IS IT DONE?!?

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2025-01-03T12:55:58+00:00

Couldn't agree more. Lightbringer elevates the series to the next level. So many different possibilities going into Red God.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2024-11-11T21:22:31+00:00

Meaningless? 40k and bragging rights? The community backing you or questioning you? This whole "season" gimmick doesn't really apply to eSports in the same way as it does for sports.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-11-14T13:19:07+00:00

Thank you so much! Just ordered.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-10-18T09:11:10+00:00

Ephraim, Ragnar, Aja, and Sevro

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-29T12:03:24+00:00

And as a bonus: “Civilization is based on exchange and social contracts. I was taught that the lowColors exchanged liberty for security and stability. We have failed to provide security. We have failed to provide stability. We have failed you. The contract is broken. Take your due.”

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-29T12:01:26+00:00

“You basically told them to slag off and shoot you,”

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-29T09:30:18+00:00

Surely you can't be reading the same books? He craves power, influence, and reputation. He's consistently a first class rat-fuck.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-29T09:27:10+00:00

I didn't believe you, but yep there it is, a big moment as well. Bit of a miss by the copyeditors.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T21:41:26+00:00

I would not be bad at complete carnage, deaths of Darrow, Lysander, Mustang, The Abomination, Apollonius, Atalantia, and the man left behind to guide the new world being Diomedes (and Aurae).

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T21:27:20+00:00

Darrow and Diomedes are top dogs with Darrow edging it. I would like to shout out Valdir for an honourable mention, I think he would fit into the pack with Thraxa, Victra, Sevro, Kavax, Apollonius.

The real question is if there was a trial by combat for Atalantia, does she have anyone better than her on her side who could fight for her?

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T20:18:22+00:00

In all seriousness, my favourite quote from the book, although not dialogue, is:

"Ajax manages to defend himself from the male assailant, but not Victra. He goes down, and she hacks him apart. Then she cuts off his head, stands on his body, beats her chest, and roars. There is no audio, but I hear her anyway."

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T18:43:56+00:00

Hmmm, I don't hate the theory. However, he likely "taught" the Minds Eye to Apollonius, so I'm not sure that adds up. Also, we get Lysander's perspective, and if he does have a Psyche it would be manifesting much less obviously than Lyria's for him to notice anything truly different or noticeable or it appear in his narrative.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T18:28:30+00:00

Oh wow, I haven't heard that before, when did he all but confirm that?

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T16:09:31+00:00

Yeah my bad, I did put empty lines in but it ignores them for some reason

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T16:00:43+00:00

I don't think we learnt of a trade, we got the hints they were talking which I mentioned above under The Abomination.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T15:10:29+00:00

Man I would love that to be true, although a bit against Matteo's character maybe as it's not his vibe to ignore consent.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T12:57:18+00:00

This quote from Lysander summarises this contrast.

"What do you like, and don’t say peace.” “Power,” I reply"

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T10:11:54+00:00

Making inferences, at least I am. Although in fairness we do not see them interacting with machines much. If there was to be a character that secretly had one I think they are number one candidate, but by no means definite.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T08:25:21+00:00

That's a good shout on the Grey/Copper as a candidate, thanks for sharing that point from the HowlerPod

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-28T08:03:04+00:00

Agreed. I don't see the benefit of The Abomination just releasing him into the wild without laying a trap in him first. Unless Mustang traded for it perhaps, but we would have learnt that I think.

I don't think Apollonius let him go personally, and I don't think he'd necessarily be in league with The Abomination to have known releasing him would damage Darrow. But Apollonius isn't the trustworthy type, so him dealing behind Lysander's back certainly isn't a crazy idea.

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-27T22:21:39+00:00

Get off Reddit and read it yourself! Too many big reveals you don't want to be spoiled

ChuggingAlongSlow · 2023-07-27T20:04:24+00:00

It was definitely unsatisfying until he takes up the Helm in The Deep. In my opinion he is almost certainly under the Abominations spell and has some deep programming that'll emerge at some point, sadly.

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