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'Lady Gestella holds Kayden in her heart'

Be fr with me rn😭😭

She holds him in her heart over what? A bunch of letters and one sided correspondence?? It wasn't even letters they were sending to each other, it was just some mail she received and never replied to

She hadn't even spoken to Kayden irl but somehow started crushing on him to this extent? It's giving crazy celebrity crush actually

It's like falling for someone over a bunch of one sided texts 😭😭 RIP Gestella, you'd never survive catfishing

No words, just thoughts and prayers at this point

Here's a list of the good things currently taking place in the eleceed fandom:

1) More and more people are hating on the jiwoo×jiyoung ship. All the newer webtoon comments bash the ship and I'm here for it😌

2) Increasing number of fans shipping kartein×kayden! The true unhinged pairing. The 270s certainly helped🥰

Now if only the platonic relationships would take center stage again 👉👈

IT NEEDS TO BE SAID!!!!

There was absolutely no need for romance in eleceed to begin with; it should've remained a story about platonic relationships

But nooooo, as if Jiwoo×Jiyoung wasn't unbearable and painful enough already, now the comic is set to butcher both gestella and Kayden's characters.

The thing about writing good romance is that, the characters should have

1) Proximity to each other over a period

2) Shared circumstances/values

3) Show the readers that they are equals and can rely on each other

Isn't is ironic that kayden×kartein checks all the 3 but kayden×gestella doesn't?

Their whole relationship is based off letters and misunderstandings, they DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER'S PERSONALITY

And as quasi pointed out, it's far too late to develop that kind of a bond, especially because kartein is right there!!! Even if KayStella becomes canon it will always be a cheapened version of what Karkay is

Seriously if you want to read good romance in action, read:

1) Unholy blood

2) Spy×family

Eleceed's author has already shown his incapability for writing romance lol

My Gay Agenda aside, it honestly feels really late for Gestella to appear as a love interest for Kayden?

She only first appeared in Chapter 294, which seems like the middle of the comic. And the writers didn't even add backstory for Gestella and Kayden (like they did for Kayden & Kartein or Kayden & Pluton). They clearly don't know anything about each other.

(More detailed spoilers under the break. Screen readers stop now)

There's no way Gestella would believe how sappy those letters were if she knew Kayden, nor would Kayden have been so distrustful of her with Jiwoo if he knew that she had a decent personality (similar to his understanding that neither Kartein or Pluton would likely hurt Jiwoo, which is how he led Kartein to Jiwoo's house and only fought Pluton for jabbing at his ego rather than solely because he discovered their location).

Developing a relationship for KayStella from square one in the middle of the comic sounds like a clusterfuck waiting to fail.

Especially when the whole current basis of their relationship is them being pissed off at each other based on misunderstandings.

The forced romance only feels more jarring when Kartein and Kayden had the perfect romantic setup in contrast. They had a clear background from how they talked to each other, they knew how to get on each other's nerves, they could trust each other (in a bare sense but still), and Kartein was introduced in Chapter 136 which gives readers plenty of time to get to know him. Kartein has several major development arcs since his introduction and only became closer to Kayden. Kartein is a well-developed character whose relationship to Kayden never felt very forced or contrived solely for a romance plot. Kartein is actually a character by himself before he would be romantically inclined.

Therefore, the writers knew how to set up a character to have long-term development alongside Kayden while also getting development by themselves. So if anything, Gestella should have been the one introduced early on so we could get to know her.

I'm just pointing out that it's a mistake logistically for her to be introduced so late, compounded with having no shared background to Kayden. Their relationship will almost certainly be inferior to one that is well-developed over the majority of the comic versus halfway through.

Because personally, I adore Gestella, stupid plotline aside. So the way the writers throw both her and Kayden under the bus for the forced romance plot really pisses me off on so many levels. The plot feels utterly disrespectful to their development. It makes Gestella yet another forced female love interest (which sucks even worse when the only main female characters are made solely for the males). Then randomly shoots a romance plot at Kayden even though he's been fine this whole time as just a cat dad to Jiwoo.

