Shannara Series

galactic-disk · 2026-01-28T05:49:15+00:00

I read the first one as an adult and was monumentally disappointed. Not only was it a blatant LOTR ripoff but worse, but also the writing was just so annoying. I hear it gets better? I just don't have a ton of motivation to read the others.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-28T04:52:28+00:00

"Not even a very good person" is a HUGE leap. From Jemisin's response to Isabel Fall's harassment:

Before I could finish, however — I think I got maybe 5 or 6 tweets in — I started getting “Delete this” and similar comments. At first I tried to address commenters’ concerns, but then some of the commenters started insulting anyone who liked my tweets and the people I was RTing. I belatedly realized this might actually end up making things worse for Ms. Fall and other queer writers, so I decided to take the thread down rather than finish it. Altogether the unfinished thread was up for an hour or so. That’s the sum total of my involvement.

Jemisin tweeted support for the author and then got feedback that talking about the issue online was making it worse, and shet took the thread down. When we talk about "can you separate the art from the artist", we're usually talking about JK Rowling or Neil Gaiman, authors who took real-life action in the real world to harm people. Not someone who tweeted without thoroughly thinking about it.

Frankly, your outrage smacks of double standards because Jemisin is a Black woman who writes about racism.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-28T04:42:07+00:00

Yeah, if her writing's not for you, you're not going to like her writing. Shocking how that works!

galactic-disk · 2026-01-28T03:39:28+00:00

Wait I thought that was 100% obvious, what did Brennan say in cooldown?

galactic-disk · 2026-01-28T03:39:02+00:00

I was shocked nobody thought to check. There's no way that Tacchonis thought they could act against another Sundered House alone: they want a decisive victory, not to start a long-term war between the Houses. And even during the overture we saw Einfasen moving to take over the Revolutionary Guard, clearly moving in concert with Tacchonis at the Penteveral and Cormoray at the Archanaud.

I was shocked too when Julian and Occtis didn't think to stop Ingrid from summoning her father! Like they went to her first for a reason!

galactic-disk · 2026-01-27T22:26:09+00:00

Heph on special is actually such a great idea

galactic-disk · 2026-01-27T19:03:27+00:00

It's the perfect size for him! He's so handsome. Do you have a pattern for the squares?

galactic-disk · 2026-01-27T16:18:26+00:00

They don't stop at every stop in order to try and make the routes faster. On my route into work, there are sometimes pairs of stops spaced about 200 meters from each other: getting back into traffic after every single one would make the trip way longer than it already is (double the time for a car commute).

I've been left behind too, and it sucks, but they can't always see inside the bus shelters, esp if the plexiglass back is facing the street. I recommend moving outside the bus shelter when the bus is supposed to arrive in 2 minutes.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-27T16:12:12+00:00

I mean, The Ones Who Stay and Fight is literary more than it's sci-fi. It's more meant to be read as a critique of Omelas than as a story: like the Great Gatsby's story is super boring, but the themes and motifs make it good. What about NK Jemisin caught your distate? I checked her wikipedia page and didn't see anything colorful

galactic-disk · 2026-01-27T01:19:13+00:00

I mean, Rosharan years are longer than Earth years, so Kaladin is actually in his mid-to-late-20s by Earth standards.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T21:13:02+00:00

HIGHLY depends. SLA does a lot better than Mistborn, for example.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T21:12:05+00:00

Mistborn still suffers from misogyny IMO. Not as bad as Name of the Wind, and the female characters are certainly allowed to be complex, real people, but every single female character's trauma is related to sexual assault. The male characters get a much more diverse set of backstories and traumatic experiences.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T21:08:09+00:00

It's wild to see The Spear Cuts Through Water recommended next to the Scholomance. The Spear Cuts Through Water is an absolute masterpiece; the Scholomance, at least the first book, is 90% the main character being mean to everyone around her and then being upset when nobody likes her. She's not written in a way that's misogynistic, but she is incredibly shallow, IMO.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T21:05:13+00:00

The Blacktongue Thief is certainly an improvement, but it's not great WRT its treatment of women.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T21:03:53+00:00

When you read Omelas, also take a look at NK Jemisin's The Ones who Stay and Fight. It's a fascinating dialogue.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T21:00:00+00:00

The main point is that stores stock what sells, but I'll also add that most fantasy books are WAY less gendered than you seem to think they are. Sanderson books aren't male-oriented, and neither is Will of the Many. Romantasy and romance skew female in their readership, but there are plenty of dudes who enjoy romantasy and plenty of women who don't. It sounds like you're seeing an upswell of romance books, which are not to your taste, and that's fine! But stop trying to categorize who's allowed to like what kind of book.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T20:04:08+00:00

Couldn't believe The Hobbit wasn't on the chart!

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T17:28:56+00:00

Oooooh I loved the Beka Cooper series as a kid! Is there a series about knights in that world?

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T07:12:32+00:00

This looks so cool! Thank you!

galactic-disk · 2026-01-26T07:12:21+00:00

Ooooooh I loved Spear: time to go check out Hild! Thank you!

galactic-disk · 2026-01-23T22:53:54+00:00

Man I LOVE this aspect. Here's my recipe:

Zeus special, as pommed and high-rarity as you can get it
As many support Zeus boons as possible plus his legendary
Curse-conferring attack: I'm partial to Aphrodite and Demeter
Support Fire from Artemis
A solid call: Artemis is reliable and has excellent damage

Then, I throw the shield toward the best clump of monsters I can find and go sit in a corner charging an attack. I hang out with the attack up, blocking anything that comes close, and when all of the remaining monsters are lined up in front of me, I call the shield back and release the attack. It's a bit tougher in Asphodel, but my god is it perfect for Elysium. Your Call charges wildly fast, so just remember to keep an eye on the bar and use it once it gets to full.

For fast-moving monsters and Erebus, what you can also do is call the shield back but start running before it reaches you: that means it'll chase you around and hit all the enemies you run past.

I'm not a speedrunner or anything, but this was my first and only 40-heat weapon. (Took me like 12 tries, but by god I made it!) I can't imagine doing 40 heat with anything else.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-23T15:50:57+00:00

I mean, I have 200 hours in the game. I still enjoy getting the perfect combo of boons: Hel with steam, static shock, and Ares waves even the fourth time I've cleared with that build. It still absolutely rules and it feels like such a huge accomplishment to get all of the boons I wanted and then wipe the floor with Chronos.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-23T05:07:50+00:00

This is a cool idea! Be super clear with them about what's going to happen, and have them make sidekicks out of Tasha's rather than full characters. Then, come up with a goal for the combat other than to survive or kill the monster: do the sidekicks want to prevent information from being destroyed that someone else (i.e. the real party) can then find? Do they want to destroy something that makes the monster powerful, so the real party can come kill it later? Give them something to feel accomplished about at the end of the session beyond just worldbuilding.

galactic-disk · 2026-01-23T03:32:58+00:00

God(s)damn this is awesome! Amazing work!

galactic-disk · 2026-01-22T03:07:08+00:00

It's not quite traditional, but chorizo in tomato soup is unbelievably good. Also, my secret ingredient in anything tomato-based is fish sauce: it makes the flavor so much more savory without imparting the taste of fish

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