L'Académie Discussion Thread #12 - You Can (Not) Write Edition

[Anonymous No.18925928]

It's not looking good Waldunbros...

>The QRD
Set in the authoritarian Hunger 1984 Divergent Games universe, "L'Academie" is a story about a man named Eddington whose daily life is dictated by The Regime. Six days a week he leaves his home for L'Académie, a four-year education program where the subjects, upon completion, are allowed to go beyond The Wall.

Wherever he goes, he is constantly reminded of the tenants of The Regime:
> Knowledge is Power
> Report any signs of Double-Rods to Prefects.

This truly is Waldun at his best. Mark my words, Wulden-esque is the next movement, classified by choppy and awkward English juxtaposed by westophilic pretentiousness. It's a post-ironic statement about our information rich yet poorly educated superficial society, where we look east but listen west; where we scorn the learned for the mistakes of the ignorant. Right now, we live in a Wulden-esque society, where sitting on a train not on your phone with earphones in is weird; where free thoughts are criminal and academia is dark.

Here is Waldun’s story of his 2-year journey writing this masterpiece: https://tube.incognet.io/watch?v=cW1ja7PC2Vc

[Anonymous No.18925938]

These threads must end with a tribute, no sooner

[Anonymous No.18925944]

Rule 34 of Waldun

[Anonymous No.18925948]

Based Gardner

[Anonymous No.18925949]

>>18925938
agreed. if someone doesn't CUM ON A PICTURE OF WALDUN sometime soon, I shall cease posting in these threads until further notice.

[Anonymous No.18925953]

A NOTE TO JANNIES: please do not delete numbered l'académie threads. let them run their course. whenever there are two up, trust that the older one has reached the bump limit and that its posters have migrated. thank you

[Anonymous No.18925965]

If /lit/ are so critical of Waldun, why don't you show off your own books?

[Anonymous No.18925969]

what is this i hear about RCW deleting his dark academia vids? is this true? they're his biggest ones

[Anonymous No.18925974]

i feel bad for waldun lads. 4chan and kdb were right to raise the myriad of issues that crop up in l’académie, but this is still something that robin spent two years on. how could he be so blind. i guess the book played like an awesome movie in his head, and none of that ever got anywhere near his fingertips. on top of all that, now that dark academia is a dead meme and waldun has been exposed as a pseud, this ”neo-beat” guy who poses with typewriters and thinks it’s badass to hang out in front of h&m and drink coffee must be the laughing stock of his lit class, if not his entire uni. it all compunds into a great blinding ball of cringe

[Anonymous No.18925979]

To the scholars of thread 11:

I have combed the complete works of William Blake at the vague remembrance of another anon and have found something that in some way resembles the alleged Milton quote.
>Every moment lost is a moment that cannot be redeemed
However, the relation to the epigraph is questionable at best, and it is my professional belief that Waldun was indeed nodding to Baudrillard and his Simulacra

[Anonymous No.18925984]

>>18925979
>To the scholars of thread 11
ahhh yes, I have fond memories of that thread... what a waste...

[Anonymous No.18925985]

>If Nausea was a terrifying look at a grim life come true, the book about the French Revolution was an exhilarating account of revolt and the power of the crowd.
First of all, obviously, it should say "If Nausea were..."
But even more irritating is the following. That the book on the FR is an exhilarating account should be Ed's unconditional opinion. The state of the book on the FR is not dependant on the characteristics of Nausea, yet Waldun presents the following from the text: if Sartre had written Nausea any differently, the French Revolution would not be as interesting to Eddington. Furthermore, by Waldun's assertion, in the case where Nausea is not a terrifying look at a grim life come true (which I could argue to be the case; Ed is having an existential crisis sure, but he does not question his own existence), then this book on the French Revolution has no meaning to him, or more precisely, is not an exhilarating account of the revolt and the power of the crowd. Surely Wally was intending to highlight the strong effect this history book full of characters had on Eddington, but by doing so poorly, he is cosmicly entangling Ed's understanding of two unrelated books, and worse, he is stating the exact opposite of his perhaps intended assertion.

[Anonymous No.18925986]

>>18925965
well my own paranoid fantasy has struck again & become real that copypasta about leaving copies of your book around-
uh, i mean, I do that. I don't feel all NOTHINGPERSONAL about it like I'm cool or anything, I just think it's funny. Took me awhile to get better at formatting which is frustrating but whatever.
Like I was doing this act four years ago, too, just for larfs & content.

Woof.

WE BLEW IT

[Anonymous No.18925988]

>>18925974
HE GOT WHAT HE FUCKING DESERVED

[Anonymous No.18926010]

>>18925974
He gave writing advice and tips on how to finish big books like infinite jest (which he was unable to finish himself). He deserved to be outed as a pseud

[Anonymous No.18926013]

>>18925974
What do you think the future reserves for Waldub? He quit engineering school to study literature, thus giving up a chance of a solid career and income, his channem is stagnant and will never be able to generste a living wage for him, he doesn't have the talent to be a published authot nor it seems this writing career of his is going to pay off and what the fuck can a literature graduate work at? For a 20 years old chinese man, he is seriously in a state of underachviment. If he goes back to STEM school, his asian peers will be working on their doctorates while he's still a freshman

[Anonymous No.18926015]

>>18926013
Daddy can get him a job don't worry

[Anonymous No.18926016]

>>18926013
his parents are most definitely rich

[Anonymous No.18926026]

>>18925985
>As...As...As

[Anonymous No.18926027]

All previous L'académie discussion threads:

>1
>>/lit/thread/S18863868
>2
>>/lit/thread/S18875646
>3
>>/lit/thread/S18886182
>4
>>/lit/thread/S18895779
>5
>>/lit/thread/S18903881
>6
>>/lit/thread/S18909686
>7
>>/lit/thread/S18916925
>8
>>/lit/thread/S18919066
>9
>>/lit/thread/S18922171
>10
>>/lit/thread/S18923178
>11
>>/lit/thread/S18924711

[Anonymous No.18926047]

>>18926013
Anon, its obvious that he is a trust fund baby.

[Anonymous No.18926052]

>>18925965
>if you’re so retarded, then why don’t you display your disability in public

Practice what you preache, bud.

[Anonymous No.18926061]

reminder that this is waldun's main reference work for the french revolution and a confirmed prohibited item in the l'académie universe

[Anonymous No.18926063]

>>18926027
for me? it's 9>1>6

[Anonymous No.18926064]

>>18926052
Preach*

[Anonymous No.18926065]

>>18926047
but he talks about the streets all the time! it can not be so!

[Anonymous No.18926067]

>>18926061
(also this book came out in 2018, make of that what you will)

[Anonymous No.18926075]

>>18926034
waldunian
>>18926052
not very waldunian

[Anonymous No.18926079]

>>18926061
>1000 Years of Annoying the French
>The French Revolution and What went wrong
cringe titles

[Anonymous No.18926082]

>>18926063
2 was incredibly comfy. I agree 9 was kino for the live watch along.

[Anonymous No.18926084]

>>18926061
Why on earth would anyone read anything written by an anglo about the french?

[Anonymous No.18926090]

>>18926061
what, you wanted him to platform a bigot like edmund burke or something?

[Anonymous No.18926094]

according to robin, this thicc blue folder contains every manuscript he's ever worked on

this folder is the waldunscholar's holy grail

[Anonymous No.18926103]

reminder not to reply to /pol/bait. waldunchads are not shitflinging hotheads

[Anonymous No.18926109]

I wonder if he'll an hero

[Anonymous No.18926110]

ruined the waldun server and now ruining kdbooks. you always come in like “look we are 4chan xD can you handle our edge?”

[Anonymous No.18926120]

>>18926110
I hate faggots like this who shit up other places. Everyone here (rightfully) goes on about newfags not understanding board culture, but have no respect for the culture of other places, even if it is a discord server.

[Anonymous No.18926123]

>>18926110
it's similar to users i sometimes spot in youtube comment fields who have 4chan-esque names and profile pictures. like what compels these people

[Anonymous No.18926130]

>>18926110
I don't care about this. I need an anon to compile all the data we have on HH (homosexual hypothesis) and we need more anons to actually read the book. Eddington Window theory is still largely uncovered

[Anonymous No.18926138]

>>18926094
he looks like a chink harry potter in here.

