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Void said:
I'm caught up with Hell Difficulty Tutorial now, and yeah ok, you guys win. I like it. He's much more tolerable now, and I'm glad I read it. Looking forward to many more.

Started the latest Path of Ascension book but now they are getting into politics and shit, and I don't even want to pick it up. Also not too thrilled about HWFWM. Everything else I look forward to is in-between books right now, so looking for the next big thing.

Speaking of series that I'm over, I got a few questions for the one person still reading Defiance of the Fall ( Tuco Tuco ). It isn't anything major, but I'll spoiler it anyway just in case someone else is still reading it.

That demon chick that turned into his shield (forget her name), did she ever come back to life? There was some stuff a few books ago where the shield evolved and maybe ate some people/materials and then went to sleep, but has anything ever really come of that other than being shield-ier?

Same with the love interest chick from way back in the day, the one where she got killed but then his fans bitched about fridging and he brought her back but put her on a planet ruled by some crazy fucks. Did she ever return, or is she still in limbo somewhere being ignored too?

I could ask about the other characters (main demon dude from the first book was always a favorite of mine) but I realized this author really doesn't give a fuck about anything but navel gazing, and any character is basically there to temporarily provide a boost to his navel gazing and then be forgotten. Has anything happened with any of the side characters worth a shit? I'm never going to read it so spoil away if you want. Thanks!
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Hell Difficulty- One of the very few series that has me earnestly waiting for the next book.

Defiance - I just reread the first 9 books since I have plenty of downtime in between grouse hunting and trail clearing since I take most of October off from work. Basically, I couldn't do another thing, lets plow through a book and see if I like it more this time. Honestly, I do. I'm curious about the same things, maybe I'll bite the bullet and see where it goes.


There is far too many mid fight revelations and I don't think the author really has a clue about what makes someone a badass, but he tries. He also thinks being afraid of his power is the same as fearing your choices because you know you are crossing a clear line. It makes him less interesting. In addition he really tries to make sure most of the powerful people are women for some reason other than the main character. Plus dao bullshit.
 
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Void said:
I'm caught up with Hell Difficulty Tutorial now, and yeah ok, you guys win. I like it. He's much more tolerable now, and I'm glad I read it. Looking forward to many more.

Started the latest Path of Ascension book but now they are getting into politics and shit, and I don't even want to pick it up. Also not too thrilled about HWFWM. Everything else I look forward to is in-between books right now, so looking for the next big thing.

Speaking of series that I'm over, I got a few questions for the one person still reading Defiance of the Fall ( Tuco Tuco ). It isn't anything major, but I'll spoiler it anyway just in case someone else is still reading it.

That demon chick that turned into his shield (forget her name), did she ever come back to life? There was some stuff a few books ago where the shield evolved and maybe ate some people/materials and then went to sleep, but has anything ever really come of that other than being shield-ier?

Same with the love interest chick from way back in the day, the one where she got killed but then his fans bitched about fridging and he brought her back but put her on a planet ruled by some crazy fucks. Did she ever return, or is she still in limbo somewhere being ignored too?

I could ask about the other characters (main demon dude from the first book was always a favorite of mine) but I realized this author really doesn't give a fuck about anything but navel gazing, and any character is basically there to temporarily provide a boost to his navel gazing and then be forgotten. Has anything happened with any of the side characters worth a shit? I'm never going to read it so spoil away if you want. Thanks!
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I finished book 11 of defiance.
no she is still a backpack, yes he returns, nothing more on ex.
 
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Void said:
I'm caught up with Hell Difficulty Tutorial now, and yeah ok, you guys win. I like it. He's much more tolerable now, and I'm glad I read it. Looking forward to many more.

Started the latest Path of Ascension book but now they are getting into politics and shit, and I don't even want to pick it up. Also not too thrilled about HWFWM. Everything else I look forward to is in-between books right now, so looking for the next big thing.

Speaking of series that I'm over, I got a few questions for the one person still reading Defiance of the Fall ( Tuco Tuco ). It isn't anything major, but I'll spoiler it anyway just in case someone else is still reading it.

That demon chick that turned into his shield (forget her name), did she ever come back to life? There was some stuff a few books ago where the shield evolved and maybe ate some people/materials and then went to sleep, but has anything ever really come of that other than being shield-ier?

