I checked and the MTL used the exact same translation: "diehard military otaku". I just forgot 🤠
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Man, imagine if it had worked. Would any of us have bought his bullshit 5 seconds later when he claimed he was adopting Lee Gilyoung just for coins.
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wait, Kim Dokja did actually wait so long to use the eggs because he was hoping to give them to the grandma so she could live. I thought I had made that up. (ch6)

Nevermind that she was already badly injured at this point and would have died anyway. Nevermind that this was really a lot of coins.
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Crap, Kim Namwoon was actually super into the army? Uh... Welllll, Mortifying Ordeal is an AU and everything... 🤡
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Nothing whatsoever!!!
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Oop, faster than me XD
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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All the details are in their pinned post. Though I think you need a tumblr account to access it?
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November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
To be fully fair though, half the reason I struggle loading my Kobo books onto a Kindle is Kobo's damn DRMs. So Kobo isn't squeaky clean either.
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
but I tried to do what you wanted to (kindle ebook on a non-kindle ereader) for my sister once and it was even worse. Couldn't figure out how to make it work.

You can still install their stupid reading software on a computer, though 🙃
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Help, yeah, Kindle's stupid proprietary format is a big issue. Sorry you had to find out like that 😭 I have the opposite problem (own a 10+ yo Kindle ereader that still works very well but am now buying all my ebooks on Kobo because fuck Ama*on) so I've found a (stupidly convoluted) workardound -
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I feel like no matter how chill I wrote Lee Seolhwa, there'd be a limit somewhere.
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Also imagine being Lee Seolhwa, losing your child, and then your husband's soulmate shows up. You're standing there with your slowly sinking marriage and you can't say anything about your husband's comfort office worker folding your laundry and cleaning your house while you're too depressed for it.
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
More standing depressed in the rain and less going to therapy than is advisable
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Having paid money to listen to people less competent than you spout bullshit is so painful fr 😭
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Head in hands this formula literally makes no sense. How the fuck are people expected to learn maths when THE TEACHERS KNOW JACK SHIT ABOUT MATHS
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November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It's going 😅 Thanks for asking!
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM