#it also features a group of magical women with homosexual tendencies living on vagina island like that post said. very cool if I may so.

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physics major wrote a fantasy series set in a post-apocalyptic world which features a bunch of genre experimentation and clever ways to address narrative choices and classic tropes by making the narrative aware. It was also an excuse to include portals, alternate dimensions, aliens, psychic bonds, creatures outside space-time who steal memories, etc. It explores the nuances of settler-colonialism, imperialism, religious extremism, trauma, inserts interesting allegories for abuse and sexism, environmentalism, critiques the complicity of governing structures in the violence their citizens are subjected to by failing to intervene in a timely manner due to their being preoccupied in maintaining face, etc. the basic premise is boring (classic chosen one has to defeat the dark one trope although there’s a twist to that), but only acts as a backdrop against a world which features rich worldbuilding drawing inspiration from various cultures across the globe and features lots of symbolism ranging from arthuriana to a variety of mythologies. wot fans when the guy who’s partly based off of odin gets hanged and loses an eye although the author constantly foreshadows it: I did not see that coming wtf!!!

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