Starship Troopers the book was actually a very unique read. Very intricate world-building with good and decent action.
The thing that stood out to me was how the author made the female characters as equals of the male characters; I was stupified by this when I realized the year it was written in.
The movie is more memorable in terms of individual scenes, but the book is more memorable as a whole.
Also, the lads on /tv/ are correct about Sopranos episodes, you typically want to skip the ones focused around the female characters. Wish we had more Paulie & Christopher buddy system episodes, like the one with the interior decorator line.
Really enjoyed Shoganai. It updated just as I caught up to it too! So thanks for the recc. I've been reading through the rest of the author's works (ah, this is the A Subtle Knife guy, a fic somewhat known in the worm fandom) and while none of them are as good they're pretty enjoyable time sinks. Anyways, in the spirit of reciprocation, have you come across Umei_no_mai's Compass Of Thy Soul? It's a Naruto SI with the rare distinction of actually being complete, it's pretty atypical for the genre, with tons of (politically involved) worldbuilding and very little relevance for metaknowledge. Hard to describe tbh.
I watched Skibidi toilet afterwards. It took the work about 5 minutes to get over the wtf-shitpost energy, the rest of it is indeed a simple narrative of mutual escalation. it's entertaining enough to watch i guess, but I can't see where it could be possibly going with it.
> You’ll notice that despite complaining about lack of novelty, I sure read a lot of this genre. It is what it is.
I empathize, never could resist a self-insert, no matter the fandom or apparent quality. I make sure to at least try every one of them I come across. I feel like I'm searching for something, Worth the Candle scratched a large part of the itch but it didn't fully satisfy it. They feel more honest and representative of the author than other types of works to me. They're also remarkably easy to get into for some reason.
Starship Troopers the book was actually a very unique read. Very intricate world-building with good and decent action.
The thing that stood out to me was how the author made the female characters as equals of the male characters; I was stupified by this when I realized the year it was written in.
The movie is more memorable in terms of individual scenes, but the book is more memorable as a whole.
Also, the lads on /tv/ are correct about Sopranos episodes, you typically want to skip the ones focused around the female characters. Wish we had more Paulie & Christopher buddy system episodes, like the one with the interior decorator line.
Really enjoyed Shoganai. It updated just as I caught up to it too! So thanks for the recc. I've been reading through the rest of the author's works (ah, this is the A Subtle Knife guy, a fic somewhat known in the worm fandom) and while none of them are as good they're pretty enjoyable time sinks. Anyways, in the spirit of reciprocation, have you come across Umei_no_mai's Compass Of Thy Soul? It's a Naruto SI with the rare distinction of actually being complete, it's pretty atypical for the genre, with tons of (politically involved) worldbuilding and very little relevance for metaknowledge. Hard to describe tbh.
I watched Skibidi toilet afterwards. It took the work about 5 minutes to get over the wtf-shitpost energy, the rest of it is indeed a simple narrative of mutual escalation. it's entertaining enough to watch i guess, but I can't see where it could be possibly going with it.
> You’ll notice that despite complaining about lack of novelty, I sure read a lot of this genre. It is what it is.
I empathize, never could resist a self-insert, no matter the fandom or apparent quality. I make sure to at least try every one of them I come across. I feel like I'm searching for something, Worth the Candle scratched a large part of the itch but it didn't fully satisfy it. They feel more honest and representative of the author than other types of works to me. They're also remarkably easy to get into for some reason.