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Added 2022-07-31 01:43:39 +0000 UTCThe Forest was physically rather nice this time
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Thanks for the chapter! I do have to say I'm a little confused as to Ophiel's stage of development. On one hand, Erick just stated that Ophiel is like a baby, and can only recognize his name and some emotional cues. On the other, Ophiel can clearly take and carry out orders, even relatively complex ones that have some basic nuance. Eric has told Ophiel, with words, to try manually casting a spell, which Ophiel tried and succeeded at, and was happy about afterwards. This all seems to be quite a bit further along than what is suggested here. I feel like there could be explanations for this but we haven't been given any (that I remember) and at the moment it feels kind of incongruent.
Zat
2022-08-28 05:17:24 +0000 UTCI find myself imagining that one day erick will fulfill some kind of time loop scenario. that elemental benevolence will reach back in time and try to pull the old cosmology. swaths of space being erased there but appearing back in the present. Erick having caused the sundering and there by creating himself. I imagine the gods would have to step in at that point to begin divine polymorphing people and planets. They probably could due to the sudden influx of believers.
Pheonixarcher
2022-07-31 18:18:54 +0000 UTCidk! 300?
Arcs
2022-07-31 07:01:18 +0000 UTCThe predestined conversation they had immediately made me think of Bright Smile, putting Theresa into the path of learning more about Carnage from the dragons eventually having her in a position to nudge Bright Smile. I especially love how poetic that scene was with them facing the consequences of their own manipulations of Benelovance. They picked a path and told Benevolence to write the script and this was Benevolence handing in the first page.
Jeff Scott
2022-07-31 06:23:25 +0000 UTCGreat chapter, thanks! Sorry if it's been answered before, but what chapter do you anticipate ending the story at? Last estimate I saw was prior to the worldly path arc expansion
Cpt Tardigrade
2022-07-31 06:17:33 +0000 UTCI think it's less that Erick needs to get laid (though he really, really does, and hopefully not as part of some political ploy) and more that he needs kids. Erick seeks validation through nurturing, but he has rather poor outlets for that desire right now. Jane does not want or (maybe) need his nurturing; she knows who she is and what she wants, mostly. Ophiel is not yet intelligent enough to reciprocate Erick's love, so even though there is clear affection, some of it is more a mirrored response than a true emotion from the little guy. Yggdrasil is too different, or at least different enough, that Erick feels incapable of giving his son all he needs, and so his desire to nurture there goes unfulfilled. Kiri scratched that itch for a time, but that time mostly ended when she was separated from his Worldly Path. And as much as he likes providing for others with farming and protection and now with governance, a kingdom can't really love you back. His entire life since he got Jane as a baby has revolved around caring for her (and anyone else he could get his hands on as a social worker) and that time came to a very strange and abrupt end when they landed on Veird. It's basically a really bad case of empty nest syndrome. This issue is of course compounded by the fact that it's damn near impossible for him have more kids right now due to all his various other problems. I don't see this as fixable anytime in the next 10-100 years.
Collateral_ink
2022-07-31 04:45:55 +0000 UTCFantastic chapter. A nice reminder that Eric has his own flaws and struggles to do his best.
Dee
2022-07-31 04:04:56 +0000 UTCfixed
Arcs
2022-07-31 04:04:03 +0000 UTCthanks for the chapter 'the coming month' month -> months 'he realized would' -> 'he realized he would' 'creation must' -> 'creation you must'
Corwin Amber
2022-07-31 04:01:03 +0000 UTCThe Benevolent Harem could be a thing lol The harem that saves the universe by keeping Eric from getting to stressed lol
Jamie Idle
2022-07-31 03:38:53 +0000 UTCThanks
Christopher Dulyx
2022-07-31 03:26:17 +0000 UTC
