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[sideways]

 Current media round-up:

• Finished the four seasons of Killjoys that exist! (And keep typing Killyjoys.) Season 3 won me back over where season 2 had wobbled a little, and then season 4 was ridiculous but ridiculous in ways I couldn't help but thrive upon. Looking forward to the grand finale next year.

• Read the first Murderbot book and started on the second. It has a lot of elements I like, but the echoes of Raksura ring very strongly and I'm struggling not to constantly draw comparisons. Obviously there are plenty of writers who just write the same book over and over and I've found many of them enjoyable nonetheless, but. Hm.

• ...got bored with Skyrim again. LOOK, if every second quest wasn't twenty minutes of dungeon-diving that'd be one thing, but it is and it's not my favourite kind of RPG anyway and meh.

• Instead, I've turned to my favourite kind of RPG company and picked up Tyranny, since the whole package was on sale for cheaper than base-game Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire. (One day, my love...) It's very PoE in its mechanics with an unusual plot - your character is an enforcer for an evil conquering overlord! - so I'm enjoying myself already.

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[cloudwrack]

Belated thank-you for the heads-up! I finished Harbours of the Sun a little while ago and have made a start on Murderbot - it’s helping a bit with the series withdrawal (I now see what you mean re: similarities), buuut I still want more Raksura. :( (Especially Consolation & co.! They’re trying so hard not to eat people and I’m very proud of them!)

[sideways]

Kethel was in the latest one! It's a sign, I say!

How did you like Harbours of the Sun? I found less questions were answered than I was expecting for THE FINAL NOVEL, but it was a good run overall.

[cloudwrack]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I felt. I was expecting (or maybe just hoping for) a lot more on the Fell-Raksura connection and the forerunners/foundation builders, but still had a great time with what we did get. Not sure how I feel about that rather abrupt ending, but I'm glad it didn't just wind down after they destroyed the weapon - Moon's adventure as a captive in the city was fun, although I wanted to see even more politicking. And more of everything else!

(On the one hand, I wouldn't want to see Raksura become one of those series that drags on forever and runs its plot/setting/characters into the ground, but on the other - I genuinely don't think I'd ever get bored.)