#S&S Chapter 14
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Second Army disorganization
Siege and Storm- Chapter 14
One of the most frustrating and famously nonsensical passages of Grisha trilogy, easily explained through doylist approach- the author's inability to write strategy or politics and demands of the genre, requiring a weak, unfit heroine to defeat immensely powerful opponent way out of her league:
Alina: Oh no, they dare to oppose me again! :(
Isn't that why would you want to establish a council in the first place? So you get constructive criticism and suggestions to do things better?!
My objections to the notion Alina came up with representation of Grisha can't be more obvious:
Army is a structured organization. There are ranks and councils by default. No amount of ignorant teens will persuade me calling it "Second" makes it otherwise.
Any big organization has a structure. Even if Second Army were only about education, there would be councils and posts on different levels. Hell, school system works that way.
Alina: I'm gonna have the useless ones represented, because we're not doing things like the Darkling, but that doesn't mean I'll respect them myself or abandon my prejudices. Fucking nerds. Weidos...
Another YA nonsense- you cannot put people into categories based on their physical predispositions, and expect the mental ones to fit accordingly. You can have a huge, muscled guy, skilled in delicate handiwork. You can have a tiny wisp of a girl beating the living shit out of you (popular trope by itself).
Now why should sensitivity to metals get you a spot in labs, if you're a strategic genius? Or incredibly skilled, witty rhetorician? Isn't it more likely you'd be required to complete basic training to stay healthy and prevent accidentally endangering others, while being assigned to whatever you're most useful at?
And what about those weak or less intelligent ones? Are they bringing coffee and arranging entertainment?!
It also fits this fan interpretation, that Materialki are often neuro-divegent, so they are tend to be kept away from battle for their own sake.
Alina wasn't involved in practical running of Second Army before. Just because she doesn't know about something, it's not a totally fresh idea.
I'd be afraid of a girl, who almost murdered a bunch of people for asking questions, too.
At this point, I'm gonna run with the idea that all the older Grisha are torn between face-palming and silently laughing their assess off (so Alina doesn't overhear and her clique doesn't resort to violence).
“But what do they do in there?” I asked, not entirely sure I wanted to hear the answer.
“Only the Corporalki know. But there are rumors that they’ve been working with the Fabrikators on new … experiments.”
Shadow and Bone- Chapter 8
... and that says nothing about the field, or the little groups in noble houses. People tend to stick together with their own, when in strange enviroment. I'm sure such bonds dissolve immediately after their return "home".
I've also delved a little into the sitting order here.
A few lines earlier, Alina noted Materialki didn't show up to complain. Who is so horrified then?! Not them, for sure.
Ironically, this fits into Fabricator-brain theory linked above AND the most logical explanation- Materialki have basic self-defense training, but only those, who are able to, continue. Alina isn't particularly friendly with any of them, so how would she know no one had EVER bothered to teach them? Alright, there are none in her class, but as far as we know, it consists of a Squaller, an Inferni and a Heartrender. Not the most saying sample.
Having a third of all Grisha helpless doesn't fit into the picture of Aleksander's leadership:
“That’s what Botkin always says. ‘Not showy, just to make pain,’” I said, imitating the mercenary’s heavy accent.
“Smart guy.”
“The Darkling doesn’t think Grisha should rely on their powers for defense.”
Shadow and Bone- Chapter 17
You don't have to become another Bruce Lee, you only need a chance, when they drag you out of bed in the middle of the night.
What tradition?
This is rather well-written group of angry, disorganized people. It might start with a reasonable goal, but soon everyone talks about something else than others, and the message gets lost in the noise.
Tradition doesn't equal "the way things are done". Neither of them is the same as "the need for structure and people knowing their places". The third one is a legitimate concern, although one could argue it's exactly what Alina's attempting.
This whole scene very much reads like:
The author is desperate to prove the Heroine isn't quite useless- she has good ideas!
Look!
