This is the same book in which we're informed that she "overflows with compassion and love", no less.
SCSF: And where we are told that she has "too much compassion and love within her to be WolfStar." I beg to differ.
That would make sense, though it needed to be made clear in the text because as-is it just comes off as completely random.
Yes, clarity is indeed quite an issue with Douglass.
And of course this doesn't change the fact that Axis is painted as a "hero", which Azhure breathlessly declares him to be in the next book. Like it's somehow not possible to be brave and noble (not that Axis is either of these things) while also being a good person and not a violent abuser.
At least she managed to write some in her later books?
And there's no reason I can possibly think of that Rivkah would have done so. Okay he would have seen the jailers doing it, but he still should at least have fumbled around until he figured it out. Or just asked Azhure to do it. Why is it possible to unlock the cell from the inside anyway?
That indeed seems like a quite large security issue. Azhure opening the door for him would have worked just fine and could have avoided these issues.
That too. Axis is just showing one of the common Sue traits, which is magically just knowing things he shouldn't because the author can't bear to have him ever be wrong about anything. Mind you, he IS very wrong about something toward the end of book two, but that's just so the author can throw in some utterly gratuitous and horrible torture and domestic violence which is instantly forgiven because she just seems to have a thing for it.
It is especially irritating because Douglass wants to write something that is at least partially a mystery, and having Axis just know everything goes directly against that! (As for what you refer to... it really is some of the most gratuitous stuff in here.)
I was actually expecting you to say "maybe it's WolfStar", which I wouldn't have bought for a number of reasons.
I would hardly believe that, either. After all, directly interfering is not shown to be his style, and revealing himself like this would put his plans in jeopardy. Further, I think that Axis would have noticed that the voice was not his own, and it does not exactly sound like WolfStar, either. Finally, what does he have to gain by trying to talk Axis out of this that would outweigh the possibility of discovery? He cannot convince Axis in such a short time, after all.
I agree. We never find out why he can't sleep, and having a personal crisis like this would be the perfect explanation.
I almost thought it said that, but indeed, Douglass only tells he is troubled by this after he is already walking into Smyrton. It certainly would give us some more space to look at this crisis, too.
Also, why the fuck didn't he yell and sound the alarm on his way out, and send someone to rouse his men? Like a competent commander would do? It's like him having an army just stops being a factor whenever it suits the author.
Indeed... Now that I think of it, were there no "perimeter guards" on the eastern side of Smyrton??
Edit: These "perimeter guards" are probably for the camp's perimeter, though there should still be guards around Smyrton.
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This is the same book in which we're informed that she "overflows with compassion and love", no less.
SCSF: And where we are told that she has "too much compassion and love within her to be WolfStar." I beg to differ.
That would make sense, though it needed to be made clear in the text because as-is it just comes off as completely random.
Yes, clarity is indeed quite an issue with Douglass.
And of course this doesn't change the fact that Axis is painted as a "hero", which Azhure breathlessly declares him to be in the next book. Like it's somehow not possible to be brave and noble (not that Axis is either of these things) while also being a good person and not a violent abuser.
At least she managed to write some in her later books?
And there's no reason I can possibly think of that Rivkah would have done so. Okay he would have seen the jailers doing it, but he still should at least have fumbled around until he figured it out. Or just asked Azhure to do it. Why is it possible to unlock the cell from the inside anyway?
That indeed seems like a quite large security issue. Azhure opening the door for him would have worked just fine and could have avoided these issues.
That too. Axis is just showing one of the common Sue traits, which is magically just knowing things he shouldn't because the author can't bear to have him ever be wrong about anything. Mind you, he IS very wrong about something toward the end of book two, but that's just so the author can throw in some utterly gratuitous and horrible torture and domestic violence which is instantly forgiven because she just seems to have a thing for it.
It is especially irritating because Douglass wants to write something that is at least partially a mystery, and having Axis just know everything goes directly against that! (As for what you refer to... it really is some of the most gratuitous stuff in here.)
I was actually expecting you to say "maybe it's WolfStar", which I wouldn't have bought for a number of reasons.
I would hardly believe that, either. After all, directly interfering is not shown to be his style, and revealing himself like this would put his plans in jeopardy. Further, I think that Axis would have noticed that the voice was not his own, and it does not exactly sound like WolfStar, either. Finally, what does he have to gain by trying to talk Axis out of this that would outweigh the possibility of discovery? He cannot convince Axis in such a short time, after all.
I agree. We never find out why he can't sleep, and having a personal crisis like this would be the perfect explanation.
I almost thought it said that, but indeed, Douglass only tells he is troubled by this after he is already walking into Smyrton. It certainly would give us some more space to look at this crisis, too.
Also, why the fuck didn't he yell and sound the alarm on his way out, and send someone to rouse his men? Like a competent commander would do? It's like him having an army just stops being a factor whenever it suits the author.
Indeed... Now that I think of it, were there no "perimeter guards" on the eastern side of Smyrton??
Edit: These "perimeter guards" are probably for the camp's perimeter, though there should still be guards around Smyrton.