#please can we stop parroting this narrative 😭

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the more i read through the early dmbj books with the hindsight of things that are unveiled as far down the line as queen's banquet the more i'm floored by the sheer amount of details that have been there from the start explaining and tying everything together so seamlessly

w h a t

#literally baffled #not that i didn't expect this #but it's an insane level of committment to detail in worldbuilding and plot build up god damn #i think the problem here is mostly that none of it explivitly connected in the narrative #as in wu xie never goes 'ah yes i remember A from that time ofc it equals B!' #it's up to the reader to pick up on the parallels through inference #and when a story is as long and complex as dmbj is it's easy to skim over itty bitty details as irrelevant plot fodder #and it's only when you stop to pay attention #especially in hindsight #that you realize the connections DO exist and there are heaps of them tying everything with intricate little invisible wires #they do say hindsight is 50/50 tbf #but also not to be controversial #but the next time i see someone say dmbj is full of plot holes and is an incoherent mess is gonna make me screech into the void #please can we stop parroting this narrative 😭 #especially when a solid majority of the people doing the parroting have never touched the books and are operating on heresay #if you're gonna perpetuate an opinion at least read them to have your own 😭 #and tbh this makes me feel like dmbj is really a story that's gonna deserve a whole close re-reading once it's truly over #to pick up on everything bc there's definitely gonna be a bunch of things i missed #you know it's good when a story needs multiple read throughs #aaand this accidentally turned into a rant #again 😭 #rant #dmbj #dmbj novels