I also think Douglass put this in to make Axis look good, never mind that not making him the BattleAxe would have had considerably more effect.
That's an exercise in futility. I don't think anything could make Axis look good to me, and he hasn't even done all that much yet. I hate him. He sucks.
It's appalling to know that he hasn't even begun the descent into pure evil.
And I agree; he did not need to be BattleAxe for this story to play out, or to make the stupid prophecy come true. He doesn't need any position of authority at all, come to that, nor did he need to have an army. His destiny is to kill Gorgrael and that's it. It doesn't even require him to have any fighting skills to do so; he doesn't swordfight the guy or anything like that. Basically, he could have been a random peasant for all the difference it would have made in the long run.
Yep, that tracks. Coming up with random and nonsensical reasons to commit acts of violence seems to fit right in with his personality.
Because Axis is Toxic Masculinity on legs. He cannot react to anything unless it be with anger and violence. It's honestly terrifying, and especially when we see how this affects the way he treats the women in his life.
What is Douglass's problem with bringing up plot points that have a lot of potential to be interesting, and then just throwing them aside with "and then they changed their mind about this thing that formed a pillar of their life with no problems whatsoever"?
Laziness and not liking the idea of having one of her favoured characters ever be wrong about anything.
Two things. One, can you have an 'intense friendship' with someone you only spend about thirty-six hours with per year? Two, just say they were lovers. Just do it, Douglass. Everybody can sense the 'I like girls' vibes from GoldFeather; the only one who seems to be in denial about that is you.
Pretty much every female character in this thing comes off as a closeted lesbian, so much so that I very much suspect the author was herself in the closet (she is well known to have never married, and lived alone). At one point Azhure and Faraday VERY obviously seem to be falling for each other, though of course it goes nowhere.
Concussions are frighteningly common, and the damage they can do should be just as well-known.
I had a concussion once. It wasn't "serious" enough to actually knock me unconscious, but it definitely had some very nasty lingering effects including intense nausea and dizziness.
...Douglass. Stop trying to undress young children. Your fixation on nudity is disturbing.
AMEN. And this isn't the last time Shra gets naked for no reason either...
What would be interesting was if the Mother was speaking through Shra, temporarily possessing her to do an impromptu ritual for Azhure. ...even if the ritual itself makes no sense, and is nothing like Faraday's ritual... Eh, whatever.
Azhure being initiated has nothing to do with anything anyway. The Avar refuse to accept her regardless. And gods forbid random moments like these get any sort of explanation. Instead it's just thrown in and forgotten.
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It's appalling to know that he hasn't even begun the descent into pure evil.
And I agree; he did not need to be BattleAxe for this story to play out, or to make the stupid prophecy come true. He doesn't need any position of authority at all, come to that, nor did he need to have an army. His destiny is to kill Gorgrael and that's it. It doesn't even require him to have any fighting skills to do so; he doesn't swordfight the guy or anything like that. Basically, he could have been a random peasant for all the difference it would have made in the long run.
Because Axis is Toxic Masculinity on legs. He cannot react to anything unless it be with anger and violence. It's honestly terrifying, and especially when we see how this affects the way he treats the women in his life.
Laziness and not liking the idea of having one of her favoured characters ever be wrong about anything.
Pretty much every female character in this thing comes off as a closeted lesbian, so much so that I very much suspect the author was herself in the closet (she is well known to have never married, and lived alone). At one point Azhure and Faraday VERY obviously seem to be falling for each other, though of course it goes nowhere.
I had a concussion once. It wasn't "serious" enough to actually knock me unconscious, but it definitely had some very nasty lingering effects including intense nausea and dizziness.
AMEN. And this isn't the last time Shra gets naked for no reason either...
Azhure being initiated has nothing to do with anything anyway. The Avar refuse to accept her regardless. And gods forbid random moments like these get any sort of explanation. Instead it's just thrown in and forgotten.