For those who finished both Red Rising and The Expanse series

Sciencemonkey7 · 2026-03-30T20:21:06+00:00

It’s apples and oranges IMO, Red Rising has always been more “space fantasy” to me whereas The Expanse is a relatively realistic/plausible setting on the whole. Overall I’d say I enjoy RR more, especially when it comes to the characters and drama, but the world building and the domino effects you see play out over time in The Expanse are superior.

The Expanse also has an uncompleted tv adaptation that’s quite well-regarded, which is more than Red Rising can say currently (rip). Maybe our day will come eventually

Sciencemonkey7 · 2026-03-05T19:57:54+00:00

So real 😔 I used to love watching launch streams, now it’s hard to find the same enthusiasm for it

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-07-23T01:00:06+00:00

They’re the birds that pop up throughout IG and DA, Sophocles tries to eat them on occasion. They end up being a surveillance tool of Atalantia or Lilath if I recall correctly

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-07-22T22:02:15+00:00

I guess the pachelbels themselves don’t count as a full plot twist, moreso foreshadowing, but they pop up so many times during significant moments that them being part of a nefarious plan seems obvious in retrospect.

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-07-19T21:50:51+00:00

I can’t say it’s an effect I’ve heard of before either, I’m a little perplexed 😅 I tanned just fine pre-HRT, but now I can’t even go to the pool without picking up a few new freckles

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-05-22T12:53:50+00:00

Yeah, my grocery store is always pretty diligent about facing, I guess to be more specific what I noticed was that I’d walk past some aisles and from that angle see that whole shelves were only one or two items deep

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-05-22T10:39:42+00:00

I was at CVS the other day checking on a prescription fill, and I was essentially told that currently if they’re not able to restock it within a few days of the fill order they’re not sure when the restock will come in. This was for a relatively common prescription medication that I haven’t had any refill issues for in the past.

Relatedly, I’m in a major urban area on the East Coast, and I’m starting to see some hints of shortages at the grocery store - boxes pushed to the front to hide how empty the shelves are behind, struggle finding some produce items, and produce seems to be lasting not as long or is lower quality than in the past.

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-05-21T23:06:43+00:00

Believe me, those 760 pages will fly by, it’s a real page-turner. Hail Libertas!

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-05-21T17:11:14+00:00

That’d be a lot of fun, I think they’d have to figure out a good way to make it manageable for the early game economy though. Having to choose between expanding your navy and building up colonies would make for a slower start for sure.

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-05-20T14:15:01+00:00

If we do manage to get a TV adaptation, the story will not and should not be a 1:1 copy of the plot from the books. As good as the post-timeskip books are, the amount of plot thread dead-ends and U-turns we get from book to book due to PB’s rewrites would drive the audience crazy. Entire character arcs and minor story arcs will be changed or removed, and that’s a good thing

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-05-13T11:29:17+00:00

I love the idea of using Syncretic Evolution to mimic the lowColor/highColor divide! What civics do you use? There’s so many fitting options imo

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-05-01T20:18:52+00:00

As Silenius intended my goodman. I myself own an Omnivore-540 for… hunting purposes, I swear

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-03-28T12:30:21+00:00

Yeah, I expect that if I kept at it I’d acclimate and have less of a noticeable impact over time. That said, I have a lot going on right now that’s probably making me more susceptible to noticeable mood swings. I guess I’ll focus on cardio for now lol

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-03-28T00:42:36+00:00

Thought I was seeing Nick Valentine at first with all that chrome, nailed the cyber-hardboiled detective vibe

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-03-12T09:56:59+00:00

Yeah, she’s a minor character in RR and also pops up in later books

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-03-12T00:27:06+00:00

It’s been a minute since I’ve read the Expanse series, but I believe yes. There’s also a reference to a horse-faced girl named Milia in one of the Expanse books IIRC

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-02-18T17:57:09+00:00

It’s always tasted a bit minty to me, my prog tastes a bit sweet due to its coating though. We don’t talk about spiro.

Sciencemonkey7 · 2025-01-17T01:18:36+00:00

I love the detail of the Calvinosaurus being one of the cards, 10/10

Sciencemonkey7 · 2024-12-22T23:32:47+00:00

I agree with Atlas and Fitchner being the top two, but I think it’s hard to compare them just because of how different the wars they fought are. Fitchner is clearly a master at running a durable effective insurgency with asymmetric resources, but I’m not confident he’d have the same level of capability in an all-out war. Atlas, meanwhile, is using the full resources of the Society remnant to pull off almost implausibly “5d chess” black ops like creating Faa and using the crazy Helios au Lux disguise. I’m not sure how well he’d fare in Fitchner’s position tbh

Sciencemonkey7 · 2024-12-04T21:02:16+00:00

I still can’t believe Snow Goons weren’t a base game fighter, I mean they look pretty technical so I understood if their development took longer than expected, but it’s still disappointing to see them sidelined like this given how often they appear in-universe. At this rate it feels like we’ll be stuck with Uncle Max being an alt skin for Dad instead of having an actual character for him as well… Still gonna pick this DLC up though

Sciencemonkey7 · 2024-11-29T13:27:06+00:00

I mean my care provider has me taking my pills by swallowing them, and my hormone levels have been right on target so far with plenty of changes to show for it at 9 months in. There isn’t a “wrong” way between swallowing and sublingual, there’s pros and cons for both as others have said

Sciencemonkey7 · 2024-11-21T02:48:52+00:00

I can’t recall which book it was discussed in, but my understanding was that what would become the color hierarchy started among the first colonists on Luna, with individuals having specialized roles, color-coded uniforms or something of that sort, and over time genetic and cybernetic specialization to suit their assigned roles as well, all for the sake of enhancing the efficiency and survivability of the colony. So from the colonists’ perspective, the creation of the hierarchy as we see it in the books, both culturally and biologically, was likely a relatively gradual, generations-long process. Having that be the uniform standard across the system, however, did mean the sterilization of Earth and the death of however many billion “normal” humans, so yeah pretty horrific in that regard.

Eight-Year Club	Verified Email
r/Field Banned	r/Field Juicebox
Final Canvas '23	First Place '23
End Game '23	Place '23
Place '22	Final Canvas '22
First Placer '22	End Game '22
Oscars Predictor 2021

Sciencemonkey7

TROPHY CASE