[Anonymous No.18926142]

>>18926123
they are children who have only recently started lurking on 4chan

[Anonymous No.18926147]

We should all go on Goodreads and leave positive reviews so that he becomes even more delusional. If we go too negatively, he might just quit altogether.

[Anonymous No.18926155]

>>18926084
wdym frogs are literally the anglos of the continent

[Anonymous No.18926159]

Next act, waldun turns into a LOCKSTAR that wears only SAINT LAURENT PARIS

[Anonymous No.18926163]

Any one else just feeling like a total Thud! right now?

[Anonymous No.18926173]

>So in short: society? No … we live in an educational dystopia. L'académie is not some scary futuristic vision of a world gone wrong. You're attending class in your underwear. It's already here. Look around you. Don't wear the mask. Don't take the vaccine. Resist. This is R.C. Waldun and I'll see *you* in the next one.

quite a sign-off i must say

[Anonymous No.18926175]

>>18925979
Multiple anons have already suggested that he nicked it from GoodReads, take a look at the John Milton quotes.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/9876.John_Milton
But more interesting is how the quote is even referenced in the product description of a certain version that combines a few of his texts.
https://www.amazon.nl/John-Milton-Paradise-Innocence-regained/dp/178737470X
Still all the texts I have used crt-f on, came back negative. I even tried to use smaller parts of the quote, such as: innocence, lost or gazed.

[Anonymous No.18926185]

>>18925928
HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS, WALDUNCHADS

[Anonymous No.18926186]

>>18926159
i don't look like this guy but i feel like this guy when i wear clothes

[Anonymous No.18926187]

>>18925928
What's next for Waldun? Perhaps the beatnik phase is over? Maybe he begins the bohemian phase? Will he start fucking arthoes and living as a bum in squalor? Perhaps...

[Anonymous No.18926191]

>>18926120
why should i show respect for tranny culture?

[Anonymous No.18926203]

>>18926187
He's getting into film for sure

[Anonymous No.18926209]

>>18926203
he'd definitely rip off jonas mekas

[Anonymous No.18926210]

>>18926187
Next is most likely the MFA writing phase

[Anonymous No.18926211]

>>18926186
it's all about the fit bro, just don't wear clearly miss-sized shit like that guy

[Anonymous No.18926219]

>>18926187
maybe the failure of l'académie hits him so bad he 'becomes' a self-aware cringelord version of himself: starts dressing in exaggerated zoomer fashion, getting tattoos, smoking dope, bumping hard trap in the whip, going to raves and getting fucked up, etc, with new video content appearing mainly on tiktok and insta stories

[Z No.18926221]

>>18926110
>tfw I’ve finally been in a screencap
I made it bros

[Anonymous No.18926223]

>>18926187
Please, no one tell him about Beckett!
>>18926203
He will talk about the difficulties of putting his story on the page and how cinema is the ideal medium to display pieces that require multiple simultaneous visual and auditory cues.

[Anonymous No.18926227]

>>18926219
>chink
>ever becoming self-aware
nah

[Anonymous No.18926230]

>>18925944
enough /lit/ for today

[Anonymous No.18926235]

>>18926230
print it out, tribute it, then you're done

[Anonymous No.18926236]

NOOOOOO WALDUNBROS!!!
HOW DID IT ALL GO SO WRONG?

[Anonymous No.18926238]

>>18926219
We already have one sonichu in this universe

[Anonymous No.18926242]

>>18926221
Which tranny are you?

[Anonymous No.18926245]

>>18925965
With a bit of work Waldun can look like this. Get Waldun into philosophy.

[Anonymous No.18926247]

>>18926242
the anonymous tranny known as discord

[Anonymous No.18926252]

Just wanted to say a big thank you to the anon that shared their god-tier ESL reading of L’Académie a few threads back(https://vocaroo.com/1etrm6H9geOF).). You put a big smile on my face. Let me know if you post any additional clips.

[Anonymous No.18926260]

>>18926252
He read the entire first chapter at one point. It was incredible

[Anonymous No.18926277]

I remember when I first looked at walduns chanel (accidentally stumbled on it once) i felt super insecure. Like I thought this guy was some super succesfull writer at a young age. Thank god I'm not this clown.

[Anonymous No.18926279]

>>18926252
he's going to say pendejo anytime soon, I swear

[Anonymous No.18926294]

>>18926277
if you're 20+, you should have a short story published

[Anonymous No.18926322]

>>18926252
>>18926260
>>18926279
Here is the first complete chapter in all the ESL goodness.

https://vocaroo.com/1etrm6H9geOF

[Anonymous No.18926326]

but when will we get a french translation
on en a besoin. l'esthétique waldunesque peut seulement être vraiment compris en lisant l'oeuvre en français.

[Anonymous No.18926328]

Is L'Academolo any good, lads? I've ordered a copy to talk about on my channel lol.

[Anonymous No.18926337]

what will l'académie be called in the french version?

[Anonymous No.18926340]

>>18926110
>>18926120
Retards, nobody has shit up the server. We're have a nice discussion in the current reads thread, go fuck yourselves

[Anonymous No.18926344]

>>18925928
Will there be follow up discussions for There's A Tale To This City?

https://www.amazon.com/Theres-Tale-This-City-Khan/dp/0648963225/

[Anonymous No.18926347]

>>18926337
Le academy

[Anonymous No.18926350]

>>18926344
some scholar better snag a copy of this before jay whips it away

[Anonymous No.18926371]

>>18926344
I had no problem paying $15 for L'Academie and all of the great laughs I've had the past few days. I would never pay $15 for Jay's piece of shit.

[Anonymous No.18926418]

>>18926371
Seriously,watching the KD review live was one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

[Anonymous No.18926427]

>>18926418
Without a doubt this week will be one of my favorite /lit/ memories. I'm definitely gonna try and compile the highlights

[Anonymous No.18926437]

>>18926427
Please,do so. Waldunposting might be my favorite 4chan moment in general.

[Anonymous No.18926443]

>>18925928
Waldun is young and he and his writing will mature.
(He may even use a spell check for his 3rd book.)

[Anonymous No.18926462]

>>18926371
Some stories are Waldu though

[Anonymous No.18926470]

>>18926337
The School

[Anonymous No.18926536]

>>18926337
T'School

[Anonymous No.18926569]

>>18925944
is...is that actually walden r34?
some fucker went and commissioned and paid money for an artist to draw this shit, /lit/'s darkest moment indeed, holy fuck mate

[Anonymous No.18926592]

>>18925974
This isn't that bad, come on. He can use this harsh criticism to go back and re-examine some of his issues. Maybe he can do a video series on the editing process. It's not easy to edit, in fact, it's far tougher to edit than to write. When you look at your own work and tweak it, it can get out of your control pretty quick and you can start to self-doubt. He might have had too many readers tell him the story was great while overlooking the errors.

Waldun just needs to start by taking a copy of his book, a red pen or highlighter, and read through his own book and mark the errors/edits he wants to do.

My latest book, I went back and edited a section where I felt a viciousness developed in my character too soon, so I went back and made his early rebellion a bit less violent. Books age well in an author's mind, I forget who wrote that, but I do think Bukowski said something along the lines of letting your book mellow so you're not still hungover on your own greatness when editing. Maybe it was someone else, I forget, but it really made sense for me and helped my writing.

[Anonymous No.18926608]

>>18926569
Yea it is. Someone on /y/ was posting pics of both Waldun and F Gardner like that. I wish I had a hot /lit/ bf (no homo.) is The Shit Kicker guy hot too?

[Z No.18926610]

>>18926350
Y’all better not be poorfags and make me buy shit again

[Anonymous No.18926619]

>>18926592
>pouring even more time and effort into l'académie: the it'll be good this time edition
this is like hitler waiting for steiner's offensive as berlin is being pounded into dust. the game is long lost

are you that deluded canadian date rapist boomer who has a perpetual on/off manic episode?

[Anonymous No.18926623]

>>18926443
It seems clear to me that the charlatan team of editors Wally hired are the ones responsible for the typos. Whether they introduced them accidentally while "fixing" the text or purposefully in order to sabotage him is yet to be seen

[Anonymous No.18926640]

Who gives a shit? Fuck you.

