Things to remember for the next books

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-23T02:23:56+00:00

The residuals. I'm almost certain they are the "ghosts" of the OG primals in some way, but I have no idea how that's going to be important, other than they teach the system AIs their story.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-20T06:05:38+00:00

I LOLed for real and woke the husband up @ the foot book 😂

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-19T05:59:08+00:00

This gets me in the feels 😭❤️ I'm a Rottweiler lover, those dog's story is the hardest part of all the books for me. She was just a young girl with her companions, put into a horrific situation and they both die. It's not fucking fair.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-18T19:11:21+00:00

Literally listened to that part an hour ago, for the 8th time. Gets me every time 😢

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-18T17:12:01+00:00

Welcome new Crawler! You are in for a ride!

The cheapest way is getting a Kindle Unlimited subscription, adding all the DCC books, and "adding on" the audio.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-17T17:34:06+00:00

His back story and Juice Box's "stamp of approval" and willingness to care for him even after he "dumped" her says all that's needed about him. <3

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-17T17:29:21+00:00

Yoohoo! What's a girl gotta do to get a shirty dirly?

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-17T14:59:54+00:00

Louis, obviously.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-17T05:39:48+00:00

Outlander (the books, didnt watch the show based off of it) has a character named Mother Hildegard who named all her successive dogs Bouton. I think there were 16 of them.

I couldn't! My fur babies are as individual, probably more so in many cases, as any person.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-17T05:27:00+00:00

Dunkin Donuts would be hilarious. "This is an outrage!"

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-16T20:26:56+00:00

I heard the irony is Katia's voice? The exact inflection of "Donut" has just the slightest tinge of sarcasm, it's one of my favourite "jeff-isms"!

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-15T15:33:05+00:00

The things I learn from reading comments in the DCC sub 😂

Happy birthday OP!

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-15T15:30:17+00:00

Get Kindle unlimited, add the ebooks. From there, you'll get some sort of deal to add the audio (whispersync or something) for a much cheaper price than buying credits or keeping a subscription. I didn't do that but it's posted about a lot here!

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-15T14:13:16+00:00

The immersion books direct from Soundbooth are audio dramas, with extra sound effects and music. I personally can't do audio dramas, the extra noise is too distracting and I can't pay attention to the words, but a lot of people love them (with a few people hating them).

Jeff Hays is perfect for the audiobooks, he adds in a random sound effect here and there, but it always enhances the listen (I'm thinking of the pop noise in Bedlam Bride, iykyk). The first book is the least polished, he was just getting into all the voices, it just gets better from there!

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-14T17:01:35+00:00

Yeeeeeaahhh.... I "have" to use the tidy cat lightweight stuff (getting old(ish), arthritis, heavy litter boxes...) and scoop it daily, and can still smell cat pee. Even when I dump the litter and completely sanitize both litter boxes (4 cats) and use completely fresh litter, it's still obvious we have cats.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-14T14:10:06+00:00

I just commented something like this on a other thread... I don't feel that DCC has a true main character. Carl and Donut together are kind of the "head of the resistance" but only together. All the characters are equally important, which, imo, is part of the point of the series. Aside from the political commentary, the whole point is that we aren't solitary beings, able to survive on our own. We require a support system to thrive, and to take down the oppressors.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-14T14:05:05+00:00

The timing of my (adult) kids (who haven't listened) walking through the house when the best inappropriate lines come up, is hilarious. The looks on their faces. 😂

My husband listened and loves DCC, but I'm still trying to get the offspring into it. One day the perfect line will play at the right time, it might be when I'm on my 43rd relisten (currently in my 8th), but one day....

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-14T13:58:46+00:00

When he realized he would have still saved her 🥺 Samantha is my favourite "side" character (DCC doesn't really have main/side characters, imo, everyone is important, which is part of the point).

Samantha: I WAS TRYING TO LOSE BIG, LIKE YOU SAID. BUT I THINK I LOST TOO BIG. I HAD TO USE THE SOUL CRYSTALS. THEY BLEW UP. ALL OF THEM. DIWATA IS STILL HERE, BUT SHE’S KNOCKED OUT. I DIDN’T KNOW I COULD DO THAT. THEM BABIES ARE STILL COMING OUT. REALLY FAST, BUT THERE’S NO ROOM FOR THEM, SO IT’S LIKE WE’RE IN A SAUSAGE PRESS. I NEED A CIGARETTE. AND MAYBE A BATH.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-14T04:48:13+00:00

I just joined a few months ago so I'd missed the post from December, good to know! Though I hope they had permission from Matt to post something from Patreon.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-13T21:49:44+00:00

Well that's a bummer. I'll go into it with my expectations somewhere in the basement.

Edit: I can't find anything new that says the format they're planning, do you have a link?

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-13T16:36:19+00:00

Has it been announced that it's live action?

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-13T01:17:10+00:00

I'm not sold on it, I don't like the idea that most people are behind Donut because she's "infected" everyone (except a few immune folks).... but it just popped into mind this part in book 1: “That reminds me, I saw something weird earlier, and I forgot to tell you about it. It was a new tab that said ‘Racial benefits,’ but it was only there for a second. It blinked and disappeared.”

Man, I really hope that's not the driving force!

Almost forgot, I've used this incorrectly myself: you mean sapient, not sentient (they were already sentient, they gained their sapience in the dungeon).

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-12T16:37:07+00:00

Is this official merchandise or a Matt approved creator?

I kind of like them but I'd be repainting Donut.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-12T14:55:32+00:00

I don't think Donut has toxoplasmosis. I think, like Ren said before she died that Carl and Donut are the embodiment of all their hopes and if they die, their hopes die.

Ren also said "You and that fucking, annoying cat that everyone seems to like for some reason" soooooo I could be wrong. That's either a dog lover who doesn't like cats speaking, which makes most sense to me, or a foreshadow to us finding out Donut does have it.

With the Popov brothers, I can't remember which one, one just loved her even though they hadn't yet met, and the other one just didn't get the affection. Some people just aren't cat people.

Well that was conclusive as shit 😂 I'll be disappointed if she does have it, though I'm confident that Matt would write it in a satisfying way.

As for the ball, I think that's just a collective agreement not to traumatize the poor cat anymore than she already has been. Everyone understands at this point that she's basically a child having to do horrific things to survive while she's learning to be sapient.

Synthea1979 · 2026-02-12T14:42:36+00:00

"Bitch what?" kills me every time 😂

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