like there is a very specific parallel drawn between what's-her-names parents and Thessaly
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I'm also gesturing at Y and Saga here though too The writing is not as progressive as it wants to think it's being
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Replying to @liminal_warmth
oh yeah I mean I havent read Saga but Y is just generally a lesser work
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Saga is good on the whole although the emotional plays are cheap (and very effective), I think you'd enjoy reading it Or maybe hate it since iirc you didn't like Rothfuss doing that actually
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Remind me why you specifically don't like him again? I think it was that you found NotW boring and predictable?
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Replying to @liminal_warmth
his main character doesnt fuck until a sex goddess decides to sleep with him and then hes magically the greatest lover shes ever had and then he goes and becomes a ninja for some reason. and fucks all the ninjas
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Replying to @eigenrobot @liminal_warmth
I want to argue with this but I can't EXCEPT THAT THERE ARE REASONS IT MAKES SENSE OKAY
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Replying to @nightmask3 @eigenrobot
Self-insert fiction can be great Men everywhere: "I too want to be the lover of a sex goddess and a ninja"
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Replying to @liminal_warmth @nightmask3
im too old for this wish fulfilment for me is having a good day at work, playing with my daughter for a while, and passing out for a solid twelve hours
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"you want wish fulfilment? buddy lets talk about asset allocation"
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Yes please let’s do that. Should I be investing in international stock index funds? What about international bonds?? Tell me now!!!
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no. only america will survive the coming storm
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