Again, Gay Agenda aside, even my Het Agenda is ruined by this. How am I supposed to ship their canon selves on such a shit foundation? (Although my headcanon ideas for them are still raging; I'm too much of a simp for them separately to not pair them together. Fuck)

Meanwhile, Gay Agenda at full rainbow power, Kartein and Kayden is obviously the queer romance that we will never get in canon. They were the perfect setup and have been since their first chapters. This forced heteronormative nonsense is why queer pairings are the majority of fandom ships, let's not lie.

(Shoutout to @heartrenderscove . Our convos make me realize all this shit)

So real, writing as a hobby can be so very isolating, so to be able to see the ripple effect your writing has on others? Perhaps the most fulfilling thing I can think of

It really gives you the chance to continue pursuing your hobby/passion if you didn't choose writing or literature as your primary career

Words have power, and everything you read shapes you; so to think that your writing is impacting how another person thinks and feels? Absolutely phenomenal. The power of art is astounding.

the way I have heard so many talented fanfic writers say they started writing because they read someone else's fanfics that are so good they inspired them into becoming writers too? just proved my point that your writing is never 'in vain', even if you dislike it and think it could've been better, it's still good enough for someone out there that it becomes their source of inspiration and perhaps happiness. you'll never know.

but don't ever, ever belittle your own works. just because you don't like them, doesn't mean other people dislike them too. again, you'll never know. there could be someone out there who reread your works every day because those fics you wrote helped them escape reality for a while, they could be reading your works as a way to help get them through a hard time in their life. you'll never know.

your writing may have saved someone's life.

your writing may have inspired someone into pursuing their career and changing their life for the better.

several best selling authors started as fanfic writers, and the majority of fanfic writers started writing because they were inspired by someone's fanfics. you do the math.

your "silly fics" have permanent impact on this world, even if you think they're not good (they actually are good, I promise you, don't let your mind lie to you).

I mean ***I*** personally started writing my first fanfic about 7 years ago, and have been writing ever since, because I was inspired by my favorite fanfic writers. I still remember all the lines I like from those fics I read 7-8 years ago, I still think about those fics I read from 7-8 years ago and still remember the stories very well in my heart. I started writing because of them.

this blog would never have been created at all, if it weren't because of those fanfic writers whose works I read 7-8 years ago.

I wouldn't have so far written about 130,000 words this year alone, if it weren't because of those fanfic writers whose works I read 7-8 years ago.

to all the fanfic writers out there; your works inspired someone, your writing made a difference to someone's life.

The lost hero is named after Jason but piper is literally the one the action is revolved around, she is the one ppl were supposed to be suspicious about, she literally has the power to make you do what you don't want to, her intro to the demigod world was with some gross guy-monster who threw her off a bridge and she's the one who enters camp and is rejected by her family, and she's the one with the big choice to betray or not, she's the only one who really had anything on the line lol, and it's just a huge secret for half the book. Then in boo she's the one to make the plan really work????? Jason helped sure but he and Leo couldn't do anything without piper???? Ok. Like PIPER is the one who was thrust into this world without knowing a single thing. Leo knew he had powers but piper's charmpseak had never been named prior, and sure Jason had amnesia but like, lol ur throwing a fish back into the pond 🥴 fucking crazy tho, Piper's crazy fr

Who are your favourite characters from Eleceed and why do you like them?

@quasiquack666

Oh quasi, where do I begin? Where do I end?

Despite Eleceed's dumpster fire current plot, these characters still have such a chokehold on me; so here's a little list (Characters in no particular order)

I HAVE A LOT TO DAY THOUGH! SO I'LL BREAK THIS INTO PARTS

Part 1

1) Kartein

Favourite pathetic meow meow; he has so much skrunkly cat you find in the dumpster energy despite his posh appearance. The man is a treat to the eyes, and I LOVE his silly banter with Kayden. He has 2 braincells and both go into overdrive trying to "one up" Kayden. Yells at Jiwoo for getting a papercut

I'd say so far he's had the best character arc! Growing from his tendency to shut off his empathy, he eventually actively put his life on the line for the people he cared about in Astra arc. Actively admitted that he cared about them, loved them🥹🥹🥹

Says he hates Kayden then checks on him after every battle👀👀 His relationship with Kayden just makes everything 10x times better; they are married, divorced and getting back together all at once 💅

2) Jisuk

Best boi; has so much chaotic energy that he's really befitting to the wind attribute. CRIMINAL THAT HIM AND WOOIN AND SUBIN AREN'T GETTING SCREENTIME ANYMORE. He's fun and snarky, but also has so much emotional maturity!! He's the one to notice Jiwoo's insecurities and hype him!! He's the one who hugged Subin and knew what she was going through during her grandfather's illness!!!

