Bubbles

Bubbles

I'm Bubbles.

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    Sep 16, 2021

    Aight, this is my stopping point.

    I'm probably a philistine, some mongrel or any other kind of denomination of smooth brainness and lacking intelligence, but I legitimately cannot get behind anything you're laying down, my guy. There's some deep philosophical meaning masked under the scent of day-old faeces and ejaculate that I'm missing, I can smell it, but I can't taste it. I need another beer.

    The characters are cool and all, I guess. Uncle's nice, Enteng is nice, Joey is Salads, Enang is my favourite. She seems the least absurd out of all of them, so that's probably why I relate to her the most. There seems to be some overarching element of trauma and dismay lingering in this postapocalytpic, coke-fueled Mad Max world and the introspection of the characters is probably second to no crack addict's, and I guess it's what held me in for so long.

    The language? Brilliant. I can recognise its ingenuity, I can relate to how clever, jarring, visual, imagistic (bordering on Hemingwayan) and vibrant everything is. I just can't stomach more than five mentions of shit, cum, piss, balls, dick, pussy and fuck in a chapter. I hope you understand.

    As for the plot, by God, I don't get it. I'm assuming George will become some PC MasterRace deity by the end of the novel, Enteng will sleep forever, Enang will grow the balls she's missing, Uncle will become Captain Underpants 2.0 and Joey will acquire an Adam's apple and some oestrogen to go with him.

    That's all I can say. Best of luck, Commander Gurguit. God knows I wanted more of you, but He gave me too little skills to work with what you offered.

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    Chapter:20






    Sep 16, 2021

    Aight, I gotta go to work soon, so I'm probably stopping here.

    I'll just echo znf's thoughts on me not being good with comedy, more so with absurdism and... whatever brand of turbo-adrenaline, Monster Energy drink-fueled, LSD-taking, piss-having, woman-respecting fiction this is. For the most part, the reason why I'm sticking around isn't the comedy, which is mostly beats at my walls but doesn't stick, rather it's the belief that, at some point, there will be some modicum of understanding to what I'm reading. And, as the beginning of this chapter foreshadows, some less zany and lackadaisical moments.

    Fighting scenes are chef's kiss. Very nice, very to the point, run-on sentences practically don't exist, they're just long. It reminds me of a certain author who died a nice death by his own hands in an isolated cottage. I hope he didn't have a cactus. The writing style is all over the place, by design, of course, but that's probably why everyone likes it. It just works, like Flex Tape and Flex Seal Liquid. It ties things together in a very imagistic way that screams Big Mouth humour to me. If only the tenses were proper and didn't make me question the narrator at every time.

    For the most part, the issue I have with the characters is that they're all the same. Whatever line you put in Joey, Enteng, Enang, Uncle or the Monster Clapper's mouth, it'd work equally well with the rest. 10 chapters in, they're just blank slates to me. I'm just imagining them as various cartoons to help fill in the mannequins. I guess that's the purpose of it, but when everyone's just a meme brought to life in different shapes, it kind of fails to give me some of that comedic satisfaction.

    I'mma just wait for cactus boobs to show up. And maybe Tabu to clap some taboo cheeks. Until then, I'm hungry.

    Bubbles, out. :3

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    Chapter:10



    Sep 16, 2021

    'I met God. He was hot.' Bitch, I built God, let's talk.

    My shitposting comments notwithstanding, it's time for Bubs to get to the real nitty gritty here. I've read the synopsis. 'twas fun, I felt my brain momentarily go to three different quantum states then snap back, now the size of a nickle and smooth as an oiled cactus.

    What's happening in this novel? Six chapters in and all I can know for sure is that Entang is gay for xerophile organisms and any sort of instant noodles, Enang is the straight girl and Uncle is constantly dag-nabitting, probably. I'm assuming this is supposed to be some absurdist progression through some maddening experience and I'm here presented with thoughts from a mind that's one Budweiser away from declaring war on flip-flops. At some point, though, I'm left to wonder if the narrator has also been isekai-ed with them. Feels like they're their own character as well, whilst still retaining an interesting matter-of-factness approach to the whole spiel.

    The lack of tagging at times is a bit confusing, because Enang is sometimes serious, sometimes Uncle, sometimes Enteng in terms of personality. I've also had trouble deciphering who spoke here quite a lot for the same reason. I assume that if it's made clear who speaks first, the rest would come natural from their established personalities. But, for now, I'm dumbfounded, woop. Cactus boobs.

    Also, Enteng's newfound strategy reminds me of Mr Garrison's election campaign. That's it. I sip tea.

    Bubbles, out. :3

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