No really, these books are what you get if you answer the question “What if after the Mist came, the surviving humans rebuilt a Steampunk civilization with magic airships and uplifted cats?”

I was gonna say this is now my head canon, but I actually think he’s so obvious about drawing the connections in this book it’s a little beyond head canon.

Anyway, since I feel sure it will come up if I start a conversation about these books on Lemmy, feel free to use the space below ↓ to hate on Jim Butcher for his MenWritingWomen problems… They’re real and they bug me too. They just don’t stop him from telling a fun and engaging story, which this was for me.

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    1 year ago

    How apropos that steampunk is what you get when you slap half-cocked period fashion on highschool theater tier drama and handwave science (ie. physics, economics, politics, ecology, etc.) to cobble together tired tropes for semi-literate self-styled “outcasts”… Basically Twilight for LARPers. 🤷🏼‍♂️

    edit: I see steampunk cringe doesn’t hinder the ability to silently downvote. Cute.