[TGO SPOILERS] Thoughts after finishing my ARC

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« on: June 16, 2016, 01:26:30 pm »
Hoo boy.  Ok, here we go!


Final status on all characters:
Mimara and Akka -> wandering towards Golglutterath in order to see Kellhus with the Judging Eye
Kellhus -> Far away from Golglutterath, chilling in Momemn ordering the assassination of the Satakhan of Zeum
Proyas -> Commanding the healthy remnant of the Great Ordeal as it closes on Golglutterath
Cnaiur (!!!) -> Commanding all Scylvendi, in the service of the Consult
Sorweel/Serwa/Moen Jr. -> attempting to destroy Ishterebinth with the aid of one of the Tall
The Horde -> Mostly nuked
The Great Ordeal -> divided into radiation victims under Sibawul Vaka/some other king and healthy folks under Proya
The Consult -> infuriatingly mysterious still
Esmenet/Kelmonas/White Luck/ Meppa -> Big cliffhanger in Momemn, not quite sure what's up with any of them


My favorite sequences:
Little Kel watching the Whiteluck
Mimara and the last Dunyain's staring/revelation contest
Devolution of the Ordeal once they started eating the Meat, parallel with Proyas's anguish after Kellhus rapes him
The Tall hero rising up and striking down the puppet king in Ishterebinth
Kellhus dropping Psatma from the sky

Wtf moments!
Kellhus approving of the nuke destroying Saubon and a big part of the Ordeal
Saubon being the dead version of himself he clasped on the Battleplain
Kellhus beheading and reheading Malobwepi, using him to assassinate the Satakhan
Cnaiur is alive?!
Aurax noping out when confronted by Saccarees
The Survivor killing himself
Esmenet taking on Fanayal/Meppa
Inriliatus made Thelliopa ???
Vaka and co. spending a night in the Consult's larder and emerging as Sranc-banes
Little Kel somehow breaking the WhiteLuck prophecy, or whatever happens at the end of the Momemn arc.
Esmenet crushed (did that really happen?  Or was this a "Harweel torn in half" esque feint)
Inside out prophets, that show the world to the God rather than vice versa
Akka's dreams show that the Prophecy was literally made about Kellhus  (Lots of mentions of time being folded, all of this has happened before, etc.)

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« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2016, 01:40:35 pm »
Lol - welcome to The Afflicted Few, Walter :).

So much amazing narrative.
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2016, 01:58:13 pm »
Inriliatus made Thelliopa ???
Might have contributed, but the rape wasn't the only thing that made her the way she is.

Vaka and co. spending a night in the Consult's larder and emerging as Sranc-banes
Agreed, wtf.

Esmenet crushed (did that really happen?  Or was this a "Harweel torn in half" esque feint)
No idea. Text leaves it vague. Could go either way.

Akka's dreams show that the Prophecy was literally made about Kellhus  (Lots of mentions of time being folded, all of this has happened before, etc.)
I loved this scene. The Prophecy is entirely different than what the King managed to say to Seswatha. The prophecy is that Kellhus IS the end of the world, not merely the harbinger.

What a great book.
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2016, 03:13:34 pm »
I loved the dreams in this book.
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