western-series

[peak pilot]

Mistborn book 2 ||vinsmoke elend||

[mild seal]

I can't believe I wasted my time watching 4 seasons of evil

[shrewd sigil]

got a chance to watch Godzilla minus one for the first time for the japanese film festival they do in egypt every year

so peak

[sage remnant]

Lucky

Mf

[shrewd sigil]

sister even won an art book 😎 #other-series message

not for Godzilla but some studio 4c anime

[sage remnant]

Os stugf

[shrewd sigil]

ik but felt awkward sending that image there without context

I'll just link it

[sage remnant]

Just send it there without context

More fun

[shrewd sigil]

[brave orbit]

Send Help was AMAZING

[sand cypress]

20000 Leagues Under the Sea || this Captain Nemo fellow wants to be free just like Luffy ||

[shrewd sigil]

https://x.com/i/status/2023132665776644243

ToonHive (@ToonHive)

Warner Bros. Discovery is considering reviving sale talks with Paramount Skydance after a new amended offer, Bloomberg reports.

X · Feb 15, 2026, 8:29 PM

can they let it go bruh

[upper parcel]

We were so close to avoiding the worst outcome

[worthy crypt]

id prefer netflix to paramount

[jolly ruin]

TWOK 66 || man… sadeas fuck you, you little fucking bitch. The visions tricked me into trusting his ass as well ||

[worthy crypt]

i listened to like 10 hours of wor today, im almost done

[sage remnant]

you listen to at work?

[sage remnant]

us brother us

[worthy crypt]

nah work requires too much focus, i wouldnt be able to pay attention

but i did like 2 weeks worth of cooking today

[eager agate]

Good movie

[sage remnant]

damn

I thought at your level etc there would be too much downtime between meetings and w/e so that you would manage to squeeze in listening itme lol

[worthy crypt]

nah im never short of stuff to do. i have backlogs that could keep me busy for months

[sage remnant]

ah

[worthy crypt]

not that my heart is especialy in it but i do feel a sense of obligation to stay busy and try hard as long as i wanna continue cashing the checks

[timber basin]

KOTSK New episode (#5) ||Holy shit, that was intense.||

[sage remnant]

damn dunk and egg already at 5 epsss

[modern lichen]

https://fixupx.com/Dejvrius/status/2023041286715162757?s=20

krapina (@Dejvrius)

impressive lesson on how not to write in the replies

Quoting 🍂 (@Lovandfear)
︀
If you're a writer, write “I lied.” Without writing, “I lied.”

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FixupX · Feb 15, 2026, 2:26 PM

[sage remnant]

how bad are they harsh

don't have twitter

[modern lichen]

very bad and juvenile

[sage remnant]

😭

[frosty sonnet]

AKOTSK Episode 5 ||That was fucking brutal to watch. It's cool that Dunk made himself the better man and spared Aerion, but Maekar's probably gonna be a little pissed. Also, Baelor's death flags turned out to be legit. RIP to the goat.||

[modern lichen]

this one is the only decent one

[frosty sonnet]

AKOTSK Episode 5 ||Dude Dunk is basically a damn zombie by the end. How the hell is he alive?||

[main lion]

"I was just trolling"

[modern lichen]

another banger

[jolly ruin]

AKOTSK Episode 5 || dunk saying "i am sorry" over and over again hit hard for me ngl||

[frosty sonnet]

AKOTSK E5 || I like how Dunk and Arlan meet. Arlan's the most badass drunken idiot I've ever seen.||

[frosty sonnet]

AKOTSK E5 ||Couldn't have seen it coming. A Prince and heir to the iron throne dying for a Hedge Knight.||

AKOTSK E5 ||Dunk's gonna carry that guilt with him for a while. Not his fault but he won't see it that way.||

[tawny parcel]

Man this so trash it makes me think this one is so serious

[sage remnant]

it feels like gippity

[timber basin]

AKOTSK E5: ||They pump faked the fuck out of us. In the books it was kinda confirmed so we knew it was gonna happen, but whenever we saw Baelor walk into the stable after the trial, I thought the show writers were gonna stray from the books and keep him alive. Then they broke our hearts.||

[timber basin]

AKOTSK E5: ||I kinda feel bad for Maekar here. He was obviously disgusted by Aerion’s actions, but he had to back him cause that’s his son and Daeron was also there so he had to back his two boys even though he disagreed. Then he kills his brother now accidentally in a trial of seven that he was practically forced into, while all four of his kids go against his wishes. Like he has been put in a terrible situation.||

[near echo]

Halfway into Predator Badlands and idk if I like it lmao

Rip

[tawny parcel]

Gonna finish tbi tonight

[white smelt]

Yeah but have you considered Elle is HOT

[white smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-speed-disappointed-mythic-stream-fortnite-gif-6136848449896824636

[near echo]

Predator Badlands
||+ Fun planet. Whole thing gives me Metroid Prime vibes, I love the weird ecosystem and funky lil aliens that kill in gimmicky ways.

• Novel premise for a series that needed one
• Elle Fanning is hot

• But also this is kinda just Prey with different window dressing and nowhere near as good
• I hate every character and the entire script
• I don't like how human the Yautjas culture is they might as well be Star Trek aliens
• Fuck off with the Weyland Yutani connection, get that slop out of here||

[white smelt]

I haven’t even seen it I just saw her in it and thought I would eventually

[near echo]

Oh lol

She tragically plays an extremely annoying character

Practically a Borderlands NPC

[white smelt]

It’s okay she’s hot

[proper talon]

A knight of the seven kingdoms episode 5 was amazing.

[frank rivet]

KOTSK Ep 5 - || i don't read the books so i didn't know who was going to live or who was going to die , but icl lol that flashback pmo, i legit thought they were about to fuck us and not show a conclusion to this till next episode. The battle was cool though i honestly thought they others would of came out of it a lot more fucked up besides baelor ofc that was a surprise. ||

[modern lichen]

AKOTSK 1x5 ||BAELOR ||

[near echo]

Farscape is goofy

[frank rivet]

KOTSK Ep 5 - || anyone else wish the episode was atleast like 45-1hr. This episode should not have been the same as the others tbh||

[pearl quest]

KOTSK ep5 || I'm sobbing bruh what an episode.....yeah u right lucy i wanted this ep to last longer ||

[frank rivet]

KOTSK Ep 5 - || https://vxtwitter.com/futtywap/status/2023260385747353996?s=20 ||

jimmy toots (@futtywap)

Steely Pate after taking off Baelors helmet

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 16, 2026, 4:57 AM

[broken fossil]

Knight of the seven kingdoms season 1 is better than game of thrones season 1

AKOTSK ep 5 // GOT season 1 ||the acting has been superb and there are less fan service-y scenes than got had , more straight from the books scenes , even got season 1 added stuff that wasn’t in the books and after reading the book it pissed me off lol, I can’t imagine how maekar must have felt accidentally (seems like) killing his own brother , and the gratitude and then immediate devastation from Duncan after he pledged his life to baelor only for him to die in his arms …this was beautiful , this was the ned stark moment , Shakespearian chefs kiss , and I thought I was gonna be mad at the flashback but it was paced extremely well, mostly got what I wanted out of the fighting although I wish I saw a little more of maekar and lyonel but I get it was supposed to be Duncan’s POV, amazing stuff ||

AKOTSK ep 5 ||real life grueling knight fight , down in the dirt just punching the shit out of each other doing everything you can to win…just like his flea bottom days ||

[timber basin]

AKOTSK episode 5: ||At first I was a little heated cause of the flashback but tbh I think it was necessary cause it actually showed Arlan of Pennytree in a somewhat positive light and showed he was actually competent and not entirely the mediocre and lackluster knight that it’s been kinda implied he was the first few episodes.||

[pearl quest]

KOTSK ep 5 || yeah I loved the flashback it made the get up scene hold so much value as well apart from showcasing ser arlan||

