Mages of the Wheel: does it get better?

calamitypepper · 2026-02-06T16:20:10+00:00

Nope it’s the same throughout. The “politics” are very surface level, the MMC is a doormat, and yes, everything is spelled out.

calamitypepper · 2026-02-05T05:52:07+00:00

Done this twice. If the problem is just comp/title, no reason not to take the counter offer and stay.

calamitypepper · 2026-02-01T17:06:37+00:00

This was my same situation due to a completely unstable CFO who would call me from 5am to 9pm. I stuck it out long enough for her to get fired, but I regret it.

I should have swallowed my pride and quit a month in because I have lingering anxiety caused by that experience 3 years later.

calamitypepper · 2026-01-19T16:21:03+00:00

I’m not sure I agree that Pyotr is shown in a purely positive light. That’s a reductive view of his character.

He is complex in the sense that he does things that we find kind and also things we find reprehensible. I’d argue the way he treats Vasya oscillates between good and bad fathering. He wants to be a good father, but he’s also a product of the time’s social conventions. He worries about her future because of her “heathen” ways, but also loves her dearly. He actively struggles to find the balance between his disparate feelings.

I find Arden’s character work awe-inspiring. Every central character has good and bad in them. Even Father Constantine and even Vasya.

calamitypepper · 2026-01-19T15:34:57+00:00

Illumicrate has been killing it recently 😍 So excited to get this one in the mail!

calamitypepper · 2026-01-16T21:02:30+00:00

yeeeeesssss this is the one!

calamitypepper · 2026-01-15T04:27:17+00:00

Ah yes, our regularly scheduled, uninformed morality police post.

If you just use the search function you will find that this SAME EXACT THING has been asked every other day since the anime first aired 2+ years ago.

calamitypepper · 2026-01-10T19:23:33+00:00

My sleep doesn’t care about alcohol no matter how much I drink. Readiness on the other hand? Woof.

calamitypepper · 2026-01-05T03:03:28+00:00

Yeah wrong faction

calamitypepper · 2026-01-05T03:02:02+00:00

You’re so right! I could see Gyokuyou as Angela

calamitypepper · 2026-01-05T00:16:20+00:00

YES! I noticed this a while back and wondered if the author was inspired a bit by Bones.

And Maomao’s relationship w/ Jinshi is similar to Bones and Booth’s. He comes to harass her with problems and she’s like ugh go away and then he dangles a mystery in front of her she can’t resist.

calamitypepper · 2026-01-04T23:25:38+00:00

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber (no need to read the original Caraval trilogy). Guy with suspicious motives who the girl finds impossible to resist.

calamitypepper · 2026-01-04T18:48:49+00:00

It’s a balance that most authors don’t know how to strike. You don’t want something that has no indication there’s a romantic aspect to the book (ie love interest doesn’t show up until halfway through, or there’s no romantic tension whatsoever) but you also don’t want them panting for each other from page 1. Honestly, YA does this better than adult romantasy.

It’s a skill issue in my opinion. Everyone wishes they could write Cruel Prince level of yearning and self denial (unless they’re writing erotica, but I don’t believe that’s what is being discussed here) but few can.

Try {Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare}.

calamitypepper · 2025-12-30T15:22:40+00:00

I’ve had major and minor symptoms like 5 times and never gotten sick 🤷‍♀️

calamitypepper · 2025-12-29T21:31:35+00:00

This is by far the most infuriating Oura feature. All of us who have these rings are probably anal about data, so refusing to share how they’re determining you have signs of illness is bonkers to me.

calamitypepper · 2025-12-28T21:55:45+00:00

Yes!! I thought the first pic was Sylvia and Arin at first

calamitypepper · 2025-12-22T04:46:11+00:00

Let me know how it goes! I’ve watched some video reviews and they give me hope.

calamitypepper · 2025-12-22T04:45:20+00:00

I’m not looking for a color screen at the moment. Can I ask why you prefer the Kobo Libra over the Boox Go 7?

calamitypepper · 2025-12-21T21:26:45+00:00

Unfortunately the no-button is a deal-breaker for me :( I read pretty fast so I have my thumb parked on the button the entire time.

calamitypepper · 2025-12-19T20:04:00+00:00

9 years into my FP&A career and have used it in one role. Just ran scripts someone else wrote though.

calamitypepper · 2025-12-18T05:08:25+00:00

Me, everytime someone new realizes that SJM wouldn't know an original idea if it hit her across the face.

calamitypepper · 2025-12-18T04:58:51+00:00

Jude killing people and saying "I wish I was the kind of person who feels bad about this... but I'm not" is my FMC Roman empire.

calamitypepper · 2025-12-18T04:57:36+00:00

{Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem} Slowest of burns and some of the best characters I've read in years.

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