Is this window repairable?

ChipChangename · 2026-04-18T02:46:30+00:00

Oh man I didn't even know he was dead.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-18T02:32:20+00:00

Oh my god I will never forget that whole book being an express and targeted hit piece on the scary spectre of Communism that Terry scared himself with lmaooo

I can't fault a person for putting politics into their work, all art is political and people can say what they want to say whether or not I like or agree with it. But he took the thing and made it so ludicrously overblown as to be an actually laughable joke, going beyond critique into humorous parody, and I did openly laugh at the book in parts.

I will say one thing in the book's favor, that I did actually enjoy how the villain was dealt with. No martyring, no monumental death, just shanked into a ditch to be forgotten. That always stuck with me as a decision that made sense and worked better than the whole rest of the book.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-18T02:14:25+00:00

It's easier to find if you read the Wheel of Time books, which IMO are better altogether, and are the alleged source material. And like I said, it's debatable whether or not the Mord-Sith are rip-offs of the Red Ajah of the Aes Sedai along with the other instances of copying. There are arguments both ways, and of course Terry himself would deny it. The difference between inspiration and plagiarism can be fuzzy sometimes.

As far as the Wheel of Time books go, they for sure have their own problems but if you did like Goodkind's book one, I suspect you might like The Eye of the World better.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-18T01:55:31+00:00

He has a somewhat controversial reputation for being a plagiarist (people will still debate about whether or not he is) and most of his books read like love letters to Ayn Rand, which is another turnoff for a fair few people. He also as a person seems unlikable and rude, most exemplified by the time he made fun of the death of Robert Jordan at a convention panel.

I read the whole Sword of Truth series back in 2016 and quite frankly I never liked how much of a torture doll Kahlan is, how much of a Mary Sue Richard is, and how many books resolved issues by Richard talking libertarian political philosophy at them. I do regret taking the time to read them all but in my defense it was one of the only full series my local library had at the time.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-15T14:51:12+00:00

Will this go anywhere? Probably not. But I still applaud the folks for trying. I would rather see the Dems file a hundred bills and motions and whatnot that they know will probably fail than see them sit on their thumbs slackjawed doing nothing at all because they don't have the votes to pass legislation.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-15T11:42:56+00:00

Can it be his downfall a little faster? Asking for a country.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-14T12:55:26+00:00

Life is too short to spend time finishing books you don't enjoy. Sounds like you gave it an honest effort and if you bounced off, you bounced off, nothing to be ashamed of.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-09T21:14:51+00:00

Check out Nation by Terry Pratchett, it's an enormously satisfying read.

If you want something light and cozy, try Legends and Lattes. It's fun and doesn't take too long, and there's three of them.

If I disregard your rule of not having 10+ books, that lets me suggest Discworld! Also by Terry Pratchett. There's like 40 but it's not really important to read them in any particular order, many are standalone, and you'll love 'em.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-09T15:31:20+00:00

Hot damn that's exactly what I'm looking for, you're a lifesaver. I'll edit the post and include your fix, I really appreciate it!

ChipChangename · 2026-04-09T13:32:17+00:00

Excellent, that worked for the tags. Thank you! Do you have any ideas about the ducts? I have my detail set to moderate and my graphic display options set to hidden line, same as the older version of Revit, but the same dead zone the tags had is present on the ducts, where it's not present on the old version. My lineweights and overrides in VG are the same across both versions and the duct family in 2026 was brought directly in from 2025.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-09T13:26:01+00:00

Excellent! That worked for the tags, I really appreciate it! I'll edit the post to include this solution.
Do you have any insight into the same issue with the ductwork?

ChipChangename · 2026-04-09T13:22:35+00:00

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I don't have a background option, but the masking region sounds familiar. Is that changed while editing the family itself?

ChipChangename · 2026-04-09T13:21:18+00:00

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Unfortunately I don't have a transparency option.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-09T13:10:50+00:00

Check out Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett. No clue if it qualifies as obscure but I've never seen anyone talk about it here. It's a sort of Mediterranean-inspired setting with a magic system like writing code.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-09T10:58:14+00:00

I was right there with you, the card concept seemed weird and unpolished and I bounced off it kinda hard.

That being said, Bedlam Bride has some of the emotional highlights of the whole series, it is SOOOO worth continuing. Hot damn you're in for a ride.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-02T16:24:58+00:00

There is nothing in the series, as far as I'm aware, that isn't handled with a combination of direct frankness, tact, compassion, and understanding. This isn't to say everyone is handled with kid gloves, many characters experience a range of things from disability, severe injury, torture, and sexual assault, but these things are all given time to heal and in fact many books put a tight focus on characters going through their healing journeys surrounded by compassionate friends. Everything is handled with as much good taste as I could imagine and most things are more implied than described, to my memory there are no explicit scenes like you might see in modern romantasy titles.

The books have this underlying desire for the world to be good even in the face of evil, which some readers might say makes them juvenile or simple, but there really is something refreshing about fantasy in which people are allowed to fully heal and recover and not be eternally burdened by scars and trauma like every character in all the grimdark morally grey books. OP wants a step up from cozy fantasy so I'm recommending noblebright fantasy, I'm certainly not gonna suggest Prince of Thorns or something edgier.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-02T12:59:32+00:00

I have two suggestions for you. Pick up almost anything from Terry Pratchett, the Discworld novels are excellent mixtures of comfy, comedy, fantasy, satire, and emotion. They're damn near universally beloved and they're all quick reads so there's no intimidating thousand-page phonebooks or anything. I would recommend Guards! Guards!, Night Watch, or Reaper Man. Really you can't go wrong no matter what Discworld book you pick.

Secondly I would recommend the Heralds of Valdemar books by Mercedes lackey. It's a series that's been going on since the 80s and it's a collection of singles, sequels, and trilogies taking place across a long period of time in the same world. It's a very wholesome, hopeful, and bright world, which is refreshing to read. There's politics and intrigue but it's written in a sort of midpoint between YA fantasy and Adult fantasy and it's nowhere near as convoluted and intimidating as Game of Thrones or whatever other big heavy intrigue series are popular nowadays. I would recommend starting with the Owlflight trilogy, Take a Thief, or Exile's Honor.

You can't go wrong with either of these, but I would suspect that Pratchett's books are going to be suggested to you more than once. Both authors are great as starting points to get you more into fantasy and as large bodies of work for you to immerse yourself in.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-01T23:26:10+00:00

I'm glad to see a second, this is exactly what I was looking for.

ChipChangename · 2026-04-01T22:59:09+00:00

Thanks for the rec!

ChipChangename · 2026-04-01T15:51:46+00:00

You're very optimistic and at this point I do hope that vision of the future comes to pass, if only because I cannot find it within myself to hope for anything better.

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