*whacks a hundreds of years old stategist and survivor par excellence with stupid stick*
#Grishaverse#S&S Chapter 14#The Darkling#Alina Starkov#Second Army#Materialki#grishanalyticritical#Second pseudoArmy#S&B Chapter 8#S&B Chapter 17#meme#V#Siege and Storm#Grisha trilogy#books#quotes#Leigh Bardugo#anti Leigh Bardugo
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What everyone actually got from the recent episode:
#they’re both autistic#bsd#bungou stray dogs#bungo stray dogs#bsd tecchou#suehiro tecchou#tecchou suehiro#kenji miyazawa#bsd kenji#myart#one of my fave chapters <33#14 year old and a late 20’s widow become best friends
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#Macho Man is my new personality hi#fanfic#Jona couldn’t plan this unfolding but in the end he was extraordinarily hypocrit with this move#« public decency » and « family friendly content » my 🍑 !#unnecessary obscene violence hello#Jona i seriously hope sb will kick ur ass for ur live broadcast demonstration of poor parenting bc im sure joz wont say 💩#As usual the writing is amazing#I love drawing from fics these guys r crazy talented it s so f easy to picture everything#joseph joestar#u have no idea how many scenes i wanna sketch#Macho Man#chapter 14#chapter 15#update : i finish reading the chapter Jona feels guilty so i guess it is almost forgiven but still ! Pretty hypocritical#also sb’s gotta have a word with jot#dude cant just waltz around killing ppl off to cope with his emotions wtf man#i say all that bc i’m so f invested in this story i love it to bits#And i can give jona the cold shoulder while loving him deeply
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Sorry to sound like a little stinker but I really wanna know how many people are still interested in my fic or waiting for the new chapter owo
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Me: You know what, let's do short snippets; small one-shots; almost-drabbles. Just to get this hyperfixation out of my system. It'll be quick!
Me, days later: Okay, I suppose we can interconnect them a bit -- though they're NOT chapters! -- and maybe reference one of the light novels. Just for context. To give a sense of when in the timeline this happens. Yeah.
Me, weeks later: Re-rewatching the early episodes of Naruto Shippuden that I just rewatched literally a couple of weeks ago for quotes/speech patterns/vocabulary/etc., rewatching the Akatsuki recruitment game cutscenes, skipping forward to the war arc to watch relevant scenes for note-taking, skimming through exactly 43 episodes to find the *one* scene I needed that no one online had an episode number for, rereading relevant manga chapters, rereading three light novels, search history includes debates on whether puppets are immune/resistant to genjutsu (for literally a throwaway line in a flashback X_X), theories on how this asshole turned himself into a puppet in the first place, medical articles on the human body with particular attention to the brain/brain functions, and English translations of the ops/eds of the relevant episodes for title inspiration.
#help#it wasn't supposed to be like this T_T#it was supposed to be me expunging puppet boy brainrot with some quick writing#whyyyy#it's at least 14 chapters/sections long now#with a random deep dive into s//ai's psyche?? that came out of nowhere? i blame the s//ai vs. sh//in edo tensei fight tbh#h e l pp#withoutwords
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Welp! I was going to post Chapter 14 of The Weight of the World, but Ao3 is down due to a DDoS attack. So, hopefully, that gets fixed and I can post ASAP. Sorry guys!
#the weight of the world#cleon#leon s kennedy#claire redfield#leon x claire#jill valentine#carlos oliveira#valenveira#zombie apocalypse au#twotw#the weight of the world chapter 14
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Jinx: "Shocking discoveries!!" 😘😲 (10 pictures)
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#TBTBWTK miscellaneous stuff#luigi#bowser#mario#peach#King Boo#super mario#super mario bros#polls#tumblr polls#So I've been seeing people both on Ao3 & Tumblr picking sides since chapter 14's release#And it's now gotten to the point where I want to do a poll on this#And since the little surprise will be uploaded this weekend I figured why not do this? :)#I'm curious on your guys' thoughts/answer
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thoughts on tendo and ishioda ?
