|
Goblins rule.
|
#
?
Mar 18, 2023 22:48
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 23:47 |
|
|
I've got a sneaking suspicion that the goblins are either the "devolved" gnomes or elves of yore given a passage in this vol quote:There was no one to care. The Goblins lived and died. The other races paid little attention to them, save for when the Goblins became a threat. No one remembered who the Goblins had once been. I would tend to favor them being gnomes given their small size and "tinkerer" classes. Their lack of significant magical aptitude also tends to disfavor the possibility of being an elven offshoot IMO. I believe guess the fairies called the goblins... "the children" and "the youngest" last volume, so that lends some credence to the idea that they are offshoots of those lost races to me.. TWI: Vol 4
|
|
#
?
Mar 18, 2023 22:59
|
|
|
LLSix posted:Wow, that was a lot of webtoons suggestions. Thanks! Just remembered Knight Run is on Webtoon and hell sure I guess I'll recc that too even though the words are an incoherent mess most of the time. I mean it's the web serial thread, where would we be if we let the words being an incoherent mess put us off
|
|
#
?
Mar 19, 2023 20:03
|
|
|
Ah, I'd figured the image on the cover was Erin's inn teleported to the middle of the sea. I guess it's quote:“I appreciate that we are being fed immediately upon our arrival, but are you sure there’s no welcoming speech? No introduction?” Throwing some shade on the sorting hat TWI: Vol 4
|
|
#
?
Mar 19, 2023 21:41
|
|
|
Not a big fan of the Wistram chapters. I love Pisces and Ceria, but I didn't really care for the school politics. Also (final climax of Wistram chapters) I was really upset at that one Dullahan student who threw Ceria's master's spell book in the ocean, even after one of the senior mages threatened to make sure it got to her. That one action probably set back Ceria years in her advancement. It wasn't Ceria's fault that the Dullahan's lover, the Centaur student got killed during Pisces final action. Attack Pisces for that, but not Ceria. I'm still hoping someone fishes it out of the ocean since it froze instantly when hitting the water.
|
|
#
?
Mar 20, 2023 13:48
|
|
|
“Elaine! Just the elaine I wanted to see!” Heh. Also, Aware posted:Goblins rule.
|
|
#
?
Mar 20, 2023 21:55
|
|
|
Too bad that BtDEM is going to end now that White Dove is going to curse Elaine with impossible curse.
|
|
#
?
Mar 20, 2023 22:15
|
|
|
Gladi posted:Too bad that BtDEM is going to end now that White Dove is going to curse Elaine with impossible curse. That is a cruel, cruel cliffhanger and I wonder how much his patreon is going to jump
|
|
#
?
Mar 20, 2023 22:32
|
|
|
I hope you're all ready for the plot twist where the curse just kills her instantly and the story jumps back to pre-timeskip side stories. It's one of the weirder things I've seen a story do.
|
|
#
?
Mar 20, 2023 23:08
|
|
|
I'm certainly getting some Wistram fatigue 5 chapters in the 7. It's kinda hard to get super invested when I know both of them are going to get expelled from statements earlier in the series, so I know the general outline of how things will go. Nothing has really been a surprise for me so far in the plotting either. It's all been pretty predicable. I guess I'll keep slogging through these last two chapters, but I honestly kinda feel like just skipping them. TWI: Vol 4
|
|
#
?
Mar 20, 2023 23:13
|
|
|
It sort of builds some background for Cognita which comes back around later but also ends up another currently unfinished arc.
|
|
#
?
Mar 20, 2023 23:38
|
|
|
"Whenever you heal, you take that much damage" was a pretty brutal curse, yeah.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2023 00:11
|
|
|
BadMedic posted:That is a cruel, cruel cliffhanger and I wonder how much his patreon is going to jump 14 people so far, most at the $3 tier.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2023 01:48
|
|
|
Wittgen posted:"Whenever you heal, you take that much damage" was a pretty brutal curse, yeah. I wonder if that would get Elaine to drop her Oath and pivot to being the awesome fire(ball) mage she always wanted to be.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2023 02:14
|
|
|
Wow, I never thought I'd see Erin like this, but she was an ENORMOUS jerk to Lyon at their reunion. I'm glad to see Zel had a talking to her because she was rapidly depleting the good will I'd built up toward Erin over the past few vols. TWI: Vol 4
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2023 13:24
|
|
|
Wittgen posted:"Whenever you heal, you take that much damage" was a pretty brutal curse, yeah. Yeah, but she got the offer to become white dove's apprentice at the same time, which has led to a neat metaphysical journey.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2023 18:57
|
|
|
Those fake Dragoneye spoilers are pretty funny
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2023 20:46
|
|
|
I continue to deeply appreciate the Worth The Candle ad reads in TUTBAD.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2023 22:35
|
|
|
They're really the most glorious little things that shouldn't work but do, and it's all thanks to how very earnestly it's treated by the author and characters.
|
|
#
?
Mar 22, 2023 00:37
|
|
|
quote:“Normally it’s not like this,” said Mizuki. “We fart around, delve dungeons, have picnics, test entads —”
|
|
#
?