If Kartein has had the best arc among adults, Jisuk has had the best one among the kids. Every little action of his!! Is motivated by love!! Love for his friends, love for his sister

This lonely boy stood up against Jaehyuk Lee for Jiwoo-all because Jiwoo was his first real friend

This boy stopped attending meetings as a kid because the awakened adults kept trying to pit him against his sister!!

Jisuk is rough around the edges, but he bleeds love and loyalty. He's grown from a prickly kid to a more emotionally mature and well adjusted young adult

3) Kayden

Kayden is amazing in a lot of respects; but I love him for his integrity

This is a man who had all the power of a top 10, but never really bullied anyone into his doing. He respects the Korean leaders, doesn't look down on anyone for being weak, helps Jiwoo out when he could've just left instead. He's the only one that Kartein allows to guard him while healing---that shows that Kayden keeps his word!!

Kayden's growth in the series is adorable too; he's still a killing machine, but he's now a killing machine who'll do it to keep the people he cares about safe (JIWOO AND KARTEIN!)

He's far more willing to accept his worry and love for Jiwoo; arguably the best father figure really.

That moment where Kayden tells Jiwoo that he can do whatever he wants to because he'll always have Kayden??? YEAH THAT LIVES RENT FREE IN MY HEAD

Refuses to take smack talk from anyone except Kartein👀👀 Actively looks out for Kartein and Jiwoo and is much softer around them

Kayden's love is as all consuming as his power; he's a beautifully complex character

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Eleceed introduced exactly 2 cool women characters and IMMEDIATELY subverted them into love interests for the main cast.

It happened with Jiyoung-Jiwoo and now history repeats itself with this 'Guestella has a crush on Kayden' plotline.

Absolutely lazy, boring writing. Kayden vs Guestella could've been so interesting, could've had interesting motives but noooooo, they immediately ripped her off her agency.

Truly the most predictable and unnecessary plotline. This story has turned into a disappointment

Most important update from eleceed this week:

Jiwoo, does, in fact, read webtoon and watch animes/shows. This dweeb definitely spent his free time on Tumblr 🗣️🗣️

The way arthur Carried Mordred...that scene kills me everytime, I don't have the gif but please, he was his favorite, like his own kid, please, I loved what little I saw, legit bread crumbs🤧

Are fedoras really that bad?

YES YES THEY ARE

You know I adore all the characterisations of the usher family but you know who I really really loved from the family , who I think about after it all ?

Juno , butt of the families jokes about Wills and inheritance money and ' it's talking whys it talking?'.

Juno who confessed to Tamerlane of all people that she wants to be wanted , to be part of a big family not for money but for the bonds for the belonging.

Juno who's clearly suffered in the past with some kind of chronic pain related to her amputation , who's been through poverty and hard times like the young Ushers had. Who may have suffered from addiction and is putting her foot down to change.

I adore her , showing up for Tamberlanes presentation/launch inspite of her treating her like absolute unwelcome shit.

Juno who witnessed the steady destruction of the family she so wanted to be a part of, who got turned on by the man she loved who saw her as PR proof the highly addictive drug he's peddling isn't just that. She's a piece of good publicity a symbol of his success at pulling the wool over the world's eyes.

Juno who unlike any of the other Ushers (excluding Lenore she's our angel) had the strength to walk away from all of it with her soul intact and head held high.

oh OOOOOOH their deaths mirror each other. Tamerlane and Leo are both driven to what looks like suicide chasing hallucinations around an apartment that architecturally represents their psyche (as they destroy it), shortly after leaving/planning to leave their loving partner. (Both of them invite her in, at first. Both of them want her there. But now she's in the mirrors. She's in the walls.)

