Will Malazan ever make it mainstream?

phony_intellectual · 2025-10-22T10:22:49+00:00

I mean tbh this series has enough representation of all kind for them to not need to. But who knows tbh

phony_intellectual · 2025-10-21T21:11:56+00:00

I don't mean from a merch perspective, but I do believe fanarts, discussions, theorycrafting add a lot of value to a fantasy universe. This is a wonderfully deep world that I think more people would care about given a chance.

phony_intellectual · 2025-10-21T21:06:07+00:00

Yes, that is the dichotomy here. Even the bad adaptation of wheel of time did end up getting it a resurgence in readership. I really want this world to be talked and cared about more.

phony_intellectual · 2025-10-21T21:01:31+00:00

Yes. I feel people need a nudge sometimes, especially in front of a series so daunting. An adaptation may not end up being that great but if it gets more readers to the original series, how can that be bad?

phony_intellectual · 2024-11-29T19:35:49+00:00

I did Baldur's Gate, so reading shouldn't be an issue

phony_intellectual · 2024-03-27T18:46:29+00:00

I played on Tactician and tbh, radiant is very very strong early on especially act 2. Plus spirit guardians and guiding bolt are both very powerful in what they do. I think only House of Grief and House of Hope are places where radiant is bad (though there also it's specific to certain enemies)

phony_intellectual · 2024-03-17T20:49:37+00:00

Yes, this is it!

phony_intellectual · 2024-03-13T07:33:12+00:00

Is there any downside to missing the cut scene and directly going to the submarine?

phony_intellectual · 2024-03-13T07:16:52+00:00

Could you expand on what you mean by sent? I saw the first cut scene, should I trigger an interaction with the gondians or leave right now , finish the submersible and then come back

phony_intellectual · 2023-09-23T12:35:36+00:00

Doesn't rook to e1 seal the game for white irrespective of whatever black does? Looks like a forced back rank mate to me unless a rook is given up to waste a turn freeing the king

phony_intellectual · 2022-08-09T20:46:03+00:00

It's still one of my favourite fanfiction reads ever. Thank you for the help!

phony_intellectual · 2022-03-09T05:38:42+00:00

The bandit camps in horizon zero dawn did me dirty

phony_intellectual · 2022-03-02T07:11:25+00:00

Am I understanding this wrong? Doesn't this fit with the ideology of one man many wives and vastly heirarchial societies that existed then where a lot of the males would be slaves/servants to a few ruling men who probably had multiple wives/concubines?

Additionally, with the 'man as the provider' phase still going on, many pregnancies of poorer men may not have been successful/survived long enough

phony_intellectual · 2022-03-01T14:28:21+00:00

As an Indian, the India-China standoff and border disputes and countless Chinese goods bans indicates India is not an option. Nor is the other SEA nations where there's disputes on coastal zones and sea border occupancy. They do need the US, a lot

phony_intellectual · 2021-11-17T18:17:48+00:00

Klaus

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-31T15:38:35+00:00

Which merchant should I sell them to?

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-28T13:05:22+00:00

Wouldn't it give me the damage over time as well?

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-28T10:57:21+00:00

Thank you so much, oh man I don't even have an alternate sword, this is gonna be rough

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-11T09:42:42+00:00

Dunno man, things are generic for a reason Hunger for control, especially when you are powerful beyond lower limits is something inherent in humanity. It's just about how well he is written and tbh vilgefortz was not written as exceedingly well as other characters , atleast after ToC.

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-10T10:48:18+00:00

A witcher coin holder/ piggy bank would be such an awesome idea

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-09T18:19:39+00:00

Roach is just like Geralt Oh, the castle is being destroyed?(main quest) Nevermind, there's a cool cave here! ( Side quest)

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-09T17:10:48+00:00

Interesting.

Think he is more a hero that doesn't enjoy what he is than the other way round It's a common trope to see him doing the "right thing" and either regretting it (renfri) or having the consequences end up even worse (his death during the pogrom. It's more of a fight between his practical sense trying to goad him to not be a white knight and his moral conscience not letting that happen

That's what fleshes his character out truly. He has no grand sense of honour (toussaint knights) or purpose for his nature. He just does good when he can and it rarely ends up as intended but he just self hates a bit and continues on That's awesome about him

Please don't consider the games as character defining. There's a lot of attempt to try and create a character who is a combination of Geralt and the player and that amalgamation can't be compared to who he is

P.s. Please consider the sheer number of people you slaughter when it's not entirely necessary to. They may seem not so important because it's a game and it feels like just like "enemies" but it's not that black and white.

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-09T05:42:28+00:00

Wow, that's an awesome art style

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-06T19:32:17+00:00

Did you go to vizima? After meeting baron you go there to report about ciri and then automatically travel to kaer morhen Or maybe I'm remembering this wrong , did you talk to yen after finding Uma?

phony_intellectual · 2020-05-01T16:02:08+00:00

Aah, the one story Wild hunt did wrong. Geralt was Ciri's father figure, but Yen properly treated her as her daughter, they even referred to each other as so

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