Originally posted by cdtm
Loses something afterSpoiler:
Geppetto's defeat. The Dark Man, toy kingdom, or what's his face evil prince who killed Bigby and selfish Red released to redeem didn't really grab me.
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Tbh the only part I didn't like were the last few arcs. They felt... Aimless and then bam, a rushed ending.
i loved the literals arc.... and i think bigby's could definitely win this. he could give a pounding with his breath, and in full wolf form he may be stronger than venom--maybe. he has some impressive durability feats throughout that series. venom is fast af though when he wants to be and i could def see venom taking this too. tbh, i'm not sure who i'd favor in this. my fable love wants to say bigby, because he's just so cool, but venom is venom.
Originally posted by leonidas
i loved the literals arc.... and i think bigby's could definitely win this. he could give a pounding with his breath, and in full wolf form he may be stronger than venom--maybe. he has some impressive durability feats throughout that series. venom is fast af though when he wants to be and i could def see venom taking this too. tbh, i'm not sure who i'd favor in this. my fable love wants to say bigby, because he's just so cool, but venom is venom.
All the literary critiques. The whole exercise, creative as it was, reminds me too much of some Yale college professor going off on Stephan King and J.K. Rowling as examples of bad literature.
That's the problem with literary nerds, they only see the world in black and white: You're either a Thomas Pynchon or, at the least, a John Updike, or you're mass consumer trash. Books aren't for escapism or enjoyment, they're for flexing your muscles and proving your nerd credentials.
More or less the same as cinema snobs looking at the Star Wars Prequels and Citizen Kane, except book snobs tend to be a lot more condescending about it.