Vic and Camille are both killed/driven to death by Vic's experiments, their rivalry leading to both their deaths (Camille to prove it doesn't work, Vic to prove it does), immediately after they get left by people they are using in professional/personal ways - Camille hires Toby and Tina to sleep with them, Vic dates Ali to get her to work with her on the heart mesh.

Perry and Frederick both die in the same warehouse, looking at the ceiling, waiting for death to come to them - Perry with a look of ecstasy, Frederick in terror. Both of them are in that warehouse because they've been humiliated by Roderick and are now determined to prove themselves. Both get led here by drugs. Both involve the mutilation of an innocent, Morrie. Both of them see Verna not as another character, but something like her true self. And there's the parallel between all the mercy that Verna offers Perry - the most she offers any of them, other than Lenore - and her glee in explaining to Roderick exactly why he deserves to die like this.

And then you get the final pairing/quartet of deaths - Eliza Usher + William Longfellow vs Madeline and Roderick which is obvious but oh my god. oh my god you guys. Eliza's wall of crucifixes and clinging to Christian faith and the sanctity of pain as a way of hoping for reward after death vs Roderick putting Madeline through the agony of vivisection to 'honour' her + grant her Egyptian immortality. Both William and Roderick eat their young. Fuck.

castles crumbling 🤝 nothing new 🤝 the archer 🤝 dear reader 🤝 mirrorball 🤝 anti-hero 🤝 coney island 🤝 you're on your own kid 🤝 this is me trying

Finally got around posting another Eleceed fic!

What is it about, you ask?

Well, here's the summary:

For years Kayden has coveted power, known nothing beyond it. A life now, where he doesn't have to fight to survive, where he can rest his head, is as unfamiliar as it's comfortable.

Or, Kayden's relationship with his power stands at odds with his relationship with Jiwoo and Kartein. He finds himself oscillating between extremes.

Note: Has Kayden/Kartein as a ship

Every!!!! Single!!!! One!!! Of!!!! These!!!

The way Jiwoo has ZERO trauma response from both neglect and torture absolutely baffles me! Like?? Yeah it's a webtoon, but that's not exactly hard to write into the story! Even a single panel could address his trauma!!

Eleceed in the first 100 chapters was so interesting because you could see the moral scaling and gray undertones of morality in Wooin, Jisuk, Kayden and Kartein. Heck, even Jiwoo showed more personality back then

Reading eleceed now is like reading about an overpowered Wattpad mc now WITH HOW BORING JIWOO'S CHARACTER IS.

Things that I think Might Give Nuance to Eleceed aka I complain

how the fuck has Jiwoo not shown more attachment issues with other characters, like I know he does has at one point with Kayden but it's so infrequent that you forget this kid has basically been neglected his entire life

Can I get a chapter on just his eating habits? Like we don't know much about him other than that he's an overpowered bean. Like can he cook or does he even do it? Does he just live off of takeout and shin ramyun for the majority of his life?? I WANT ANSWERS!!

+ to point 2, failed chance of environmental storytelling but hey if u gotta pump out a new chapter every week that's at least 40 panels I would skip it too.

LET THE BESTIE FUCKING HANGOUT OMFG! never in my life have I seen a friend group as underdeveloped as Subin, Wooin, Jisuk, and Jiwoo... Before u come for my ass I know I'm right because do u remember ANY chapters where their dynamics were explored... and I mean just them I'm srs

Shakes u aggressively The fucking entirety of the payoff of the Jiwoo gets kidnapped and core fucking obliterated arc? Like how the hell is he fine and dandy after that shit? NO, I DO NOT CARE HOW GOOD OF A HEALER KARTEIN IS I WANT TO SEE SOME ANGST!!!

