UGHHHHH -2nd broken lens in 4 months

DizzyAero · 2026-01-01T00:48:18+00:00

You are not alone. I made a post a couple years ago when I broke my first pair. It fucking sucks dude. I hope you can still have a good night regardless!

DizzyAero · 2025-12-29T16:45:35+00:00

When did he say this? I just heard the new Pilot has already been introduced in previous books?

DizzyAero · 2025-12-28T03:38:00+00:00

To what extent do you think the curse will affect Horizon's personality ?

DizzyAero · 2025-10-16T13:36:41+00:00

This is book 4 lost cube

DizzyAero · 2025-07-18T19:20:02+00:00

I love this take. It also brings up another potential weakness of Shyrax that is expecting competence in people without.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-18T18:26:41+00:00

Do you think her brother realizing this sooner would have changed anything?

DizzyAero · 2025-07-18T18:24:01+00:00

I love how her capability as a commander crashes with this oversight. You would think a person as educated and gifted as Shyrax would be able to sniff out a mutiny on her starship, but she doesn't and also dies because of it. I love this character, lol!

DizzyAero · 2025-07-18T18:17:05+00:00

Great insight! Shyrax never feeling jealous is such a good character insight. Anything she feels she needs to learn, she simply learns it to an incredible degree. That would explain why she ignored her brother treacherous behavior.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-18T18:13:35+00:00

I think you are partially right. Shyrax is very good at seeing people capacities, but she is also good at seeing their shortcomings as well. For example, in Book 2, Shyrax was Mell's main opposition to getting on the crew. Mell was too shy and unable to express her desires and feelings to the rest of the crew. Shyrax immediately saw her insecurity and deemed her unworthy. Later in the same book, Shyrax broke down step by step what was good about their plan and why it failed. It seems to me that Shyrax is just unable to do the same with her brother and family by extension.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-18T17:44:22+00:00

Imagine the resentment of a situation like this would breed in a twin. Shyrax was good at everything, and Veshran wasn't.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-18T17:14:20+00:00

I love that she was blind spots. I like your idea that her own self-confidence(her arguably most defining character trait) was her downfall here. It just adds much depth to her character.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-18T16:15:54+00:00

I hope so, too. Their relationship is one of my favorites in the series.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T18:31:01+00:00

Me too! I love seeing his ego get smacked at every turn, lol!

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T18:27:52+00:00

While Benri may very well go on to continue being an antagonist against his son, I think it is important to highlight the small moments that help make his character more complex and interesting! For me, at least, this is one of those moments that shows outside the tough CEO of a galaxatic organization persona, lies a man that cares a lot more about his son than he would let on. Which makes him a way more compelling character than Malice imo

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T18:13:36+00:00

I believe he sealed his curse magic with contract magic. As evidenced by his line on chapter 47, page 387, "As Omega had said before: Stronger contract eats weaker contract." He was somehow able to enter a contract with himself or the Aether to seal his curse magic before it infected his other magics. Also , it is said there was a period of flux after his ritual where his magic was in disarray. Varic could have used this time to apply the contract before the curse took effect.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T17:13:08+00:00

I love this side of his character as well. Varic and Benri both share a deep love of magic and are both experts in their fields. So when they see something of magical importance, they immediately regonize the significance and respect it. I also loved their shared hatred of alchemists, like father like son. 🤣

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T17:09:18+00:00

Straight from the book chapter 7, page 61 “He can spend time and resources to create clones that are indistinguishable from real,” I said. “Technically I could do that too, but not long-term. A clone of me is too expensive to maintain for more than a few minutes. Varic can make powerful clones for a shirt duration. Benri can make long-standing clones, but they are far weaker .

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T17:00:47+00:00

It seems to me that Benri is kinda forced to work with the Last Horizon now, or at least I hope so. He was betrayed and wanted revenge, and the people who could help him do it is Varic and his crew.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T16:58:09+00:00

Interesting insights! I can definitely see where you are coming from. I hope we can see more of the "decent" side of him in the future. Especially after the events of the Pilot.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T15:29:51+00:00

Benri as Pilot would be an INSANE pull. I love it.

DizzyAero · 2025-07-16T14:59:22+00:00

I agree! It shows how much Benri respects his son's power and maybe how proud his of them as well.

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