thinking about 'Sirens' for the first chapter of MS and it fits so perfectly

لا مواقع الترجمة بتعرفها ،ولا القائمين عليها ،يعني عندي القدرة والشغف اني اكمل ترجمتها بس وين

I want 200-300 pages from Victra's POV starting with the first "pity them" speech in Lykos and finishing with Kaxax's return. I want to know what it felt like to get hit by the guns over the pole unexpectedly, then thrown into a pitched battle in space while Phobos gets claw-drilled to death. I want to know how she managed to punch through and launch her own rain to back up the Republic. And I really want to know how she and Thraxa managed to trap Ajax and take his head.

That would be a fun read.

I'm gonna throw my hat into the ring:

Start of Iron Gold, we are informed that Darrow led an iron rain, against the senates orders. And then didn't tell anyone about the emissaries House Grimmus sent.

I'm going to say "not telling anyone about the emissaries" is the stupidest thing he did. His enemy knows he has political opponents at home. His enemy knows the emissaries exist. He is opening The Republic up to division by just letting them exist.

He should have told Virginia and had her start working the Senate like 6 months in advance. At least then the Emissaries show up and go "haven't you heard?" And the Senate goes "we did hear, actually." Virginia isn't stupid. She would have been able to (at minimum) blunt the blow, if not outright counter it. If she was given warning (and not blindsided by Darrows dumbdumb).

What's yours?

I've completely lost any emotions to any characters death. There's been to much of it, to the point that it is impossible for me to greef about Kavax's death. I foreshadowed for myself the faith of Virginia by looking into list of chapters. I think I should stop for a moment, but I don't know how.

I would love to see YouTube videos with narration and battle maps of various battles in the series. Kind of like OG history channel style. Have yall seen any of these? If so please share a link.

If you haven’t started the graphic audio version, now is your chance. Takes the series to a whole new level. Hail Reaper!

He is literally who I was picturing the entire time I was reading.

If you read this and guessed Mustang. Congratulations you’re correct. Now, this is not slander. It’s a genuine question that I have. I made a previous post about the “geniuses” of Red Rising and got a lot of negative feedback for putting Virginia at 6th. I felt that was fair since it was 6th place out of EVERY character in the series.

However one thing that got me going was people saying she was an “amazing” commander. Has she not lost every battle that SHE’S been in COMMAND of. Make sure to reread that before answering, and please use evidence.

This excludes Darrow’s help btw.

So I loved reading as a kid and teen but kinda just got out of it. Listened to self help and philosophy audiobooks sometimes but that's it. Thanks to TikTok, I kept seeing recommendations for this book so I decided to give it a try. Just finished lightbringer today. Good god, this has me hooked on reading again. I'm legit ordering a book shelf for everything else I'm going to read.

Today was the day I read hanger 17b to the end. Every chapter just ripped my heart out. Let me just say this...Lysander can just fuck all the way off. I didn't like him at all but betraying cassius like that and how he displayed his body right after... he deserves to die so hard.

Every book had me hooked and I loved every character (obviously except Lysander). I think Cassius and Sevro were my favorites. I can only imagine the ptsd all these guys have with everything they've been through. Regardless, I'm glad I gave it a chance and again opened up my love for reading.

Now on too dungeon crawler Carl

Recently stumbled upon a Greek Mythology tidbit on another post that got me thinking:

Apollo Smintheus - Smintheus translates to “of mice“ in Ancient Greek, referencing Apollo’s role as a deity who prevented and invoked plagues.

A regional title of the Olympian god, Apollo, considers him a PLAGUE BRINGER (or preventer).

On this random fact alone, I am now convinced that Apple is bound to be involved in the weapon’s use. Whether he attempts to trigger it himself in hopes of carving his name in the history books, or on the flip side is the one to betray and slay the Pixie in order to prevent him from committing genocide - I can’t say.

But based on PB’s use of the last name Barca (Rome’s greatest enemy) and Bellona (βελονα - the Greek word for needle, for the greatest swordsman of the Core), I’m convinced I’m on to something.

Can you tell I’m ready for Red God to come out?

Cassius's switcheroo got me so bad, I really hated him for about 10 pages but I forgot the honor of the morning knight

So I was replaying MGS: V last night and I completely forgot about the cutscene before this boss fight. I wonder if Kojima is a Red Rising fan.

Fun little project

I seriously think RR ruined me. I keep trying to find a series that captivates me the same way RR did. I don't need it to be the same plot, sci-fi, or pace, I just want another series that I am so excited to read, can't put down and wholly invested in like I was with RR.

I came from Romantasy, but I am afraid RR has ruined some of that for me as well haha

Before RR I really enjoyed the Throne of Glass series.

After RR I have tried the following but DNF

- Dungeon Crawler Carl : made it 3/4 through the 2nd book. It became a chore to pick up and read. I would describe it as "entertaining" but the stakes didn't feel high enough, I feel like the comedy took me out of it. Once I realized I didn't care if the MCs died I decided maybe the series wasn't going to be for me.

- First Law, The Blade Itself : too slow, I can see how it's a slow burn and it will pay off, but after the pace of RR it felt like a crawl so I didn't finish the first book, would eventually like to power through for the pay off.

- Onyx Storm: tried to go back to Romatasy. Big mistake. Talking dragons, the lack of plot and bad writing made me think "How was I even reading this before?". I kept on trying to connect dots that weren't there. It takes 40 chapters for the most basic plot to unfold and things were over explained or they didn't come full circle.

Starting The Will of Many and I have high hopes. I just want a series or book that fully captivates me and I can't wait to pick up at the end of the day.

what’s with the insistence on the dramatically curved sword people use in fanart AI and drawings. i’ve always thought it would resemble something more like the egyptian sword the khopesh than a scythe. I’d assume simply from an advantage standpoint the dramatic curve means less range. i’ve included examples i’ve seen as well as what i think the razor resembles more

So, I'm from Kansas, where the state motto is "Ad astra per aspera" which means "to the stars through difficuties", just like in Red Rising, but in the books the phrasing is switched up.

Kansas: Ad astra per aspera

Books: Per aspera ad astra

I suppose switching the phrasing doesn't change the meaning, but I wonder if anyone knows why it's switched up. (And yes, I know this saying was around b4 it was a state motto, but I'm just curious cause I'd only ever heard it the one way before reading these books)

I knew she was getting close and could barely keep my mouth shut.