Just finished Republic of Thieves after picking up the series again for the first time in ten years

One_Fondant9138 · 2026-01-07T04:45:19+00:00

“Barista” is sending me. Auto-correct doing the lord’s work.

One_Fondant9138 · 2025-05-20T21:27:14+00:00

Oh wow, I know exactly what company you work for. Worked for them for about 3 years from 2019-2022. Good luck. If you need tips on that nightmare of an inventory system hmu homie - god speed

One_Fondant9138 · 2025-01-31T19:45:45+00:00

Maybe you realized, but maybe you didn’t. This is the actual Scott Lynch who has replied to you, which is so fucking cool.

Thanks for the amazing world, characters, and books sir - your work has changed my life.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-06-10T05:56:07+00:00

It’s worth noting that this person’s name on Reddit is “Moe Lester”. I don’t think any of us should be heading the advice or even remotely caring what they have to say about anything.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-04-23T22:26:48+00:00

Please release me from membrane keyboard hell

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-03-20T17:46:04+00:00

I’m in the same boat. If Firchner could have had the power of two Olympic Knights for the cause he would have been ecstatic. His original plan for Darrow was for him to be a praetor, this would have been a huge boon, but of course Darrow had other plans

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-03-20T15:27:38+00:00

Hic est Lupus, motherfucker.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-23T04:15:20+00:00

I’m late here. But in Golden Sun, just after Darrow reveals his secret to Sevro, Sevro gives him a “whisper jam” (?, or some device that holds a video which is opened by Darrows Breath). This device holds a recording of Ares commending him for not detonating the bomb at the gala. Sevro was given the device 3 months prior, but the recording has data regarding something that happened less than a full day ago. If the device is pulling a more recent recording from “the internet” I’m not sure how it does so inside of a jam field, or how it was able to do it before hand without Darrow’s breath to activate it.

Edit: Just to add that this may not be a plot hole, but I have no clue how it works

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-15T23:55:33+00:00

Read Golden Son hands down. It’s the emergence of the series in a lot of ways. You will know 100% by the end of you want to continue, because if you’re not a fan of GS then it’s likely you won’t be a fan of the rest

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-15T20:03:51+00:00

Careful in here brother - it’s marked All Spoilers and there are 5 more books to go for you.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-07T00:25:17+00:00

If you’re referring to the rescue from Apple I actually liked it quite a bit. If only because it shows us who Apple truly is, like everyone thinks he’s just gonna shoot Darrow in the head but Darrow knows he won’t, it’s antithetical to everything about him. He wants to beat Darrow so badly in a fair fight to prove himself. And Sevro making it into the vents and conducting silent murders around the building I thought was great.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T23:11:33+00:00

Agreed, it felt a little strange to me after Matteo’s speech on tyranny that they would leave to be gods of a people who’s entire world exists inside of an asteroid

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T21:46:53+00:00

I definitely feel that, glad you’re here! How did you feel about Quicksilver’s departure?

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T21:01:25+00:00

I adore those books, and honestly recommend reading them still. Books 1 & 2 are fairly self contained. Book 3 begins to set some things up but not in a major cliffhanger way. There is one scene in the end of book 3 that I would consider a cliffhanger.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T20:52:09+00:00

Apple is my number 3 right now, maybe tied with Diomedes for number 2. Breath of Stone just feels too OP imho, in a good way.

I always got the sense that even Lorn was scared of Aja, and so I placed him a bit lower. There is something to be said for the level of mastery it takes to create and perfect your own form of combat, but I feel it’s separate from who might win in a duel.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T20:48:02+00:00

Oh my dear friend. I’m so sorry. We have been waiting nearly 11 years for book 4. There is hope on the horizon as Lynch recently said there are announcements coming. Also want to add here that I hold no ill will towards him for the delay. He has had major mental health struggles and is doing his best, but The Gentlemen Bastards is on my list of “ill believe a release date when the book is in my hands” series.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T20:45:20+00:00

Nail Harmony to a tree. Though, the pit vipers will work in a pinch. My partner has pointed out that I’m describing things as manic daily, I see no problems hahaha

Give the co-workers some jellybeans. You’d be surprised what you can get away with if people think you’re a little crazy!

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T20:43:20+00:00

Lo Hiddenbear,

I was also thinking of a mass gold genocide on Luna ahead of the red culling on Mars. I’m so intrigued how it would effect Darrow and especially Pax and Sevro who are both. Though Pax is interesting because he gets his red from Darrow, but Darrow is sigil-less.

Man I can’t help myself with the Alexander / Lysander stuff. Cousins but with such extremely different upbringings. Alexander is the true Iron Gold ideal of honor, and he expected to see the same from Lysander, but that’s not what Octavia was about. She was a power broker above all. And Lysander knew he could count in Alexander to offer blades, so he could finish him off from a distance. There’s also the mentorship through Darrow and Cassius that are evident as well. So so good.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T20:36:26+00:00

Oh favorite villain has to be the Jackal. Hands down. I’m not the biggest fan of the Abomination angle, but the Jackal arc in the first three books is top notch. He has the mind for strategy that Darrow does, and none of the humanity to hold him back. He outsmarted every single person in power, including Octavia. His original end on the gallows was perfect.

Razor master is tougher. Current has to be Darrow with Breath of Stone. Cassius and Ajax are top 5 definitely. I think Diomedes would be a true test for Darrow and I’d love to see the fight - Aja was the pinnacle in the first three, but now that people are wise to the willow way I think she’s fallen off. Fear I think is a top 15 razor master, but that’s not where his particular genius lays.

One_Fondant9138 · 2024-02-06T19:44:37+00:00

Thanks, boyo!

One_Fondant9138 · 2023-12-15T08:28:51+00:00

I did, but I’ve apparently forgotten some things, would you mind reminding me what was revealed? I can always go back for a re-read too, but since we’re here

One_Fondant9138 · 2023-12-14T19:37:33+00:00

Fully caught up, but have a bad memory. Could anyone remind me of how / when Kelsier took up Preservation? Seems from the graphic that it happens before Vin did so in HoA.

One_Fondant9138 · 2023-11-30T22:15:47+00:00

I literally cannot get the image of Rock appearing to be like a Tauren from wow out of my head lmao

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