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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:04 PM

[soulhome reading container]

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:05 PM

Trathis: "Is this how you make your money, whoring yourself in this district? Have you turned the Ichili into a whore, too?"
Theo: "You have to call me a whore too or it's discrimination"

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:07 PM

I'm really interested in Ichil worldbuilding

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:08 PM

a whole planet that's so dark, where light is so dangerous, that humans evolved to use their other senses in ways we can't

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:08 PM

being able to sense things by touch without touching them

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:08 PM

talking about a popular kind of artistic endeavor in Ichil, the Spheres of Artistry

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:08 PM

sculptures that are perfectly smooth spheres on the outside but full of intricate mazes and patterns on the inside

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:09 PM

so non-Ichili wouldn't be able to appreciate their aesthetics because we'd just see the outside

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:13 PM

also Fiyu is extremely good

BWAAAAAH!

@Overbringer

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:39 PM

is Theo a fun protag?

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 4:41 PM

he hasn't really sold me on him yet

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:26 PM

love the focus on worldbuilding and the cultural differences between worlds

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:26 PM

the imperfect translation magic

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:26 PM

Fiyu reacting like she's been slapped when asked what sensory techniques she uses in place of sight

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:27 PM

it's an incredibly personal question on Ichil because it gives the person you tell it to a number of ways to counter it and leave you functionally blind

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:28 PM

not to mention the differences between Ichil and Tatian in terms of social dynamics and friendship

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:28 PM

Fiyu boggling at the insane idea that a person could have dozens of friends

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:41 PM

a fun part of any cultivation adjacent story is piecing together the ranking

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:41 PM

for soulcrafters, it seems to go Soulcrafter -> Archcrafter -> Ruler -> Stronghold -> Dominion -> ?

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:41 PM

and demons go Grade 1 -> Grade 2 -> Titan -> Some scary shit

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:50 PM

things are going badly for Theo's soulhome

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:51 PM

it exploded

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:52 PM

https://images.plurk.com/6YHpUQTVmHB8L0u83IAbik.png

oh damn Mundhin look less people-like than i thought

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@quinn2win

Mon, Aug 7, 2023 8:57 PM

new rank mentioned, Authority. maybe above Dominion, maybe below it

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:48 AM

ok below

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:48 AM

Soulcrafter, Archcrafter, Ruler, Authority

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@deerleisure

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:56 AM

I don't get sold on Theo until the end of the first book (don't know how far you are)

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@deerleisure

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:56 AM

but he's kind of going through a bit of a character arc throughout the book so

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:57 AM

I'm a little over halfway through

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:57 AM

he just had his big revelation about why his soulhome doesn't work

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@deerleisure

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:57 AM

and that part of the book is what sold me on the book itself

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@deerleisure

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:58 AM

just the fact he was allowed to fuck up so bad, as a character, is something protagonists usually aren't allowed to do,

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@deerleisure

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:59 AM

and he has to build off that failure

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@deerleisure

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:59 AM

it's /chefs kiss

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 2:00 AM

yeah

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 2:00 AM

it really derails his character progression

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 2:04 AM

OK and then Stronghold, Dominion after Authority

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 2:04 AM

six known tiers

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 2:04 AM

but there was a fourth grade of demon, so no reason there can't be a seventh tier of soulcrafter

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 4:14 AM

the more I sit on it the more I like the Great Soulhome Disaster

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 4:14 AM

the whole premise is supposed to be that he's getting a fresh start and can plan out his whole soulhome in intricate detail this time

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 4:15 AM

and he beefs it so hard IMMEDIATELY that the whole blueprint is fucked

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@quinn2win

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 4:15 AM

and the stakes are still escalating

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@deerleisure

Tue, Aug 8, 2023 12:26 PM

it's a really great moment of character building, of stake escalation, and of unexpected plot twist all in one