A Backwards Approach to Clarke's Law - Chapter 4
Added 2025-06-08 14:36:58 +0000 UTCit's been a long time since I wrote so much for
Comments
It's certainly someone in that ballpark.
Sebastian Pop
2025-06-13 13:20:41 +0000 UTCI honestly wonder how you are able to pull so much disparate mythological, historical, scientific and factual details and tie them into a cohesive whole. You are either incredibly imaginative, extremely well read or just think on a different level than the rest of us. I honestly wish I could go into the level of detail you are able to go into. I’d probably lose track of everything I would be trying to tie together.
Zareh Bayat
2025-06-12 18:40:18 +0000 UTCMy god this was a trip! I just finished re-reading all the previous chapters again and this chapter for a third time and only now are things starting to click into place. I’m such a fan of your works. The depth of intricacy, level of detail and world building you go into is breathtaking and joyous to read, but difficult to wrap one’s head around at times. 😅
Zareh Bayat
2025-06-12 18:35:40 +0000 UTCThanks, corrected. Seems a few more than usual slipped through this time.
Sebastian Pop
2025-06-10 13:39:38 +0000 UTCGreat chapter. Loving this crossover; never thought I’d see (or enjoy) a mix between Hades, Underworld and DxD. Looking forward to seeing what comes next. Typos: He’d go [an] ally with the devil himself? -> [and] the goodness of his [hear] is just over there -> [heart] the answer almost certainly lies inside [nim]. -> [him] someone [who’s] only illegal trade -> [whose] immortalize her in [world in history] -> [world history] Also, I just noticed that the tagline of the entire collection is misspelled. (Higschool)
Judah Frankel
2025-06-10 05:38:22 +0000 UTCFair enough, but I maintain that Underworld still did a better job with werewolves and vampires than DxD did.
Sebastian Pop
2025-06-09 08:46:49 +0000 UTCHe also fails to shoot his wrist chains point blank at some point, which goes to show he really isn't made for this life.
Sebastian Pop
2025-06-09 08:45:32 +0000 UTCThat was a very hype chapter. Also, fuck, I forgot how rough Micheal had it in the underworld movies.
Vincent Mason
2025-06-08 20:03:22 +0000 UTCThe change in tone is a bit abrupt and unfortunate, as I liked the previous chapters more, instead of the hilarity and absurdness of the lycan/vampire story, which is so over the top. I don’t really understand it. With all the world-building that could be done with realistic and gritty mythology, you create something out of nowhere, which is so unrealistic that it gives xianxia one in a billion vibes. 20 paragraphs on a random person's backstory is a lot. Talk about exposition dump, while it’s cool for the main character and worldbuilding, for the backstory of a random person it’s a bit less interesting, especially when what feels like 10 names of new characters were dropped on my lap without any incentive to make it interesting for the reader, if it was a bit later, when we got to know him it would have been nicer. Also, it’s a bit disappointing how characters so far are either 100% irredeemable or they pass all the tests for the MC to like them. From his future wife and her family being all for human protection, as unlikely as that sounds, to this hybrid who not only has extreme potential, but his vampirism and lycanthropy are actually acceptable mutations in him? Which is weird. What is happening to moral grey and hard choices? The rest of the chapter I really liked, after the hybrid POV ended, the story returned to the tone and plot of the previous chapters, if a bit more carefree and irreverent. A bit weird direction to make humans ally with the pagan gods (honestly, I don’t know anymore who is who, a lot of fake outs and fake names) against the Abrahamic, but excited to see how it will develop.
EA2016
2025-06-08 16:05:38 +0000 UTCDid he somehow convince Hades and potentially more to turn on the rest of the Evil God alliance/Khaos Brigade? I was a little confused by some of it but he clearly had quite the impact.
Adam Daw
2025-06-08 15:33:12 +0000 UTC
