/lit/ - Literature

>>22091305
I did not read rewrite, only some fragments, though I'm aware of minor changes it brought, changes that are mildly relevant at some points. I.e. if i understood it correctly, Ryoka met Yvlon's sister, Ysara, on the bloodfields. But it's mentioned in the story.

From what I've seen, the rewrite left a lot of the story as it is, but the writing changed a bit and resembles Pirate's current style in many cases. Which I dislike in some ways. It might be original V1 is a better choice to read (rewritten original that is, the current rewrite is a second one, version 3.0)

>>21239457
>>21239264
>how good is wandering inn?
It's a very good attempt at an Epic Fantasy story sa a webnovel, with monumental ambition to tell stories of dozens of people in a ancient and large fantasy world.

The common misconception is that the author is female, which is just a sign of overdosing on 4chan, because male authors tend to do female protagonists these days. But the female characters in TWI are written well -- as in there are likable, which astounds anons who can't concieve that -- so people think the author is female too, even though it is blatantly obvious that the author's interests, mindset and writing style is as 'male american in his 30s' as it gets.

Not to mention his name is Noah James, as was leaked by a shop he was selling his comic at.

These are not women written wy women for women, these are women written by a man, which makes them compelling to men. A typical occurrence in fantasy genre.


The story might appear 'leftists' if you are utterly clueless /pol/tard, otherwise it's quite clear the author is a typical liberal with a touch of social conservatism.

>>20899494
I agree that early-middle V7 was the best, literally the golden age of TWI as I see it. Great fun at the inn, solid chapters with Teriarch, perfect slice-of-life in the interludes. And to think there are some TWI readers that say Liscor is the worst setting. I do agree on scatterbraindness of things, I believe Pirateaba went too far in plot sprawl, there was simply too much stuff going on at that point to reasonably write about all of it, even with all the output Pirate produces. Belive me, complains about Pirate spending too much time on minor PoVs are common among the fanbase, Pirate is almost addicted to making new characters and writing their stuff. Thankfuly, it seems we (the fanbase) have managed to curb down those tendencies as of late.

Finale was written like that because it was not 9 parts, but three chapters that were cut for pacing reasons.
I don't have problem with Maviola's end because we knew she had to die around this time. She had only one potion of youth left, and her death being commited by Belavierr and Az'kerash in secret was more interesting than dying against Hectval.

Flos lacking a solid cause other than 'I King, I conquer' had always been a problem int he story, that's why he's the most hated character. I'm surprised you liked Rasea running Flos over with her ship, it might very much be TWI's most disliked scene, ever. For me, it was just too silly.

The Klbkch/Saliss connection was over their shared problem of body dysmorphia...which is more than just a bit silly, because Klbkch problem is his disgust with Izrilian Antinium, which for him are basically pathetic, inferior copies of True Antinium. Klbkch is disgusted with them and their weakness, in consequence being full of self-hatred as he's now one of them. Klbkch identifies as a Ultimate Murder Machine his ant mommy made him to be, and every day spent in a pathetic Worker body drove him mad. So yeah, while it is a bit similar to Saliss/Onieva thing, comparing it like that was a big leap.

The fight itself between them was pretty good in my opinion, if a bit weird for all the banter. In Liscor didn't use any of his artifacts or relics, meanwhile at the Hivelands he's fully armored with bullshit stuff Antinium had robbed over the years not to mention supported by all the queens and his buddy Wrymvr. And Saliss focused on killing Wrymvr, not Klbkch.


Now, to speak of what's ahead of you in Volume 8...I don't want to color your opinion of it before you read it, but it has problems. Considering the situation at the end, you surely understand stakes are all times high and there's no place for slice of life, the plot train had arrived and is taking everyone for the ride. And oh boy, V8 has a lot of plot. Shit's happening left and right on every continent, wordcount on chapters hits peaks previously thought impossible, multiple times exceeding 40k words (Interlude - Paradigm Shift is probably peak TWI chapter).

[I ran out of letters]

>>20754180
>Does he have an end in sight though? Are there already characters who have come and gone and have conclusions? I worry also because of either what you or another anon said about the timeline, which was apparently everything happens in an instant.