[limber urchin]

Mistborn book 3 ||Chapter 5|| ||Holy crap! What a revelation. I never expected anything like this.|| Furthermore: Mistborn book 3 and all of Stormlight ||Either the Well's power itself, or the thing it freed is definitely a Shard of Adolnalsium - I mean, the thing is named RUIN, it has to be one of the shards; plus it's clearly explained to have godlike powers.||

the spoiler tagged images are from Mistborn book 3, not Stormlight

[sage remnant]

nice that you are enjoying it

[limber urchin]

It's a decent start

Mistborn book 3 ||Not sure how I feel about a hardened Elend though. Feels out of character, but that seems to be the point based on his internal dialogue.||

[sage remnant]

Mistborn book 3 || The way the epigraphs "tell" the informationi to the readers before the characters find that out through the story is my main issue with this book ||

there are multiple obv

but that's the most persistent

[limber urchin]

Mistborn book 3 ||I'm loving these crazy revelations, but I'm sure getting the information diagetically through the actual story is ideal.||

kind of like

[sage remnant]

It's like against how I like stories

[limber urchin]

Stormlight Book 4 or 5, I forget ||First learning that humans are not from Roshar. That was a revelation in-story, and it was a top 10 moment for me. "They came from another world." So, while these epigraphs are nice, they don't hit as hard as the Stormlight one does, since it was directly in the text.||

[sage remnant]

this had been my major issue in WaT too

to the point I hated it

[sage remnant]

Stormlight book 3 exactly /HOA|| Them being cryptic works. Them directly telling story bits before it happens is equivalent to like someone spoiling you that plot reveal ||

[frosty sonnet]

AKOTSK E5 ||Anyone else actually start tearing up though when Baelor died, and Dunk is just apologizing over and over, feeling that guilt? A hedge knight who may have never actually been knighted in the first place watching this honorable, kind, noble man die for him, for his lie potentially? It's so grim, and raw. This man who would've been a great king dying for this humble, unfortunate hedge knight with hardly a thing to his name but the clothes on his back, all because his little shitbag nephew broke some puppeteer's finger.||

[limber urchin]

Mistborn book 3 ||Are these supposed to be Vin's thoughts?||

[sage remnant]

HoA || It's supposed to be the thoughts of the person whose thoughts it's supposed to be ||

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/frodo-keep-your-secrets-alright-then-lotr-gif-12907121

[brave orbit]

I know it

[sage remnant]

shut up nerd

had you even read Mistborn?

[limber urchin]

Mistborn, for the most part, has been a great experience though.

[sage remnant]

nice

[limber urchin]

Not better than Stormlight though. Get rekt, Brandon Sanderson.

[sage remnant]

I wouldn't say any Mistborn book other than WoA touches the "great" scale

for me

[brave orbit]

Book 1...

2/3s of it

[sage remnant]

fake fan

[broken fossil]

AKOTSK ep 5 ||I don’t think it was that much implied that he was mediocre because of the scene when dunk first meets baelor they’re talking about Arlan matching baelor spear for spear in jousting , from what I read about that scene , dunk knew for certain it was 7 spears but bent the knee and submitted it was 4 spears regardless ||

AKOTSK ep 5 ||unless I understood it wrong and it’s the other way around lol ||

[brave orbit]

@sage remnant finished WaT ||Day 4||

T

[sage remnant]

nice

what do you think

[brave orbit]

WaT Part 4 ||More low-key day it seems, Szeth fighting 2 honorbearers could have been more hype but it was still nice, esp Nightblood. I imagine Szeth could end up drawing Investiture from Nightblood in the Cognitive Realm at some point, and it was nice to see Szeth's condescending highspren be a lil useless bitch lmao

Kal's final chapter was my fav i think||

[limber urchin]

WAT spoilers everything ||Kaladin and Szeth going on a boss rush game mode was pretty funny.||

[brave orbit]

[sage remnant]

WaT Part 4 || The spoon ||

[sage remnant]

me likey that structure

sad people didn't

being a battle shounen fan has given me some good tastes

[brave orbit]

Ive learnt to ignore ppl's stormlight opinions

[sage remnant]

I like discussing shit

😎

[brave orbit]

Me too

[modern lichen]

https://fxtwitter.com/i/status/2023458639076278590 FUCK

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Robert Duvall has sadly passed away at the age of 95.

**💬 54 🔁 138 ❤️ 755 👁️ 10.3K **

FxTwitter · Feb 16, 2026, 6:05 PM

[brave orbit]

Its just that most of the time they're awful

Daniel Greene said the first half of the book is a 6/10 what is he on

Its like a 7 at worst

[sage remnant]

Day 1 is probably one of the best parts of Stormlight for me

I would go as far to say I prefer it to Sanderlanche of book 1

[brave orbit]

D2 also

[brave orbit]

Ok stop the cap

[sage remnant]

It hit me more in the feels

[brave orbit]

Fair

[sage remnant]

It also has a whole 4 books as setup

TWOK is essentially a setup and WaT is essentially a sanderlanche/climax

[brave orbit]

||The Tower tho...|| WaT D4

[sage remnant]

you didn't like it?

oh wait

[brave orbit]

Yea

Like

[sage remnant]

which part are you talking about

|| Sig? || WaT day 4

[brave orbit]

That part in TWOK was goated

[sage remnant]

never said it wasn't

[brave orbit]

All the days are starting to mix in my head btw ngl

Which idk if its a good or bad thing

[sage remnant]

depends

[brave orbit]

I think good

Cuz it flows so well

[sage remnant]

WaT || I think post day 4, that's how the structure is meant to be ||

[brave orbit]

He has gotten so good at pacing this i think

[sage remnant]

people hate pacing of this book while I think it's where the series has been at its best

[brave orbit]

Already felt it with RoW even tho apparently its unpopular..

[sage remnant]

pacing wise

[brave orbit]

Yea

I think WoR is where i disliked it the most

[jolly ruin]

TWOK end || wow.. that last stretch of chapters is insane, stayed up late till i finished it, glad today was off. So that Harald that was abandoned in the prologue returned which i assume signifies the beginning of a desolation? ALSO hold the fuck up, parshendi are the void bringers?? what in the fuck, and these parshmen are basically ticking remotely controlled nuclear bombs that can truly destroy civilization over night. Crazy. Also, lowkey i want to see jasnah's face when she realizes that vorinism is correct, the heralds exist (she is bound to meet one of them soon), and she is wrong for being a heretic lol this will humble her real good. Still not sure what the words Gavilar wanted Dalinar to say were. Speaking of Dalinar, loved her character arc, he went from a military warlord to a truly wise leader. And him going all "nope I'm the adult here" and decided to take everyones's "toys". Really good story, starting Words of Radiant very soon. This paragraph has no structure to it what so ever but fuck it||

[sage remnant]

TWOK end ||
"For the Bridgemen"
||

https://youtu.be/UimT_vFk_xs?si=JRY3ZQtkiBbT4y4a
https://youtu.be/-5aRbien4fw?si=0ZphV-KiNAgNwRuc
https://youtu.be/_RHFf4QPCMA?si=sCQmTJL0WCdALY2-

Watch these

TWOK end

hopefully on incognito or w/e so that your feed doesn't turn into Stormlight spoilers

@jolly ruin

Cosmere all pre WaT || https://www.reddit.com/r/cremposting/comments/1r5ky37/if_the_shards_had_a_group_chat_part_2/|| @shrewd sigil

[jolly ruin]

TWOK || wow that first link, that scene is goated, i hope the apple adaptation does it justice eventually, thanks for the links ||

[sage remnant]

first one hits right in the feels

the third one does the || Szeth lashings really well|| TWOK

[jolly ruin]

MAAAN

WHAT A great scene that was

[sage remnant]

