SCSF: (Well, now to do better after the slip-up...)
Ha, you used my name! Awesome.
No problem! Given how negatively it is portrayed, I think Douglass meant to imply "Smeartown" as well.
Wait, were they doing this at night? Because rabbits are nocturnal. You check the traps in the MORNING. And what's with "the rabbit traps" like it's some sort of village fixture that's supposed and expected to be there?
I will add that in, then! (And some kind of explanation about the traps would have been good, too.)
This isn't funny either. You can tell Douglass is just trying to make the villagers look bad, and this is just about the cheapest possible way of doing it.
Certainly! It is especially bad since this is the rational thing to do!
Hagen's evil, like Gorge's, is so cartoonishly over the top that you just can't take it seriously at all. Meanwhile Axis' evil (and later Azhure's) is far, FAR too believable and awful.
Absolutely! I am quite sure it is because Hagen and Gorgrael are written to be evil caricatures, while Douglass thought Axis and Azhure were justified. She actually put some thought into the second, and so we can see why they are so evil. (Naturally the second variety is quite a bit more compelling.)
This isn't his last paedophilia tinged moment with him and Shra either.
Oh, lovely.
Axis could have just ordered the guy to let them go or have them cleaned up and fed - there's no way he doesn't outrank him. But nope. If there's an opportunity to beat up someone weaker than him you bet your booty he's gonna take it.
Yes, that would have been the smart thing to do; it would not cause resentment among the villagers, for one.
Because of course Belial is on Axis' side here, even though BOTH of them should have pretty much the exact same attitude as Hagen and the villagers, ie that the Forbidden are pure evil and deserve everything they get. I would have been okay with Axis saying something like "you should have just killed them out of hand instead of allowing this cruelty; they may be fiends who would have done the same to us, but we are better than they."
That would be quite smart! I also just note that Belial might well be complicit in murder if Axis keeps going, and yet he does not care at all.
Also, comma splice.
Noted!
Um, YES? And you should fucking know that?
It is indeed a bit weird to have the BattleAxe wonder about his scripture.
Yeah, this is not how you show someone getting over their prejudice. You don't just have them "somehow" decide someone they've been taught to hate and fear from an early age isn't so bad after all.
I have just read Azhure's story about how she met up with GoldFeather, and I wish we could have seen that story instead. In her case, it took quite a while before this happened, after all.
Nothing remotely resembling this rich tapestry ever happens with Axis. He switches sides at the drop of a hat and never has any doubts or regrets. Nor does he care a damn about the supposed relationships it costs him, most notably his relationship with his foster father Jaime. We're told he loves the guy and that the feeling is mutual, yet Axis has ZERO hesitation about turning against him, and indeed just wants to kill him in cold blood!
It is such utter nonsense! And such a "rich tapestry" is also a big draw for this kind of story. Instead, everyone is magically brainwashed into accepting the Forbidden, because Douglass apparently thought it needed to be resolved in this trilogy.
My old highschool has only been around for about 40 years and has changed its uniforms multiple times. But then this is crap fantasy, where "a thousand years" is the equivalent of less than a century where social and technological change are concerned.
Notably, in the forty years between this and Wayfarer Redemption, all kinds of things change, so it feels to me like Douglass pressed the pause button during the thousand years in between and let it play afterward.
Also if Hagen has been out for this long then he's probably not going to wake up, or at least not without some serious consequences.
Yep, that was about what I thought.
Yeah, by this point he should be comatose or at least too weak to be thinking much at all.
I guess Douglass just wanted him to be awake, because that would better suit her story.
discussion of prejudice
Yes, thank you for that!! The way Raum looks has nothing to do with who he is, and Axis, of all people, should know that very well!
(I think I wanted to have something positive to say about Douglass after the previous scene, and latched onto this without any deeper thought. Somewhat sloppy.)
Because Humans Are Lame. And again, the Horned Ones shouldn't be called that because antlers and horns are not the same thing!
I do not think I have marked that yet, so I will next time!
Douglass had a horrible habit of constantly giving things away as early as possible, then pretending they were still Big Mysteries until it suited her.
Oh, tell me about it.
I don't, because it comes right the fuck out of nowhere with no explanation.
Further, why does Axis even sing this song? I guess we will get some answers, but it feels completely random.
And then to stay on as the only guard on duty, and be as lax as possible.
Why is he even tying up his lieutenant like this? Surely Arne would be as good?
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SCSF: (Well, now to do better after the slip-up...)