Mar 22, 2023 11:58
|
|
|
Also it's just not very good.
|
|
#
?
Mar 22, 2023 19:01
|
|
|
might be better with entads
|
|
#
?
Mar 22, 2023 19:28
|
|
|
Well I completed Vol 4 of The Wandering Inn. I really enjoyed the whole Winter Solstice dealio.. That was probably my favorite part of the book. Though the portal door shenanigans are pretty high up there too. The Wistram portions were probably my low points of the book. Ryoka really needs to get that loving spell book back to Krshia and stop dicking around hundreds of miles away. Nitrousoxide fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Mar 22, 2023 |
|
#
?
Mar 22, 2023 22:05
|
|
|
You think that TWI is dicking around now? You are about to get to the point where the number of words take off to the stratosphere because pirateaba gets a high quality keyboard and suddenly everyone is a main character.
|
|
#
?
Mar 22, 2023 23:40
|
|
|
Pirateaba needs to get a thesaurus to find synonyms for “bemused.”
|
|
#
?
Mar 22, 2023 23:48
|
|
|
It's a thing with a lot of authors, especially in the publishing space, especially when they learn a new word that they like, or have a certain pet word. Bemused is one of the big ones that gets used a lot, because there arent a ton of synonyms for it that are often appropriate. Confused and bewildered are often considered to be too strong of an emotional carrier, and a lot of the other synonyms like puzzled or perplexed aren't quite the right fit.
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 00:03
|
|
|
Copacetic
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 00:14
|
|
|
Most web serial authors that use bemused seem to think that it's a synonym for amused. I try not to be a grammar nazi but that one really gets my goat along with droll.
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 00:18
|
|
|
Tagichatn posted:Most web serial authors that use bemused seem to think that it's a synonym for amused. I try not to be a grammar nazi but that one really gets my goat along with droll. I have so many better things to get angry about, like reined/rained/reigned and regime/regimen/regiment and pallette/pallet.
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 00:23
|
|
|
Tagichatn posted:Most web serial authors that use bemused seem to think that it's a synonym for amused. I try not to be a grammar nazi but that one really gets my goat along with droll. I actually used to think it meant a more subdued kind of amused for some reason, so that one doesn't surprise me, but now I can't help but see it every time.
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 00:25
|
|
|
NinjaDebugger posted:I have so many better things to get angry about, like reined/rained/reigned and regime/regimen/regiment and pallette/pallet. My personal favorite language crime is grizzly/grisly/gristly. At least one of them is almost guaranteed to be misused in every serial. (Props to the author of Unbound who uses all three correctly.)
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 00:26
|
|
|
NinjaDebugger posted:I have so many better things to get angry about, like reined/rained/reigned and regime/regimen/regiment and pallette/pallet. Is it discreet or discrete? Rather, which one is which?
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 01:04
|
|
|
Selkie Myth posted:Is it discreet or discrete? The café had discrete discreet conversations going on! Edit: The regime made sure to keep the army regiment occupied with their training regimen. OddObserver fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Mar 23, 2023 |
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 01:13
|
|
|
On reddit, someone mentioned TWI has a lot of poking, and now I can't help but see it every other page. Apparently it's a gnoll custom though, so maybe Liscor just has a lot of folks poking each other.
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 01:29
|
|
|
Is Volume 5 of TWI Goblin War? Cause reading a million words of goblin genocide burnt me the gently caress out on the story. And finishing the arc just to have it followed up with a baleros chapter made me quit, I was just done with reading about the horrors of war. In other news I've been enjoying Gleam https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/62157/gleam ...this sounds like a back handed compliment, but it gives me the same vibes as early japanese LN isekai, but done well? Like the main character's deal is being a Legitimately Good Person, but he actually has character and agency and poo poo instead of being a doormat. His teammates fit the mold of 'cold girl' and 'loud overconfident guy', but again they have character and those traits are not exaggerated to the point of absurdity. Overall I've been enjoying it, it's a nice blend of comedy, action, and character moments.
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 01:32
|
|
|
Selkie Myth posted:Is it discreet or discrete?
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 08:56
|
|
|
Nitrousoxide posted:Well I completed Vol 4 of The Wandering Inn.[/spoiler] You're going through it really fast! I'm still on book 8. truculence noun. the quality or attitude of being aggressively hostile; belligerence RBA-Wintrow fucked around with this message at 11:32 on Mar 23, 2023 |
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 09:22
|
|
|
Something I see a lot is people trying to pluralise “scum”. It’s a mass noun!!
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 10:44
|
|
|
I see this so often in translated xianxia, I think they're trying to convey something about how the word works in Mandarin.
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 11:15
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 23:47 |
|
|
Speaking of translated xanxia, maybe it’s because of original language but it always annoys me when they gender words when they don’t need to. You can’t just be a saint or a mage, you have to be a saintess or a magess. They aren’t even gendered words to begin with, no one says saintess Teresa just saint Teresa
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2023 11:35
|
|