[Anonymous No.18926656]

>>18926623
Yes I agree. If he truly had several editors work on it, then whoever worked on it last should be questioned.
>however
Ultimately, shouldn't the author have the final word on when it's done and ready? To me, it looks like he handed it off to his editors and when he got the printed copy back, he didn't take the time to read it with a pen and make note of any imperfections. There is no way Waldun sat down and did a final review of the printed copies, is there? If he makes a YouTube video I hope he discusses the final "sign off" process he used. Clearly he did not sit with the book and go through it before clearing it for release.

[Anonymous No.18926658]

>>18926640
Chill bro.

[Anonymous No.18926668]

>>18926094
Melbournbros you must get your hands on these manuscripts

[Anonymous No.18926671]

>>18926656
Hmm. You're kinda being a hater right now.

[Anonymous No.18926674]

>>18926640
Relax, kid. He’s not gonna fuck you my guy

[Anonymous No.18926685]

>>18926110
Fucking scum you people are shitting up his discord. Get a life you vile cretins

[Anonymous No.18926705]

>>18926328
waldunesque masterpiece

[Anonymous No.18926711]

>>18926536
kek

[Anonymous No.18926712]

>>18926656
>There is no way Waldun sat down and did a final review of the printed copies, is there?
in the OP video he says that he sent his fifth draft of l'académie (roughly one year of work) to a group of editors who asked him to line edit everything and change specific things about plot and characters; issues that waldun "addressed" in a process that took five months

even then he had a lot of self-doubt and was only pushed to publishing when his lit student/bookseller "partner" supported him. over the next "few months" he "finalized" the book

anyway, there are no "printed copies" akin to review copies/galleys to go through since this is an amazon print-on-demand book

this piece of shit is unsalvageable

[Anonymous No.18926715]

>>18926252
>Hinosance, whoance loss can ne'er be regain-ed

[Anonymous No.18926720]

This pasta:
A decade from now academics will still be debating who got it right: Orwell or Huxley. Waldunchads will sit in the back of the lecture halls with a slight smirk on their face. They're still debating this...even after all these years? Heh. They'll get up and move slowly to the door.

As a cool wind blows through the campus they'll put their earbuds in and adjust their collar. Slyly, they'll drop a copy of L'Academie onto the ground. It's not rubbish--but it will surely be picked up...eventually.

[Anonymous No.18926723]

The people who post as 4channers on YouTube or KD's discord are infinitely more pathetic than Waldun. Grow up.

[Anonymous No.18926733]

>>18926720
Not really pasta material, my man.

[Anonymous No.18926741]

>In one of his older videos (don't remember which, he might take it down too since he scrubbed all videos referencing TLD) he talks about how he learned from his mistake of hiring a fiverr editor. So he found a company? or group of editors online who would read a 500 word submission for free and give you feedback. The group claimed they would only work with writers they felt had potential or if they saw something in the sample. After getting their feedback, you could hire them as editors. When Waldun sent in his sample, they sent him back high praise, saying something like "Your writing is brilliant! The way you describe Eddington looking out his window..." Waldun reads this quote of his feedback in the video. It seemed like he paid them on a weekly basis for nearly a year to edit/proofread L'Académie.
oh no no no waldunites is this real

[Anonymous No.18926742]

>>18926723
To that I say this pasta:

>My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why
>Got out of bed at all
>The Melbourne rain clouds up my window
>And I can't see at all
>And even if I could it'll all be grey
>Put your writings on my wall
>They remind me, that I'm not so bad
>I'm not so bad

Dear Waldun, I wrote you but you still ain't callin'
I left my Insta, my Youtube, and my Discord at the bottom
I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not-a got 'em
There probably is problems because of COVID or somethin'
Ha, sometimes my tenses get all jumbled when I jot 'em
But anyways...fuck it, what's been up? How's Jay The Author?
I'ma start a movement too, I'm 'bout to be a father
If I fake a partner, guess what I'ma call her
I'ma call her Ila...
I read the threads on 4chan and I'm sorry
I had experience with goons who didn't recognize real drama
I know you probably hear this everyday, but I'm your biggest fan
I even pay your Patreon to support your writing...no scam
I got a folder full of your videos and your Instas man
I like the shit you did in high school too, it wasn't whack
Anyways, I hope you see this man, please post back,
Just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan
You're our man

>My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why
>Got out of bed at all
>The Melbourne rain clouds up my window
>And I can't see at all
>And even if I could it'll all be grey
>Put your writings on my wall
>They remind me, that I'm not so bad
>I'm not so bad

Dear Mister "I'm Too Good To Subscribe & Follow Fans"
This will be the last post I ever send your ass
It's been days and still no Fkn word, I don't deserve it
I know you got my last two Tweets...I did the tenses on 'em perfect
So this is the last message I'm sending you, I hope you see it...
I'm talkin to strangers right now, 'bout to go down some dark 'allies'
Hey Eddington, I drank a bottle of wine
The light is green, think I can walk in a straight line?
You know Ulysses by James Joyce, "Though much is taken, much abides"
About that guy who just walked around while he got cucked by his wife?
Yes...I know you do, you and Ila read it all, you both posted 'bout it
That's kinda how this is, you coulda rescued me from a cucked life
Now it's too late, the cafe closed, no long black and I'm drowsy
And all I wanted was a lousy reply or a like
I hope you know I was so upset I wiped out on my bike
I love you Waldun, we coulda been together, think about it
You ruined it now, I hope you write and post about it
And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you cream about it
I hope that cum tribute eats at you and you just seethe about me
See R.C--shut up about dead babies! I'm tryin' not to balk!
Hey R, that's Jaidyn scribblin' on a trunk
But I didn't make him gloat, I just lit him up, see he ain't like you
'Cause if he pontificates we'll suffer more, and still unsubscribe too
Well, gotta go, I'm almost at the H&M now
Oh shit, almost forgot, it's about time that you come out

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.18926750]

>>18926592
I don't think he'll do this since he's too narcissistic but this is a good advice, thank you

[Anonymous No.18926751]

>>18926733
Ok. Do better.

[Anonymous No.18926765]

>>18926668
meet outside flinders at midnight

[Anonymous No.18926776]

>>18926742
>>18926751
Pasta is organic. For example, look at Waldun's prose
>To live in that apartment, I’d have to drive to a bulk department store and get a batch of vomit bags.
It is only what it is and entirely malleable.

[Anonymous No.18926785]

>>18926741
Yes, the video he is referring to in regards to the sample is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1TI4bd9js
One of my favourites of Waldun's, because imagine the scene. It's night, Waldun is lying in bed, preparing to doze off. When he awakes to a ring from his phone. It's from his editing company (note here, a company which does something for free will try to make you buy their services, that's not hard to understand. So a free edit is OBVIOUSLY going to be incredibly favourable). He reads the lavish praise from said company, and then, in the dead of night, feels the need to make a Youtube video. Because this message has now affirmed to Waldun that he is an expert at writing imagery. So he reads out this excerpt from this free praise to prove to himself, and to his gullible that yes, he is a good writer.
It's 2000 words for free. If you google search editing companies that edit the first 2000 words for free, only one comes up. I''m not saying that's the one, but...

[Anonymous No.18926793]

>>18926785
*gullible audience
(if that wasn't obvious)

[Anonymous No.18926796]

>>18926776
Not a good argument. Do better.

[Anonymous No.18926803]

[Anonymous No.18926809]

>>18926785
Waldun is the product of con-men and self-help gurus.

[Anonymous No.18926830]

>>18925928
Nobody can write well at 20, except for maybe poetry. That salty Welshman was too harsh.

[Anonymous No.18926837]

>>18926785
bros... i feel bad now... he was so excited at some people shamelessly scamming him and sweet-talking him just to get his money...l'academie could've been better where it not for these conniving scoundrels...

[Anonymous No.18926852]

>>18926837
Want to feel worse? Waldun buys Masterclasses.

[Anonymous No.18926854]

>>18926830
most 20 year old writers realize that their writing is not good enough yet and just continue working, reading and improving instead of rushing to self-publish a substandard work to sell it to an undiscerning audience built upon self glorified lifestyle vlogs.

[Anonymous No.18926872]

>>18926776
Meme version.

