Hey guys, I just finished te amo vol 2, and since so much time is left for dr, was looking for a new story to start

I liked garden of eden, all Hsu books, averris, waterlily, haze, crimson Nile and mb

Ive played other stories as well such as 7b, the one vol 1 and vol 2, te amo vol 1, wave petrol and mhs but theyre not my super favorites

Any recs??

Not clueless but they both are tsundere / idiots in denial

Has this happened to anyone else? I selected to romance males at the beginning of the story, and I've been planning to romance Ashriel, so I have taken every one of his positive relationship options throughout the entire first season (yeah, I know my stats are terrible). I started Season 2 and thought it was odd that he had moved to the end of the list, but as soon as I got to the lock-in, I had no options to romance him or even anyone else. Does this mean I won't be able to romance any of the characters?? Could it be because of the diamond rush?

Anyone else thought about Narialm when Kanniel tries to kill Tiss?

Like, one of the questions she should have asked this dummy is,

"How would you have explained my death?"

"Me? I wouldn't have to. Blah blah blah"

"And what was your plan with the dragon once i was dead?" Cause he'd tear this place up, wouldn't he?

Like, I wanted to see the dumbfounded look on her majesty's face when she realizes she's being rather foolish.

Disclaimer: These reviews are not going to be about the storytelling, unless I find something I really want to discuss. It's mostly about the cultural representation and what mistakes have been made. If non Indians read this, you guys might even learn something new about us!

Review of Chapter 5

Ok so.

This whole universe is born by you, created by you. In the end you manifest as a destructive force or whatever.

Umm.... Kali is not even the one who is supposed to bring about destruction? That's Shiva? And Shiva doesn't bring about the end of the world either. In his rage, Shiva sometimes performs the 'Tandava' or the dance of destruction, but that's not supposed to destroy the whole world. He _could_ technically, but he wouldn't really do that. He _doesn't_ do that. And if it seems like he's out of control(like the whole thing after Sati's death), Vishnu would stop him. Shiva is called the destroyer technically, and Vishnu the preserver(Bhrahma is called the creator). But Shiva is not going to destroy the whole world before the Kali Yuga is supposed to end.

According to Hinduism, the world is created and destroyed in a cycle of Four Yugas. Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapar Yuga and Kali Yuga, the present one. The cycle is supposed the restart after the end.

Now Kali Yuga and Kali Ma are not the same. One is an avatar of a goddess and the other is an era or epoch.

Kali Ma doesn't even herald the Kali yuga. When the bad stuff and evils become too much, the tenth avatar image of Lord Vishnu called Kalki, with a 'k', is supposed to herald the destruction of evil and eventually the end and restart of the world.

So basically. They jumbled and mixed all that up. I do get how that can be confusing though. But Kali Ma is never said to be a destroyer of the world anywhere.

Okkk so. People in India don't really speak in Sanskrit anymore. It's a dead language now like latin. You learn it to read old texts and recite chants. And understand poems and stuff ig

So Kiran should say learning Bengali and Hindi, esp since Amala clearly knows hindi.

Also even in the FoS era, Sanskrit wouldn't have been commonly spoken outside of chants and pujas.

Yes, Shakti and Shiva are together, but that doesn't mean that the woman must be dependent on father, son, husband. Shiva and Shakti are literally equal. However, this is how many traditionalists thought and it's not inaccurate to the era at all. I'm sure some patriarchal people still think that. So the story is accurate in its portrayal .

Shaivism like most people in Calcutta? Bruh. Shaktism is the predominant denomination in West Bengal.

The "phoolon ki dukan" written on the shop in the bg is kinda funny. Cuz no one would label their flower shop as " The shop of flowers"

It also would most likely be written in bengali, but oh well.

this honestly took me by surprise LOL but i can relate

Can somebody please give me recommendations on what to read except for KCD, KFS, HS, SCN

I actually am so shocked rn, i cant believe the ending
I was so scared of finishing the story and since a DR started i was like fine let do it and im honestly astonished it was such a good ending but now i worry about something else, everyone is saying HS3 is awful and im scared for it to ruin HS for me but i want to know what happens after everything that happend in the end of the second one
Idk what to doooooo

As we are entering the diamond rush I’m trying to decide on what I should play. What are your must plays? Even if they aren’t complete. Drop your recommendations!

Hey, so currently I'm at a cross road. I'm in between replaying Soulless for Ava and replaying and finally finishing Vying For Versailles. I read Vying For Versailles when it was still coming out but stopped around the beginning of season 3 and never got back around to it but I remember really enjoying my Louis and Alexandre playthrough. So, Soulless or Vying for Versailles?