TWOK || Skipping the scene from the flashback chapters and keeping it at that moment. absolute chef kiss ||

oh wait also

TWOK || ODIUM REIGNSS!! ||

[shrewd sigil]

lmfao

[jolly ruin]

TWOK || i forgot who odium is icl, did he show up in kaladin's vision or dalinar?? ||

[shrewd sigil]

cosmere pre wat ||I know every cosmere aware character outside of roshar was tired of hearing about all the bullshit going on there ||

[sage remnant]

TWOK || this is the being in the Kaladin's visions who shouts "Odium reigns" ||

[sage remnant]

cosmere pre wat || how does cosmere aware really work tho ||

like

[jolly ruin]

twok || oh........................ kaladin and dalinar are disciples of opposite beings then?? DAMN||

[sage remnant]

|| since every being invests themselves in every axiom of the world, but again it's localized to some degree to their specific systems too? so like since they are part of every thing, would they also be able to have some communication || cosmere pre wat

[sage remnant]

TWOK || I didn't imply that... ||

TWOK || the being shouts Odium reigns in fear or warning ||

[rich meadow]

Riiiip

[sage remnant]

anything I say beyond that would be spoiler for further books

[modern lichen]

Hello #cosmere

[rich meadow]

95 is a good innings tho

[brave orbit]

We are so back

[rich meadow]

Redford and Duvall recently. 5-10 years from now probably Pacino and De Niro

Damn

[jolly ruin]

TWOK || yeah you didnt but let me go back and check where odium was mentioned, i think the being in dalinar's vision said something about odium killing him, and it looks like odium is the being giving kaladin his powers, i am mega speculating rn so please dont confirm or deny if spoilers ||

[sage remnant]

Smh

[sage remnant]

Final chapter and somewhere along 45%

also harsh I would love to make this chat #clive-barker but its not as mainstreamy 😔

[modern lichen]

No one cares about Clive Barker here lil bro it’s ok

[sage remnant]

My years of shilling Imajica got only 12 people to read it...

[shrewd sigil]

cosmere pre wat ||nono cosmere-aware means everyone who knows that there are shards and other planets out there etc, like the ghostbloods and the 17th share aswell not just the shards||

[sage remnant]

Too weird for people

[shrewd sigil]

also I'm not sure I understand your question icl

[sage remnant]

Ye I know that vady

uhhh

[shrewd sigil]

I'll finish it one day ...

[sage remnant]

Dw I didn't count you

😔

Also nvm vady. I am about to sleep so don't want to start an interesting convo

[shrewd sigil]

alr

ill ask you tomorrow

[sage remnant]

I could get the answer myself by reading but who would bother with cosmid

[regal root]

Proper OG

95 is one hell of a run

[shrewd sigil]

it's a crime that only like 3 people here have read mistborn era 2

[regal root]

RIP 🫡

[sage remnant]

Not my problem HoA was a shitty ass book Vady..

😔

[shrewd sigil]

..

goodnight goro ...

[modern lichen]

Yeah, maybe even sooner

Oldheads ready to croak

[regal root]

Life comes at you fast man

Got to appreciate people while they're still with us

[modern lichen]

These guys have had long lives so it’s ok

I hate it when people die young

[regal root]

Same

[brave orbit]

WaT Interlude 7 ||FUCK YOU MOASH, SUFFER MORE YOU LIL BITCH||

[timber basin]

KOTSK episode 5 rewatch: ||You can really see little details in the background while all the chaos is going on that I didn’t notice on first watch. Ser Robyn (the one-eyed guy) knocking Daeron off his horse and fighting the Kingsguard, Beesbury dying instantly on the first charge, Maekar hitting Baelor with the mace in the background literally the SECOND after Aerion says he yields. The choreography was insanity.||

[broken fossil]

KOTSK ep 5 ||daeron agreed to be an easy target and stay down once down so that must have been it for daeron lol||

[shrewd coral]

hi

[scenic galleon]

rip Frederick Wiseman

[white smelt]

95 is a helluva run. Can’t even be sad at that

[crimson bane]

yup. That's well above the average

[peak pilot]

I think you can be saved one day

[frank rivet]

Godzilla New Comic - || https://vxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2023480386433728701?s=20 ||

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

First look at ‘THE HORROR OF GODZILLA’, a new comic series that focuses on Godzilla's first-ever attack on Japan from a horror angle.

Written by Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan.

vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 16, 2026, 7:31 PM

[sand cypress]

Proud to be one of these people

[worthy crypt]

I read it but probably don't love it as much as y'all. It's decent tho

[potent zenith]

Watching Grey's Anatomy

Its fun so far, 2 episodes in

[frank rivet]

lol watching Greys Anatomy 😭

nigga you gonna be watching that for the rest of your life

WTF it only has 450 episodes 😭 ain't no way

[sand cypress]

Abandon ship brother

[potent zenith]

Piece of cake

[potent zenith]

It doesnt seem bad, and its 450 episodes of white noise while i grind crafting survival games

[proper talon]

Rewatching Game of Thrones for the first time. Read all the books and I check the ice and fire wiki pretty much every other day. Read some of Fire and Blood and book 1 of the tales of Dunk and Egg too

[jolly ruin]

WoR 2 || damn shallan auramaxxing||

[near echo]

Picked up Fantastic Planet on the Criterion sale

Had a 20 dollar credit to use on this one so I got the 4k for only 20 bucks after shipping and tax

Feels good

Also I want background noise while doing some more packing and putting away laundry so I'm turning on Ferngully

[sage remnant]

Na you

[sage remnant]

@worthy crypt DCC audiobook got a Youtuber cameo??

wtf

[worthy crypt]

Idk what you mean

Patrick whatburton got a cameo which was very funny

Which youtuber did

[sage remnant]

critical drinker apparently

don't know who they are

damn apparently he's there as a character post book 3

DCC

[worthy crypt]

Yeah not familiar. Maybe there was a patreon or something

I only vaguely remember him I don't think he was very important

[sage remnant]

really weird that this happened tho

ngl

[worthy crypt]

But I'm not really the type of guy who's super into guilt by association tell me every single person you've ever interacted with so I can determine whether your art is pure enough for my gaze

[sage remnant]

ye I don't care much about that but the fact that books are having these

[worthy crypt]

The main guys voice always sounded like whatburton though so I really appreciated that cameo

Puddy in seinfeld, Joe in family guy

The witch's doofus assistant in emperors new Grove who's name I can't remember

[worthy crypt]

Escape from ny || what a crazy fever dream I can't tell if this is actually a good movie ||

|| it feels like they ran with every single idea and no one was ever told no or to compromise ||

[near echo]

Escape from NY rules

[worthy crypt]

I was entertained, no question

[near echo]

This week's not going well and I have no one to blame but myself

I need to give myself an easy win this weekend

Was gonna finally check out Tron Ares but I can't tolerate any more mid

[tawny parcel]

Rock a doodle😭

What the hell is bro watching

[sage sleet]

I see the problem

[near echo]

Movies to fold my laundry to

[sage sleet]

You weren’t watching treasure planet

[near echo]

Seen that one like 4 times Im good for a while

[sage sleet]

Mashallah

Watched goat on Friday

Really good

[modern lichen]

Badlands was enjoyable because I stopped expecting a story like Prey and just gave into the hype moments and aura

[tawny parcel]

W Harsh

Story <<<<< hype moments and aura

[copper phoenix]

also because elle fanning awooga

[white smelt]

She got that Elle Fanny

👀

[frank rivet]

whats that one all the way to the right

looks interesting

[white smelt]

Megazone 23 part 2

[mild seal]

https://tenor.com/gXyjYP9ZNH5.gif

[brave orbit]

@copper phoenix wait Brandon already finished writing the first book of Mistborn 3

[sage remnant]

Ye cuz its midborn

[sage remnant]

Damn Megazone 23 part 2 didn't work for you...

It'a the best in the series...