if i had all the footage of me doing their fights during my y7 streams id post the funniest compilation right now
#snap chats#OK HONESTLY TENDO ISNT EVEN THAT BAD ANYMORE. LIKE HE REALLY ISNT#ishioda and mirror face give me fucking the SPOOKS like no wonder chapter 14's called 'the scary chapter'#in the speedrunning notes anyway. in the speedrunning notes. never getting over how i did them first try no prob one time how the fuck--#i dont think you meant my thoughts on them during a speedrun tho. uhm. :}#tendo got CRAZY dsls bro got me unwise. he can catch these hands otherwise tho#i like ishioda's glasses :) and i like the accent they gave him in the eng dub Tho I Mean That With All The Kansai Bitches
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ITNL chapters 11 and 12 re-edits are posted !!! im rly happy with the changes ive made in these
also i dont think i mentioned but chapter 10 i wasnt expecting big changes but i. changed the bath scene. so that he doesnt have his damn prosthetic on in the bath. bc that makes no goddamn sense
Patch Notes: removed electronic prosthetic from the bath. made vash even more obnoxious (unrelated)
#speculation nation#itnl shit#just 2 more chapters!!!!!!!!#i couldve maybe done a third chapter today had i not had to do an emergency double shift. oh well.#i'll try to do them tomorrow. gonna try to get a nice full night of sleep so i can be ready to take on the day !!!#best case scenario i finish both chapters 13 and 14 re-edits#but they are Also the two longest chapters of the fic. so it will really depend on how my shift goes tomorrow.#a combined 20k words. god damn.#it's still not discacc Sol level of long (27k in one chapter for those unfamiliar) but still lol#i'll try my best. if nothing else i hope to finish at least one of them tomorrow.#i SHOULD be able to finish both of them by thursday at the latest. i have that day off.#and THENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN hehehehehehehe#evil plans. i can finally start writing ITNL 15#im excited !!!! i wanna it s o bad#for now. sleep. Goodnight
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Siege and Storm- Chapter 14
She ain't stupid.
I live for those moments of lucidity Alina occasionally experiences.
Do those Grisha even know Darkles' "crimes"? Did Alina bother to tell them, or does she still assume they read her mind, so they're updated?! Is there a scene missing? Where they meet and she explains what happened?
She did promise she will, but then she stormed off and went to sleep as far as we know...
Again- did Alina reveal Darkles' past "offscreen", or are those Grisha just expected to figure out what she's talking about?!
Three-front war going on, with one of those sides being ancient semi-mythical power. Our Heroine:
Yeah, I don't think my ally's trying to get into my pants THIS TIME...
#Grishaverse#S&S Chapter 14#Alina Starkov#Malyen Oretsev#Nikolai Lantsov#The Darkling#Second PseudoArmy#self centred and paranoid#grishanalyticritical#Siege and Storm#Grisha trilogy#V#books#quotes#Leigh Bardugo#anti Malina#anti Leigh Bardugo
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about evermore chapter 14…
spoilers for chapter 13 !! please read this post for those who are waiting for chapter 14 :>>
just to make sure we’re clear here, please don’t put your expectations too high on chapter 14 as to prevent yourselves from feeling possibly more disappointed :DDD the goal in chapter 14 is to show diluc’s feelings, thoughts and experiences as well as what his relationship with jean really is (so yes, theres slight jeanluc there so feel free to ignore this chapter and proceed to versadies’ version)
as for versadies’ version, itll most likely be posted a few days after the og chapter’s release since i havent written anything for it so i apologize to those who are looking forward to the other version DD:
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i think today i am gonna work more on villain + school b/c chapter 2 only has like 12 pages lol. wanna finish it sooner rather than later!
#v+s has over 10 chapters in total..14 or 16 i think i cant remember#but it definitely wont be nearly as long as mirrors in terms of page count#so hopefully it'll be a fun book to hold
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currently dying a million concurrent deaths in response to a sudden and soul crushing allusion in my new favorite internet story (tapers). its all good though; im actually elated because this is the most ive ever felt about a story in forever (disregarding how emotional the episode of Utena where Utena starts wearing the girl's uniform again makes me)
#feel#ive been encountering more media lately that makes me viscerally things and honestly? ITS BEEN A BLAST!!!#if anyones curious the section of tapers i am referring too is a part near the end of chapter 14#the part where care dreams/hallucinates getting buried by a mound of black paint#the scene was already making me emotional but then halway through it i realized it was alluding to the candace newmaker case#and i was just like. oh s h i t#tonys writing is so fucking good i wish itd get more appreciation#all his work outside of petscop is really underappreciated honestly#tapers
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Not me sitting down to work on chapter 14, only to end up writing the first part of a Lysa APWH prequel
#just apwh things#send help#to be fair the idea has been in my head for a while#i just got a very vivid scenario in my head earlier that needed to be written down immediately#any resemblance to 90's historical figures living or dead is... probably not entirely a coincidence#do I have a huge soft spot for morally complex Lysa? yes#do i despise hoster tully? also yes#did either lysa or petyr start out as villains? not in the slightest#look once i finish and post it-#although i swear to god i am trying to get chapter 14 out first#i'll see if you guys can identify the similarities to a particular person#because once i started thinking about Lysa#it was like a light switch flipped#look canon lysa deserved better okay
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