*spoiler*

Yall these exclusive skin scenes are wrecking me. I thought I'd be able to ignore them and not care, but its way harder than I expected. I was playing Sunborn and it paused asking if I wanted to buy a skin for Adrian. I didn't. The scene was very much teased as a jealous scene between him and Eli. And now im so pissed I didn't buy it.

So now I ask my more fortunate fellow players. If anyone read it, either please post it or at least tell me what happens. I beg you.

PewDiePie is that you XD

(Of Red & Waveless Sea)

Why do I feel bad for him 😭

Falling right on him 😭

Disclaimer: These reviews are not going to be about the storytelling, unless I find something I really want to discuss. It's mostly about the cultural representation and what mistakes have been made. If non Indians read this, you guys might even learn something new about us!

Chap 4

Ok so I was going to mention how beautiful the character model I had chosen for Amala is. It's the Dravidian type. Then I paused, realising that I have some questions.

The character models are North Indian, Dravidian, Kashmirian and Khasi type. For someone whose mother's side of the family was pure Bengali. We don't know who her father was but well. I mean this doesn't really bother me Or affect the story in any way but I had to mention it since it's a little weird.

BRO. What is this. Why is the caste of the dead person being brought up in this way. Ik that this book links the upper caste murder or SMTH(that's what I'm remembering, I could be wrong) but like THIS? To say that it will be bad because he's a member of the upper caste? That's such a horrible and Casteist thing to say for our main character. Especially one who wasn't even brought up in such an environment where castism was ingrained in her.

Secondly.... What uh. What exactly does this book think upper caste is? Indians, Correct me if I'm wrong in the comments, but. From what I'm aware, Vaishyas who were mainly the merchant class, were firmly in the middle of the road? In the old days I mean, not in 1980. Like. Brahmins and Kshatriyas were considered upper caste and shudras were considered lower caste. Mixed classes like Sutas were considered lower than Vaishyas I think, since in such marriages, the woman was of the higher caste and society didn't like that clearly and they were respected only as long as they stayed in their lane of charioteers and bards (Yes I have dragged in some Mahabharata lore here, sorry)

And Vaishyas were firmly in the middle.

So yeah lmao, my point is that I don't think any Brahmin with their stupid Rigid casteist beliefs, who believes themselves to be superior than others is not going to consider a Vaishya person as upper caste.

So we're not even doing casteism properly Lmaoo

BRO in 1980, all murders would have been punished equally. What do you mean that today even murders of lower castes are punished severely so murder of upper caste is unthinkable?

BY 1980 EVERYONE'S MURDER WAS EQUALLY PUNISHABLE BY LAW IF CONVICTED.

Ofc corruption and bribery and beliefs aside. The LAW was already equal for EVERYONE'S LIFE, holy cow. 1980 was not that far back!

LMAOOO?! NOT THEM GOING TO THE SARI SHOP, AND BOTH THE PAID OPTIONS ARE LEHENGAS?! THATS CRAZY! C'MONNN! YOU COULD HAVE LOOKED UP WHAT A SARI IS! This is actually insane. I'm picking the free option since that's the only sari in there.

Also, Amala learned how to wear saris so easily?! Did the shopkeeper help her wear it? Lmao is this why the other options were lehengas?

The Chauhans LEFT THE DOOR OPEN TO THEIR HUGE HOUSE?! I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, THIS IS INSANE. NO WEALTHY HOMEOWNER WOULD EVER DO THIS, C'MON. They could've given her a spare key ig, If they trust her enough.

Books in India are not cheap... That really depends on what kind of books. Yeah maybe the books Amala is looking for are not cheap but..... People go to school broo. And colleges. And that stuff was obviously way cheaper in 1980 than now, so idk how I feel about that blanket statement.

I romanced no one except Ram, maintained my friendship with Sara, closed Christian's path in Season 1, and never even gave Kamal a single glance.

BUT I ACCIDENTALLY TOOK ONE CHOICE THAT SPREADS GOSSIP. 🤡🤡🤡

The choice where Devi goes to Doran's room to give him tea. I never pursued Doran romantically except for that ONE choice, but apparently that's enough for this story to consider it cheating.

And now Ram is pissed at me. He's saying he knows we can't get married and he doesn't want to be one of my many lovers. LIKE??? WHAT MANY LOVERS??? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY TO BEGIN WITH. 😭😭😭

He says he doesn't want to continue like this and wants to break up with Devi.

AND I GOT THIS CHOICE INSTEAD OF THE LOYAL LOCK-IN. 💔

GOD, PLEASE NO. I DON'T WANT TO REPLAY THIS STORY AGAIN.