[modern lichen]

mando and grogu new trailer || https://fixupx.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2023759999881589220?s=20 ||

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

The new trailer for ‘THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU’ has been released.
︀︀
︀︀In theaters on May 22.

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▶ Play video

FixupX · Feb 17, 2026, 2:02 PM

[sweet badge]

Ko7k ep 5 || the realm needs good men, it needs you too bro 🙁 baelor the blessed rip
George r r martin does it again||

[near echo]

I like 1 more

[tawny parcel]

Does anyone even give a shit about this

[modern lichen]

idk bro

[tawny parcel]

Has anyone ever said “yeah I’m excited for the mandalorian and grogu movie”

[sage remnant]

I am so excited for mandalorian and grogu movie!!!!

lets goo

[tawny parcel]

We found one

[sage remnant]

it's gonna be so fucking good

[peak pilot]

Groku

[sage remnant]

(what's mandalorian and what's grogu)

(is this some star wars thing)

[tawny parcel]

Yeah

Its okay bro you don’t have to pretend i know you’re excited

[sage remnant]

I haven't seen any star wars sadly

always been a Trek guy

[tawny parcel]

Freak

[sage remnant]

it's the better franchise

[modern lichen]

lol

two completely different franchises

[peak pilot]

I know this channel is sick of Stormlight but is Sanderson going to have that stream talking about his new deal or naw

[sage remnant]

no

it was cancelled

[peak pilot]

Really?

[sage remnant]

no Muk

[peak pilot]

That’s crazy

[tawny parcel]

The apple one?????

[sage remnant]

not the adaptation

the stream

[tawny parcel]

Oh

I was like damn that was fast

[peak pilot]

Hope stormlight is animated

[sage remnant]

not gonna be

[tawny parcel]

It wont be

Theyre gonna try to inevitably make it next game of thrones if thry can I’m guessing

Every fantasy adaptation wants to be game of thronesp

10 trillion dollar per episodep

[sage remnant]

Brandon wants to reach as many audience as possible and animation has a stigma

[tawny parcel]

Ya

[sage remnant]

He wants to have an Arcane like animated show tho

[peak pilot]

Does it even have a stigma anymore

[sage remnant]

I dunno. Non anime server American people say it does

many of them are highly skeptical of animated shows still

[shrewd sigil]

https://x.com/i/status/2023731963463360781

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Warner Bros has officially reopened talks with Paramount over a possible higher bid for the studio.

They will give Paramount 7 days to make their best and final offer.

X · Feb 17, 2026, 12:11 PM

[peak pilot]

That’s so stupid

[shrewd sigil]

Nice 🖕

[peak pilot]

If they want to make Stormlight good it’ll take forever and a bajillion dollars

[sage remnant]

yes

[sage remnant]

fuck them

[limber urchin]

Mistborn book 3 and all of Stormlight question ||So the Kandra are aware of two of the shards?||

[sage remnant]

Mistborn book 3/Stormlight || Yes ||

Mistborn book 2 || they namedrop both in book 2 as well ||

[limber urchin]

huh, odd how I don't remember Mistborn book 2 ||The mention of Preservation||

another question Mistborn book 3 ||Is Ruin and the power within the Well of Ascension that refills every thousand years one and the same? Or is this a RAFO situation?||

[sage remnant]

WoA

[sage remnant]

Mistborn book 3 || Yessss.... but you are wrong in what specifically it's and such subtleties. that is a rafo ||

[limber urchin]

!speedreader

[past panther]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/164971940648321024/535148418100887562/Lightspeedread.png

[sage remnant]

hmm

[limber urchin]

i have failed

[sage remnant]

I think these can fly over youu...

but again

you have read Stormlight so like

[limber urchin]

it feels like I should've gotten it in hindsight

[sage remnant]

|| Big name concept words should have implied some sort of Shardic entity ||WoA/Stormlight

[limber urchin]

yeah I have to remember that. actually i really never forgot, I just somehow let that go over my head

[sage remnant]

alsooo

[limber urchin]

btw mistborn book 3 ||I think the book is decent, but despite the fight with the koloss, it does feel like the third book is going for a slower start. lot of preparations and mystery to unpack i guess||

[sage remnant]

nvm I shouldn't mention that

[jolly ruin]

are the mist born books an extension of the stormlight archives story?

[sage remnant]

No

Essentially Cosmere is the universe where most of his books take place

you finished Stormlight 1 right

Stormlight 1 || Stormlight takes place in a planet called Roshar which is in its own solar system ||

generla spoilers Mistborn || Takes place in Scadrial ||

Stormlight 1 || By some means, all employing some sort of magic or fantastical devices, interplanetary travel is possible ||

Stormlight 1 || Those three folks in the Purelake interludes who were searching for "Hoid" are from other planets ||

[jolly ruin]

TWOK || UH isnt this spoilers for books beyond TWOK? 😭 ||

[sage remnant]

there's a wider story taking place in Cosmere, but it doesn't take away from individual series

[sage remnant]

No

[jolly ruin]

oh i see, thats interesting

damn i can see myself brainrotting over this series

[sage remnant]

Stormlight/Cosmere general || You only realize they are offworlders because you have seen them in other books ||

It's good

the books are pretty consistent too ig

I dislike two books a lot but those are among the most liked ones :kekhands:

one thing it does good is that the minor details, while they don't really matter to understand the core story, they make it really fulfilling experience when you get them

and they are meticulous and like thought out and consistent

[limber urchin]

Mistborn general ||SCATrial gottem||

[sage remnant]

uhhh

is this some murican joke

[limber urchin]

yeah Mistborn general ||Scad sounds like Scat, and Scat is slang for shit, like animal shit.||

[sage remnant]

ah

[limber urchin]

i forget there are other countries on this server sometimes

classic ameribrain

except europeans. I got my eye on that shady bunch

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/Variety/status/2023782849451892811?s=20

Variety (@Variety)

#ShiaLaBeouf was arrested early Tuesday morning after an alleged fight during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

LaBeouf is facing two charges of simple battery, according to court records.

https://t.co/yh8qILwBe0

X · Feb 17, 2026, 3:33 PM

[worthy crypt]

i wish i could pull off a moustache

[frank rivet]

lol nvm i always thought

i actually saw him once during his transformers tours, hes so unrecognizable from today

[limber urchin]

yeah haha

he was a baby face in the Transformers days. and the first film came out 19 years ago

[jolly ruin]

TWOK 2 || "Killing the lighteyes isn't why I was made a slave," Kaladin said. "It's the one I didn't kill that's the problem." does he mean he was made a slave because he didnt kill amaram? i dont get this ||

[sage remnant]

aren't you talking about Words of Radiance

should write WoR instead of TWOK 2

or Stormlight 2

[jolly ruin]

nah i am rereading some early twok chapters

[sage remnant]

ah

okay

[sage remnant]

TWOK all || the one he didn't kill by fighting to save (Amaram) is the problem ||

[jolly ruin]

oooh

[sage remnant]

TWOK all || he was made a slave because instead of others who gave up and let Amaram die for good, even his honor guard, he stood and fought against the shardbearer and saved Amaram ||

[jolly ruin]

ok that makes sense

yup now i got it thanks

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/oops-whoopsies-adam-de-vine-gif-7976025

[obsidian basalt]

mistborn 3 || this book sure is depressing ||

[obsidian basalt]

LeMistBron 3 || sometimes brandon just hits ||

[obsidian basalt]

mistborn 3 || at this point I think its too much. there hasn't been a single thing to feel good about since before the ending of the last book, and I'm more than halfway through this one. it gets hard to read a story where genuinely nothing goes right ever. obviously they'll win at the end but that really doesn't change much.||

[peak pilot]

Mistborn 3 ||I enjoyed the melancholic/depressive feel to the book. It really felt like the end of times to me||

[sand cypress]

[scenic terrace]

Xd

[jolly ruin]

agree or disagree?

