I only browse 1 subreddit anymore, a tiny one dedicated to a book series called Cradle (a highly addictive anime- and wuxia/xianxia-inspired fantasy series that's pretty much entirely apolitical) and other books by the same author. If not for that, I'd have abandoned Reddit and never looked back.
Hold up. How’s that work? Isn’t the jianghu life all about being a morally upright badass even if it’s not in a way that the indolent and corrupt power structure approves?
So the world is structured in an extremely hierarchical way, as you'd expect in a world where individuals can become so powerful as to be nigh unto invincible against anyone at a lower stage of advancement. But the series makes no effort to glorify this state of affairs. The protagonist is morally upright but is both initially too weak to actually change anything and focused pretty much entirely on advancing, so as to save his homeland from destruction by what amounts to a natural disaster (it's actually a mindlessly destructive, incredibly powerful being).
Also, the author doesn't like politics (there's a line in one of the books that's similar to Ben Shapiro's "facts don't care about your feelings" but the author has confirmed on the subreddit that he had never heard of Shapiro when he wrote it, and in subsequent discussion made clear that he isn't really interested in politics at all). He does do a good job with female characters, though (they're just as relevant as male characters in this world/multiverse), which is cool.
I only browse 1 subreddit anymore, a tiny one dedicated to a book series called Cradle (a highly addictive anime- and wuxia/xianxia-inspired fantasy series that's pretty much entirely apolitical) and other books by the same author. If not for that, I'd have abandoned Reddit and never looked back.
Hold up. How’s that work? Isn’t the jianghu life all about being a morally upright badass even if it’s not in a way that the indolent and corrupt power structure approves?
So the world is structured in an extremely hierarchical way, as you'd expect in a world where individuals can become so powerful as to be nigh unto invincible against anyone at a lower stage of advancement. But the series makes no effort to glorify this state of affairs. The protagonist is morally upright but is both initially too weak to actually change anything and focused pretty much entirely on advancing, so as to save his homeland from destruction by what amounts to a natural disaster (it's actually a mindlessly destructive, incredibly powerful being).
Also, the author doesn't like politics (there's a line in one of the books that's similar to Ben Shapiro's "facts don't care about your feelings" but the author has confirmed on the subreddit that he had never heard of Shapiro when he wrote it, and in subsequent discussion made clear that he isn't really interested in politics at all). He does do a good job with female characters, though (they're just as relevant as male characters in this world/multiverse), which is cool.