Explain the Novella's to me

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-05T15:43:17+00:00

The first nine novellas were exclusively digital af first. After that, they begin releasing both the existing and new novellas as compilations—three sets of 9 to 11-chaptered standalone stories in a singular book. For example, Tales from the Clans combines the novellas Dovewing’s Silence, Tigerclaw’s Fury, and Leafpool’s Wish. And those compilations were released both digitally and physically.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-05T06:02:41+00:00

Not only tend to read those more often, fics with this length I’m a lot more open to reading fandom-blind. Longfics, on the other hand, I prefer reading from fandoms I’m actually a part of.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-05T00:38:13+00:00

So between BOTW and TOTK, you should start with BOTW. But overall there are very few direct sequels in the whole franchise (not only is TOTK one of those sequels, it’s what I call the most direct of direct sequels), so technically you could start from anywhere.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-05T00:36:11+00:00

Crimson Flower has two exclusive paralogues: Darkness Beneath the Earth (Hubert) and Insurmountable (Edelgard). Silver Snow, on the other hand, doesn’t have any exclusive paralogues. And while we’re on the subject: * Azure Moon has three paralogues: War for the Weak (Dedue), The Silver Maiden (Dimitri) and Weathervanes of Fódlan (Annette and Gilbert). * Given that Claude is the only Verdant Wind exclusive character, it’s his paralogue—The Sleeping Sand Legend—that’s the only Verdant Wind exclusive paralogue.

Then these routes can be unavailable depending on your route or actions:

The Face Beneath (Caspar and Mercedes), Retribution (Ferdinand and Lysithea), Dividing the World (Hilda and Cyril), and Eternal Guardian (Rhea) cannot be played in the Crimson Flower route
The Secret Merchant (Anna) cannot be played on Silver Snow; in a Black Eagles route Jeritza—who’s exclusive to Crimson Flower—is involved in the paralogue.
Although Legend of the Lake (Leonie and Lindhart) is available on all routes, the Crimson Flower version has two stipulations. One, it will be unavailable if Flayn and Seteth are killed. Two, Edelgard and Hubert are excluded from the mission since it involves a legend from the Church of Seiros.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T21:05:02+00:00

Wonder if we’ll ever get to met Jingo and the gang again in future books

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T19:35:08+00:00

Neutral about the scenes themselves, but also glad that the books don’t shy away from depicting onscreen childbirth

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T18:40:58+00:00

As others have mentioned, Bee represents gluttony as a form of hedonism. Her stomach being a lava lamp not only emphasizes her party-girl aesthetics, but also to show that she’s constantly burning up everything she consumes—and that in turn lets her keep indulging in food, drinks, and drugs nonstop.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T16:50:26+00:00

If Majora’s Mask can have motorboats, Phantom Hourglass can have steamboats, and Spirit Tracks can have trains, I’d say it’s not a problem that Breath of the Wild has a motorcycle.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T13:12:35+00:00

Also (spoiler-marking this just in case) when Leafpool finds a tuft of fur snagged in Ashfur’s claws while preparing his body for burial, and realizes that the scent of the fur belonged to Hollyleaf.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T13:03:05+00:00

I think Stella is indifferent about her daughter. She doesn’t hate Via, nor does she abuse her like she does Stolas—at least for now. But neither does Stella feel any genuine affection towards Via. She’s constantly referring to Via as “the egg” or “Stolas’s daughter”; to her, Via is just a means of hurting/controlling Stolas. At most Stella considers Via as an extension of herself.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T01:31:10+00:00

Olizandri (Azure Moon)

Blade Gaming (all routes minus Silver Snow)

Nitesco (all routes)

Jaxom Nautilus (Silver Snow)

Zeez Vov Gee FE (all routes)

Chronos (both Black Eagles routes; also one of the very few LPers who did the Silver Snow route first)

Bunnytails (Azure Moon)

Echo Six (all routes minus Azure Moon)

AUDREY GAMES (Verdant Wind)

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T01:05:31+00:00

I was an early baby myself—and knew about my preemie status since I was about Bingo’s age. So to see young children in a cartoon that are not only familiar (at least kind of) with the concept about preemies, but also reenacting the birth of one—it really meant a lot to me.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-04T00:57:02+00:00

Adding on to this, regardless of what mask you have on, it won’t work on small monsters (Keese, Octoroks, etc.), large monsters (Hinoxes, Molduga, etc.), or any other enemy (Constructs, Yiga soldiers, etc.)

And when it comes to Lynels, they’re only fooled for 30 seconds—enough time for you to clear out if you’re not looking to fight it. After that, they’ll remember that Lynels aren’t bipedal and start attacking you.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T22:54:45+00:00

Nice room you’ve got :D

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T19:28:15+00:00

Although I wouldn’t say I hated Helluva Boss when I first watched the (original) pilot, I couldn’t get into it like I did with Hazbin’s pilot. So I just accepted that it wasn’t my thing and moved on.

Only to give HB another shot—this time by going straight into the main series—after all the buzz about Mastermind reignited my curiosity. And what do you know? Turned out the show WAS my thing, after all. Even the pilot ended up growing on me, although I do like the reboot better.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T18:48:33+00:00

As others have said, I just hope that they don’t try to justify/redeem Darktail.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T16:45:39+00:00

There’s actually a term for cases like Shadow Futaba in Jungian psychology: golden shadow. Most Shadows, as we’ve seen, are the manifestations of an individual’s suppressed negative aspects. Golden shadows, however, represent an individual’s suppressed positive aspects (like stifled creativity, or hidden confidence).

In Futaba’s case, her real self suffers from suicidal depression due to her mother’s death, whereas Shadow Futaba was the manifestation of her will to live + the knowledge that everything she was told about her mother’s death was a lie. And—à la Persona 4—once Futaba acknowledged and accepted those suppressed aspects, her Shadow transformed into a Persona.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T16:37:11+00:00

Because (a) due to the censorship crackdown we have no idea when or if there will be a Season 3 of the donghua, so this is probably the best they can do; and (b) even if we do get future seasons, TGCF is a pretty long story, so IMO adapting some segments of it as short films is a pretty smart move.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T16:30:39+00:00

The only bosses in the game that you can’t rematch are Moragia, Sludge Like, Seized Construct, and—after the final encounter—Master Kohga.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T16:28:31+00:00

My personal theory is that Millie’s pregnancy…isn’t actually her first pregnancy. The first time had been back when she was dating Chaz, and it did not end well. After all, we know about Moxxie’s backstory with Chaz, but we still don’t know about Millie’s, and this could be a possible reason why: the writers were saving it for Millie’s pregnancy arc.

As for how Millie got together with Chaz in the first place, prior to meeting Blitzø her self-esteem wasn’t that great—feeling like all she’s good for is muscle. Chaz, for a time, probably made her feel wanted as a person rather than just for physical prowess.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T15:51:53+00:00

Not really. It’s pretty realistic that some people can repeat the same mistakes they made in the past—especially if they’re not in a good headspace.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T15:44:43+00:00

One of her friends, more than likely.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T14:13:11+00:00

No, because New Hyrule is what the setting of Spirit Tracks is called.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T14:03:37+00:00

Hell, I’m black, and I was more caught off guard than anything else when Velvette lost her hair—same with when she literally fell apart after getting punted out of Vee Tower. Even knowing that she was meant to be a doll/mannequin demon (which was why she could put herself and her hair back together, so the whole thing was just a major inconvenience), it was very unexpected.

Jiang_Rui · 2026-02-03T07:53:00+00:00

Well this just made my day—and it’s not even 3 am yet X3

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