slams papers THEY INTRODUCE CHARACTERS AND SUDDENLY THEY'RE FUCKING DEAD. The fact that some arguably pivotal characters to the plot and world-building cough Sucheon, Arthur, Iseul, etc, etc. cough have not appeared in over like 150 ch tells me WAY too much about the current development and I DO NOT LIKE IT!! Let's explore Sucheon and HIS REACTION TO THE KIDNAPPING THING? Iseul can talk to animals, cool but kayden is a human who basically transfigured into a cat... maybe there is more to those awakened animals... OR FUCKING ARTHUR?? MY GUY HAS NO HARM AND WITNESSED FRAME KILL HIS CLASSMATES AND WAS BETRAYED HOW TF DID THAT FLY UNDER THE BUS

u know what pisses me off is that they aren't actively developing Amyeong (dark) and Jiwoo's relationship and Amyeong's ties to Jiwoo's mother. Also, PERSONALY, I think Jiwoo and his mother should be more awkward around each other considering her job and I've seen videos that the lack of time spent with a parent can rlly just make them a stranger to a child. Plus Kayden knows more about Jiwoo than his mother anyways let me SEE it.

In the end, I just complain out of a slight love for the series, these are things I just personally want to see out of the webcomic that's all. Also, I might have more, I kinda stopped reading it in order after ch 200 something.

At this point I no longer care if author continues to make Jiwoo win, I'M JUST BEGGING HIM TO MAKE A MORE NUANCED PLOT

Please,,,,just something beyond "Jiwoo fight, Jiwoo win";"Kayden fight, Kayden win"

Add SOME kind of real world implication, ANY larger than life problem. PLEASE GIVE JIWOO MOTIVATIONS AND AMBITIONS instead of just "brhhhg fight"

You might say "oh, but eleceed is a wholesome slice of life story, real stakes will ruin found family"

WRONG

People who want to see good action+found family , GO READ FAIRY TAIL RIGHT NOW.

FROM WORLDBUILDING TO MOTIVATION TO FOUND FAMILY ITS EVERYTHING ELECEED WISHES IT WAS

Anyway Natsu dragneel/Lucy heartfilia could eat 10 Jiwoo seo for breakfast.

Something so poignant about the themes of 'kimi no na wa' and 'Interstellar'

Love is the only thing that transcends both time and space :')

That day when the stars came falling. It’s almost as if a scene from a dream. Nothing more, nothing less. Just a beautiful view.

Once in a while when I wake up I find myself crying. The dream I must have had I can never recall. But…  the sensation that I’ve lost something lingers for a long time after I wake up. I’m always searching for something, for someone.

Kimi no Na Wa

Yeah.....

I miss his Red Robin era

"Your name" (the movie: Kimi no nawa) AU with Kayden×Kartein!!

I do not have enough braincells atm to write this or elaborate unfortunately

Been thinking about eleceed as usual, and you know what I noticed?

Kayden was dad-coded even before he met Jiwoo. Allow me to elaborate:

1. His relationship with Amyeong:

The most obvious one, of course. The Kayden we knew before Jiwoo was a 'lone wolf'; he wasn't someone who cared for company. Yet, this same guy seems to have an extended relationship with Amyeong. Despite not caring to have an apprentice, Kayden teaches Amyeong to use his power efficiently and advises him. The flashbacks all show him speaking easily with Amyeong and given the fact Amyeong considered himself Kayden's apprentice, it's easy to see that their relationship was clearly over a long/significant period of time

What I'm trying to say is, Kayden, despite his insistence to work alone, was pretty fond of Amyeong, taught him to make the best of himself and spent considerable time with him.

2) His familiarity with Roist

Okay yes, I know, he rejected Roist as his apprentice too BUT BUT, that does not mean they did not have a degree of familiarity between them.

We've seen Kayden with people who he regards as a threat to Jiwoo; they don't exactly see the next sunrise. YET, when Roist shows up in the WAA, he's irritated yes, but not antagonistic. The way Kayden speaks to Roist, allows him to meet Jiwoo is more like indulgence over anything.

His words too are gentle, not cocky, just stating it as it is. What do I mean? He's talking to Roist like he'd talk to a kid! Chastising, but not mean!

And then ofc we know his relationship with Jiwoo so I'm not gonna elaborate on that

It's just interesting that Kayden is actually borderline gentle and almost helpful with every kid he meets. Teaching them, indulging them and non threatening.

It seems to me that he's always had a soft spot for lonely kids :') such a dad even before he met Jiwoo

1,2 and 4 are so painfully Kayden/Kartein arhfjvvhghbvc

(someone please tell me who the artists are so that I can link them)

All this dynamics lead to.