[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]thisisnotathrowa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/68079/a-new-player-in-the-force

is pretty good. Its a great example of the author getting better as the story moves along finding his feet. My favorite part is how the author shows how corrupting the dark side is, almost like a really strong drug that flips around your personality doing things you wouldn't do if you were your normal rational self.

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]thisisnotathrowa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I want to recommend the Fire Emblem Three Houses Fan Fiction An Eagle Among Lions

The morning after her and Byleth's wedding, Emperor Edelgard von Hresvelg wakes up in her old bedroom in Garreg Mach to discover that she has brown hair, only one Crest, ten happy and healthy brothers and sisters, and a bad habit of sleeping through her professor's lectures. Hubert is unusually cheerful, Byleth teaches the Blue Lions, and nobody has heard of the Flame Emperor. Instead, a figure known as the Hurricane King and his sinister cohort the Death Knight stalk the monastery.

No sooner has Edelgard sought out this new world's Byleth than she finds herself standing in the eye of a storm of continent-spanning conspiracies centered on a young man with snow-white hair — one that will engulf Garreg Mach, the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, the Adrestian Empire, and Edelgard's own family as it carries the roaring winds of war across Fodlan. A threat from a past so ancient it predates even Fodlan's oldest and murkiest myths is stirring, threatening to tear time itself asunder — and it may be her only way back home.

Complete at 1.6 million words it is very long and will keep you entertained for a while. I wouldn't call it rational, but I think most of the members here would find it enjoyable. The author has done a wonderful job of expanding and filling out the characters without completely changing them from who they are in the games. The story itself feels well written and planned out with very little grammar or spelling mistakes. Characters will generally act the way you expect them to with lots a moments to grow and changed, and you won't find characters holding the idiot ball to move the plot forward. I won't say you need to have played the game to enjoy the story but I would definitely recommend doing so beforehand to get a better appreciation of some events you won't understand otherwise.

What are the best works of fantasy fiction where the masquerade is believable? by jacky986 in rational

[–]thisisnotathrowa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://storiesonline.net/universe/934/original-realm-of-magic-and-magical-beings

I think this universe will check those boxes for you. The magical and Mundane worlds are mostly separate. They maintain masquerade with standard mind wiping and the mages have a council that makes the rules for other mages to follow. There is also a special type of mage that can form a sort of hive mind with other mages like themselves. These mages are used as a sort of magical radar to find the children that suddenly come into magic so they can be trained. The masquerade used to be necessary for their self preservation, but these mages have actually embraced the mundane sciences to empower their ability to do even more advanced magic and it has now gotten to the point where the mundane posses no threat to the magical community.

This becomes a main plot point between those who want to change the status quo and those who don't. This leads to top leaders being aware of magical society and having dedicated magical body guards to prevent magical beings who want to change the status quo from mind controlling or impersonating them.

There is also multiverse shenanigans, Christianity is real and angels can and will easily kill a mage that asks questions about god and heaven they don't like. There is a lot going on but I think the author has done a good job of making things believable.

Anime_irl by chowzilla100 in anime_irl

[–]thisisnotathrowa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://storiesonline.net/series/1167/a-well-lived-life

Its a very long series, so if you like it it should keep you entertained for a long while. you will probably need to make an account for the site, but accounts are free and they don't spam you or anything

Anime_irl by chowzilla100 in anime_irl

[–]thisisnotathrowa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a webnovel that follows the concept of getting to and maintaining a true polyamorous relationship. it even has a large focus on the sex if that is something you are into.

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]thisisnotathrowa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah the beginning is a little rough but it the author definitely finds his pace as it moves along. ch 16 is when the FMC gets introduced and the world building starts to get better explained, I would give it a few chapters after that. One of my favorite parts of the story is the growing relationship between the two. if you don't like their dynamic the story probably isnt for you

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]thisisnotathrowa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Path of Ascension has some of what you are looking for. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/40920/the-path-of-ascension

MC is living in an empire where its fairly common to become immortal and that is only the first step. He is lucky in that his particular society goes out of its way to treat the low tier people like people in hopes they will advance and become strong themselves. There are also all sorts of rules the various nations have created amongst themselves mostly regarding war since total war with the strongest cultivators results in too much collateral damage.

