orv is genuinely one of the most well done and nuanced examinations of trauma, depression, fiction as an escape, media as a tool, stories as a connection, communication, capitalism and its resulting commodification and consumerism, and (very importantly) healing and the necessity of interconnection, that i have ever seen.
and it's all packaged up as this. cliche web novel. like, oh look at me i'm just another series stuffed with currently popular tropes, surely i won't change you forever with a deeply impactful and highly emotional experience :)
the genius. the audacity. the meta of it all.