I forgot to make a post about it til now, but in Onestar's Confession, Tallstar going to the Moonstone to confirm Crowpaw's story and being told by StarClan "yeah he's right, you'll never get your home back so you need to leave" makes me even more exasperated at the plot of Midnight. Already that book baffles me in hindsight because I misremembered it for years — I believed that the journey to Midnight was to not only strengthen bonds between cats of each Clan to help everyone work together, but also to point them in the right direction of a new home because the lake was so far outside StarClan's sight that the Clans needed an outside source of information.
Turns out I was wrong. The whole journey was just so Midnight could tell them to leave their home, and they had to figure out where to go entirely on their own. (Sure they had a shooting star help them out but it's not like StarClan couldn't have predicted that too.) But if we have confirmation by this point (also confirmed in Shadowstar's Life) that StarClan already knew they had to leave, then what was the point of all that??? All they really accomplished was stalling the great journey for multiple books and letting a bunch of cats suffer and die needlessly. I don't agree with the idea a lot of people have that StarClan and all these characters should simply (and uncharacteristically) work together and flawlessly avoid conflict, I like conflict, but I want a reason for it. The case of Midnight is just so unfortunate. It's such a mess that could have so easily been streamlined into something that makes more sense, but it just... wasn't.
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I feel like online book communities (not including booklr) have gotten out of hand like why am I seeing the same 4 books in every post, I get that it's popular or has gone viral but really this just makes me want to read it less, I've read some of the more popular/viral books over the past year and can confidently say never again at least
They were entertaining, sure, but was it worth my time? No way and if it's a series, will I read more? No. I read it, I don't need more of it personally.
I'm incredibly happy people have found joy in these books but I find them unappealing to me personally and just can't seem to really find any value in it for me. Side note, I also am not a big fan of any of these characters. And now I am also a very big not-fan of any of these authors. I don't need a formulaic fantasy romance gimme something actually interesting please.
If you have any book recs lemme know
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Am thinking of DNF-ing The Troop. I read about 30% of it today (like. 182 pages. Not insignificant) and I like the writing but a) don't like most of the boys and I'm one of those people who needs the balance of likeable to dislikeable to be in favor of likeable and b) don't find this particular body horror compelling, I don't hate it but it isn't working for me, and c) my one big thing I hate and find terrifying in a bad bad way is zombies and I am suspecting it's less the zombie part and more the contagion and compulsive consumption part which this has and I can't tell where the line is between "this is fine" and "this was a horrible triggering mistake" when it comes to The Troop, which is not a zombie novel but has the elements that bother me. So I'm about 60% convinced to DNF it but again, I like the writing itself and also it's such a well established horror novel in the circles I run in and I kind of want to know where I stand on it, especially since it is pretty readable even though it's long. So. :/
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honestly pretty fun for spill zone to create a hell zone and be like ‘this is Art. it’s magic and it’s dangerous and it’s real and it changes you forever.’ And then also be like ‘ALSO it’s Radioactive and Illegal’ because like right on both counts I guess.
the other fun trick with it is that it never ACTUALLY explains anything for real. Yeah that’s the Laundry Twister it’s just like that. This is The Wolf King. This is The Guy That Eats You. These are the Flesh Husks That Scream.
like fun tension between ‘rich people will pay to view other people’s pain’ and ‘art is for Thinking about and it changes you forever’ and ‘hey what if a creepy doll’
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Okay your post about people hating female main characters made me think about this… but before I dive in please know that I am NOT trying to start drama, this is purely friendly debate, and please don’t feel the need to answer if you think it’s gonna start shit.
Now to my question.. what is it that you hate about Aelin, then?
I will say that I understand your hatred for Bryce. I think she and Aelin have a lot of similar characteristics, but I hate Bryce so much meanwhile Aelin is like the loml.
Reflecting on it, I think it’s because those characteristics don’t make sense for Bryce. Her being all secretive and not looping her friends in doesn’t make sense based on her backstory.
Meanwhile, while I understand that those parts of Aelin annoy people, I think they make so much sense for her. She was orphaned at a young age, groomed to become an assassin, finally let someone in to her plans (Sam) only to have him die immediately. Then she also trusted Nehemiah who also then died. I think it makes total sense that she would keep everything to herself moving forward out of fear that her loved ones could be hurt, or that she’ll let them down. Kind of like Rhys and the pregnancy plot. Was it the right choice? No probably not, but it makes sense based on what we know of that characters trauma.
Also I think a lot of people get annoyed that Aelin thinks she’s hot shit, but I’ll say personally I found it kind of nice to have a fmc who was confident and girly. I feel like so often they start out thinking they’re ugly and like no one could ever be into them. And idk I thought it was nice to see someone who knew she was hot. And also like a girl who can rough it but also enjoys the finer things in life and likes dressing up and shopping but like will also murder you, ya know?
Anyway there’s my defense of Aelin. Again, only sending this for funzies not to start fights or anything. You don’t have to agree with me! That’s the fun of fandom, we can all have different opinions and enjoy talking to eachother about this (side eyeing other people in your askbox). I come in peace!
Anyway ily hope you’re having a lovely weekend ❤️
So in the interest of this debate that you brought to me, I guess I'd start by asking where I ever said I hated Aelin and then turned around and lamented not getting a FMC who had all her same traits or stanning a MMC who had all her traits while lambasting her for all those same things? Because you can hate a FMC for not being the vibe- I never argued that people shouldn't hate women simply because they're women.
I kind of resent this ask under the assumption that I'd like Aelin if she was a man, which, again, was the whole crux of my argument assuming you're coming from the post that reads, "Its so funny to me when people will decide they don't like a character, commonly a female main character, then start giving their 'preferred' character all of that MC's traits & symbolism like babe...the call is coming from inside the house."
I would, I guess, invite you to point to where I've done that with Aelin? I don't like almost any of the TOG characters minus Chaol and occasionally Dorian pre whatever book has them on the boat. And I've certainly never assigned all Aelin's symbolism and traits to Chaol. I was really enjoying TOG until, what Queen of Shadows? When all the character development regressed backward to make room for a plot I am convinced was never the original intention of the books and cheapened everything that happened to Caelana, Dorian, and Chaol while living under Evil Dorian Sr whatever his name was.
Anyway, I'm happy to have a conversation about what I do/don't like about the entirety of the TOG series, because it's not just Aelin I don't like. I don't like the series past Queen of Storms (I think, whatever book that ends with spoiler Dorians dad dying). I've never finished it, I just skimmed the last book to see how it ends and I think reading all 800 pages of "and then this secret army we never heard about arrived!) I'd lose my mind.
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