[Anonymous No.18926881]

>>18926854
Yeah, it’s quite odd how Waldun thought himself worthy of publishing a novel from the get go, despite him being a complete novice who hasn’t taken any time to practice. He delved into his self-absorbed dark-academia LARP so quickly that he felt he had to have “published” work out there or else his naive teenage fans wouldn’t view him as this troubled genius.

[Anonymous No.18926889]

>>18926776
Shit is dying and threads got deleted. Time to get best-ofs to have them ready for Waldun's next book (or the release of the Annotated L'Academie)

[Anonymous No.18926904]

>>18926889
Best-ofs such as this gem

[Anonymous No.18926920]

>>18926830
If you’re going to go to the extent of LARP that waldun does (giving advice to young writers, dressing like a pseud, pretending to read and understand hard books while making videos about it), you should be able to back it up by writing, at the very least, a half decent piece of writing. Plus he charges for that shit. He deserved it.

[Anonymous No.18926930]

>>18926889
>L'Annotated L'Academie
fixed

[Anonymous No.18927006]

>>18925928
Can we talk about Waldun,a literature enthusiast with 200k subs, shilled that people shouldn't read the full book and should just pay for a summed up version?

This literature mastermind,an author, basically advised people to buy bullet points versions of books.

This started as a meme but I have actually never seen someone being so bad and revolting doing something he supposedly loves.

[Anonymous No.18927024]

>>18927006
He is a talentless hack who will do anything for a quick buck. He would never turn down a sponsorship, and he doesn't care about the things he says enough to even notice the discrepancy

[Anonymous No.18927034]

>>18927006
>>18927024
Are you kidding? Waldun sees the average man and knows he has little time to buy books, much less read them. By giving the reader quick and easy access to bullet points, he extends to the man burdened by the industrial complex his innate wisdom gained through many a trial.

[Anonymous No.18927047]

>>18927034
Shit you're right I take back what I said about Wally being a hack

[Anonymous No.18927052]

>>18926230
Yeah

[Anonymous No.18927215]

Please God, give RC Waldun the strength to overcome this ordeal.

[Anonymous No.18927272]

>>18926094
The Library of Alexandria in his hand, oh what I would give to for just one glance.

[Anonymous No.18927294]

>>18926712
Amazon ships you a proof copy when you're ready. At least they did for me back in 2013.

I, too, did not do a thorough edit because I was promised by this editor lady I hired that my shit didn't stink, hahaha! She had like 100+ 5 star reviews, that should have been a warning sign.

[Anonymous No.18927300]

>>18926671
No, Waldun accomplished something awesome by getting his next book finished, he just needed to polish it more.

[Anonymous No.18927318]

>>18925928
Really is an Australian second-generation immigrant LARPing as a socialized American. Waldun is the embodiment of a still extremely-prevalent desire to be American, to have American tastes.

[Anonymous No.18927334]

Are these threads like /lit/'s version of the Bane meme where everyone pretended to critique the scene unironically?

[Anonymous No.18927339]

>>18925974
The only thing that’s truly unfortunate about it is that it will be catalogued on the internet for the rest of his life. In saner and better times it would be resigned to the memories of a handful and he’d be able to move on, perhaps even be a great writer some day.

[Anonymous No.18927430]

What are the themes of the Waldun saga? So far I have:
>A vicious cycle of con-men exploiting the nativity of children
>Unbound narcissism and self delusion
>Aesthetics over substance
>The futility of choosing the path of least resistance
>The need for honest criticism
>Repressed homosexuality (kek)

[Anonymous No.18927450]

>>18927430
>Rebelling against one's heritage / father
>Internet subcultures

[Anonymous No.18927451]

>>18925974
I think the consensus on Jaidyn is that he seems like a really good guy. He seems like he could be very charming in person and he's still finding himself out (and whatever if he writes bad poetry--going around posting it outside is a little narcissistic but he might develop into something decent one day).

Jay has had a life of adventure and he's going back to the UK to start up a life with his gf. He's also not without charisma (even if it's a little fucked up he seems to see street people as props for his lifestyle).

Waldun has legions of fans and, as he said, we gave him a lot of free criticism. I'm starting to think the route we took with the HH evolved into something mean-spirited but I honestly believe there's something in the subtext of his writing that lends itself to the Repression Theory...if he wants to be a writer he'll learn to take autobiographical-based criticism. In the end, he had the balls to put himself out there and write a book. Good on him, honestly. I mean, I could do without the content he creates given how he intends it to be consumed--some level of public derision is to be expected and it isn't completely unwarranted.

All in all--they had their fun and we had our own as well. Good luck to all their future endeavors.

[Anonymous No.18927520]

>>18926785
TCK Publishing? They offer a free first 2000, all the rest seemed to be either individual editors or raunchy sites from before 2014

[Anonymous No.18927527]

I think at some point over the last 2 years Waldun became self aware and stealthily transitioned in to grifmode.

[Anonymous No.18927580]

>>18927430
>A vicious cycle of con-men exploiting the nativity of children
That's false tough (unless you're talking about the editors exploiting Waldun). Waldun is no con man, he genuinely believes what he writes is noteworthy and that his novel is good. Realistically, he can't be making much money from L'académie anyway, he can get 20k views top from his videos, and L'académie announcement has only 13k views, if you want to be optimistic maybe 1%-5% of his audience will buy his book but the number will probably be lower than that. The problem with Waldun is that he aspires to be this great writes like Joyce or Pychon, but really shows more preference to pop writers like Sedaris and Chuck Paulianuk (?, the guy who wrote fight club), even worse, he has build an audience on top of his frivolous taste in "Dark Academia", which could only attract teenage girls, women stuck in a teenage mindset and pretentious fags with no self awareness. None of these demographics will help Waldun in his quest, they have no taste and will praise everything he does. He has made his own bed and is a victim of his own succes, he should've stayed in engineering school and wrote in his spare time if he really cared about it, but he just want to be perceived as writer.

TL;DR: Waldun is taking advantage of no one, he is just as stupid as his audience

[Anonymous No.18927614]

>>18927451
>he might develop into something decent one day
if you're above the age of 14 and writing shit like this (not to mention proudly posting it in public) you're never gonna write anything good, sorry

[Anonymous No.18927633]

So am I the only one that actually wishes Waldun kills himself?

[Anonymous No.18927660]

>>18927633
Waldunchads won't put up with comments like this. Kindly move along to another thread, sir.

[Anonymous No.18927671]

>>18927633
Yes, you fucking monster. He's just a kid who published some garbage.

[Anonymous No.18927716]

>>18927633
That would be awful. He's a lolcow, naive but still he's a person.

[Anonymous No.18927726]

>>18927671
>>18927716
>just a kid who published some garbage
>still he's a person.
You're a bunch of faggots. He deserves all he's getting and much more.

[Anonymous No.18927732]

>>18927633
The fuck is wrong with you? Seek help.

[Anonymous No.18927747]

So am I the only one that actually wishes Waldun to wear frilly dresses?

[Anonymous No.18927748]

>>18927732
Nah, I like knowing Waldun's suffering. Getting 'help' would change that. I truly wish he ends himself, and knowing him, he'll write some shitty suicide note and put it online. That will be the greatest moment of this whole thing.

[Anonymous No.18927779]

Fellow Waldun Scholars - I'm compiling some best-of collages. Because there is so much content I'm going to do one for each thread starting with the Waldun thread just before these L'Academie discussion threads started. Be patient bros.

[Anonymous No.18927839]

>>18927779
good to hear anon. after all, of what use is the study of literature if contemporary reactions are not recorded as well?

[Anonymous No.18927844]

i'm worried bros
the book came out like a week ago and the only ones posting about it are the idiots here who only bought it to pirate it and make fun of it and that one youtuber who only bought it to provide waldun with a fresh rectum.
literally no one else is talking about it, not on youtube, not on social media, not anywhere else. is it because it's technically not out yet and we are the only ones taking advantage of waldun's pre-release sale or whatever he's calling it now?

[Anonymous No.18927849]

>>18927747
no

[Anonymous No.18927850]

>>18927451
Amen, brother

[Anonymous No.18927860]

>>18927844
Waldun's audience doesn't read, and if they do read, they don't read critically. That's what makes the literary wizkid grift so easy.

[Anonymous No.18927862]

>>18927844
oh and he's deleting youtube comments again...

