#(also they're yaksha not megafauna but. for context that's not an innacurate description)

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread    

The Surviving Sky

adult scifi/fantasy about a fracturing married couple who live with the last of humanity on a floating city powered by arcane science

Iravan is a privileged and powerful architect, who keeps them afloat with his plant magic

Ahilya has no magic - and is deeply interested in studying the magical megafauna which are the only thing that can survive the cataclysmic jungle on the ground

#The Surviving Sky #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #ok concept; vibes; immaculate #(also they're yaksha not megafauna but. for context that's not an innacurate description) #it didn't Quite go in ways i wanted in some ways #me at the dudes first POV: bro what are you ON ABOUT #fr tho the description of how the plant magic works is super interesting. it's all like. idk reaching into the quantam universe and changing #the way things Exist. or something. it all sounds very complicated #one thing that kinda bugged me is how it seems to be like. there is no (non-plant) life on earth at all and im like??? #there’s no way there’s NO life on earth???? ya heard of bugs????? the concept of a jungle existing with nothing survivng except megafauna #doesn’t make sense to me… i mean it is all very magical plants and tbh them saying there's nothing else doesn't mean that's true #however i couldn't stop thinking about it #I do feel like it keeps having the dude do something terrible that she should leave him before. and then explaining why it wasn’t that bad / #he had no choice….when she doesn't really do anything bad to him back........idk. i mean we're aware he's pretty shitty but also? #DIVORCE HIMMMMMMM #i understand the plot couldn;t have gone in the way it did if she did but also DIVORCE HIMMMMM #regardless i do think the concept and worldbuilding is all very cool and im sure i'll pick up the next one