[limber urchin]

i agree almost completely

but grrm has plenty of faults

but brandon is also not slop

but grrm is better

[scenic terrace]

I’ve never read Sanderson I just know he has lots of fans in here

[jolly ruin]

oh lmao somehow i skipped the sanderson slop slander

[limber urchin]

khalid speedread a paragraph

[peak pilot]

There’s something really funny about book elitists

[copper phoenix]

ah yes the greatest fantasy author that hasn't finished his books

[worthy crypt]

Hard disagree. Grrm gets credit for the utopian ending that only exists in fans heads and he can't actually create.
But yeah you right that it's silly to be any sort of elitist about magic and dragons and whatnot

Until he produces otherwise, the show ending is the ending to asoiaf. That's how George should be judged

[copper phoenix]

I don't think I've ever seen a fandom wank an author this much

[limber harbor]

• user is in a one piece server

[copper phoenix]

did I stutter

[worthy crypt]

I mean half the ppl in here think oda is a hack lol

[copper phoenix]

oda wank doesn't come anywhere close to this

[worthy crypt]

And he wrote syrup village, no one is perfect

[copper phoenix]

at least oda is actually working

[worthy crypt]

Even if you think up to adwd is absolutely prefect, that's a 71% for his series. Barely passing. C-

[copper phoenix]

even if he quit writing today I'd still hold him in higher regard just for his work ethic

[limber harbor]

They’re taking more about the writing quality than how much books he’s finished

[worthy crypt]

Part of quality writing is having a plot you can finish

[limber harbor]

I assume they’re talking about what’s there and not hypothetical books

[copper phoenix]

ye its literally praising complexity in the tweet

[worthy crypt]

The text of the tweet is so funny

[copper phoenix]

anyone can write some convoluted shit when they don't have to think about how to actually close the dead ends

[limber harbor]

No that’s just silly

Not everyone can just write game of thrones up to that point

[worthy crypt]

Yknow why people have been discussing the lore for 20 years? Cause there are no books with answers

It's not because it's just so deep. It's an unanswered question left for decades

[limber harbor]

Not entirely

[worthy crypt]

And I like asoiaf I'm just increasingly a George hater.

He's made a fool of me for trusting him back in 2014

[limber harbor]

From what I’ve seen of game of thrones discussion most of it isn’t just theorizing the end. Discussion happens within it as well.

It’s very heavy handed to having a blockbuster show in line with it as well

Oh YouTube down yikes

[tawny parcel]

Finishing the blade itself for real today

Was going to yesterday but gamer a little too much…

Have 4 chapters left

[mild seal]

Good, fuck them for changing the subscription feed

[tawny parcel]

Also when i think of george rr martin I thjnk of his character writing more then anything before his worlds. And that you can get a feel for without being fully completed

[frank rivet]

lol they changed the subscription feed

[scenic terrace]

Togashi wank is kinda out of this world tbh

[worthy crypt]

people seem to love authors whos story end only exists in a perfect state in their heads and not actually in reality

though i dont blame him like i blame george

[jolly ruin]

is it wank if it is fully deserved

[worthy crypt]

ehhh its good but its not great imo

[limber harbor]

Idk I’ve been in many fandoms and I’ve never seen anyone dickride like one piece fans do

[worthy crypt]

my favorite story is probably malazan but i think one piece will pass it if it lands the ending well

[near echo]

I mean he's the only modern day author at the level of Dostoevsky and Cervantes

[peak pilot]

Aot or hxh

[frank rivet]

lol this is cope

@foggy mirage did you see the new stills for the Superman/Spiderman collab?

[worthy crypt]

wor 74 || i find it hard to believe syl is dead/gone but im starting to think she might be if the literal voice of god says she is ||

[limber harbor]

About?

[tawny parcel]

Enough time has passed. Togashi > Plato

[frank rivet]

i think we might have the largest on social media right now, but we def don't have the worst. JJK is 10000x worse and Naruto was a lot worse in the past.

[worthy crypt]

lol hxh is like a b+ i cant believe yall talking about it like its generation defining literature. i never seen any earlier works but im skeptical they deserve the hype yall are giving

[tawny parcel]

We have one togashi glazer amongst our very own ranks here (reio)

[worthy crypt]

dont get me wrong its good but its not outstanding. people dont take away enough points for unfinished stories. It seems like most people do the opposite, crediting the author for an amazing ending they never actually wrote

[limber harbor]

I’m not talking about how bad the fandom is

[foggy mirage]

I have

Also on the latest solicits for absolute

[near echo]

Shitposting and memes aside I do think that in many cases an open end is better than a bad ending, I think HxH and Berserk hold up as essential Japanese comics even though one was never finished as intended and HxH never will be either if we're being honest

[frank rivet]

Absolute Batman latest - || Absolute Robin Next ||

[near echo]

Granted they're also the kinda psuedo episodic journey stories that CAN get away with that real easily

[worthy crypt]

i guess i wouldnt call hxh and asoiaf an open ending, theyre just unfinished. Though i would agree about open endings in general

[near echo]

Yeah HxH isn't an open end yet it's still being published

It's inevitable tho lol

Unless togashi changes his habits

[main lion]

agree with the "people dont take away enough points for unfinished stories" take. I dont view an open ending as the same thing as an unfinished one

an open ending is still an intended ending

unless this is just the term you used for unfinished semantically

[near echo]

Megaman Legends is a masterpiece and that shits been half finished for 26 years now

Just sayin

[main lion]

are megaman legends games cohesives stories or are they individual stories that have an open ending at the end of each one

[near echo]

First ones self contained
Second ones very much setup for an ongoing franchise that didn't happen

[main lion]

depends how it set it up ig. If it leaves room for it but still provides a proper ending

[worthy crypt]

wor i-12 || lhan the drunk sychophant ardent is one of my favorite characters. And a good example of how audiobooks can add a lot i think the slurred performance really helps. I understand this man so well, I would be him if i were in this world. ||

[main lion]

Id still say that its not unfinished

[near echo]

Id tag the ending but wrong channel and you won't read it anyway

[main lion]

ye lol

[worthy crypt]

i think this is basically like how horror movies benefit from not showing the creature cause its sacrier in your head. The ending to the series is more perfect in people's heads than one that has to exist in reality can ever be

[foggy mirage]

Absolute batman latest ||been more on the fact the court of owls is coming.||

Absolute batman cover 19

Also latest superman issues were peak

[sage remnant]

One of the few good parts of this book

[sage remnant]

You realize both are mid af once you read Farseer or Imajica or Discworld

[foggy rain]

@spiral quest I think I’m gonna start looking for Hickman’s House of X and Powers of X at a few of the comic book stores assuming they have any back issues

[sage remnant]

Asoiaf ain't even covoluted...

[sage remnant]

There are more people who accept 'Oda is a hack' than in any other fandom

@peak pilot

[mild seal]

yeah, you used to have the option of list or tiles, now its all tiles like the homepage

[near echo]

Vs Destroyah is a cool movie

Week is saved

[limber harbor]

Nah. JJK fandom pretty much universally agrees that Gege isn’t a good writer. A good portion of one piece fans still dickride Oda, and the ones that do really dickride him. You can find them in also manga.

[sage remnant]

I mean, One Piece has been pretty good still so idk

JJK has been shitty for more than half its run

would it be dickriding if someone likes smth you don't and says it's good?

[limber harbor]

I’m just responding to the notion that there are more people who accept oda is a hack than any fandom

[limber harbor]

No

[sage remnant]

In a fandom of a series that's received as positively and critically acclaimed as OP

like compare with HxH

or berserk

or ASOIAF

comparing with JJK is like comparing with lowest of lows

[limber harbor]

Well I mean one piece is greatly inferior to those you listed, so of course it’s easier to recognize the problems with it

[sage remnant]

I find One Piece to be greatly superior to every of those

I find ASOIAF and HxH to be not even mid

[limber harbor]

I see

[sage remnant]

so it seems more like just minor taste thing than that

idk

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/theandrewnadeau/status/2023641851819966589?s=46

Andrew Nadeau (@TheAndrewNadeau)

[after showing Homer “The Odyssey”]
me: so, what’d you think?

homer: did you enslave their souls to enlarge those men and trap them within the screen for our amusement?

me: *sigh* homer. I can’t keep explai—you know what sure, yes. I took their souls.