[Anonymous No.18927920]

>>18927633
That’s uncomfortable

[Anonymous No.18927925]

>>18927779
first time someone noticed the epigraph was incorrect. This is /lit/ history we are in the middle of

[Anonymous No.18927949]

>>18925985
Based autist grammarian.

[Anonymous No.18927954]

waldunsisters, is there any way we can soften the blow of the WELSH HAMMER

[Anonymous No.18927958]

>>18927954
Funny how the threads have slowed down since the review...

[Anonymous No.18927965]

>>18926173
Wtf I love Waldun now!

[Anonymous No.18927969]

>>18927334
its more like CWC thread

[Anonymous No.18927973]

I Finished L'Académie, Here's How - 3 Tips

[Anonymous No.18927986]

>>18927614
Decent doesn't mean good. He seems like the only one in the group that actually reflects on himself and contemplates shit. Yeah, he's a midwit but his insecurities make him endearing (especailly compared to Jay/Waldun).

[Anonymous No.18927992]

>>18927779
Probably a dumb question, but does warasu have the deleted threads? I left them open in my browser and I can reply shit to you if not.

[Anonymous No.18927995]

>>18927633
Yes fucking retard. if he kills himself there would no no more to laugh at him.

[Anonymous No.18928028]

>>18927992
yes but they don't have the pictures which sucks

[Anonymous No.18928047]

>>18928028
I'll see what I can grab and post it back here. Most of the good shit was just comments anyway.

[Anonymous No.18928221]

Everyone talks about Waldun and his legions of fans but 90% of his subs are dead subs from when he had a few popular videos. I don't think he's as big as you guys think.

[Anonymous No.18928229]

>>18927633
you're a real jerk

[Anonymous No.18928263]

>>18926015
>>18926016
>>18926047
his parents aren't which is the saddest part :(

[Anonymous No.18928282]

>>18927969
Okay that makes sense.

I hope people aren't buying this guy's books for the hipster irony.

[Anonymous No.18928299]

>>18928221
His vids still get up to 20k views. Factor in repeat viewings and you still have around 8k people paying attention to him. That's a small town/very large village worth of people caring about what he has to say.

[Anonymous No.18928313]

>>18928282
We did, only so we could pirate it. Within 2 days of it getting leaked (since he fucked up and didn't intend for copies to ship until Sept. 1st), we had a complete pdf of it

[Anonymous No.18928316]

>>18928313
>dosn't

[Anonymous No.18928327]

>>18928316
waldunesque

[Anonymous No.18928333]

>>18925965
Waldun looks like THAT?

[Anonymous No.18928337]

>>18928327
kek

[Anonymous No.18928361]

>>18925985
Fool. It's obviously a commentary on false perspectives imbibed within a text. Our man knows that a historical event, which featured a multiyear event known as The Terror (or, as Waldun himself knows it: la Terreur), is a perfect opportunity to comment on the uncertainty of our modern political events in the age of social media! Further...

Ah fuck it, I'm tired. He's gay so he loves musicals, watched Les Miserables after failing to get through the book, and didn't realize the events depicted came decades after the actual FR. Is everyone ok with that? HH?

[Anonymous No.18928366]

>>18925965
I'm literally a worst writer than waldo

[Anonymous No.18928374]

>>18928366
>a worst writer
Checked

[Anonymous No.18928390]

>>18928366
Check 'em

[Anonymous No.18928401]

Kek

[Anonymous No.18928411]

>>18928313
Was Dark Academia just this dork and his five hipster friends larping as interwar-period profs all along?

[Anonymous No.18928412]

>>18927215
No.

[Anonymous No.18928414]

>>18928412
Is that weev?

[Anonymous No.18928426]

>>18925965
The whole point is to acquire social capital to prove that you have more aristocratic taste than others, not to actually write anything. The apex of taste is to have disdain for every book you've ever read.

[Anonymous No.18928472]

>>18928411
Waldun was the only one who was Dark Academia. Jay and Jaidyn were proto-neo-modern romantic beats. Waldun began a period of aesthetic convergence with them once Learned Disguise got btfo, with L’Academie being its ultimate expression.

[Anonymous No.18928486]

fuck you waldun for deleting my well written youtube comment.

>May I offer some honest thoughts. Waldun, L'Academie represents a regression in style, prose, plot... The learned disguise possessed the pretension of a young man aspiring, nay, daring to be great by the influence of his predecessors. L'Academy posseses none of these things. What I see is a concession, one that says "If I can't be great, at least I can make money".

[Anonymous No.18928516]

>>18928486
rude of him. what does he fear?

[Anonymous No.18928523]

>>18928516
i wish i copied and pasted it...it was actually a lot better than what i wrote there. im not sure what he fears...I also mentioned that i think his 3rd book will be his best yet. I am STILL roooting for him after this disaster. The Learned disguise was juvenialia, yes, but that's OK...he just needed to hone his craft.

[Anonymous No.18928567]

>>18928414
Beat Poet and official member of NAMBLA--Allen Ginsberg. But yeah. he looks like a cross between Weev and David Cross...never noticed before.

[Anonymous No.18928583]

>>18927862
That was to be expected.

[Anonymous No.18928584]

>>18926219
holy based , waldun on tik tok

[Anonymous No.18928590]

>>18926427
please and link the vid

[Anonymous No.18928599]

>>18927633
Take that back fella, no need for that comment...

[Anonymous No.18928607]

wonder if his next video will just be called "Stop Asian Hate." and he will use it to deflect all criticism because some anons called him a chink
of course he doesnt give a shit about racism against asians but it's the perfect out and he can just say something to the effect of "i've wanted to talk about this for a long time but i could never figure out how to do it properly until now" kek

[Anonymous No.18928646]

>>18928567
It's funny to see that a man like Ginsberg was handsome in his youth. If this is how Beat poets age I worry for Waldun.

[Anonymous No.18928650]

>>18928646
Literally Jeff Goldblum

[Anonymous No.18928652]

>>18927633
This isn't kiwifarms asshole...you should be embarrassed for floating that idea.

[Anonymous No.18928658]

It's been a short week ... Thanks for the fun lads

[Anonymous No.18928666]

>>18928567
>official member of NAMBLA
He was its founder.

I remember picking up a book of Ginsburg poetry in a public library a few months after receiving a BA in literature. Flipped to a random page: poem about fucking little boys.

How did I get through four years of American lit courses without ever hearing this literary icon, and most of his cohorts, were child molesters? Really makes you think.

[Anonymous No.18928676]

>>18928650
It's a pretty shallow gene pool.

[Anonymous No.18928681]

>>18925928
>No idea who this guy is
>check his youtube channel
>Every 30 seconds he repeats a sentence
Is this guy slow or why does he talk like a mentally challenged person?

[Anonymous No.18928692]

>>18928646

he is not handsome

[Anonymous No.18928705]

Garderians are obnoxious because their Ontological framework relies on large leaps of faith rather than logical conclusions. I get that this kind of reasoning is useful for certain kinds of problems but Gardenians lack the modesty to see this and I think most of them misunderstood Gardener. Walduns Ontology is much more cohesive, Waldunians are better read and seem to have a more comprehensive understanding of Waldunian principles...

[Anonymous No.18928751]

>>18928666
Uh...checked. I knew the Beats were degenerates when I was into them as a teenager (in my defense though, I was mostly just into Burroughs). I didn't find out Ginsberg was a pederast until I saw him in a documentary about NAMBLA when I was in uni (are you sure he was a founder?) I was pretty shocked; I'd read up on the obscenity trial involving Howl and never saw anything about it (just a bunch of contrived "'MuH aRTiStiC fREedoM" shit). I wonder if The Melbourne Movement is aware that their major literary inspiration was driven by diddlers.

[Anonymous No.18928804]

>>18928692
So how did he pulled so much bussy?

[Anonymous No.18928830]

>>18928666
Which poem?

[Anonymous No.18928843]

>>18928830
>>18928751
>>18928666
This is the doc https://youtu.be/Ygrd29-_O3I

[Anonymous No.18928852]

I think the Waldun autism is /lit/'s lowest moment

[Anonymous No.18928858]

>>18928830
FYI: Ginsberg comes into the doc around 11min20secs in. The poem he's reading at the NAMBLA meetup might be the one the other guy was talking about.