Same with the love interest chick from way back in the day, the one where she got killed but then his fans bitched about fridging and he brought her back but put her on a planet ruled by some crazy fucks. Did she ever return, or is she still in limbo somewhere being ignored too?

I could ask about the other characters (main demon dude from the first book was always a favorite of mine) but I realized this author really doesn't give a fuck about anything but navel gazing, and any character is basically there to temporarily provide a boost to his navel gazing and then be forgotten. Has anything happened with any of the side characters worth a shit? I'm never going to read it so spoil away if you want. Thanks!
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I'm up to date.

Alea is permanently turned into a tool-spirit for the coffin with chains his Draugr half uses as a secondary weapon, the counterpart to Haru his vines on his life half

Thea is alive, has been having a rough time, and he is aware she is alive and has met her but they aren't close anymore. His mother basically faked her death and sent her halfway across the universe

Ogras is back in the story from time to time, doing his own thing in the major questline they are currently in that has spanned the last 3 books

PoA well worth continuing, it's still interesting even now.
 
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Void said:
Started the latest Path of Ascension book but now they are getting into politics and shit, and I don't even want to pick it up. Also not too thrilled about HWFWM. Everything else I look forward to is in-between books right now, so looking for the next big thing.
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That's a series I've grown weary of.

Politics, fighting a war here and there, and then nothing really happens to them. No real evolution, nothing truly special. I was on the patreon, dropped out, and considering even dropping from the RR version. The series is supposed to end with the Ascension of Matt at 45 (or 50?), but at the glacial pace of the story...
 
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Void said:
Started the latest Path of Ascension book but now they are getting into politics and shit, and I don't even want to pick it up. Also not too thrilled about HWFWM. Everything else I look forward to is in-between books right now, so looking for the next big thing.

Speaking of series that I'm over, I got a few questions for the one person still reading Defiance of the Fall ( Tuco Tuco ). It isn't anything major, but I'll spoiler it anyway just in case someone else is still reading it.

That demon chick that turned into his shield (forget her name), did she ever come back to life? There was some stuff a few books ago where the shield evolved and maybe ate some people/materials and then went to sleep, but has anything ever really come of that other than being shield-ier?

Same with the love interest chick from way back in the day, the one where she got killed but then his fans bitched about fridging and he brought her back but put her on a planet ruled by some crazy fucks. Did she ever return, or is she still in limbo somewhere being ignored too?

I could ask about the other characters (main demon dude from the first book was always a favorite of mine) but I realized this author really doesn't give a fuck about anything but navel gazing, and any character is basically there to temporarily provide a boost to his navel gazing and then be forgotten. Has anything happened with any of the side characters worth a shit? I'm never going to read it so spoil away if you want. Thanks!
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Yeah, Path of Ascension is like.... a space opera whose main character is actually the emperor and Matt and crew are just plot devices to explore the geopolitics. It's enjoyable but it's such a loooooong burn and the suspense is the political ramifications of what Matt does and not the adventures he and his team go on.

Defiance of the Fall:
I'm almost done with the latest book, where Zac is effectively locked in a massive dungeon (Ultom) and has limited exposure to the outside world. The demon chick (Alea Azh’Rezak) is still hanging out as a shield and gets minimal book time. She's been getting intermittent power ups but fundamentally is just one set of powers in Zak's immense power set.

Zak's earth love interest (Thea Marshall) is still separated but is making her way back to Earth or something, I forget. She'll come back soon I'm sure, since the next storyline after this dungeon one is probably going to be Zak dealing with his mother and her faction.

The series regularly introduces a ton of characters and tries to keep them relevant but is usually too busy introducing new characters and concepts that there just isn't space to regurgitate 17 books worth of stuff. It's kind of the opposite of Path of Ascension where the characters and ideas introduced in book 1 are still hanging around.

Zak's story is one of a prodigy and patriarch of Earth, which effectively means he has constantly been meeting and then ascending beyond characters, leaving them behind. No one can keep up with him and that's part of the lore of the universe. The last couple of books are in a dungeon that explores the lore and stories from the bygone Limitless Empire that created the System, so the world-building and subplots feel like temporary and throwaway stories. Buuuut I think this book or part of the next one will conclude with him doing something crazy to trigger a resurgence of the Limitless Empire and Zak might either be a critical figure or an adversary of that new Empire in some way. So all the little plots might have some extra payoff later instead of just granting him some kind of navel-gazing cultivation boon.
 
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