I love where Laudna's arc is at and where it's going. Of all the lines that hit me right in the chest in episode 95, "It's just Delilah" was just... That one hit less like a punch to the sternum and more like having the air sucked out of my lungs.
Much like she did to Orym.
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So as per the official F1 media (not the one based on votes) the best battle and best overtake for the 2023 season is Esteban's overtake on Fernando in Singapore GP. I'll take that. Although I still think his overtake on Yuki and Albon (twice) in Spa should have been included but beggers can't be choosers I guess.
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RED WEST: His mother always told me to protect him, don’t let him get hurt. The last thing she ever said to me was, ‘you take care of Elvis’, and I took that seriously the rest of my life. He was my best friend and I’ll always remember him as that. I loved the man very much
BILLY SMITH: Aunt Gladys always liked Red and Gene especially. She thought Red could protect Elvis
MARTY LACKER: Red loved Elvis so much that for a little while, he thought maybe (killing Mike Stone) was right, and that it would bring Elvis out of his depression
JOE ESPOSITO: Even the Memphis Mafia tried to intercept drug shipments from various doctors. One night Red West accidentally broke a delivery boy’s foot. He threatened to break the kid’s body if he didn’t quit delivering to Elvis
LAMAR FIKE: Elvis loved him (Red West) like a brother
BILLY STANLEY: I knew Elvis didn’t like Sonny’s loud and demanding presence but the decision on (firing) Red was hard for him. Elvis loved Red.
GEORGE KLEIN: I noticed that Red, a tough guy who hadn’t ever run from a fight in his life, had tears in his eyes. He said he wanted to apologize to me and to all the other guys, and said that he hated “the damned book” and wished that he’d never had anything to do with it. We accepted Red back as a friend, as we all believe Elvis would have
(photo on the right: Red West visiting the Humes highschool bathroom where he first protected Elvis)
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You have no idea how happy I am to see that other people like you don't like blades 2 as well. Like yes it was decent, but on the same level as book 1 in the LEAST.
And I agree, book 3 seems like an excuse to get fans off of their back about the writing. The finale felt extremely disappointing, compared to the thrill you could feel in book 1 end
Yeah, I’m still gonna play book 3 and (foolishly) hope that it’ll be better. But those hopes aren’t too high because book 2 was not a good set up for book 3 at all in my opinion. There’s so much going on. I don’t like that Valax is a part of our friend group now. However, the group dynamics were off long before that if I’m being real. Mal’s route was ruined for me.
When I was going through and deleting my screenshots the other day, I reread the “You slept through it scene” and just felt a renewed sense of hurt and anger at him and really all of our friends. Mal caught a lot of heat from me specifically because he’s my LI and the one who said such an awful thing. But honestly, the rest of the group essentially agreed with him by expanding on what he said (Imtura and Nia) or not saying anything at all (Tyril) and only getting on one accord to exclude MC.
And then on top of all of that, there are quite a few holes that really should be patched up. The plot was a mess for the majority of the story. Tbh it was almost giving Endless Summer because they were locking important information behind diamond scenes and in the lore tablets.
So all this to say that at this point in time, I no longer have faith that PB can handle complex storytelling. Their parent company and higher ups (unsurprisingly) only care about money. And the writers themselves are too lazy and too biased. Does that mean they can no longer write enjoyable stories? No, of course not. But I do think they need to rein it in and be a bit more realistic about what they can handle right now because there’s nothing wrong with a simpler book/plot that’s aware of what it’s trying to accomplish. And it’s clear that they were far too ambitious with Blades 2
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