[Anonymous No.18928938]

The review of l'academie was to dark academia what heilgate was to the alt-right. The death of a gay little internet 'movement' at first contact with tangible reality.

[Anonymous No.18928943]

>>18928804

status, personality, money. Lots of things that make a person attractive besides looks. Besides that, it's not as though he's ugly. Just not a particularly handsome guy.

[Anonymous No.18928960]

Shill thread

[Anonymous No.18929005]

>>18927633
based psycho

[Anonymous No.18929025]

>>18925944
Is this by the guy who draws all the hooni r34

[Anonymous No.18929052]

>>18925928
I think i figured out the main problem with waldun's writing: Because he doesn't read, he takes inspiration for his woeful dialogue from shitty films and animes. The what's your name passage reads like a scene from a bad shonen. That's why the whole thing feels juvenile, it comes from a source of entertainment aimed at early teenagers. Maybe one could argue that the man himself has not grown up, but i don't really want to get into that.
Either way, this anon >>18926203 has got it right. He's going to turn into the dreaded film essay realm and larp as an avid criterion™ collector and shoot some dull footage on super 8. Such is the life of the internet poser with no solid identity.

[Anonymous No.18929056]

>>18928938
It was never a movement. It is nothing but a silly trend adopted by young people because they have no culture.

[Anonymous No.18929060]

still tilts me that he never fixed this erroneous title

[Anonymous No.18929061]

>>18925928
Can someone please explain /lit/'s immense homosexuality for this twink ? What is with these threads?

[Anonymous No.18929062]

>>18929056
but waldun said it was the new renaissance...

[Anonymous No.18929068]

>>18929060
Is he balding? Why does he have that goofy haircut?

[Anonymous No.18929075]

>>18929061
its just a lolcow that /lit/ latched onto
>>18929068
asian kids tend to have it

[Anonymous No.18929078]

how is waldun such a chad bros?

[Anonymous No.18929101]

>>18929061
>pseud chinese kid makes popular youtube videos explaining literature
>writes really crappy book
>welshman on youtube tears it apart
>pulls the book from sale and claims his next book will be better
>writes an even crappier book
>welshman on youtube tears it apart
that's it

[Anonymous No.18929110]

>>18929101
thank you

[Anonymous No.18929113]

>>18929101
>explaining literature
you're being rather generous

[Anonymous No.18929114]

>>18929078
>situationship
what kind of cuckery is this

[Anonymous No.18929116]

>>18929056

hence the scare quotes

[Anonymous No.18929128]

>>18929061
he's a personification of the "literary lifestyle" meme but with even less substance, guy can't even namedrop

[Anonymous No.18929199]

>>18929061
It's about the movement. Jaidyn is the soul. Jay is the body. Waldun is the mind.

It all runs painfully deep.

Start your adventure here:
Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ZpAiw3vio
Familiarization: https://youtu.be/tzAqf00sFII
Our Man, Our Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qRWrPDNbGw

Getting to know Jaidyn (SOUL):
https://youtu.be/G9egz4rDrCU
https://youtu.be/dU9BNkjlyF0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ub5pnKzlE

Getting to know Jay (BODY):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLBzJkDfhgU
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wPS2mriODdEnzko3Fh5k3L58mswruN7F/view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeM67BqJC-0

Getting to know Waldun (MIND):
The lack of self-awareness. The repressed homosexuality. His early masterpiece, The Learned Disguise, is the only way in. However, you can start your journey into this young man via his fashion advice as inspired by his daddy issues (trying to please him but realizing he must make his own path to self-discovery): https://youtu.be/TyTh_F0rc-A

Advanced Waldunlore (Introduction to HH):
>>18912091

Recent Developments:
KDB Review: https://youtu.be/3GyChCD3rdA
KDB Plagiarism Exposed: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?64383-Please-Help!-Source-of-Quote-Believed-to-be-JOHN-MILTON-PARADISE-LOST >>18924155 >>18924282

[Anonymous No.18929207]

>>18929128
Truly the high-chancellor of Dark Academia

[Anonymous No.18929213]

>>18929052
>film
I don't think he is going to get into film, because the film crowd he would want to be associated with relied on transgressive material. One element of the Waldunian fiction that I don't think has been properly explored is his simultaneous need to be transgressive, but fear of actual transgression. It's no coincidence that Waldun's peak was centered around dark academia/classic novels. They presented him with a world contextually controversial, but flaccid in today's climate. In other words, Waldun was able to occupy the role of a disrupter, by embracing certain culturally accepted signifiers of rebellion, but never needed to tangibly rebel. This facade has come crumbling down with the neo-beat elements of his current work. Ignoring the normative capitalist undercurrent informing beat literature, its aesthetic tenet is an almost compulsive need to formally and immediately rebel. This means that for contemporary work to function, it must reject the standards of its time. In l'academie Waldun is only able to point to cigarette smoking, a legal, and corporatized activity, as a vehicle of indiscretion. Film functions in a similar way, due to its streamlined production process, and linear artistic development. Something like 'M' could not be made today and be considered transgressive. Artistically relevant filmmaking requires this disruptive instinct that Waldun does not have. I wouldn't be surprised if he found a 50s Bergman tabboo, let alone something like recent Michael Haneke. This desire to be seen as rebellious also means that he couldn't join the A24 crowd, because they do not hold a defiant place in the discourse.

[Anonymous No.18929221]

>>18929101
You guys are vicious.

[Anonymous No.18929225]

>>18928313
Why hasn't anyone uploaded it to libgen yet? The Learned Disguise is up there.

[Anonymous No.18929229]

>>18929199
Include the link to Waldun's old (deleted) website in the next pasta (when this gets posted again)...

Advanced Waldunlore:
Early Writings: https://web.archive.org/web/20201119140803/https://www.litpublication.com/
Introduction to the HH: >>18912091

[Anonymous No.18929254]

waldunchads rejoice... he's going to persevere... he's not broken yet...

[Anonymous No.18929262]

>>18929225
it's on zlib.

[Anonymous No.18929265]

The Waldun scene has interacted with KD!

[Anonymous No.18929268]

>>18929265

[Anonymous No.18929271]

>>18929254
WALDUNBROS. WALDUNCHADS. ENDEAVOUR AGAINST THE RAGING STORM. LASS DICH VON DEN MISTKERLEN NICHT KLEINKRIEGEN! WHEN YOU ARE AT YOUR LOWEST, KNOW THAT THE ONLY DIRECTION FROM THERE... IS UP!!!

[Anonymous No.18929277]

>>18928705
Garderian basically just means having a ridiculous M Night Shamalyan twist at the end of the book.

[Anonymous No.18929299]

It all runs painfully deep bros . . .

[Anonymous No.18929303]

you guys took this too far. go easy on him for the next few months. milk a lolcow too hard and you end up killing it.

[Anonymous No.18929308]

>>18929303
>kd destroys waldun and exposes him for exactly what he is
>it's /lit/'s fault
keep yourself safe

[Anonymous No.18929310]

>>18929303
I have a solution
I will become the next lolcow if waldun quits
I'm trying to write a shitty dark academia novel too so why not

[Anonymous No.18929311]

>>18929303
So who’s next? The call of the crocodile guy?

[Anonymous No.18929314]

>>18929311
F Gardner already has memes. I think he’s bulletproof for criticism anyway. It’s been all fucking year and he still buys ads here.

[Anonymous No.18929324]

Robin if you're reading this keep your chin up fella. You still have plenty of time and people who support you.

[Anonymous No.18929329]

OH NO NO NO
WALDUNCHADS I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD

[Anonymous No.18929338]

>>18929314
Call of the Crocodile is already eternal here. Waldun’s books are too different from that. Different fan bases.

[Anonymous No.18929353]

>>18929199
Honestly these videos make me feel sad. I wish I had friends.

