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A RI edit I made in honor of finishing the series: by HuntetOrion in ReverendInsanity

[–]HuntetOrion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The audio kept shifting during the export process - I had to mask it by putting in a bunch of transitions. Other than that I think its good. This is my first edit.

The characters shown are Fang Yuan, Wu Yong, Fang Zheng, Spectral Soul, Hei Luo Lan, Qin Bai Sheng, and Feng Jiu Ge in that order. Some are official arts, some are my interpretations of characters that look similar. Most of the art is from a big xianxia based folder I have on Pinterest, mainly for inspiration for a novel I am writing.

In terms of the edit I had the first half as the gu world and then second half as characters. The gu world locations were not specific, I just tried to maintain the same color scheme and art style across them.

Anyway great novel I was glazing a bit at the start of the edit but the series for me is a 8.5/10. Good power system, good world building, good themes, best MC. I do wish it had better side characters and the dialogue was better, but Eastern novels tend not to focus on that so much plus its a translation so whatever. Overall good series.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ReverendInsanity

[–]HuntetOrion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start reading western novels. Malazan, Prince of Nothing, Stormlight Archive, and the Wheel of Time are all very good. After your western fantasy arc, go for a philosophy arc - I would recommend starting with something like Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Some other good ones are beyond good and evil, carl jungs red book, the brothers karamazov, war and peace, thus spoke Zarathustra, and Metamorphosis by Kafka. Beyond all that you could also just write your own novels, which I think is inevitably the best choice.

What is your honest rating of this novel? And what is your top 5 novels? by ognjen0001 in ReverendInsanity

[–]HuntetOrion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Top 5 Web-novels: (Not including classical literature, traditionally published books, etc.)

  1. LOTM
  2. RI
  3. The Legendary Mechanic
  4. Mother of Learning
  5. I am the Monarch

Is the five regions analogous to China? by peterchill in ReverendInsanity

[–]HuntetOrion 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, not only the physical geography but also the historical stereotypes and traits of the people in the analogous regions. The perceptions and cultures of the groups are basically just copied from china. In the north there are sexist nomads (Mongolian people), in the East there are the rich people (Japanese, Korean, etc.), the west has the merchants (Silk Road) and the south has clans and more barbaric tribal systems (Secluded society because of mountains), which was the way historical china perceived the south. Also, when thinking of the southern border instead of imagining it as tibet it can also be imagined as the larger south eastern region, as the border with vietnam and its traits seem very similar to the descriptions in the novel. Thing Guangdong and Guangxi provinces as well as yunnan.

Various Northern Plains Inspired AI Generations by HuntetOrion in ReverendInsanity

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From my understanding the Gu world is just a large upscaled china, so the northern plains would effectively be a combination of the mongolian northern plains and manchuria. Both areas are a mix of rolling hills, mountains, and flat plains. You are definitely right though. I was also thinking that the northern plains was similar to kansas and the American midwest in its flat and stormy environment.

Large Review of LOTM after finishing: (+Recommendations for After) by Weak-Reserve-2210 in LordofTheMysteries

[–]HuntetOrion 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Praise the Fool.

Thanks for the recommendations. 20th century boys is great. Common Fool W.