sigh.
So much potential, and yet the author chooses to wallow in misery. George R.R. Martin is not a good author to emulate, and drama for the sake of drama is not an enjoyable read.
I'm compelled to try and psychoanalyze the writer, and what I'm identifying is creepy as hell - women are objects for pain or pleasure as the author wills it, lacking any sort of agency outside of their uses as fucktoys or punching bags. The writer clearly gets a kind of sick delight over power dynamics of this kind, indicating a pretty messed up sense of masculinity and a 'might makes right' mentality that screams of pure toxicity.
The art is excellent and in no ways makes up for the sheer awfulness of the story - rape, sexual violence, slavery, murder, it's like a cornucopia of all the worst aspects of humanity. I hate this. I truly hate this, and half of my ire is because the setup had so much promise! I nope'd out of this when they offed the stepsister, who already had a tragic enough life.
Fuck this author and his misogyny. 2/10, and that 2 only exists because the art is, again, excellent.
So much potential, and yet the author chooses to wallow in misery. George R.R. Martin is not a good author to emulate, and drama for the sake of drama is not an enjoyable read.
I'm compelled to try and psychoanalyze the writer, and what I'm identifying is creepy as hell - women are objects for pain or pleasure as the author wills it, lacking any sort of agency outside of their uses as fucktoys or punching bags. The writer clearly gets a kind of sick delight over power dynamics of this kind, indicating a pretty messed up sense of masculinity and a 'might makes right' mentality that screams of pure toxicity.
The art is excellent and in no ways makes up for the sheer awfulness of the story - rape, sexual violence, slavery, murder, it's like a cornucopia of all the worst aspects of humanity. I hate this. I truly hate this, and half of my ire is because the setup had so much promise! I nope'd out of this when they offed the stepsister, who already had a tragic enough life.
Fuck this author and his misogyny. 2/10, and that 2 only exists because the art is, again, excellent.
