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So anyway, here's my thoughts on the Darkwar trilogy by Raymond E. Feist as a whole.
When I first started rereading these books, I saw a thread on Reddit about them. One of the comments amounted to saying that after a certain point, the quality of the writing suddenly decreases, and I think this is around the point they put that at.
To an extent, I am sympathetic to this view, and I do agree. The quality of the writing of the Riftwar saga actually does drop off a cliff at one point, but this wasn't it. That was back around Rise of a Merchant Prince, and it's been ebbing and flowing ever since.
I can see why this would be the trilogy you put that at, though. Most people are going to just skip the Riftwar Legacy and Legends of the Riftwar trilogies because they're side stories and not super important to the main plot. This trilogy is part of the main plot, and it is noticeably worse than the Conclave of Shadows trilogy which was, for the most part, a decent trilogy.
If the fandom for this series was larger, this would probably end up being one of the most contentious trilogies for a few reasons. One is just the odd structure of the series--book one sets up some new characters and makes them out to be hugely popular, only for them to take a back seat afterwards.
Another is that there are a few points where this series does contradict earlier trilogies. A lot of that is contradictions between what happens here and what happens in the Empire trilogy, which has traditionally been one of the more popular trilogies of this series.
This is a problem that has come up in previous books. Usually it's been couched in "popular versions of history hold that this happened", so even if it's not exactly what happened previously, it can be written off as this just being the version of events that entered the public consciousness. This is fairly true-to-life because this is a thing that still happens in the modern day, even with all the advancements in record keeping and preservation that have come about as time has gone on.
The difference here in the Darkwar trilogy is that it isn't framed like that. These are just straight up contradictions. The big one is that the Minwanabi are back in this trilogy, though they don't really get up to any major shenanigans. There is some wiggle room here because technically they weren't obliterated in the Empire trilogy but rather just forced into servitude, but I feel like this is a point that needed to be expanded upon. There is a pretty large jump from "these guys were forced into political irrelevance because they kept causing problems" to "...and now they're back because reasons."
The third reason this series would probably be the controversial one if the series was more popular is because of Nakor's death. At least among the people I've known who are fans of this series, Nakor is a very popular character (for good reason) and he's a legacy character at this point. I can see this being a point that'd end up being contentious for various fandom discourse reasons.
Still, I can't help but feel that the general formula for these books is starting to get a bit stale at this point. Pretty much every mainline trilogy or every other mainline trilogy is that a new threat that's even larger than the previous one is discovered, and then there's a scramble to get ready for it but it'll never be as much time as they hope, and then the invasion begins. I think this is the most polished version of that because this trilogy doesn't really have any of the big problems the previous trilogies have had, but it's also coming at a point where most readers will be familiar enough with how these books work to be emotionally tapped out.
Really, the only major problem that existed in the early books that still exists in this one is the treatment of women. The traditional Feist problem has been that the women in his books either exist to be the love interest and nothing else, or they exist to be torture porn and nothing else.
Miranda falls somewhere in this spectrum. In some ways, she is a vast improvement over previous women in these books because at least she has some agency, has a personality, and her own motives. I feel like her motives could be fleshed out a bit more because this trilogy is still relying very heavily on the "mysterious powerful magician" characterisation given that she's been a known quantity to the rest of the main cast for over twenty years at this point, but they are there somewhere.
The flipside to this, however, is that the main reason she gets to be a part of the main cast is specifically because she's Pug's wife. I feel like if she was anyone else, the actual response to her tendency towards intense secretiveness and general combativeness would be something like, "Yeah nah, we need a team player and you're not it." She'd probably be off in the background doing something nominally important but never really remarked upon beyond that it's being done.
She also is an agent of Feist's torture porn tendency. In this case, she actually is literally tortured for a while. This is still a step up from the depictions of sexual assault as character development that happen in some of the earlier stuff, and at least she continues to be a part of the story after it instead of being forced into the background like some other characters might.
In a lot of ways, this is a good example of what I mean when I say the Darkwar trilogy is one of the more polished examples of the general Feist formula. Yes, this is still a problem with his work, but it's nowhere near the same extreme that exists earlier. It's been smoothed over so it's less of a problem here than it would have been if Feist had have written this in the late '80s rather than the late '00s.