Ha, you used my name! Awesome.
No problem! Given how negatively it is portrayed, I think Douglass meant to imply "Smeartown" as well.
Wait, were they doing this at night? Because rabbits are nocturnal. You check the traps in the MORNING. And what's with "the rabbit traps" like it's some sort of village fixture that's supposed and expected to be there?
I will add that in, then! (And some kind of explanation about the traps would have been good, too.)
This isn't funny either. You can tell Douglass is just trying to make the villagers look bad, and this is just about the cheapest possible way of doing it.
Certainly! It is especially bad since this is the rational thing to do!
Hagen's evil, like Gorge's, is so cartoonishly over the top that you just can't take it seriously at all. Meanwhile Axis' evil (and later Azhure's) is far, FAR too believable and awful.
Absolutely! I am quite sure it is because Hagen and Gorgrael are written to be evil caricatures, while Douglass thought Axis and Azhure were justified. She actually put some thought into the second, and so we can see why they are so evil. (Naturally the second variety is quite a bit more compelling.)
This isn't his last paedophilia tinged moment with him and Shra either.
Oh, lovely.
Axis could have just ordered the guy to let them go or have them cleaned up and fed - there's no way he doesn't outrank him. But nope. If there's an opportunity to beat up someone weaker than him you bet your booty he's gonna take it.
Yes, that would have been the smart thing to do; it would not cause resentment among the villagers, for one.
Because of course Belial is on Axis' side here, even though BOTH of them should have pretty much the exact same attitude as Hagen and the villagers, ie that the Forbidden are pure evil and deserve everything they get. I would have been okay with Axis saying something like "you should have just killed them out of hand instead of allowing this cruelty; they may be fiends who would have done the same to us, but we are better than they."
That would be quite smart! I also just note that Belial might well be complicit in murder if Axis keeps going, and yet he does not care at all.
Also, comma splice.
Noted!
Um, YES? And you should fucking know that?
It is indeed a bit weird to have the BattleAxe wonder about his scripture.
Yeah, this is not how you show someone getting over their prejudice. You don't just have them "somehow" decide someone they've been taught to hate and fear from an early age isn't so bad after all.
I have just read Azhure's story about how she met up with GoldFeather, and I wish we could have seen that story instead. In her case, it took quite a while before this happened, after all.
Nothing remotely resembling this rich tapestry ever happens with Axis. He switches sides at the drop of a hat and never has any doubts or regrets. Nor does he care a damn about the supposed relationships it costs him, most notably his relationship with his foster father Jaime. We're told he loves the guy and that the feeling is mutual, yet Axis has ZERO hesitation about turning against him, and indeed just wants to kill him in cold blood!
It is such utter nonsense! And such a "rich tapestry" is also a big draw for this kind of story. Instead, everyone is magically brainwashed into accepting the Forbidden, because Douglass apparently thought it needed to be resolved in this trilogy.
My old highschool has only been around for about 40 years and has changed its uniforms multiple times. But then this is crap fantasy, where "a thousand years" is the equivalent of less than a century where social and technological change are concerned.
Notably, in the forty years between this and Wayfarer Redemption, all kinds of things change, so it feels to me like Douglass pressed the pause button during the thousand years in between and let it play afterward.
Also if Hagen has been out for this long then he's probably not going to wake up, or at least not without some serious consequences.
Yep, that was about what I thought.
Yeah, by this point he should be comatose or at least too weak to be thinking much at all.
I guess Douglass just wanted him to be awake, because that would better suit her story.
discussion of prejudice
Yes, thank you for that!! The way Raum looks has nothing to do with who he is, and Axis, of all people, should know that very well!
(I think I wanted to have something positive to say about Douglass after the previous scene, and latched onto this without any deeper thought. Somewhat sloppy.)
Because Humans Are Lame. And again, the Horned Ones shouldn't be called that because antlers and horns are not the same thing!
I do not think I have marked that yet, so I will next time!
Douglass had a horrible habit of constantly giving things away as early as possible, then pretending they were still Big Mysteries until it suited her.
Oh, tell me about it.
I don't, because it comes right the fuck out of nowhere with no explanation.
Further, why does Axis even sing this song? I guess we will get some answers, but it feels completely random.
And then to stay on as the only guard on duty, and be as lax as possible.
Why is he even tying up his lieutenant like this? Surely Arne would be as good?
Same Teres-time, same Teres-channel!
Until then, for something more thorough.