X · Feb 17, 2026, 6:13 AM

[limber harbor]

Well our opinions differ far too much for this conversation to mean anything

[sage remnant]

maybe

[limber harbor]

One piece for me isn’t a top tier anime writing wise, and lends most of its reverence due to it’s longevity.

[sage remnant]

OP probably is in my top 15 books/manga, and Oda is the only author in those list I consistenly call a hack

[limber harbor]

If you think it’s better than HxH or ASOIAF then we differ very much

[sage remnant]

ASOIAF I didn't find any good to continuing past book 1. Speaks volumes about what I think of it lol

[limber harbor]

So you saying “it’s better” has nothing to do with writing quality and just whichever one you like more?

[sage remnant]

I like smth more because I like the writing quality more

it's the same thing for me

like I said yesterday in a different convo to you

[limber harbor]

Well yeah but you expressed that it’s different concerning animation. But it you call Oda a hack moreso than the rest of the authors why do you still consider one piece better

[obsidian basalt]

berserk highkey might be the most overrated story ever

[sage remnant]

because OP has more positives outweighing the hack moments, and others don't have as highs

[limber harbor]

It genuinely is

[sage remnant]

so OP has more greats that makes the hack moments better that if it didn't have that, it would be even higher

if that makes sense?

[limber harbor]

No actually I would say bleach is but berserk is a close second. But this isn’t fit for this channel I suppose.

[limber harbor]

For the most part

[sage remnant]

for me HxH would be the most overrated story

but again

that whole point/comparison is so moot

[near echo]

Hey this is western series get this weeb shit outta here

[sage remnant]

it's a bad media discussion approach or w/e

cuz like ofc if something is super popular, and it doesn't relate with you or work for you, it would be overrated

[limber harbor]

Well not quite, something could not relate or work for me and I can consider it still good writing. My enjoyment of a series isn’t based solely on writing quality.

[obsidian basalt]

my current thoughts on one piece is that it does what it tries to do extremely well but it just can't compare to actual epic fantasies

[limber harbor]

For me

ASOIAF and one piece are on completely different levels of quality

I wouldn’t even compare them

It would be like comparing a shitty Isekai with a name that’s 3 sentences long vs Lord of the rings

[sage remnant]

I don't like LoTR much nowadays either so there's that

a different convo tho

For me, One Piece is the peak of Epic fantasy that could be achieved

in terms of scale and scope

[limber harbor]

…

[sage remnant]

the only epic fantasy that could beat it that I haven't read is Malazan

Epic Fantasy is like the primary genre I read Illy.

I think I can have my takes on it

[limber harbor]

Well yes, I suppose. I’m just surprised.

[sage remnant]

And even in Malazan I have read half of first book

and I do prefer the start more than OP, but it's just not my type of story in how it approaches the world and magic

[sage remnant]

it's very common opinion on people who have read enough manga and epic fantasy

like idk Merphy Napier who has read far more books than me

who reacts to the OP chapter every chapter drop

[obsidian basalt]

really don't know how you can say this when one piece lacks one of the fundamental building blocks of epic fantasy, which is the character growth of everyone through a lot of time

[sage remnant]

has that enough

[limber harbor]

99% of one piece characters are static to begin with, so it could never compare

[limber harbor]

I haven’t seen it once. Though the comparison of one piece and high fantasy isn’t one I see often.

[sage remnant]

have you read any high fantasy other than Asoiaf or lotr?

geniunely asking

[limber harbor]

Those and Malazan, but Malazan was never finished

For me

[obsidian basalt]

does it

[sage remnant]

it does

[obsidian basalt]

I really don't see it

[sage remnant]

[obsidian basalt]

you could take any sh from thriller bark and put them in the current story and you wouldn't feel a difference

and that was like 18 years ago

[limber harbor]

I think Luffy may have actually regressed from thriller haha

[sage remnant]

those takes are so insane to me that I won't even start any convo in them

[limber harbor]

One piece relies heavily on tragic backstories for its characterization, once you look past that there’s not much more.

[sage remnant]

cuz our viewpoints are so far apart that discussion isn't fruitful

[limber harbor]

So as soon as you get a villain with a shitty tragic backstory like Kaido, people realize how faulty the level of writing is.

[sage remnant]

haha

Kaido is a top notch character

[limber harbor]

I think this was the case at the beginning of the discussion.

[sage remnant]

I'll leave Shuron to handle that in also-manga

[limber harbor]

I have no interest in discussing it really.

[sage remnant]

yeah I thought I could entertain it and have the gap decrease

but instead realized our approach to stories and the level of depth we see at stories are just far different or smth

[obsidian basalt]

kaido is great

but has nothing to do with the discussion

[limber harbor]

[limber harbor]

This is when you should’ve realized it was too late Goro

I just don’t value one piece as highly

[sage remnant]

yeah that's when I realized

but like

went with the flwo

:kek:

I also think most epic fantasies to be bad the more and more I have read

[limber harbor]

I’ve only ever read the ones considered to be among the best

So who knows

[sage remnant]

LoTR is alright

ASOIAF is not a series I particularly like

Malazan I need to finish

I like the way story is written, but the actual story or the world or the characters aren't ones that have kidna worked yet

[limber harbor]

Malazan took me a lot of tinkering with it to make it click

[sage remnant]

the best part of Malazan for me is the fact that it doesn't hold my hands and characters talk the way they would without having to explain or let readers know the story part

I don't like fantasies which have sword and sorcery as different concepts

Berserk was probably the only one that worked from that for me

Elric of Melnibone is another exception where I don't like that at all but the way it's written is incredibly nostalgic for me that it works

and it's written wonderfully

[limber harbor]

Ah right there was a fantasy that I tried to read a few times but couldn’t make it click

But I can’t remember the name tip of my tongue

[sage remnant]

can you describe smth

I would have probably read it

or atleast tried it

I'll just go with popular entries

Wheel of Time

discworld

the blade itself

The Black Company

any of these?

farseer trilogy

the locked tomb

[limber harbor]

Ahh just remembered it

Gentleman’s bastard

[sage remnant]

it's p good

[obsidian basalt]

this is also why I think oda peaks in flashbacks for the most part, and also why each and every arc is practically separated from everything else. despite one piece being a grand story in terms of it's plot, it's actually much closer to an episodic show than an epic fantasy in terms of character

[sage remnant]

I read it years back so Idk what I would think of it now

[limber harbor]

I got halfway through book one and like really tried to get into it but couldn’t do it

[sage remnant]

one of the best bromances

[limber harbor]

Oh I’ve also read the Witcher

[sage remnant]

didn't like the writing style

No offense or anything illy
but your read experience of epic fantasy is like a person who says they have watched all good anime and they mention Naruto, fairy tail, HxH, JJK

[limber harbor]

Well I never said I’ve read all high fantasy

Or claimed to be knowledgeable on it

[sage remnant]

I just think you are in honeymoon stage with it

nothing bad

but like

[obsidian basalt]

not really, lotr holds a really special place in the genre which you can say about none of those. but yeah close enough

[sage remnant]

yea

I mean Naruto also has a special place in anime

not similar obv

[limber harbor]

You said that one piece was peak high fantasy, and from the high fantasy I’ve read it doesn’t come close.

[sage remnant]

I think OP is peak literature in general 🏃‍♂️

[obsidian basalt]

I should really reread both lotr and asoiaf one day

it's been like a decade since I've read either

[sage remnant]

the last time I reread LoTR was

uhh 2021?