The downside to this is that it also gives up a lot of what made the earlier books connect with readers. I know that early pastoral chapters in fantasy tend to be met with a lot of derision by readers nowadays, but in Feist's case they generally work. They do need to be there when the cast is as large as what some of these books are, both for character development and for the general pacing of the plot. I think they also generally help with the tonal balance between the shock of war and otherwordly creatures and what the characters are generally hoping to save.
So really, I think a lot of what ends up being polished at this point in the series is more the result of the pacing being sped up than anything else. I think it also gives up a lot of what humanised the protagonists early on. It's not some kind of weird accident that most of the characters in this book who seem like real people have been here since the first ten or so books.
Overall, I feel like this series is a bit of a mixed bag. I think if this had have been someone's first trilogy, I'd be okay with it, but knowing what I do of Feist and his world, I think the problems with it are much more apparent.
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Hi! Please ignore this if you're not taking asks about the characters anymore!
I need to know... how good is their fashion sense and what kind of clothes do they wear more often? more importantly, who would let my jordan dress them up for fun? xD thank you for your time!
Hi anon, we always accept new questions ^^ We thought that to make it a bit more fun... Why don't we show you some proposals of clothes that we would put on the characters? Unfortunately we don't have all the time to make all the costumes that we would put on them but here are our proposals.
Joe: She's definitely the most stylish, even though she's been in uniform for a long time. She'd be willing to be dressed by Jordan, but more importantly, she'd be eager to dress Jordan. You will never see her in tracksuits or very casual clothes. She likes very feminine clothes in soft colours. She adapts well to the circumstances, going from a more romantic style to a very classic and elegant one or a fun and very risky one.
Hasiel: He looks old-fashioned and out of step with the times, what would best define his style is dark academia or what would be understood in this century as dark academia. Full of jumpers, classic trousers and shirts. He would probably accept Jordan's choice of clothes, but if he strayed too far from his own tastes, he would probably complain.
Arael: She likes pastel colours, straight figures and trousers rather than skirts or dresses. All her clothes are full of colour and look very comfortable. Perhaps a bit girlish for some, but Arael is not pressured by standards. She would definitely let Jordan dress her. It would be a new experience and she loves to experience new sensations.
Kyeran: His style is a mix of bohemian with ethnic touches. A lot of his clothes are recycled or second-hand, although he never intended to have a deliberately vintage aesthetic. He wears things until they break and doesn't see himself as closed to gender standards either, so you might see him in a skirt or other feminine pieces. He would also let Jordan dress him and treasure the clothes they give him.
Maske: Their aesthetic is very much defined within darkware. They don't wear colours outside of black, grey and dark blue except for gold when wearing formal wear or in spotlights and the like. They wear a lot of clothes on top of each other, creating a lot of layers. Although they usually only wear tracksuits, they might have quite interesting taste if they weren't so afraid to show their bodies. Jordan could convince them to try something on, but probably not to buy it.
Akane: She doesn't think too much about her appearance, her everyday clothes are actually work clothes, as she doesn't do much else at some point her casual clothes were completely replaced by overalls and canvas clothes. As she loves sports, she has a lot of sports equipment. Although, maybe Jordan could convince her to wear something more interesting… She loves asymmetrical T-shirts, green, red and orange and she doesn't dislike skirts, but she prefers trouser skirts. She would accept to be dressed by Jordan, but with some things, she would die of embarrassment.
Pin: He wears oversize clothes, very youthful and with references to popular culture. It is quite clear that his favourite colour is red. All his clothes are very comfortable. On the other hand, Rubi has more serious and simpler clothes. He always says she would choose more daring things but with Pin's body they don't suit him. Pin would love to be dressed by Jordan and would be very curious to know what they would choose for him.
Zihel: Zihel's clothing straddles the line between grunge and military aesthetics, though none of it was premeditated. Almost all of his current clothes are Hasiel's clothes in a state of extreme disrepair. Partly intentional, partly through neglect. The formal wear was chosen by Valefar so that he doesn't make a fool of himself. Zihel has no problem trying on clothes Jordan tells him to, though if he's having a bad day he'd probably refuse just because he's in a bad mood.
