Transmigrated into the Scum Female Lead in a Campus Novel Chapter Completed Discussion

This is written by the same author as 'Transmigrated as a Fake Daughter in a Cultivation Novel' and has a similar structure. There are obviously differences in the themes but a lot of the problems of that novel carry over to this novel, as well as a lot of what I liked from that novel.

The majority of this story is actually just fluff, pure cotton candy, interspersed with a few moments of face slapping. The moments of tension and drama between MYX and SYB are often resolved by MYX acting kind toward SYB, quickly being deescalated. After spending time cementing MYX's character as completely different than the previous 'body's', the story quickly moves into flirtiness and romance. Though...

Spoiler

They don't actually get together officially until about halfway through the main story. The main story ends around chapter 200

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The baby plays a HUGE role in the story. Little Moon is used to make things really adorable and to encourage SYB to accept MYX back into her life. A lot of stories that use a child to either drive a wedge between the couple or help bring them together let the child basically disappear from the story and only come in when it's necessary to repair or break things. Not here. Little Moon (you learn her real name maybe once in the story so I can't remember it) is adorable and sweet. The interactions with Little Moon are sometimes sweeter than the interactions between our two leads and I think it's cute how you get to see her grow older slowly. (The story takes place over about a year's time, so don't expect her to really grow up)

As for the Omegaverse themes... they don't really matter? You could take them out and it would be exactly the same story except for the ability to get pregnant. Even then there's an extra where they meet in MYX's original universe and same s*x pregnancy is possible through science, so yeah. They don't have much of an impact beyond a few spicy scenes, references to pheromones and scents, and the constant uses of the words "Alpha" and "Omega". I, personally, am completely happy with this because you don't get a lot of the nastier themes of the Omegaverse shoved down your throat. No dubious consent or r@pe, not much related to the stereotypical "Alpha" archetypes that basically turn a woman into a stereotypical "Male Lead", or any terrible parallels with eug3nics such as constant references to the "class" of the omega or alpha and how much better that class is than everyone else.

A few complaints... the author gets buried in the sugar and the face slapping to the point that characters (and character traits) will disappear. SYB's best friend, Fu Zhitao, is gone by the second half of the novel.

Spoiler

She's not even at their wedding. SYB's best friend doesn't even make an appearance at her wedding.

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The side couple has some moments that are cute, but the Alpha's scent changes at one point to something completely different, and they fade in and out of existence within the story.

Finally there's the book aspect... Just like the system in "Fake Daughter" it doesn't matter much except for providing an occasionally convenient explanation for MYX to rescue SYB... three times. Just three times she uses the book. After that it's not mentioned until the original ML is reintroduced. And the OG ML is a douche-canoe unlike the ML in "Fake Daughter". You have to have an antagonist, but he's cartoonishly evil and basically toothless. As is SYB's dad, but...

Spoiler

Near the end of the story SYB's dad has a change of heart but the damage has already been done. I appreciate that SYB didn't just forgive her dad for all the shitty things he did because he suddenly apologized. This, I felt, was a more realistic approach to family relationships.

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Overall I really liked the story and enjoyed the fluff and sugary cotton candy. Don't expect a crematorium story about our MC chasing the FL to make up for her past mistakes. SYB is kind of a pushover and is a little quick to fall into MYX's hands. I enjoy this kind of story and dislike the crematorium wife chasing stories so it works for me. It might not work for you though.