[limber harbor]

I read ASOIAF back in 2016 but I don’t think I need to reread it for at least another 10 years

[obsidian basalt]

for me I think it's like 2013

[limber harbor]

I’ve engaged with that community for a bit

[sage remnant]

ASOIAF I tried back in 2018

or whenever the show ended

[limber harbor]

So it’s hard to forget much

[sage remnant]

I am the opposite

goldfish memory

[limber harbor]

When you discuss something everyday hard to forget

[sage remnant]

I have already forgotten most of Stormlight and I have reread that back in 2024 and have discussed it in length

everyday

[limber harbor]

[sage remnant]

I had rewatched and reread Naruto for like 7 times and used to discuss it in detail for ten years, and since I havne't discussed it in last 3-4 years and haven't reread it after 2021
I have already started to forget stuff

in my prime I used to be called Naruto wiki in this server...

[obsidian basalt]

don't know that I would call that a prime

[sage remnant]

well the point is

I have a shitty memory

[limber harbor]

I was obsessed in Naruto in like 2014 it was pretty bad.

[obsidian basalt]

I've read every stormlight book (except the 5th) at least 3 times and barely remember anything lol

[limber harbor]

And now I just don’t care as much about it

[sage remnant]

I have read book 1 to 3 three times

book 4 and 5 once

already forgotten

[obsidian basalt]

shit memory is good tho let's you reread peak

[sage remnant]

I don't like discussing it cuz the discussion has already stagnated

but I still find it really good

was top 20 the last time I made a list, but I have gotten new favs in that time

so maybe top 30-40 now idk

[obsidian basalt]

top 20 what

[sage remnant]

manga/book series

[limber harbor]

I thought Naruto was like your favorite thing ever

[sage remnant]

not really

[limber harbor]

And you said it was better than one piece

[sage remnant]

that's cuz it's OP server

and I love ragebaiting OP fans

it's similar-ish yea

but like in the small gap between them in manga

there's plenty book stuff

if that makes sense

[obsidian basalt]

could never even come close to that type of list cause I wouldn't remember the first book by the time I got to the 20th lol

[sage remnant]

Stormlight only overtook Naruto after WaT

that's how highly I rate Naruto lol

[sage remnant]

yeah well

I have logged stuff

and have physical books for ones I like or w/e

and there's another bar between them and like

Discworld, Farseer, Imajica

[obsidian basalt]

wdym

[sage remnant]

that was mostly to Illy where like since they thought Naruto was my fav thing ever
there's like an unsurmountable difference in how highly I view those three vs Naruto

[pearl quest]

didn't know u were based like that

[sage remnant]

thanks stink connoisseur

[pearl quest]

https://tenor.com/view/akira-leave-me-alone-tiktok-meme-reaction-gif-9595462199354763206

[modern lichen]

https://fixupx.com/everythingdany/status/2023931280623308861?s=46

daenerys archive📂 (@everythingdany)

GRRM talking about Ursula K. Le Guin : “she influenced a whole generation of writers who came after her, including me.” VS GRRM talking about Dune : “A classic work, but i can't say it was ever one of my favorites.”

Quoting daenerys archive📂 (@everythingdany)
︀
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan / George R. R. Martin, A Storm Of Swords

**💬 2 🔁 87 ❤️ 1.2K 👁️ 40.4K **

FixupX · Feb 18, 2026, 1:23 AM

[sage remnant]

I would expect Children of Dune would be his fav

Children of Dune/ASOIAF || Since it is the dune book with more interesting politicking, the kind that grrm's books are praised for ||

[tawny parcel]

Finished the blade itself

Very good

Pretty excited to see where these characters go

The blade itself|| I would say my 3 favorites are Jezal, Ferro, and Glockta, with shoutouts to ardee and logen. Logen is much more fun when he’s actually doing stuff rather then being a bumbling fool which is what he felt like 80% of this book||

The blade itself ||ferro was so fun especially in that last chapter just a woman who will not be contained by fucking anyone ||

The blade itself end|| Gonna immediately dig into the second one tomorrow i just want to see where it goes idk why that ending even though its pretty light worked so well for me i think its just the promise that im going to see all these characters interacting more consistently with one another except for glokta||

Before they are hanged tomorrow :D

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PeK

Peak *

@modern lichen Book Haul

Even tho I haven't read my last haul yet...

Hopefully a change of genre would help cuz other than my audio book, my reading has been mostly SFF

[tawny parcel]

Who is your favorite characters

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|| Glokta, Logen and Jezal || tbi

[sage remnant]

are*

[tawny parcel]

Shove off

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Basic…………..

[sage remnant]

this is why I only mention my takes that are ragebaity...

when I mention my normal takes, I get that...

[tawny parcel]

I’m just fucking with you

All of them are good

No one i dislike

[sage remnant]

I know...

do you think I take you seriously wombat

[tawny parcel]

Tbi ||if anything i think ferro is probably a weird pick hut i just like her||

Yes I’m a serious man

[sage remnant]

I have seen so many varied lists that there's not a weird pick

[tawny parcel]

Idk I’ve never seen anyone talk about these books yet so

I’m still in my own bubble

No other real views to take from

[sage remnant]

all people of this channel are

cuz like for my bubble, First Law is mainstream in the level of like

idk Naruto and JJK lol

tired of people talking about those books

[tawny parcel]

Well yeah but you’re a book guy

You’re like

A nerd

[sage remnant]

No I am not lol

I know people who read like

186 book books in just 2025

typo

and that was their average

😭

[tawny parcel]

I’ve read 3 books in 2026!

:D

[sage remnant]

Juba and Harsh levels of reading

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finished 2...

going so slow...

[tawny parcel]

Finished 3????

[sage remnant]

no me

[tawny parcel]

Oh

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Return of the Thin Man and The Lost World

[tawny parcel]

Idk lowkey how i would even rank them every book ive read so far has been good

[sage remnant]

I have read some bad books

2 by Sando in just last year...

[tawny parcel]

Confederacy of Dunces, Frankenstein, and then now The Blade Itself

I would say probably my least favorite book I’ve read is fight club

[sage remnant]

make a hardcover wombat

[tawny parcel]

I just dont think its for me lol

[sage remnant]

https://hardcover.app/

[tawny parcel]

Is this like the anilist for goodreads

[sage remnant]

It's better Goodreads

yes

but it's better cuz like

not owned by Amazon and continuously developed and improved

[tawny parcel]

I will sometime soon

What do u mean you dont like an app that looks and operates like it was made in 2006

I think ill probably read all of first law real quick and then maybe take a quick break and read something non fantasy then get through wind and truth

I lowkey have motion rn since i finished the blade itself im pumped to continue

I would lowkey start book 2 but its just too late

[sage remnant]

First Law is really good

I mean all stuff you have read have been good ones

Read The Stranger

[tawny parcel]

Silence demon

U do not recommend books

I already have some written down thay you’ve reccomended

I will get to them in the coming years

[sage remnant]

just read them now nerd

I even recommended books that are not as much of my favs but I am sure you would like

like uhhh second apocalypse

[tawny parcel]

Bro i cant just buy more books

I have shit to read

[sage remnant]

just buy books

ez

I have read only one book from my last haul

and I bought one today

😎

[tawny parcel]

Exactly i cant let that be me

[sage remnant]

everyone eventually becomes that

[main lion]

@sage remnant db one isnt vol 1 😔

[modern lichen]

Go to your local library

[sage remnant]

oh shoot I forgot

the first three were

mb

[main lion]

Npnp I just felt bad deleting it lol

[valid thunder]

Saw some malazan discussion up in the chat and realised i havent touched it since book 6. I think imma just drop the series atp.

[sage remnant]

skill issue

[valid thunder]

Of steve erickson

[sage remnant]

of yours

[valid thunder]

No

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what didn't work for you btw

[valid thunder]

Malazan general || i dont really care for any of the characters. The only character who has a somewhat interesting arc is one i find really hard to root for in the story. Most of the characters u barely get to know before u get introduced to a new batch of characters in the next book and by the time u go back i have forgotten abt these characters completely. This style just doesnt work for me.