Ariel: Any facet of rock suits Ariel and he has probably worn it at one time or another. He likes aggressive, dramatic clothes that are very striking and allow him to show off. If he's not the centre of attention, there's something he's not doing right. We felt like adding an alternative version. Although we have already warned you that Ariel wouldn't have been very happy being an angel… He would love to play dress-up with Jordan, especially if it would make Jordan look naked. He'd probably try to turn it into a sex game.
Well, that's about it. What did you think? is there a look that you liked the most?
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I have to tell you all the silliest turn of events which is I joked a lot about C/able's favourite style being casual tactical/techwear type stuff, and that he'd give me little run downs about his clothes like "it's not JUST a jacket. It's GORE TEX.". but now I'm into it too. like he actually kind of went off with all the pouches and pockets. smh his influence
#techwear i get the sense that it died down as a trend a few years ago. but trends dont matter if you just wear what you like#f/o:cable#yeah yeah ok it's the all black urban ninja cyber stuff#darkware and such#not quite the legit military/tactical stuff cable's into but there's a little overlap
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#thinkin about making vsts and sample packs again but taking it more seriously this time#ive been playing around with a little occult style noisemaker#anyone think veroware is cute?? ive got the name stuck in my head#kinda as an homage to jack dark of darkware who made me wanna make vsts in the first place and as a play on vaporware?#vero is my girlfriends pet name for me so#idk just thinkin is all#just like#probably free stuff to release for funsies
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Okay, so I've just finished Wrath of a Mad God by Raymond E. Feist.
I think the one thing this book does a lot better than previous novels in the series is that it ties in some of the side stuff a bit better. There was a period of time in the '90s when some of these books would reference the computer games inspired by the series, but that was just a quick reference here and there, and didn't really assume you'd played them.
This wasn't really the case with Wrath of a Mad God. The plotline on Kelewan assumes you've read the Empire trilogy. Like, you can still follow along even if you haven't because for the most part it is just a line here and there, but a lot of the rationale behind some of the actions of the Tsurani in this book only make complete sense if you've also read that trilogy.
Still, this is one of the books where the internal consistency starts to get a bit shaky. There's clans here that were previously destroyed in earlier books; there's lines that directly contradict what happened in previous books. To some extent, you do expect this in a series as long running as the Riftwar saga has been, especially given how the fandom for this series is relatively small and fairly quiet. Even today, the wiki for this series is pretty lackluster.
The plotline with Tad, Zane, and Jommy continued to largely be an afterthought in this book, though. The good news is that it does lead to something, albeit a small something. They add a new elvish culture on top of all the other elvish splinter groups that Feist has done little or nothing with.
That being said, I do feel like that this trilogy didn't do as much with this new generation of characters as it perhaps could have. This is especially disappointing because Flight of the Nighthawks was setting them up to be major characters the same way the core cast of the Serpentwar quadrilogy or the Krondor's Sons duology were pretty much major characters evermore after their introductions.
In terms of the overall plot, I think Wrath of a Mad God is fine. It's an adequate end to this trilogy. It doesn't really stand out as one of Feist's best, but most of my actual criticisms of this book are more just gripes I have with the trilogy as a whole.
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tbh id die happy if mori released a cf extend with a dub and ggpo. or even updated cf or something with just ggpo like he made a whole new version with all kinds of fixes just for jubei. like thats a valid excuse and the game is old now anyway AND he wants it to be relevant at evo again so this is like. perfect chance. just saying. enough people want the dub and enough people probably got crosstag for this to be a possibility. theyre updating the oldest gg game on steam but not blazblue which is staggering tbh not to knock ac+r cause its fun but like really mori. he still was vague as shit about the dub and has always acted like it was a possibility so like NOW’S YOUR CHANCE DARKWAR IS ALL BUT DEAD YOU CAN FIX NETPLAY HELLOOOOOOO if you want your game to be relevant again fucking do something about it you fucking coward also i wanna hear patrick seitz and jubei the hedgehog again
#and stupid dragon man. and bastard egg man. come on#crow.txt#blazblueposting#idk im just salty that mori is so fucking incompetent#nobody asked for a gacha and hes like the only one working on it anymore#just fucking give up bro lmao#if i get into a gacha in gonna develop a Gambling Problem#and darkwar looks stupid anyway cause its literally like a separate fucking canon so whats the point#none of the lore will be real#it wont be related to the c series or xblaze or bloodedge experience so WHY DOES IT MATTER
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