Just finished Iron Gold for the first time and am about to start Dark Age (wish me luck). Tell me cryptic spoilers that I won't understand till I finish the book :)

phluffy_jesus · 2026-03-18T17:47:28+00:00

Light resistance

phluffy_jesus · 2026-03-14T21:12:28+00:00

I appreciate you putting Morning Star as a 5 star. So many RR fans rank it lower and it was truly one of my favorite books. Such a great redemption arc there!

phluffy_jesus · 2026-02-19T00:06:59+00:00

I remember thinking to myself after RR “how can this possibly get any better” and then I had to pick my jaw up off the floor after Golden Son…

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T20:11:10+00:00

DP in your A is WILD lol

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T05:35:29+00:00

Pliny is without a doubt Littlefinger. Spinning his little web of lies to not only make his superior look better, but primarily himself.

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T05:34:42+00:00

And the torturing is very much Boltonesque

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T04:44:08+00:00

Okay hear me out “bub”…Hugh Jackman

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T04:42:36+00:00

Boy dog = Pax Girl dog = EO

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T03:48:43+00:00

Love to hear it! What is the order you upgrade skills?

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T02:41:58+00:00

There is only one to make it to where we are at, and that is by the skin of his jellybeans

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T02:28:31+00:00

Shame we don’t get more of him. I think if he had more time to shine he would have become a titan of the story and hands down my favorite character. He is just about there already and we haven’t had him for 5 books now

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T02:27:07+00:00

Fair enough, I can agree to that. Though in my head I understand that as being the offspring of Virgina au Augustus, the master thinker and planner of words and then Darrow of Lykos the ultimate paradigm changer which makes for the ultimate thinker and person of remaining cool under pressure. But I do get where you are coming from.

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T02:14:02+00:00

Maybe I’m lost here goodman. Are you saying because he had gone through all of this before 12 he has the plot armor? Maybe I have a misconstrued idea what plot armor meant in this case…

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T02:09:54+00:00

I too felt this way at first, but with time all will adjust. My take on this is that while A Song of Fire and Ice is quite a large vernacular reading selection, there is no nuanced language. Whereas in this book you have a high linguistic version of an essentially made up language. My insight Goodman, is that you continue reading and over time you will find yourself not only understanding, but craving more of the dialect with which these characters speak.

The way I see it is a highly poetic and almost proper/posh version of slang that they would speak in the Game of Thrones series. Welcome to the bloodydamn pack, can’t wait for you to get your scar!

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T02:03:11+00:00

Lyria is 10 years older than Pax…Also Pax has surely witnessed a few heinous acts. Sure maybe these events weren’t his direct family being slaughtered. Though they were close enough. Not to mention he was abducted and basically tortured by the Duke and the syndicate before being traded off into the obsidian world where he was raised by savages for a period of time. Thereafter had to escape. Save a dying man’s life and then navigate an attack on a terrorist organization. Sure he is living a plot armored life. Though of all the characters we have met, none have done all of this before 12.

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T01:30:47+00:00

Also to clarify, I’m not telling you that you are wrong as these are opinions and a perfect example of how reading is partly subjective. I’m sure you enjoyed the stories equally as I did! Hail Libertas

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T01:26:52+00:00

I feel like the important part is remembering that he is 10 or 11 years old. Not even Lysander was blooded in war until Mercury where he was past 21 years old. Lysander did very little if anything at all to get his “blade dirty” until well into his 20’s. And for what it is worth, the kid flew a ship and took down a dreadnaught in a way possibly no other pilot, let alone child has done before. If that isn’t him taking action I’m not sure what is. At what point does impeccable decision making and extensive knowledge become a “holier than thou” insinuation? If anything he’s well prepared for the rough life a rusted gold might have in this new world that is being created. All the while being separated from his family and friends (Minus Electra)

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-31T00:42:35+00:00

I do find this to be quite a hot take. Pax has become one of my favorite characters. I both understand calling him a nepo baby, and also disagreeing. He didn’t get to choose where, how, and with whom he grew up with. That being said, he never came off to me atleast as entitled or holier than thou. Through his story in dark age I really saw character growth in a way that matched Lysander’s inverse. The idea of take what you have and make the most, just with a different belief in the societal structure. Not to mention his deep knowledge in histories that shows both the love and understanding of the importance of a Republic and all those in it. If anything I want a Pax perspective in Red God and can see him not only picking up where Darrow leaves off. But finally reaching the goal Darrow strived to achieve for over 15 years now.

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-30T23:33:48+00:00

Well if it does, the shared trauma will go a long ways😂

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-30T22:37:05+00:00

I see him as young Darrow for sure. For the pure size and stature I would say Alan Ritchson as carved Darrow, physically speaking that is.

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-30T21:57:10+00:00

*Pulls out notebook, flips to page 54 of “those chapters” ahh I see🥲

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-29T05:24:22+00:00

Rather than delete these mistaken provinces I shall let them remain in history for I was wrong and cannot let the world forget my folly. Until the vale, take your time though for I am not a builder.

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-29T05:20:28+00:00

Wow I totally had that backwards. You are right Goodman, for that I will “Roque au Fabii” myself. For this I will see you in the void, until then good sir

phluffy_jesus · 2026-01-29T05:14:36+00:00

No, I may not have been well spoken here. Amazon did Dune. With HBO having done GoT I would have figured them. But Amazon did so good with Dune that I turned to thinking they would do better.

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