The plot is just random shit happening. Alot of stuff just happens without much explanation and this has gotten worse as the story progressed.

Also a minor one but i find the philosophizing jarring with the tone and events of the series. Other authors would explore the themes in the context of the plot and characters but erickson kinda just dumps the introspection in your lap. Which idk why its not criticized more. This also feeds into my first issue because most of the characters sounds like college students waxing poetry instead of having their own voices||

[sage remnant]

nice

makes me more interested in continuing it

Malazan || You say that you spend less time with characters while I am feeling we are spending more than I was promised ||

the way people describe this book

I dunno about last part tho. Haven't had that issue so far

only 50% in GoTM

Malazan || I was thinking I would see Captain Paran after like half book, and then I spend like 3 more chapters with him ||

Malazan || same for that sorceress with the Bridgeburners ||

[valid thunder]

Malazan || yea every book will have a main cast who will have a majority of the chapters ||

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I was hoping it would be more unfocused

|| and then the dots connecting only in the later books ||

Zan

[peak pilot]

Goodreads more like

[sage remnant]

go on

[peak pilot]

Badreads

[brave orbit]

Should i read Malazan

Or ASOIAF

[sage remnant]

Zan

[brave orbit]

Wat

[sage remnant]

Malazan

[brave orbit]

I thought you didnt like it

[sage remnant]

I never said that...

[brave orbit]

Is it as epic as Stormlight...

[sage remnant]

what is epic in this context

in just 5 chapters it covers more characters and locations than TWOK did

so if it's epic in terms of scope and scale, yeah it dwarfs Stormlight

[brave orbit]

RoW ||Kaladin jumping off a building swearing the 4th ideal and then going berserk and lashing a Fused's head off||

Epic..

[sage remnant]

in that senes of epic, I haven't read enough to know that

[sage remnant]

you are remembering in different order

[brave orbit]

😔

Kinda

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Ok then, is it good

[sage remnant]

so far very

I am still mixed because it doesn't approaches the worldbuilding or magic the way I enjoy

what's good about it is

[brave orbit]

I might try to read smth with better/different prose

Or i might finally get to Discworld

[sage remnant]

Stormlight/Garden of the Moon (book 1 malazan)|| It is unrelentless in its scope, in how it doesn't hold your hand. You aren't provided any exposition which isn't characters talking with each other, which are like only the information they require at the moment. You can't figure out at start who is affiliated with who and what not, in not just minor character relationship but like major conflicting powers. Thought the timeskips in TWOK part 1 was intense? it goes more in less. It is a nice world, but not one that I would usually want. The magic is of the type I usually don't like/hate but it's done idk okayish so far. The description of magic is epic tho. ||

[brave orbit]

mmm

[sage remnant]

easy pitch. This shit happens in second chapter
@brave orbit

Malazan

[brave orbit]

goddamn

[sage remnant]

this pitch worked right

knew it

[sage remnant]

Uhh I didn't like the prose very much

[brave orbit]

If archer comes back then I might consider reading Malazan

[sage remnant]

I like Sanderson's prose cuz it's just invisible for me

But if it's not invisible, I want it to be good

Malazan was clunky for me in the portions i read

[brave orbit]

Yea I like Sanderson's too, but for example Pratchett is very entertaining even if what's happening doesn't interest me yk

[sage remnant]

@north sun reply so Federick reads Zan

[sage remnant]

Discworld's prose is very good

[worthy crypt]

Malazan good

[brave orbit]

You read Stormlight too right

[sage remnant]

Qbz?

he's in wor

[brave orbit]

Wow

Slow

[sage remnant]

unlike us plebs

he has a very high profile job

[worthy crypt]

I only started mid Jan I'm almost done the second one

[sage remnant]

I don't have a good job and yet I haven't managed time to read shit fed

😔

[worthy crypt]

I'll be done by like late april

Maybe may

[sage remnant]

you are crazy tho Qbz

like

you read Zan through audio right

can't imagine being able to do that

[worthy crypt]

Yeah but a lot of it was on a road trip so I could really focus on it

[brave orbit]

He is in the FBI?

[worthy crypt]

I drove 10k miles in a lap around usa

[brave orbit]

or the CIA

Truck driver?

[worthy crypt]

I mine ricotta cheese

Nah that was for fun

My family lives on the east coast I'm in the west

[brave orbit]

is that your job

[sage remnant]

in figurative sense

[worthy crypt]

Yes it's very important

[sage remnant]

bottom line is fed

[brave orbit]

Ok keep your secrets FBI agent...

[sage remnant]

finish WaT and then continue Discworld

[worthy crypt]

Point is it really feels like it's worth your big time investment

There's no slog like wot

[sage remnant]

or Zan

I think Federick will be filtered by book 1

[brave orbit]

Wot?

Wheel of time?

[sage remnant]

wheel of time

yea

[brave orbit]

Aint reading that

Tho season 3 was goated...

fck Amazon

[sage remnant]

GoTM || Federick will be tired once we get to Darujhistan and everything changes again ||

[worthy crypt]

Such a shame they never got to the good part. But they also never got to the very slow part

[brave orbit]

S2 and S3 were great

[sage remnant]

fed if you want really good prose

[brave orbit]

S3E5 was goated

[sage remnant]

try Farseer Trilogy

or if you want different type of story and world

try The Tainted Cup

[worthy crypt]

I was pretty positive on it yeah I was disappointed it got canceled but I guess I'm not surprised cause I saw a lot of fans cheering it's cancelation

[sage remnant]

https://hardcover.app/books/the-tainted-cup

Sherlock-Watson duo but biopunk fantasy

[brave orbit]

uh

[sage remnant]

everyone who has read it has rated it highly see

[brave orbit]

3.5...

[sage remnant]

they are a monster smut lover

see even they liked it enough

[brave orbit]

did you write that one

[sage remnant]

no

it's a super popular book lol

[brave orbit]

the monster smut?

can i have the name

[worthy crypt]

I always wondered who was buying all the monster smut that apparently become popular

[brave orbit]

asking for a friend

[sage remnant]

which of the 500s

cuz I am pretty sure she has read more than that

anwyays

it good

[brave orbit]

Monster smut?

[sage remnant]

no The Tainted Cup

[brave orbit]

@north sun the fate of the world is on your shoulders....

And my that I mean the fate of my reading order

[sage remnant]

just choose at random among the ones we recommended nerd

[brave orbit]

I feel like he recommended me Malazan before

so I feel bad

[sage remnant]

we all have recommended you many things before

just start GoTM then

see I and Qbz also recommended

[brave orbit]

yea but we havent talked since 2022 because of it

actually its not because of that

[sage remnant]

archer has just not been active much since then

[brave orbit]

its cuz he never recovered from Gear 5...

[sage remnant]

oh waittt

he was posession believeer

😭

[brave orbit]

still funny 😭

@tawny grotto i saw you

[tawny grotto]

Theres 40 Volumes of Discworld should I read all of them

[sage remnant]

yes

41

tha'ts like equivalent to

5 currently published Stormlight books

plus 2 more books of that length

[worthy crypt]

Aren't you supposed to read like particular threads? Like not from 1-41 in order

[sage remnant]

that's for like

to make it easier

you can read it in any order

you can read it in release order, but first few aren't particularly as good so people would bounce off

[tawny grotto]

Ive watched the movie Color of Magic years ago but I dont remember much, I wanna watch it again after I read the first few books

[sage remnant]

there's also like you said

particular sub series

in Discworld

[worthy crypt]

Like mort - reaper man - soul music

[tawny grotto]

Which ones are the best Discworld books

[worthy crypt]

And then 2 more I think

I read mort I liked it

[sage remnant]

Hogfather