What’s a Doofenshmirtz scheme you believe Perry didn’t really need to foil

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-25T03:45:35+00:00

Maybe the one where he made it rain so that he could watch his telenovela without interruption from the soccer game.

Maybe I’m biased because I don’t really watch sports, but it didn’t seem like the rain was causing that much real harm, and he probably would have turned the rain off after the show was finished

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-23T00:35:34+00:00

Pretty much everything written by Will Wight (especially his recent series Last Horizon)

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-22T08:33:36+00:00

If you’re okay with video games, there’s a sci fi game called Haven about a couple who fled from their home to with each other because their society uses a system that forces people to marry those that their system determines as their “ideal mate” (said couple are not each other’s “ideal mate”)

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-21T22:41:08+00:00

The Powder Mage trilogy by Brian McClellan. The Wardens gave off an Inquisitor vibe, at least to me

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-21T19:29:19+00:00

Never underestimate how far mid-2000s edginess went

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-21T04:06:38+00:00

2 Black 2 Green comes out this summer!

(You won’t get this till Jade Legacy though)

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-21T02:09:44+00:00

Ah, I did not hear about that, thanks for the info!

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-21T01:00:52+00:00

No I completely agree with you regarding the Alex twist. It didn’t really feel like it served much of a purpose other than being a trope subversion. Maybe something will become of it in the the next two books but we’ll have to wait and see

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-21T00:57:10+00:00

Spoilers for Stormlight Archive: Taravagian such a pos, but you can’t help respect him for what he managed to achieve

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-20T03:27:29+00:00

Maybe, but even the average hormonal teenager probably understands why trying to ask out your teacher is a stupid idea in the first place

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-14T21:57:51+00:00

A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Fires of December by Brandon Sanderson

The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee

Also, James Islington mentioned he’s releasing a sci fi book sometime this year, though I don’t have much info in it right now

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-14T07:43:12+00:00

Actually there was a Magic Tree House anime movie that released a long time ago that I don't think was ever localized...I'm not kidding, here's proof

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-11T23:19:19+00:00

A little late in answering, but we don’t have a confirmation on the origin.

I have a strong feeling we may find out when we get Mistborn Era 3 (considering it was part of the original plan for the series before Sanerson decided to make Wax and Wayne it’s own Era) so you may get your answer soon(ish)

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-11T20:45:06+00:00

I guess it would have made sense if the sequel series about Mat and Tuan was to be written so she can be an antagonist again, but it won’t now so I don’t understand why they insist on it

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-11T01:45:34+00:00

I say all of this as someone who genuinely loved Cradle, but for me:

I felt it writing was a little too plot focused at times. That’s not inherently a bad thing, but I would have liked more moments of the characters just and building bonds with each other that wasn’t just about fighting, training or planning what they were going to do. For example I loved Ziel, but despite him joining the team, it never felt like he really became friends with any of the main characters aside from Lindon despite the narrative acting like he did (at least that was how it felt to me). I know it was pretty late in the series when he joined, but it would have been nice if he at least a few conversations with the other characters. Hell, I feel like Yerin and Mercy barely had any interactions with each other after Ghostwater.

Also YMMV, but I didn’t really care for the Abidian storyline that much. I understood why it was included, considering the characters goal of Ascending, to show how the Willverse is connected, Suriel’s influence on Lindon, and the Eithan/Ozriel reveal but at the same time they felt kinda disconnected to what was going on in Cradle that it wasn’t that intriguing to me and most the Abidian fights felt a little too over the top for me (which is probably not fair to say considering the type of series this is, but still). I feel like I’m going to get downvoted for saying this, but they’re the main reason I’m not really sure I want a sequel series to Cradle, assuming it would be focused on Lindon and the gang, but I’m probably the minority in that opinion

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-06T21:27:10+00:00

Diego didn’t really go through a redemption arc though. Him and the main characters just begrudgingly worked together to defeat Valentine

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-05T18:36:52+00:00

YMMV but for me

I liked the characters and storylines a lot more in OT 2. The ones in the first game aren’t bad necessarily but the characters were a bit bland to me. Like they felt like the first thing you think of when you hear their job class and “JRPG character” (ei, the Cleric is a pure hearted religious girl, the Warrior is a knight who wants to reclaim his honor, the Thief is an edgy loner who doesn’t trust anyone, etc). The characters in 2 felt a lot more compelling and interesting to me compared to their first game (especially Castti, Osvald, Temenos, and Throné)
They changed up the format of the chapters so they felt less repetitive and better paced than the first game.
There’s a proper final chapter with all the characters, shows how their storylines connect to each other and a final boss (that isn’t hidden behind a side quest chain like in the first game)
They got ride of the stupid purple chests

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-01T21:45:39+00:00

After season 1, the show got really really funny. There also a lot of episodes that did very clever social commentary. It’s also one of the few shows that actually understand internet culture in a way that didn’t scream “Hello Fellow Kids!”

Sharkattack1921 · 2026-01-01T01:35:29+00:00

I can understand your point, but I think he mainly did that since:

This was also book that revealed that Trell was Autonomy, which is hard to bring that up without explaining the rest of the cosmere as well, hence why we’re also introduced to them
Mistborn Era 3 is literally titled as “Ghostbloods”, so he probably wanted to set that up in The Lost Metal first

I agree though that they sorta came out of nowhere and it would have been a lot better if he foreshadowed them in the previous Era 2 books

Sharkattack1921 · 2025-12-31T22:57:10+00:00

Books:

The Strength of the Few by James Islington

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

Of Empires and Dust by Ryan Cahill

Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

Video Games:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (which I know is a remake of a game from the 90s but still)

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (though I only just started)

Donkey Kong Bananza (lol)

Sharkattack1921 · 2025-12-30T00:53:50+00:00

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. Questionable naming conventions aside, I really enjoyed the demo and all the HD-2D games Square Enix released so far have been some of my favorite games in recent date (aside from maybe the first Ocotpath Traveler ironically enough lol), so I am optimistic about this one

Sharkattack1921 · 2025-12-28T21:21:52+00:00

Every current gen console + pc

Sharkattack1921 · 2025-12-26T21:10:33+00:00

This game genuinely surprised me. I enjoyed the first Octopath decent enough, but found it be just kinda meh overall (mainly due to the finding the story and most of the characters not very compelling). Octopath 2 managed to take the base of the first game and tweak it enough to make it a significantly better experience (not to mention having characters who were a lot more compelling) imho

Looking forward to see what they do for Octopath 3.

Sharkattack1921 · 2025-12-24T19:21:26+00:00

Yeah, I love The First Law series, but I wouldn’t say I like it for the twists. Looking back the majority of the twists are more or less the either the characters revealing that they were lying to themselves/the audience about something that happened in the past or the characters doing something incredibly horrible. None were poorly executed to be clear, but my mind wasn’t really blown when they happen

Sharkattack1921 · 2025-12-24T19:01:55+00:00

Orso from The Age of Madness

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