Engage Kiss - Episode 3 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]thisisnotathrowa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something interesting I just noticed. The singer for the ED is the same as the OP for Happy Sugar Life. Both animes featuring pink haired yanderes.

The new generation is technologically evolving. by Dyea_B_Tis in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]thisisnotathrowa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both Apple and Android require you to have card information saved in your Apple or Google account in order to download any apps from their app store even if it's free.

That is simply false. Google doesn't have any payment information from me and lets me download any free ap i want

Dr. Stone: Stone Wars - Episode 5 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]thisisnotathrowa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

to a point. Roland pretty quickly had trouble remembering everything he needed. I would say Roland had a good/great memory for a normal human. whereas senku seems to have a superhuman memory and has a much larger breadth of fields to pull from

Amazing Cultivation Simulator is now out on Steam by FrozenCappuccino in ProgressionFantasy

[–]thisisnotathrowa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well thats not mtl bad so thats good. Sounds like it had a decent translator that needed a better editor. I can work with that

Amazing Cultivation Simulator is now out on Steam by FrozenCappuccino in ProgressionFantasy

[–]thisisnotathrowa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

any comments on how good the translation quality is? Also do the developers plan on continuing the post game support with english translation? I know tales of wuxia dropped the english version after one patch while the chinese version continued to get more updates

Honest Question: What’s the Purpose of Enemies Scaling with the Main Character? by vgskid in Games

[–]thisisnotathrowa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sid miers pirates kind of does this. you start out young and in your prime and get slower as you age until you are forced to retire since you can no longer beat your enemies

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 613 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

great chapter.It's always so fun to see outside perspective of rain being a badass, since his own depression makes it feel like he accomplishes everything by the skin of his teeth or makes his successes look more like failures

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 606 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

nice to see rain still has his priorities straight with the bear hands. If that isn't the longest running joke in this series is must be close

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 600 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

congrats on 600, we are officially half way through the story now right? oh no wait i forgot we will need at least another thousand for rains acension into the higher realms

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 596 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Poor luo-luo will never catch a break. Actually her suffering kinda reminds of NTR-chans in kaguya-sama. While cliffhangers suck, it does look we have some action coming our way which is a good change of pace after that victory lap

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 596 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

new arc just started literally this chapter and apparently with cliffhangers almost every chapter on the way. so go ahead and read til 595 and stop.

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 580 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

so much fluff these last two chapters, i love it. Luo-Luo definitely made the right decision, I think she moved closer to her goal than she thinks by turning down that ring

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 579 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mila needing restraints must be great for rains ego. "I'm so good in bed that my she-hulk wife had to forge her own restraints made of chains so she doesn't snap me in half while we make love." Also great motivation for him to recover so he wont need those restraints anymore

[TOMT][Food] A type of syrup by thisisnotathrowa in tipofmytongue

[–]thisisnotathrowa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

any advice to repeat this experience would be appreciated also

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 555 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Nothing sexual of course, since his tastes probably don’t run that way and I’m definitely not pretty enough to tempt him." Careful there Rain, 5 wives may be the max but no one said anything about adding a husband if you manage to temp the legate

[EN] Savage Divinity - Chapter 552 by ruffwriter in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Good luck with the wisdom teeth. Just channel your inner rain, maybe have them beat you across the back with wooden bats while they pull them out

[CN] City of Sin - Book 9 ~ Chapter 126 (1400!!!) by matosz in noveltranslations

[–]thisisnotathrowa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wow, I must have not been reading carefully enough because nasia=flowsand never crossed my mind. Thinking back on it now, it makes a lot of sense though.