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[OverLord-sama]

title says what I wanted to post ._.


I literally get chills when I read kubera, it's so damn good and yet so much emotion and action it's like shivers erupt by themselves.

[Mizura]

Isn't that right? I'm not sure if I can qualify Kubera as a masterpiece of literature, but it has some very effective writing styles:

• The near morbid contrast between humor and tragedy. A lot of these characters that you're laughing at, you suddenly realize how sad their past is. Or, there may be characters that you hate at first, but then you realize there was that much more to the character (like Taraka, I feel so bad for her). Kubera catches you off guard with the sides of the characters you didn't know.
• The characters aren't trying to push their tragic circumstances onto you. They don't even want to talk about it. They're just trying to salvage what they can or get on with their lives. Nowadays, way too many stories have these so-called "dramatic" moments when at the last minute, the villain or whatever try to justify his behavior with some "tragic" past, but at that point you just want to slap him for being a crybaby. But in Kubera, I really admire the characters' strength to move ahead. Leez wants to make new bonds. Teo Rakan is saving as many Halfs as she can. Agwen is apparently a major Half-rights activist too (blog stuff) and despite her trauma, still keeps her father close to her and pretends that things are mostly "alright." Brilith doesn't want to bother people with the fact that she's dying. Agni has spent such a long time in loneliness, that he cares about Brilith a lot more than any semblance of pride, so he completely abandoned his pride as a god to not hurt her more. Taraka is prepared to confront the fact that her whole existence is a lie.
• And, Currygom really makes use of the basic emotions everybody can connect to, of family and friendship. What Gandharva is doing is atrocious, but it's hard to blame him for wanting to rescue his daughter, especially if you consider that humans are probably nothing but bugs to him. >.>;;
• And this is truly a story without villains, just victims. It's hard to figure out which race has it worse: the Nastika kings must spend their lives keeping emotions at bay, and Gandharva had to face up to the fact that he can't protect his race any more than this. The Gods can't ever die. The stronger Sura got sent to a toxic world, whereas the weaker ones are in some ways like abandoned children in the human realm. The Halfs had to wake up one day, realizing that they turned against those most important to them, and finding themselves persecuted. Somehow, the weakest of them all, the humans, may have had the best lot in the end.
• Then there's the dynamics between races. In some ways, each race must view the other race as monsters. This world in shades of grey is a lot more interesting than the black and white portrayals you find too often in fantasy.

Edited by Mizura, 14 September 2012 - 03:38 AM.

[Boredoom]

I cant agree any more mizura, the emotion part etc. Makes it just that more awsome and i get to see cool thingies fight with cool beams ;D

Edited by Boredoom, 14 September 2012 - 07:16 AM.