A Vague and Indistinct Existence

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Description

Meet Andrew Quirk.

Seventeen Years Old.

Offbeat.

Mildly Misanthropic.

After an ambiguous amount of time spent in a nightmare dimension, he's finally made it back home to the human world.

Now he has to deal with figuring out the rest of his life. This means dealing with the complications brought about by his inhuman state, and his decidedly ambiguous nature. He has to deal with his toxic home situation, school, and the stresses that come with becoming a functioning member of society after what feels like a lifetime of lunancy, magic, and violence.

He may, or may not, also have to worry about having half the supernatural world gunning for him.

His take on the whole situation: "Is this one of those situations where the crime'is'the punishment?!"

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2019
Author: IndigoSharpe

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 703
Views: 151,319

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Community Reviews(10)

kaoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Contrary to the other 'slightly' negative views. I like this story so far. Chapter 40 as of this review.
Like all world building stories, it starts off slow. yeah yeah, you hate info dumps. I get it. But..it's a necessary process in order to lay the ground works for the larger world. Seriously, if you don't build backgrounds or worlds, then the sand box you make is gonna be small. Really small.
I liked this story because the world and universe is large. Very large. Detailed enough to make me go wow. neat, NOT wanting to live there. Sure visit? Like a tourist. NOT live there like a poor native. ha!
I liked the MC, he comes across as a 'young' soul, balanced by the awkwardness of an eldritch super being pretending hard to be a 'mortal'. All so weird and awkward. Oddly enough reminds me of my teenage years. Go figure. (You wouldn't understand if you didn't have an awkward teenage years)
Eventually he does 'grow up' and boy does he and his Harley(aka Sophia) to his Joker. lol.
The interplay between the two in a pan galactic setting mixed with some magic and odd ballness kind of works for me. May not for others. But I liked it well enough to binge to 40.
Onto the next 4000 chapters (yes. 4000, I expect much from that writer. I didn't live to be 10,000 years old and expect very little from the mortals I share my universe with. Keep writing. Go on. Get!) Just kidding!...maybe...
EnhozRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
If there were a flaw, it would be one in the from of my personal preference not being satisfied: not enough eldritch(though the Alam arc was very good, it makes sense to have more eldrtitch i think)
Not an expert on grammar, but there weren't any obvious mistakes.
The concept is sound and beautifully executed.
The flow of the story is very good and the characters quirky and diverse, though i hope oliver and whatever the name of the blue chick was will not be ignored.
All in all, worth a try, not many things on this site take more than a few hours to read through and what are you gonna do not reading this?catching up on the latests vomited chapters from randidly ghosthound?
forgedRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I'm a sucker for an eldritch op protag, and this story offers just that. A very fun read with an interesting power system. The only downside is occasional grammar errors, which can be easily overlooked.
generic nameRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
As of chapter 25.
This story has done something I've almost never seen done before, implement eldritch stuff, as a main component in the story. And while that by itself isn't much, the author manages to flesh out the eldritch stuff in a good way. And besides just that there's also the fact that the characters are pretty good, especially the mc. The mc and the female lead of the story mostly drive the entire thing and their interactions are part of what make A Vague and Indistinct Existence what it is. And aside from just the mc's there are also the side characters, which exist in the story sometimes to give the world and settings depth, and other times to build up the plot, and other times, for the side characters that stick in the story for a while it's to be actual characters. As for the plot, and where it's progressing, I just love it, and wouldn't really want to spoil it
Cloud fistRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
i like it. i like it. i like it. i like it. i like it. i like it. i like it.
(too lazy to write anything else
JohnDresdenRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A very well done story that focuses on a genre that is not frequently seen.
dakkonwastesRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
What happens when an eldritch horror escapes back to reality to live a slice of life in a fantasy/sci-fi? He goes back to high school and tries his best to enjoy life, friends, and love.
SandsforeverRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Ch 25
I loved the flow and style of this story
In my opinion indigo writes OP characters really well
I got sucked into the story and finished/caught up it in one sitting
Tldr worth a try
Update ch40
Still enjoying the story
GoodOldChapRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
Honestly, I feal like I could like this a lot, but pretty much every sentence has some kind of missing or misplaced word. Reading this is a bit like solving a crossword puzzle. Proofreading is important people.
dante7555Royal Road
★ 0.5
After only 2 chapters, the story was a confusing mess, with names and titles thrown around. The author seems to be fleshing out the beginnings and the core of the story. But it just made everything more confusing due to how unorganized the information is given.
And then it came to the description of how the characters look. It's just the most retarded shit I ever read "bottom heavy" "permanently surprised". then right after that is the dialogue, full of "um..." "uh..." "nah" and stutters. It's fine if these speech patterns are attributed to the appropriate characters. But the MC who's apparently an eldritch being having these patterns at every turn? wtf is this?
Then the MC where do I fucking start. I don't think it's clearly defined what happened to him exactly but I understood that he's experienced alot of shit. Most likely long enough to think things through. But it reads like he doesn't know anything at all, making shit up as he goes. No clear personality, no clear goal, or even any emotion.
I just don't understand, is this a self-insert character? cause it sure reads like one and is equally retarded too. But the background that's written wouldn't match at all.
Then I just quit reading to look at the reviews again by chapter 7 where
Spoiler: Spoiler
A sudden sex scene appears for no reason at all.
looking at the reviews again, there are almost 0 likes on em, so I'm assuming that the score of this story isn't as it seems.
If your reading this and don't want to lose any IQ points then run away quick.