Mar 31, 2022
To:Ochroleucous
I've been meaning to give my thoughts in more detail but I keep getting waylaid😅 - Once more I find myself late at night on my phone rather then pc, so unfortunately brief is all I got😂.
Which is a shame cause I really wanna have a proper look at this arc - Sit down and have a re-read of the opening prologue, see how it all clicks together.
In all honesty I don't particularly like reviewing webnovels, espically on a site with no edit-comment button or dedicated review tab - Becuase I feel I risk being arrogant or naïve with no way to refine my thoughts when something new inevitably comes to me a few hours after posting😅😅.
For example my first passion is actually anime review rather then writing - And put bluntly 95%+ of the time I will not review a season of anime(or Tv, or more traditional books & light novels/manga in general) without having seen the whole show once if not twice, listened to the Ost seperate to the show and read what others reviews and opinions have to say - In order to get the complete picture ya know?
Yet with webnovels I find myself giving little bits of feedback on an individual chapter, stuff that might be irrelevant if I had the entire picture, or just the context of one single extra chapter being read😂😂.
So that said I honestly haven't decided yet my entire feelings on this arc - You mention the word 'Filler' in your note and that's an apt word here.
Putting aside how loaded of a term it can be, its certainly one that has crossed my mind.
See as of present your story strikes me as anime in style but western fantasy in format - So I ask myself, 'Would you call the hobbits travelling from the Sheier to the first eleven city in Lord of the Rings book 1, filler?' - Well the answer there is obviously No for a myriad of reasons I will refrain from pointing out.
So do I think this 'arc 2' is filler?
I kinda have to pass on the question for now if that makes sense😅.
It's still slightly unclear, to me atleast, whether this book is prodimently character or story driven.
In the case it's story driven, then there may be an arguement for this as filler - But then again it does alot for world-building.
If it's character driven then it's definitely not filler and succeeds greatly in showing us new sides of out heros.
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I think the best thing my sleep deprived mind can say right now in relation to this arc, having not given it due consideration yet and without full context of this story as a whole - Is that ultimately it made me smile.
I smiled when the townsfolk came to wave them off, I smiled when Gywn refused to give up and said screw it to staying out of the fight - I smiled whenever old Gus or Adan were so much as mentioned😂.
So if nothing else, much like the first arc, I have genuinely enjoyed the second - And as for the upcoming third?
Well fuck we're going to Vegas baby, how could I not be looking forward to it😁😁!
