On the Necessity of the Tragic Beauty Character Archetype [Quick Transmigration]

My friend’s new novel, "Broken Mirrors Mended [Quick Transmigration]," is now underway! The author is Hun Zhu, ID 7529918. Everyone’s welcome to check it out. It’s all about broken-up couples getting back together! Warning: This story is painfully cringey, so read at your own risk. (But I had a great time writing it.) Si Yu loves role-playing in small worlds. The original owners of the bodies he takes over were all hated, mocked, or envied by others, so he always transforms into a pitiful, beautiful, strong, and tragic character who makes everyone ache for him. World One: Flirtatious playboy -> confidential research scientist The unreliable younger son of the Si family in Nancheng turns out to have endured humiliation and hardship for a confidential project! (Complete) World Two: Greedy kept man -> devoted billionaire The pretty boy newly married to the head of the Yu family has expensive tastes. His food is flown in, he wears the finest custom-made clothes, and he’s so delicate and fussy that he’s always acting coy with Mr. Yu. He’s obviously a vain kept man. Just as everyone is wondering when the two will get divorced... Mr. Yu takes the pretty boy on an official variety show! The pretty boy can even do Mr. Yu’s job? Must be a coincidence! The pretty boy even knows there are antiques buried on that plot of land? Must be a coincidence! The pretty boy is actually the newly crowned richest man in the world? Oh, wait, he’s no pretty boy. He’s CEO Si! No wonder CEO Si spends so freely. This is just everyday life for him. Yu Qing: So he really likes me that much. He hid his identity just to get close to me. World Three: Ruthless, cunning musician -> heir burdened by the vengeance of his clan’s destruction Si Yu is the most famous musician in the Kingdom of Nanfeng, and is greatly favored by its emperor. But he is ruthless, and takes lives with impunity thanks to the emperor’s favor. Everyone thinks he deserves to die, yet they can’t help being drawn to his white-robed figure, as ethereal as an immortal. Only after Si Yu dies do they learn that the people he killed had once bullied and framed his parents and relatives. Si Yu should have grown up pampered and honored. Now, whenever they think of that peerlessly elegant musician, they are filled with regret. "Si Yu, if you would only come back, I’d give you everything I have." Nanfeng. Got the Beauty. Foolish Emperor. Qing: "No chance. A Yu is mine." World Four: C-list idol chasing clout -> unofficial police department employee, rescuing an even more unfortunate D-list actor. World Five: Pyramid scheme scammer -> clever undercover agent and master of bluffing, working alongside undercover police. World Six: Irresponsible online writer -> web-novel superstar with a ton of secret identities, creating a script tailored to the top-tier star he admires. World Seven: Terrible father in the 1970s -> self-made millionaire and expert breadwinner, raising a child while remaining chaste for his deceased husband. The worlds might not be written in this order. Romance: Si Yu often rests on a nine-petaled golden lotus. One time, when he woke up, a lotus seed had appeared on it. He was left wondering: did that little lotus seed count as his son? He patiently raised the little lotus seed to adulthood, but then it suddenly disappeared. He wasn’t sad at all. The little lotus seed was so filial, it would surely come back. But why did he keep running into the little lotus seed in the small worlds? And why, in one of them, did the little lotus seed suddenly become his husband? His son became his husband, but he didn’t mind. They weren’t related by blood, so what was wrong with being together? Warning: The pursuer dotes on the pursued, and the pursued dotes on the pursuer. It’s different in every world, so readers with strong preferences should beware. One-on-one romance. The pursued is the same person from start to finish, and the pursuer and pursued are not related by blood. There’s no romance in the first world. The romance begins in earnest in the second. The protagonist is ridiculously overpowered, with a golden finger of his own and maxed-out skills. The entire story is fictional. Please don’t nitpick! Please read rationally and don’t argue! Cover art thanks to BS Gugu! My friend’s new novel, "Stuck Together Like Broken Mirrors [Quick Transmigration]". Synopsis: Sometimes broken mirrors can never be mended. From then on, two people go their separate ways, and those who once loved each other never meet again. The novice Devoted Love System 886 has gone online. With one broken red string in each hand, 886 works its chubby little paws, huffing and puffing as it tries to tie one knot after another in the snapped threads! What? The mirror’s broken? Let me glue it back together!!! The service motto of our Devoted Love System is: May all lovers in the world end up together!!! World One: Cold top student, poor pursuer vs. arrogant young master, pursued Ruan Sheng lay on the cold operating table, replaying the scene of his breakup again and again, thinking he’d handled it terribly. If he had another chance, he’d agree to the breakup decisively and leave without looking back. His words came true, and time turned backward. This time, it would only be fair if he was the one to ask for the breakup. But why did he end up moving into the other guy’s home? Even so, he absolutely would not get back together with him! World Two: Warm childhood friend, pursuer vs. Sensitive, obsessive, and paranoid, pursued Zhu Fan had known since childhood that he was different from everyone else. All the sounds outside were too loud, and he wanted nothing to do with anyone, except Ning Hengxiu. But... Ning Hengxiu didn’t belong to him. Zhu Fan held himself back, wanting to hide somewhere no one could find him. But life without Ning Hengxiu was too hard to bear. If he had another chance, Zhu Fan wanted to try again. If Ning Hengxiu didn’t like him, then Ning Hengxiu would belong to him. 886: Host! Is that really okay? Host! We’re a respectable System! We support healthy relationships!!! Host! Could you end up... in prison??? Zhu Fan turned and asked Ning Hengxiu, "You don’t want to?" Ning Hengxiu’s eyes lit up. "I can do it! I’m willing!" World Three: Mature, gentle older man, pursuer vs. Adorable troublemaker, pursued World Four: Taciturn, loyal bodyguard, pursuer vs. Arrogant, carefree young prince, pursued World Five: Thuggish Alpha general, pursuer vs. Cool-headed, resilient Omega, pursued World Six: Mercurial evil spirit, pursuer vs. Slow-witted, gentle exorcist, pursued Theme: Face life with a positive attitude and grow toward the light.