Dude, we are what? Over half way through the book and absolutely NOTHING has happened. Even in the romance department, where the suthors apparently insist putting emphasis on, one can't really say that anything has happened. Loren Blake has hit on her, what? Once, twice? If there is suppose to be some great connection or Blake being the ultimate creepster how come we don't really see them together? More time is spent with Zoey waxing poetically about him that any actual interaction.
It's almost like the Casts are juggling with all of these plots and instead of taking one and running with it and seeing it to the end, they start something new each chapter that disappears the next. No wonder there is 10+ books! When you practically start a new sub-plot or plot every chapter, IN THE SECOND BOOK, it's going to take forever and a day to finish them all out!
And would you believe me if I told you that there are MORE subplots that keep getting trotted out and dragged on? -_- Good lord, at least A Song of Fire and Ice actually had the excuse of having legitimate plot to explain why it is so long!
Which should be a clue to their fans that something is wrong. These books. Each one feels like an episode from a telivision show. Do you know how many episodes a book is supposed to make if the series is done well plot wise. Definatly more then one, Worst Witch being one example. I couldn't even make this into a movie if I wanted to, not one that wouldn't bomb out with anyone BUT the rabid fans.
I noticed nothing happens in these books a lot. Let's see, plot wise there's humans being murdered but no one cares, Neferet is being a bitch and Aphrodite is upset by her visions, but no one cares. I guess I can include Zoey trying to reform the Dark Daughters, but I don't think that's been mentioned too much. The rest of the stuff seems to be Zoey's guy troubles, but I'm not sure if that counts as a plot point
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Except, sticking in random shit amounts to the author not knowing wher they are even going, so all those things people praise them about in their story... they seem overly accidental to me.
I think the reasoning is that summoning the elements is a spiritual/mental thing and not physical, and in this crazy world physical = masculine.
I don't think Nyx blesses girls more, but she seems to give them the cooler powers if this is anything to go by. I can understand the idea of her favoring women since the society is a matriarchy, but I don't get why everybody just is of exactly the same mindset and thinks that Nyx is so awesome and the vampire world is so great. I mean, we had the feminist movement because people looked at society and saw how unfair things were. By that logic, shouldn't there be at least a few people who protest the double standards?
The entire book series is sexist towards men. I mean, over in the Bleach fandom, some joke about how Tite Kubo is sexist towards the men by making them look like idiots compared to his female characters, well... the Men's Society that is... but he's really not. This... this is down right sexist.
/No straight men are ever written as being that quiet or submissive or vulnerable. Inversely, so far as I know, there aren't any gay men in this series who are portrayed as showing traditional masculine traits like being dominant, physically powerful, or otherwise holding a commanding presence./
You're not the only one bothered by this. This is homophobic, sexist, and stereotypical. Portrayals like this of straight men and gay men only serve to perpetuate harmful ideas such as the belief that any guys who don't fit into the stereotypically masculine role must be gay, the stereotype that gays are all feminine wusses, and the insidious conclusion that women and femininity are shameful and undesirable since any men perceived to have "feminine" traits are immediately scorned and derided as "girly" and "unmanly."
It reminds me of something I read awhile back, about the stereotypes of the gay best friend who is always dependent on his female friend for everything. It's just another reminder that the Cast ladies aren't going beyond chick flicks. -_-
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It's almost like the Casts are juggling with all of these plots and instead of taking one and running with it and seeing it to the end, they start something new each chapter that disappears the next. No wonder there is 10+ books! When you practically start a new sub-plot or plot every chapter, IN THE SECOND BOOK, it's going to take forever and a day to finish them all out!
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Which should be a clue to their fans that something is wrong. These books. Each one feels like an episode from a telivision show. Do you know how many episodes a book is supposed to make if the series is done well plot wise. Definatly more then one, Worst Witch being one example. I couldn't even make this into a movie if I wanted to, not one that wouldn't bomb out with anyone BUT the rabid fans.
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I don't think Nyx blesses girls more, but she seems to give them the cooler powers if this is anything to go by. I can understand the idea of her favoring women since the society is a matriarchy, but I don't get why everybody just is of exactly the same mindset and thinks that Nyx is so awesome and the vampire world is so great. I mean, we had the feminist movement because people looked at society and saw how unfair things were. By that logic, shouldn't there be at least a few people who protest the double standards?
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You're not the only one bothered by this. This is homophobic, sexist, and stereotypical. Portrayals like this of straight men and gay men only serve to perpetuate harmful ideas such as the belief that any guys who don't fit into the stereotypically masculine role must be gay, the stereotype that gays are all feminine wusses, and the insidious conclusion that women and femininity are shameful and undesirable since any men perceived to have "feminine" traits are immediately scorned and derided as "girly" and "unmanly."
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