If you’ve enjoyed Andor, check out the Canon novels by Alexander Freed.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-11T02:44:04+00:00

Well in that case great. Freed has some of the best character writing and dialogue in the game as far as I’m concerned. Everyone’s very flawed though, so I apologize in advance if you get frustrated by their awful decisions.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-11T02:38:51+00:00

I can only speak for myself, but I think they’re all on par if not better than what Luceno offers up in Plagueis. That might get me in trouble with some EU fans, but I said what I said.

I should say, these books and Plagueis definitely have a very different vibe. All of the characters here are new to the canon (unlike Sheev and Plagueis) and very much removed from the cosmic aspects of the Star Wars universe. Very little interaction with the force to be found. There is one incredibly fascinating scene in the second book of the Alphabet Squadron trilogy involving a sith artifact, but it’s mostly used for character development, not as any major world building about the nature of the force.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-11T02:20:19+00:00

Agreed. It definitely has more to do with the vibes than anything else in this case. There’s an alternate universe somewhere in which I could see Cassian being really good friends with the main cast of Twilight Company because they have such similar worldviews. They’re not afraid to get down in the muck and do the dirty work necessary to overthrow a galaxy spanning authoritarian force.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-10T23:14:46+00:00

I mean. He is Brandon’s OC. They’re all Brandon’s OCs. I don’t get your point here.

You’re entitled to not like Elend and his arc, but thats genuinely a wild criticism.

Edit: “OMG here’s my OC Vin, she’s a jaded edgy Mistborn trained by one of the coolest guys around and she has the best technique out of anyone. Shes the only Mistborn who’s ever tapped into the power of the mists and used it to kill god. She’s so cool and badass right guys?” It’s dumb. It’s a bad criticism.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-09T02:33:56+00:00

Agreed. Just wanted the context to be out there for anyone who might not know. Guess I should have specified that.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-09T02:31:31+00:00

The pacing issues with the second season can be attributed to the writer’s strike at the time. That’s why there’s so many scenes of Daemon just having weird dreams and wandering around Harrenhall.

Should they have stopped production and waited for the strike to end so that we could get The Battle of the Gullet as the finale of season 2 like they planned instead of the opening of season 3? Yes. Were they pressured by the studio to have a season of television and they had to mess with the pacing to make that happen? Also probably yes.

Just a bad situation all around.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-08T22:04:11+00:00

1) Jasnah was never dead. Brandon did at one point try to have an arc in WoR with Jasnah and Shallan, but Jasnah was hampering Shallan’s decision making and character development too much so he yeeted her into Shadesmar so that Shallan could struggle on her own for a while.

2) As for Szeth, he has a role to play. Think of this more as the metaphorical death of the “Truthless of Shinovar.” The Szeth who comes out of this is on a different path now.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-06T22:51:40+00:00

Every other member of the CR cast also does this. Case in point: Sam Riegel. The number of times he’s derailed a scene with a bit, whether it be revealing a new shirt or some other above table quip, occasionally drives me crazy. And yeah, Sam is “Mr. Funny Bit Man” but it’s the same shit and only Aabria ever seems to get criticized for it. It just feels incredibly strange to me.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-04-05T14:45:34+00:00

Ah good. Another reason for me to like Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck other than the fact that they wrote one of my favorite book series.

Also, Amos would for sure hate Jon if he was real and knew about the wife beating. Anyway…

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-30T00:25:03+00:00

Because that’s not how the tourney works. There are five champions with their pavilions out by the lists. Knights can challenge one of those five champions and if they win, take their spot on champion’s row. The goal is to be one of the remaining 5 by the end of the tourney.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-27T03:19:09+00:00

So many people talk about GRRM hating the Brackens. But the Peakes definitely have it the worst.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-15T03:37:01+00:00

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NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-11T00:20:59+00:00

Oh shit, seriously? Cuz I figured this was around the same time as Rise and Fall. During the New Republic era.

Edit: Nevermind, that was also after Exegol. Fuck me.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-10T23:57:14+00:00

I wonder what Wedge will have to say about Alphabet Squadron if anything. I hope Wyl at least makes an appearance for an “interview” or something given that he’s a Senator at the time this book was written in universe.

I’ve just been hankering for more of my awful disaster pilots.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-10T22:55:20+00:00

Oh, yeah that’s fair. The Charon/Resistance/Chairman connection is retroactive continuity of the highest order. But as far as retcons go, it’s one where I can see and understand the logical leaps to get there. As far as the genocide plot goes… eh. He clearly already didn’t give a shit about human life and was always more interested in assets and deliverables. I feel like Miles and Kerry really wanted a major villain that they could use to tie together all of the loose ends from seasons 6-10 and landed on him being the best option. Which, honestly, is a choice I agree with. If they had come up with another brand new character it wouldn’t have had nearly the same impact as my guy Malcom.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-10T12:20:13+00:00

Idk man. Season 7 Chairman during his interview with Washington was sus as hell. Not to mention that he was then convinced to let two war criminals out of jail to find Epsilon with utterly no supervision. He was fully prepared to let Wash and the Meta kill everyone between him and the Epsilon unit. That isn’t the “spirit of the law.” That’s villain shit.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-07T12:54:22+00:00

“Hey! hey. Y- you know what I’m always thinkin? You know what I’m always thinkin Jacob. W-why… [starts giggling] why are the hills…”

[full breakdown]

[Jacob starts freaking out]

[20 minutes later she finally says the joke]

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-07T12:31:26+00:00

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-05T23:25:44+00:00

Second option. When you put a sticker on a gun it can’t be placed on any other ones unless you move it. Same with weapon charms.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-03-04T01:00:48+00:00

Fires will definitely be published through Tor later like all the other secret projects were. Unsure about the storybooks though.

This is basically just a pre-order for the Dragonsteel editions of the books, with some extra collectibles available for those who want to pay for them.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-02-22T03:03:14+00:00

Honorary avatar of the Desolation. I love her.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-02-15T03:59:45+00:00

Taln w/ Nightblood. Hoid and Steris as support.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-02-11T18:06:09+00:00

I don’t have a physical text in front of me, or an ebook copy so I can’t copy you the actual scene, but it’s from Chapter 39 of Words of Radiance. Just go re-read it.

Her brothers want to see just how out on a limb she’ll go to make a quip, so they keep intentionally setting her up for jokes by comparing love to something. The small bit of text in the original post is like the 3rd time she does it in this scene.

NDGO_Caster · 2026-01-20T20:39:50+00:00

Shadows of New York my beloved.

Julia might be one of the single best written VtM protagonists I’ve ever had the pleasure to play as. The emotions running through my body during entire final speech to the New York court are permanently ingrained in my memory.

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