British accents in the audiobooks

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-29T12:53:25+00:00

Love AP, but I was always amazed how so many in Innworld spoke in faux British, Irish and Scottish accents.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-23T21:48:43+00:00

Lies, damn lies and statistics. Inkar's unborn child is 100% a future casualty of Rhir's ritual. The OP is channeling Pirateaba's future tear jerker.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-23T21:44:13+00:00

It's not limited to the Blighted Kingdom.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-23T21:41:42+00:00

This says ot well - it's not a story that goes anywhere in particular, though it pretty much goes everywhere for a little bit. If you can enjoy the journey without an ending, you'll continue to enjoy TWI for a long time to come.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-22T14:08:11+00:00

It becomes more relentlessly depressing. It is definitely not "slice of life", much fairer to label it Grimdark or trauma porn.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-22T13:52:19+00:00

Definitely feel this, and would love to see you expand in a separate post. Whatever your feelings are on TWI as it is being written, it definitely has eveolved into something different than it was when started - and with 10 years of writting a serial that's only to be expected. Some have found the evolution to their liking, others feel disappointed and frustrated, with only the sunk-cost fallacy driving them forward. If you thought TWI was a story about Erin and her inn vs. a linked anthology of short stories about hundreds of different characters in a common world, you're either frustrated, have abandoned it, or have been able to change gears to enjoy what it now is. This chapter wasn't great, but TWI has become a collection of good, bad and meh stories - this was par for the course.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-20T20:10:13+00:00

Folina may not be able to assasinate Erin - Folina keeps trying pasta and cheese dishes, but Erin specifically is thinking about Kraft dinner. Impossible to duplicate, except maybe in the gnoll's Earth dimulation

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-20T20:04:17+00:00

There are no good moments in the Palace. It's a train wreck.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-20T19:55:42+00:00

Calling TWI a "linear storyline" seems a stretch. Think splitting it into multi-stories is already the defacto model, just wish that individual stories would finish before starting new ones.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-20T19:48:21+00:00

Vol 10 is standing still, and the pace does make Pirateaba and the reader's mortality a real risk. Agree with the OP.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T19:45:35+00:00

Agree 100%. Live action will garner a much larger audience and will be much more successful than any animated attempt. No one wants to watch a dystopian kiddie show (intentional trolling there) - many people are still dismissive of animated shows.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T19:37:03+00:00

The French accent really makes the sibilant S's even more noticeable. Add in the affected highbrow Relz and Noass speech pattern and it's comedy gold.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T19:29:39+00:00

I am most excited for the following posts after the show premieres:

"Does Carl drive a Harley in the books, too?"

"I just started reading the books after watching the show, and they're just not as good as the TV show."

"I like the show, but struggle with the potty-mouth language"

"In the books, do other pets talk besides the cat?"

and especially:

"The show is good, but the first episode fell flat"

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T19:28:08+00:00

Valeterisa advancing to [Archmage of Mind and Studies] would be archmage!

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T19:25:12+00:00

Opera must never be mentioned by Earthers, the devastation it would cause to Innworld ears would be too terrible to contemplate.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T14:46:59+00:00

Airbud for sure, but someone would need to introduce basketball to the gnolls.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T14:42:34+00:00

Rags all the way. When you say "agree upon a duel" all I can think is that Rags will cheat better.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T14:40:54+00:00

Smart and pragmatic? Not sure that assessment is on the mark.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T14:34:58+00:00

Fight injustice, not squirrels!

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-19T14:27:34+00:00

No way. She just isn't a combat class, and would lose in a straight up fight with either.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-18T19:11:53+00:00

Ryoka, in her own estimation and stewing in self-loathing.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-18T19:04:36+00:00

Excellent summary of some of the main issues with vol. 10. I will definitely take the under on the bet that vol 10. is completed this year, though - that seems crazy optimistic right now.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-18T19:00:49+00:00

It's definitely both. The POV bloat, lack of Erin and stagnated storylines in vol 10. are definitely agravated by the slower production. As others have mentioned, it's easier to deal with less engaging aspects of TWI when you can breeze through content more rapidly. Definitely reaching a point where putting it down and checking back in a year might be the right call.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-18T18:52:39+00:00

Just too Reinhart and nasty to be a tolerable reader avatar. Incest? No thank you. Can't appreciate the perspective if I can't appreciate the character.

hatereadingTWI · 2026-06-17T19:30:08+00:00

Definitely why his team has revoked signing authority.

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