[Anonymous No.18929358]

>>18927633
You have to be 18 years old to post here

[Anonymous No.18929369]

I've been drawing parallels in my mind between cooking and writing. In Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon's primary source of anger towards restaurant owners is their lack of passion for cooking and owning a restaurant, resulting in lazy practices which rip off the customer. What this shows is, in Gordon's and the viewers' mind, that many of these owners get into owning a restaurant for reasons outside of a love of cooking, most frequently being trying to portray a certain image or status or trying to bolster their own ego. For me, the same principles apply to Waldun. Putting issues of the story itself to one side for a moment, the book is error ridden to a remarkable degree. The fact that he seemingly did not bother to review the work of his editors, which even the most cursory review would have spotted a multitude of errors, speaks to a lack of passion for writing. Returning to the story, the fact that much of it is paperthin, undeveloped and in places contradictory speaks to the same lack of passion. One has to then ask: why spend all this time writing a novel, paying editors, graphic designers etc. for it to turn out so badly in areas so easily fixed? Everything seems to indicate that he did it for status, vanity and his own ego. The other alternative is that he did it to rob his fans, but that seems unlikely as there are far easier ways to do so. Whatever the reasons were for writing the book, the which we can only speculate, one thing is clear. It is not the work of someone who is passionate about writing.

[Anonymous No.18929375]

>>18929213
great post anon. this is what i like to see

[Anonymous No.18929376]

It's unfair to call Waldun a lolcow. He's cringe but not anymore cringe than any other zoomer, in fact he is probably less cringe thann your average zoomer, because instead of larping as a negro he's larping as a french intellectual and reading hard books. Leave him alone.

[Anonymous No.18929399]

>>18929376
who's not leaving him alone? all the waldunposting is taking place here, most that he is getting is a few edgy comments on his youtube, your little twink is going to ok

[Anonymous No.18929405]

>>18926809
I think you're on to something. He's is truly a master at quickly assimilating and reproducing every new self-help/dark-academia-esque trend.
Waldun might just be what happens when you watch 2-3 hours of such content on Youtube and take it to the extreme. To the point where he himself is making this stuff.

[Anonymous No.18929407]

>>18929376
he doesnt actually read them though. anyway i agree, hes no more cringe than your average silly kid. difference is he broadcasts and monetises his worst moments.

he doesnt deserve what he is getting though. he probably spent the whole day curled up crying all because he wrote a stupid book. tragic really.

[Anonymous No.18929410]

>>18929303
I think this is one of the few times in 4chan history where we aren't the villains. It is established that most posters like Waldun because he represents a stage most literature fans go through, and ultimately we want the best for him. I think KD carries most of the blame, due to the scornful nature of his review.

But to be fair to KD, I think he misunderstands Robin's position. Having a minor following on youtube is not actually a position of real power. KD's criticisms are all fair, but the level of anger lacing them is deserving of a youtube with much more clout.

[Anonymous No.18929413]

>>18929329
that Cate chick looks like some b-tier romcom girl lmao

[Anonymous No.18929426]

>>18929369
He's also not ready to seriously engage with writing. I theorize that a lot of this disaster is due to the social pressures of his family situation, demanding a prestigious job asap. I wish he felt safe enough to just read, privately work, and enjoy life for a few years.

[Anonymous No.18929440]

Just doing some writing on 'On The Road' and Jack K's constant 'wishing I was negro' is pretty similar to Robin's ethos.

Maybe he's a beat after all lol

[Anonymous No.18929487]

>He walked over to the Square and arrived at L'Académie. It didn't look like much: a single-story gray building, blending in with every other place in The Regime. But L'Académie was deceptive; most of it was an underground facility. Apparently, learning was optimized if there were no distractions, and that included windows to the separate world.

What did he mean by this ?

[Anonymous No.18929504]

>>18929487
kek how does he do it

[Anonymous No.18929506]

>>18929487
I remember reading that part and thinking that he fucked up. What he says in his vid is that the castle looking thing is supposed to be lacademie. In the book he describes it as a grey cube. Perhaps the castle is underground and what you see above ground is simply a facade, implying that you can't judge a book by its cover.

It could also be that he uses the building as a metaphor for his closeted homosexuality - you can see the building described in the book in the middle of his drawing. Waldun could be suggesting that what he feels inside (notebook) can't be expressed easily (book), therefore compromising some quality which defines himself (in this case l'academie)

[Anonymous No.18929513]

>>18929506
>It could also be that he uses the building as a metaphor for his closeted homosexuality - you can see the building described in the book in the middle of his drawing. Waldun could be suggesting that what he feels inside (notebook) can't be expressed easily (book), therefore compromising some quality which defines himself (in this case l'academie)

for fucks sake I cant take it anymore HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Anonymous No.18929530]

>>18929506
Someone needs to compile all the theory. The HH can only be proven by careful analysis and cross referencing.

[Anonymous No.18929600]

>>18929487
>gray
I thought he was Australian

[Anonymous No.18929617]

>>18929600
Waldun might be dropping hints here. This is yet another instance that proves HH.

[Anonymous No.18929731]

if waldun’s parents aren’t wealthy, as someone mentioned upthread, then his entire situation becomes much sadder. his strict father scheming and scrimping to send his son to stembug school in order to get a proper education, one that perhaps he never got, but waldun switches over to literature and instead launches a mildly successful youtube channel. scoffs of dismissal at family reunions. ”b-but father, the subscriber count…!” fast forward to now, where waldun has been revealed as a pseud and a fraud for everyone to see, his stock in dark academia falling fast, his brother in arms ditching him and the entire neo-beat movement for old blighty. things are not looking good bros

[Anonymous No.18929747]

>>18925944
>>18926230
>>18926569
>>18926608
Waldun isn't Korean and he doesn't were clothes like that lol
Also fuck off to one of the queer boards you massive faggot.

[Anonymous No.18929754]

>>18929731
Waldun's parents are 'comfortable'. He's from a lower-middle-class area, but I assume his parents own their house. He'll never go without shelter or food, but the operation is not being bankrolled. Most of his 'purchases' are very much in line with someone working but living at home expense-free.

[Anonymous No.18929758]

>>18929754
Isn't he living in some rented apartment?

[Anonymous No.18929759]

>>18929754
I have no idea what the living situation is like in Australia, but isn't he renting a one person apartment in the middle of Melbourne? That doesn't seem like something a uni student would be able to afford, even with a bit of Youtube money.

[Anonymous No.18929768]

>>18929759
Renting is actually quite cheap in Melbourne right now because of all the lock downs. A lot of empty apartments in the city.

[Anonymous No.18929770]

>>18929754
>lower-middle-class area
I wouldn't say he's super-rich or anything, but he's definitely doing a little better than lower-middle class. The average house price in his suburb is around $1.5m. Which places it a fair bit above the overall average.

[Anonymous No.18929784]

>>18929759
>>18929768
>Renting is actually quite cheap in Melbourne right now
Even so, it's not something most uni students can afford on their own. If they don't live at home, most people have to both live with housemates and work part-time to get by (neither of which Waldun does). His parents are clearly paying for his lifestyle, not that it's inherently wrong or anything.

[Anonymous No.18929787]

>>18929759
Yeah because of closed borders and the only ppl living in the city being international students, a CBD apartment is one of the cheaper living arrangements atm. He'd be eligible for youth allowance for when his work isn't paying a living wage.

>>18929770
He mentions where he lived in a video, I don't want to say because it may have been a deleted one. But it's a bit of a shit hole suburb. I could see him having one of the nicer houses there tho. My point is mainly that he isn't the cliched bankrolled by parents writer.

[Anonymous No.18929791]

>>18929784
It actually is. I have some pretty pov mates who have jumped at the opportunity. Its like a throwback to the 80s where student dole can adequately fund a non shit living situation.

One mate on Colins is paying like 70$ a week.

[Anonymous No.18929808]

>>18929791
this seems like a perfect breeding ground for a new wave of bands, artists, writers. all this right as the neo-beats dissolve, their only marks a few poems taped to suburban street lamps…

[Anonymous No.18929814]

>>18929808
b-but anon.. they said they won't break up as long as the prose is flowing.. what does this say about the prose?? i'm scared, please tell me the prose is going to be ok

[Anonymous No.18929828]

>>18929784
He lives in an apartment like this with no bedroom if I recall correctly. You can live in a rental like this just from Centrelink alone here. I've neeted in apartments like this before. Peak comfy.

