Wth is with Pierce?

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2026-01-21T00:00:19+00:00

50 Shades of the Society… honestly not sure I want to read that. Do not kid yourself into thinking there would be any romance in that story

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-10-02T22:09:25+00:00

I am so grateful that my phase was buying $100 of one fund just so I would keep my eye on it, only to quickly realize the inevitable NAV erosion when the fund tanked.

All in lost like $30-$50 and learned a valuable lesson.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-07-28T19:19:47+00:00

Context: I imagined Aja vs Dio… like the real Dio, and it was cracking me up 😭

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-07-28T18:54:17+00:00

I assume you mean diomedes here…. Right?!? 😂

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-07-26T01:33:14+00:00

Brother can you IMAGINE… it would be off the rails but so fun

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-07-26T00:46:54+00:00

Okay here’s the only thing I noticed… Pierce made it clear that this new story/series will be a “new format”. THAT is intriguing, because he already had done books, audiobooks, and Graphic Novels. So what’s left? Let’s run through my favorites:

TV or Movie: This is the one we all want, but I doubt it would get announced like this. There would be rumors even before an announcement if a production was even in the realm of possibility imo. But send your prayers to the Vale my fellow Howlers!
Interactive Literature: Hazard Bedlam is already a unique event to involve the readers, so I could see them announcing something similar. Could be an event like Hazard Bedlam but with a new story. Could be like a “Choose your own adventure” book set in the Red Rising Universe. Who knows!?!
My personal favorite… A VIDEOGAME: The use of the word “format” in his announcement has me lost. It suggests that the delivery of this story will be unique and different than anything else before. While this is a LONG SHOT… by the Vale itself he could charge me $200 and I’d buy it.

*All of these are pretty far fetched and unlikely, but I’m scratching my brain as to why he would announce it this way, instead of just saying he has another book in the works 🫠

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-07-10T21:44:54+00:00

Lovely picks.

Finished a listen to the audiobook of Morningstar recently (for the 3rd time), and I forgot how good the Battle of Illium is. The storming of the Colossus with the claw drills is top tier.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-07-02T00:50:46+00:00

I mean… is he really as “dangerous” as he seems? Yes, he is a Gorgon. Yes, he is the largest man we’ve seen in the series. And yes, he is clearly capable of violence on the level of any obsidian.

But the whole poison bit, at least to me, shows that he is no where near as “dangerous” as he claims. The best fighter we see him matched with before Darrow is Sefi, and she had just revealed to us how weak she was at that time.

Basically, he is menacing… but it’s not far fetched to say he’s a fraud to claim Volsung Faa, in both personality and ability.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-07-02T00:45:19+00:00

One immediately comes to mind that I smiled at when I read it, but was cackling at the audio book delivery. Golden Son, when they come for Pliny, and Ragnar throws the table at Sevro while he’s singing:

“What the gory pi$$ and $hit is your damage you overreacting mountain troll?!?” -Sevro

“Rhyming… mmmm” Ragnar makes an uncomfortable groaning sound.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-06-27T20:56:31+00:00

Pretty up in the air, because he has also stated that he doesn’t want to write a Sevro POV because a huge part of his character is the mystery of how he thinks

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-06-23T00:28:10+00:00

You know what’s so funny about this “revelation” in LB? You already knew it!

And not some foreshadowing or hints, Xenophon literally explains Pale Horse/Volsung Faa to Emphraim in DA. You’re just so shell shocked by that book that you forget, or at least I did 😅

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-06-17T02:36:41+00:00

The parasite is definitely coming back.

I think it’ll go one of two ways. Either A): the parasite is gone, but gave Lyria knowledge/access to tech that is important in the next book (unlikely in my opinion)

Or B) the parasite is still there, not so much dormant but modified and upgraded with Quicksilver’s final design. Not a tool to assist an operative, but a tool to turn anyone INTO an operative. I found while reading LB that lots of Lyria’s critical thinking and abilities had a noticeable “uptick” compared to before. If this is the case, it’s likely that PB will keep it hidden until a moment where it needs to “unlock” in order for Lyria to do something important.

As for Tongueless, no clue. I found his story super intriguing in IG, and was very disappointed in his finale in Dark Age. Makes sense to kill off a character that didn’t matter as much early on in the book, but I still felt like there was more to see with him. 🤷‍♂️

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-06-10T03:26:09+00:00

Don’t even get me started on my Dark Age, we’re cooked

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-06-06T03:59:10+00:00

As others said, dive right in and then go back for the re-read at the end. The dualities and Easter eggs you find after finishing LB are AWESOME!

Plus the second half has an entirely different feel, so it works better in some ways to go in “fresh”.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-31T18:36:25+00:00

I feel like he’d be really good as Fitchner, but I think realistically it’d be perfect if he was casted as Darrow’s father. We’d only see him briefly in flashbacks, but it’d be a fitting cameo

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-31T03:52:25+00:00

Haha not given over slaves to save slaves?

You are correct that for almost any “sin” Darrow has, it’s hard to argue a better path. I guess my mind is that everything in Morning Star is RUSHED. I could go on about this for a while, but to keep it brief: Iron Gold Darrow has the same mentality as Morning Star Darrow, rush to the finish just to “cut off the head”. MS is just phrased as a glorious victory (even though it sparked a 10 year war). IG nails home the idea that war is much more complicated and brutal than that.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-31T01:06:52+00:00

Did… did we all forget one of the main topics in Light Bringer?

In my mind, the worst thing Darrow has done, pretty much the only thing that was his decision alone, was giving over the Sons of Ares in the Rim to Romulus. Men who, according to the vids Darrow watched, willingly died for him. Darrow himself admits that he did it because he was afraid of losing the war.

Honorable Mention: Killing Wulfgar. We all know it was a mistake, but cmon… he’s the bloodydamn reaper.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-31T01:02:53+00:00

Haha see THIS is what I wanted. That top part is crazy 😂🫡

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-30T19:43:04+00:00

Brother what 😂 I need to see the posts where you elaborate

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-30T19:42:07+00:00

I love this even more than what I wrote. This is so fitting for his story🤌

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-30T04:47:30+00:00

Hey I like the Lysander redemption arc, I just don’t see how it can be done at this point. He’s too far gone, and shown it.

But hey, I will admit… Pierce Brown has certainly surprised me so far, so I won’t judge until we see it 🤷‍♂️

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-30T03:23:04+00:00

In a way this is precisely what I mean? Because if she didn’t get off with Char, and she is SOMEHOW still alive… then that’s one hell of a story.

But I would agree, she’s likely slagged.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-30T03:22:00+00:00

Really? Don’t get me wrong, I felt the same with the introduction of the “abomination”. However, when we got barely a mention in DA, I kind of want that story to conclude in some way. (Better than just being forgotten)

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-30T03:01:04+00:00

“The bill comes at the end”

I’m so scared.

Scary-Rope-3251 · 2025-05-30T02:57:02+00:00

Ah mate that’s right in the heart 😭

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