Tales from the Dawn #3: "A Question of Life" (Hermes)

[aveyond-dreams]

None of this has helped me feel more sympathetic to Hermes in any way shape or form. The guy needed to man up, I hope to never encounter another "sad boi" as some have dubbed him in the MSQ again. A thoroughly unlikeable character to the last.

[Cleretic]

None of this has helped me feel more sympathetic to Hermes in any way shape or form. The guy needed to man up, I hope to never encounter another "sad boi" as some have dubbed him in the MSQ again. A thoroughly unlikeable character to the last.

He DID man up, that was the problem. He normally just kept his feelings quiet, this is the one time he didn't.


Nothing here is surprising, though: he's still very clearly depressed and still clearly not getting the outreach he needed. There's neat info on Meteion's makeup, though, and confirmation she actually was peer-reviewed, which... frankly makes the Ancients look even dumber; seriously, how was Emet the only person to notice the problem?

Genuinely disappointed that we got Another Goddamn Ancient Story, though. We hit up four societies in Endwalker (well, four plus Ultima Thule which is difficult to quantify), that actually would've fit quite perfectly into the batch of four, but now either Thavnair or Garlemald is getting shafted; possibly both, I still can't count out that the fourth will be 'what does Emet-Selch think about this'. And we're gonna get more of the same insufferable discourse.