That anon was trolling. I'm not sure what 'in an instant' would even mean. It's been years in-story, at least two. But I imagine the time will speed up a little now, considering the recent plot developments. The author has multiple time stated that they have an end in sight, since the very start of the story. 'Their guiding beacon,' as they said.
If you want in-depth write-up on how the author's writing the story, just check this reddit post the author did: https://www.reddit.com/r/WanderingInn/comments/hfy9my/writing_web_serials_by_pirateaba/

>Are there already characters who have come and gone and have conclusions?
Of course, how could be any different in any story? Characters and their stories are TWI's biggest strength, some came and went, some are still there. This isn't some never-ending story with random events cobbled together.

>Take Malazan for example, the crippled god is introduced in the first book and the final book is the conclusion of events that have driven the story along. There's still a lot of questions about characters, but it's an ending.
>With the god is not willing which is basically Erikson's sequel to Malazan, set 10 years ahead, it's full of new characters whose plot is driven from events in the original series but it is its own thing. Sure some more characters will probably show up, but many won't. In Erikson's ama the other day he said that tavore probably won't be back even tho she's his favourite character. Her story was finished, we don't need to see her Talon Dental Plan or whether she's taken over her families trading company.

TWI has a lot of plots, kinda layered together. There's main plot that's been being set-up for multiple volumes, but it was always there, since the start, if you want to know, the story's is mainly about: Dead Gods returning back to life after being 'dead' for a very, very long time. An eon. And the characters trying to, more or less, kill them back.

It's an Epic Fantasy story, events larger than life, you know, the whole package. But the author is building-up the characters and world in which they can have that plot, step by step. There are characters that are mighty and powerful, but most of them are only starting, the story is about the people that one day are going to BE the kind of people that you can see having influence and power to take parts in the story of this calibre. Their entire journey, from their very beginnings, not just back-story of characters in few paragraphs. That's what TWI is about, in essence, stories of people that one day will become Legends.

>>20754180
>Does he have an end in sight though? Are there already characters who have come and gone and have conclusions? I worry also because of either what you or another anon said about the timeline, which was apparently everything happens in an instant.

That anon was trolling. I'm not sure what 'in an instant' would even mean. It's been years in-story, at least two. But I imagine the time will speed up a little now, considering the recent plot developments. The author has multiple time stated that they have an end in sight, since the very start of the story. 'Their guiding beacon,' as they said.
If you want in-depth write-up on how the author's writing the story, just check this reddit post the author did: https://www.reddit.com/r/WanderingInn/comments/hfy9my/writing_web_serials_by_pirateaba/

>Are there already characters who have come and gone and have conclusions?
Of course, how could be any different in any story? Characters and their stories are TWI's biggest strength, some came and went, some are still there. This isn't some never-ending story with random events cobbled together.

>Take Malazan for example, the crippled god is introduced in the first book and the final book is the conclusion of events that have driven the story along. There's still a lot of questions about characters, but it's an ending.
>With the god is not willing which is basically Erikson's sequel to Malazan, set 10 years ahead, it's full of new characters whose plot is driven from events in the original series but it is its own thing. Sure some more characters will probably show up, but many won't. In Erikson's ama the other day he said that tavore probably won't be back even tho she's his favourite character. Her story was finished, we don't need to see her Talon Dental Plan or whether she's taken over her families trading company.

TWI has a lot of plots, kinda layered together. There's main plot that's been being set-up for multiple volumes, but it was always there, since the start, if you want to know, the story's is mainly about: Dead Gods returning back to life after being 'dead' for a very, very long time. An eon. And the characters trying to, more or less, kill them back.

It's an Epic Fantasy story, events larger than life, you know, the whole package. But the author is building-up the characters and world in which they can have that plot, step by step. There are characters that are mighty and powerful, but most of them are only starting, the story is about the people that one day are going to BE the kind of people that you can see having influence and power to take parts in the story of this calibre. Their entire journey, from their very beginning, not just back-story of characters in few paragraphs. That's what TWI is about, in essence, stories of people that one day will become Legends.

>>20623487
>It’s shit, I don’t know why you even recommend it.
It's one of the best fantasy stories I've read, and I've hundreds. I recommnd it to people because I believe they would enjoy it as well, had they opportunity to stumble upon it. Why would not share with others something that made me happy?