[Anonymous No.18929830]

>>18929814
truth is i thought it mattered…i thought proses mattered…but does it bollocks…not compared to how sweet and sour pussy matters

[Anonymous No.18929834]

Wow you guys are pathetic

[Anonymous No.18929841]

>>18929754
No. I had a screenshot of one of his instagram stories (gone now and he deleted it from his highligts) supposedly at his house doing some "filmmaking project", the place didn't scream chine industrialist millionaire but it was certainly middle class. Waldun had avery priviled upbringing even if he isn't rich and all his mates are comfortably middle to upper class, thats why they're all so sheltered. Waldun should unironically get a real job and experience the misery that is the daily commute, he quit his part time job to focus on his youtube and writing only and I'm sure that isn't generaring a living wage, he gets an alloweance from his parents thats for sure. Also the harry potter video where Waldun plays with a wand shoes a very nice home too, maybe its because I grew up poor and everything screams "rich" to me but the house also seemed very uppity and fancy, but it could be just be me as a third worlder fawning over what is a normal house in Australia

[Anonymous No.18929850]

>>18929841
>it could be just be me as a third worlder fawning over what is a normal house in Australia
This is the case. The suburb he is from is a shithole. But actual houses in Aus are cheap. Its the land which defined someone's class.

[Anonymous No.18929854]

>>18929828
These places are great as a bachelor. Seriously, why get more?

[Anonymous No.18929866]

>>18929841
There's absolutely nothing wrong with having wealth. Literature is the hobby of aristocrats, always has been. I know you've been conditioned your whole life to believe that being working class is a noble trait and that the working class are great people, but I can tell you right now, those are all lies. The working class are horrible, every artistic domain they are exalted in degenerates into the most vile culture imaginable, look at music for a shining example. I would probably rate Walduns work higher if I found out his parents were millionaires.

[Anonymous No.18929872]

>>18929866
Most people over a certain age in melb are millionaires via net worth. The housing market is so fucked lmao.

[Anonymous No.18929875]

>>18929866
>I would probably rate Walduns work higher if I found out his parents were millionaires.
What did he mean by this bros?

[Anonymous No.18929884]

>>18929866
correct opinion, absolutely shit reasoning
how did you do it anon? this is impressive

[Anonymous No.18929888]

>>18929875
Exactly what I said. If his parents have money that says something about him, if his parents have no money that too says something about him, in the latter case it says something negative.

[Anonymous No.18929892]

>>18929884
Which part of it is wrong. I'm interested in hearing this.

[Anonymous No.18929894]

>>18926785
it's just sad

[Anonymous No.18929934]

If that Clark guy drops Robin over this, he's a cunt.

[Anonymous No.18929943]

>>18926785
This genuinely made me feel bad for him. He got some positive feedback from people whose business depends on not discouraging amateur writers and that got him so excited that he just had to shoot a video and talk about some random idea he had about writing. L'Académie is the product of yesmen and lack of self reflection, no wonder it's shit.

[Anonymous No.18929957]

>>18929866
ah, yes, the aristocrats of 4channel.org

[Anonymous No.18929966]

>>18929934
He likely will. He grifted Waldun for shootouts, and once Waldun is exposed as a fraud he will pretend like they never met. Clark is especially cunty. I had a convo with him once and he would not shut up about all the books he has read and would constantly talk down to anyone. Absolute aspie.

[Anonymous No.18929984]

>>18929957
Most of the people on this website are total retards, working class imbeciles who will never do or write anything of value, if they did it would only be valuable in the sense that it had a degenerative impact on society and maybe some people in the upper classes might find that advantageous.

[Anonymous No.18929996]

>>18929787
>shit hole suburb
Either you're misinformed on where he's actually from, or you and I have very different ideas on what constitutes a shithole lol. Real estate prices there are pretty high because of the attractive school zones for Asians and from what I've seen of the place, it's just fine. Just dull suburbia.

>>18929791
Except Waldun moved out pre-pandemic and there's vlog footage of him literally accepting a bank transfer from his parents to pay his rent. It's obvious his parents are helping him out in a major way because there's no way youtube and cenno can fund everything. And you're mate is an idiot if he doesn't realise rent will go right back up post-vaccine.

[Anonymous No.18930034]

>>18929984
how come you're here wasting your time with a bunch of bums?

[Anonymous No.18930050]

>>18930034
>a bunch of bums

You aren't wrong.

[Anonymous No.18930082]

MIGRATE
>>18930077

[Anonymous No.18930154]

cool. now let someone who’s not a complete retard make a new thread. we’re still on page 3 on a slow board,
no need to rush it

[Anonymous No.18930161]

>>18930082
>>>/reddit/

[Anonymous No.18930209]

>>18928361
Close enough. I'll put you in the compilation
>>18930082
Retard

[Anonymous No.18930247]

>>18930082
it's already dead...
RIP waldunbros it's been a blast
now to take out my frustrations on his youtube comments
this is your fault jannies
you made me do this

[Anonymous No.18930260]

Waldunbros... Clark Elieson has ditched our Wally. He's deleted his instagram post praising L'Academie. It's over.

[Anonymous No.18930276]

>>18930260
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Anonymous No.18930285]

>>18930260
he also commented on the KD review... it's ogre for our guy...

[Anonymous No.18930289]

>>18930260
absolute pussy move

[Anonymous No.18930291]

>>18930247
>The man responsible for the violent shootings at the University of Melbourne earlier today, which left five people dead and another twelve injured, was reportedly shouting ’fuck jannies’ as he was in the process of being removed from the scene by police officers.

[Anonymous No.18930292]

18930288

MIGRATE

[Anonymous No.18930299]

>>18930292
>18930288

[Anonymous No.18930307]

>>18930260
>>18930289
seriously, another SPINELESS retard with no opinions of his own

[Anonymous No.18930309]

>>18930292
>>18930082
Fucking retards let people that have made the threads before do this

[Anonymous No.18930314]

>>18930285
no he didnt you liar

[Anonymous No.18930317]

how about no one makes a new thread until we hit page 10

[Anonymous No.18930323]

>>18930314

[Anonymous No.18930335]

>>18930323
oh i thought you meant waldun commented on the kdbooks review
sorry waldunbro i took out my anger on you... the real enemy is kdbooks

[Anonymous No.18930337]

No matter what happens, Robin will always be more accomplished than this Clark fellow.

[Anonymous No.18930356]

>>18930291
kek

[Z No.18930407]

>>18930260
Actually/our guy/ Clark dabbed on waldun long ago, on his video exposing dark academia as the pseud porn it is
https://youtu.be/Q6L1CRP5AKw

[Anonymous No.18930486]

>>18929426
I think you're right here. Overbearing Asian immigrant dad. Went to mainly FOB/second gen STEM focused high school. Going into the arts at all is a big disruption.

[Anonymous No.18930516]

>>18929617
A freudian slip!

[Anonymous No.18930565]

>>18929369
Yeah. He's only doing it for the prestige of being an "intellectual."

I highly doubt he has read more than a hundred books in his life, excluding children's books. First, he got into reading late, which is normal in this age. School kills your passion. So I doubt he was reading heavily in school. And he was a science YouTuber before getting into literature. He's only been into reading for maybe 4 years? Maybe less. I'm not sure. And even then he doesn't read that much even though his channel is about literature. 25 books a year is a very generous estimate of the number of books he's read. And of those books, many of them he's read simply to fit an image of what he thinks an intellectual should read. He has no love for the classics he's read. He only shows genuine enjoyment from the middle brow books he reads. But he doesn't read much of that either because it doesn't fit his image.

Imagine watching only a hundred movies in your life and thinking that makes you worthy of being knowledgeable enough to make a film and to teach others about making a film.

[Anonymous No.18930783]

>>18925974
>i guess the book played like an awesome movie in his head, and none of that ever got anywhere near his fingertips
To be able to render images and ideas into prose is an ability that few possess. Generally you need to start reading and writing from a very early age because that's the critical stage to mold your brain. On top of that, you must retain a vivid imagination well into adulthood so that you can be able to watch "movies inside your head" as you read words on a paper.
Waldon might have the vivid imagination but not the skill to adapt it to paper.

[Anonymous No.18930788]

>>18929487

feel bad for this kid. has symptoms of bpd n is broadcasting properly n copping it so hard. its genuinely sad

[Anonymous No.18930802]

>>18929759

He makes a lot more than you would expect. trips tell

[Anonymous No.18931015]

>>18926294
Who even publishes short stories?

[Anonymous No.18931472]

>>18929407
He’s literally a full grown man. Not a kid.

[Anonymous No.18931594]

>>18929834
Eat my ass little guy someone has to let this fucker know