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Megazver posted:I continued my Rising Stars binge by checking out Immortality Starts With Generosity. Anyway, started reading this and it's pretty enjoyable so far.
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Don't think I saw this posted, but Prac Guide's author's new series: https://palelights.com/2022/08/17/chapter-1/
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.Z. posted:Don't think I saw this posted, but Prac Guide's author's new series: Misread the first line as "None of the skeletons were working" and I really hoped we'd have a skeleton strike to force necromancers to provide them with more mana or some poo poo.
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.Z. posted:Don't think I saw this posted, but Prac Guide's author's new series: I can’t figure out how to get an RSS feed to add to my aggregator and I’m too drunk to troubleshoot. I had PracGuide set up
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SerSpook posted:Misread the first line as "None of the skeletons were working" and I really hoped we'd have a skeleton strike to force necromancers to provide them with more mana or some poo poo. Time for someone with talent to write a story about skeletons overthrowing the necromancers and forming unions for better pay and conditions.
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Maguoob posted:Time for someone with talent to write a story about skeletons overthrowing the necromancers and forming unions for better pay and conditions. lich is a slur for union organizer just like redneck
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SerSpook posted:Anyway, started reading this and it's pretty enjoyable so far. Also enjoying it, though the author seems to have an allergy related to using commas.
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I looked at the rising stars to look for golden turds. Dawn of the Void - a LitRPG Apocalypse Is actually pretty great in depicting trauma...that was present before litrpg craziness. The author has an earlier work if you need a proof of not disappearing, but reading what there is right now hit me in the feels a few times. Mc's main sidekick reminds me of an ex, so I'm probably biased and drunk. Definitely drunk. The Systemic Lands This author comes off as super misogynistic, or maybe that's just the mc. That's gonna be real hard to tell apart in serial world either way! Author also spoils sword art online casually if you care about such things. Dying for a Cure It kind of feels like a super hero serial, but it is clearly some chaotic medieval land like your usual litrpg. Not your usual one of those due to the power mechanics, but whether it will become great who knows. Would read if you like ogres though for sure. edit: actually this is great solely because of the way auto-translate deals with measurements and units. shirunei fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Aug 26, 2022 |
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Maguoob posted:Time for someone with talent to write a story about skeletons overthrowing the necromancers and forming unions for better pay and conditions. ............. that's a pretty good hook, isn't it e: helps that a background element in one of the best ongoing webcomics is the advent of zombie labor leading to both the end of most human slavery and a certain amount of labor crunch Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Aug 26, 2022 |
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shirunei posted:I looked at the rising stars to look for golden turds. The authors other story is still ongoing and is a non-progression thing that's set in Not-Scandanavia, which is slowly being invaded by Not-Rome. It's pretty sick honestly. I like the way the magic works- it's basically the power of narrative, sort of like PGTE, but a little less explicit or literal.
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Oh, I sing 'em real pretty, I sing 'em real sad And all the people in the crowd say he ain't half bad Well, they call me King Turd up here on poo poo Mountain But if you want it you can have the crown  I joke but this has actually bumped my numbers a little, which is the most numbers bump I can reasonably expect from anything anymore e: it's possible something else bumped my numbers but gently caress if I know what else would
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shirunei posted:edit: actually this is great solely because of the way auto-translate deals with measurements and units. no idea why it had the weird "I'm in the future and an edgelord" poo poo when it has a perfectly cromulent plot about ogres and an rear end in a top hat church and conspiracy theorists and memetic hazards
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.Z. posted:Don't think I saw this posted, but Prac Guide's author's new series: I'm excited to see where it goes (and how the seeming dual-protagonist thing is going to work). I'm still trying to grasp exactly what the setting is like, but I'm assuming it'll become clearer over time. PracGuide benefited from being directly based on something more or less resembling a typical fantasy setting, but Pale Lights seems a lot more ambitious in terms of having a unique fantasy setting.
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Specifically, PracGuide is warhammer.
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it's specifically set in the narrative construct of Warhammer. it's not a traditional fantasy at all!!
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.Z. posted:Don't think I saw this posted, but Prac Guide's author's new series: Is this one going as hard into the meta nonsense as Prac did?
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Been slowly reading Katalepsis and it's so good
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Kaja Rainbow posted:Been slowly reading Katalepsis and it's so good
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Larry Parrish posted:it's specifically set in the narrative construct of Warhammer. it's not a traditional fantasy at all!! The story isn't yeah, but I mean the general "appearance" of the world (like what the countries/races/etc look like).
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Is it just me or do all the goblin women in OVDT have essentially the same personality/description? I can mentally distinguish Sneppit because I remember she's the boss and wears pink, the rest of them all blur together. Also, I really miss Maguro and the inevitable betrayal vizier dude.
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I had the same issue. They all kinda blended together into the same sassy goblin. I can't even remember which one I read about first.
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Kaja Rainbow posted:Been slowly reading Katalepsis and it's so good Hey, thanks! Glad you're enjoying it.
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Cicero posted:Is it just me or do all the goblin women in OVDT have essentially the same personality/description? I can mentally distinguish Sneppit because I remember she's the boss and wears pink, the rest of them all blur together. It’s not just the women, I’ve got trouble remembering what any of the goblins do unless they’re given sufficient screen time to really stand out. I think part of it has to do with the wacky names, which all kind of run together after a while. (I have this problem with the elves too.)
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Cicero posted:Is it just me or do all the goblin women in OVDT have essentially the same personality/description? I can mentally distinguish Sneppit because I remember she's the boss and wears pink, the rest of them all blur together. Well, they have two personalities. Some of them are hostile and standoffish, others are hyperactive and kooky. Perhaps other personality traits will be revealed, once they are no longer attempting to feel out a dark lord in the middle of a civil war. I really cannot bring myself to agree with the author's note saying he thought this was his best book yet. Maybe it is paced better, sure, but what's being paced is a single run-on action sequence populated entirely by nonsense people.
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Contrariwise, I love Feiyanquote:"Poor Feiyan is in terrible trouble again and only her wise, well-learned sect sister can help!" May she never lack for senior brothers and sisters to fetch little treats
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:a single run-on action sequence populated entirely by nonsense people.
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:Contrariwise, I love Feiyan I love that basically every character is an instantly recognizable archetype. The groupie from David's trek is hilarious too.
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Hungry posted:Hey, thanks! Glad you're enjoying it. I specifically said it here so you would see it, yeah. Right now I'm at 6.3 and making my way onward.
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TUTBADquote:“We’ll have to spread them out,” said Mizuki. “Di-lute them, you might say.” She gave Alfric a thumbs up. These fukkin dorks lol
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:Well, they have two personalities. Some of them are hostile and standoffish, others are hyperactive and kooky. Perhaps other personality traits will be revealed, once they are no longer attempting to feel out a dark lord in the middle of a civil war.
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(OVDT) Zui wants to hug everything better and has a soft spot for anyone traumatized which I remember because I share that same flaw. Sneppit is big boss as mentioned and Ritlit enjoys being annoying as poo poo. I can’t tell the rest apart either. I did like this book though, felt like we learned some cool worldbuilding stuff and that things are moving at a good clip.
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:Well, they have two personalities. Some of them are hostile and standoffish, others are hyperactive and kooky. Perhaps other personality traits will be revealed, once they are no longer attempting to feel out a dark lord in the middle of a civil war. Goblins all flowing together definitely isn't a high point, but the talking and working between Yoshi and Our Boy whose name I forget was some of my favorite content of the entire story.
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Dikkfor posted:TUTBAD The google doc of lutes is a hell of a thing and you could probably build a whole magic system off it.
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Kaja Rainbow posted:I specifically said it here so you would see it, yeah. Right now I'm at 6.3 and making my way onward. If you ever feel like commenting on a specific chapter or anything, I always try to read and respond to almost every comment I receive, on any of the three places I publish the story. So, feel free! Ah, 6.3! You haven't quite reached the express train of trans themes yet.
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Hungry posted:If you ever feel like commenting on a specific chapter or anything, I always try to read and respond to almost every comment I receive, on any of the three places I publish the story. So, feel free! Going through this thread I was embarrassed to realize I was one of the people who had the trans allusions go completely over my head. All of the tentacles make me feel right but causes me pain until I find a way to do it properly hit me like "oh wow this is a super neat concept!" Going back through it slowly has def paid dividends but I honestly don't know if I would have picked up on it had I not seen it talked about. Not in any way a criticism, just kinda awed at how I didn't catch it.
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When I read Mists of Avalon, I got through like 600 pages to the final fight where the important thing is control of the magical scabbard. That's when it finally occurred to me that, oh, all the pov characters were women. Sometimes themes just don't hit you until later.
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And Beware of Chicken does the best take on The Wandering Inn yet. Love that chunky boy.
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Hitherby Dragons was a web serial, therefore:Rand Brittain posted:Jenna Moran's new novel The Night-Bird's Feather is out September 22, and she says that if pre-orders and first-week sales are good enough to lift her out of her usual circle of readers, she's going to make the playtest draft of the fourth edition of Nobilis available to the public. If you're interested in either of those things, or if "Vita Nostra meets Studio Ghibli" sounds like it would appeal to you, consider pre-ordering maybe?
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Dikkfor posted:TUTBAD TUTBAD somehow manages to make the sort of "adorkable" interactions that annoy/irritate me in most other stories good. I think it's mainly because the characters have clear voices and aren't obviously just "the writer speaking through their characters."
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