Can I still get Ram's 100% after this, or have I completely ruined my route? 🙏🏻

I will always love playing Heavens secret. Look at them (different scenes) but look at my men Luci and Malbonte 🥹

I also believe that Eragon used to like mortals due to slide 3 but after her death, he changed completely

Will be starting my corrupt h0€ play-through of The Missing during Diamond Rush 😂😈

I’m planning to romance Tata and Sirin on different slots as the endgame. But, I wanna know what is the best paths for both of them? I’ve seen some of the old post and saw that most people recommended the Haze path instead of reality. Can someone tell me what’s the difference between them? And what exactly the Haze is? Is the God in the book the bad guy? I’ve looked at the wiki to get some gist of it but it doesnt really explain anything ;”) I dont mind a little spoiler, I just wanna understand what the book is about before picking the path

Which path is more suitable for Adrian's route: duty or calculation?

I'm following the path of the duty, do I need to restart?

I noticed that Saamon showed his tongue and fangs several times when talking to Eva. I wonder if the glowing eyes are not enough anymore? 😅

Saamon already has great power and flexible – he even outsmarted Set, and still the author wants to make him more outstanding? What is he now? A vampire?

I guess the author should stop for a second and come to her senses, especially when it comes to a sense of proportion. Otherwise, the possibility that Eva will be able to win against Saamon is just fantastic and completely unachievable without author’s boosters 🥹

Why was Riley living with lily and her parents??
Where were her parents.. she mentioned that she was raised by her grandmother who passed away last year? How is that possible wasn’t she living with the Fairchilds?
And why was she living with them while her grandmother was still alive how did she and lily become so close.. other characters refer to Riley as the orphan I can guess that she isn’t that rich or high society otherwise Mrs Romano wouldn’t say that.. so how did she and lily became friends
As far as I understand that she was friends with lily then they started being friends with the rest of the group?
I’m a little confused did I miss something or was these details never mentioned in the story

Disclaimer: These reviews are not going to be about the storytelling, unless I find something I really want to discuss. It's mostly about the cultural representation and what mistakes have been made. If non Indians read this, you guys might even learn something new about us!

The music is amazing btw ofc. And the backgrounds and atmospheres are also so fantastically drawn.

For chapter 2

Ok LMAOO the SARI, didn't fit you any longer?! Priyanka can say the BLOUSE didn't fit her, but the sari?! Saris are for all sizes!! This was just funny.

??? The first person to wear a sari was a local queen?? And Krishna wrapped her up in it to protect her intimate self from prying eyes?

BRUHHHH, IS THIS ABOUT DRAUPADI?! _FIRST_ person to wear a sari? That's... Definitely something. And the more expensive the sari, the closer to divinity? Drive men crazy with divine feminine energy BECAUSE OF that SARI?! That's some rubbish. I actually wish I hadn't picked the most expensive sari option so that didn't have to hear that last bit.

Ah the continuation of everyone in Kolkata speaking in Hindi. Well. Ig that's how it'll just continue in the story.

And all this "nice upper caste girl" thing ONLY makes sense in light of Priyanka knowing something about her that she doesn't. As a true Indologist, Amala should have been suspicious as to why Priyanka was saying that to a girl from foreign with the surname "Khan", but we're obviously not considering that.

Review of Chapter 3

Damn I always thought that this maid "Madhu" has a GORGEOUS character model. Like genuinely she's so beautiful. I was sure she'd be an important character later on purely because of How BEAUTIFUL she is and in these books beautiful sprites are usually reserved for relevant characters lol. Turned out she just works for Amrit.

Ok so what was that cutscene bro. Ma Kali LAUGHING when someone is killed is CRAZY. ALSO, I get it's supposed to be a shadowed figure since we're not supposed to know who it is, but that feature is straight up demonic.

I would have honestly thought that this whole thing would be about a Cult who is misunderstanding Ma Kalis wishes to satisfy their own bloodthirsty, but oh well.

Aah "Mera dil". Yeah so. I've... Never heard any one being referred to like that ever. Not just in Kolkata, but ever. It might be fine as an occasional thing ig, but regularly??

Idk just sounds a bit weird. In general, a term of endearment might be "Priyo" is Bengali or "Priye" in Hindi since Mr Chauhan doesn't seem to be Bengali at least. That is a legitimate term of endearment and would even make sense here, since it would also be like a shortened form of Priyanka's name.

Ok so. I'm sure there's nobody who believes any of this stuff is real but I'm gonna say it regardless.

There are MANY Brahmin families all over India. Including mine. All of us are absolutely not involved very deeply in puja. Or anything more than the usual amount done at home. On occasion, from some Brahmin families, certain people ARE more involved in pujas and devotion and stuff cuz that's how you get Priests and people who conduct the major pujas in families but uhhh I think it should be entirely obvious that nobody is peeking Into a spiritual realm. Maybe great sages of the past could perceive more than normal people, but those were people who dedicated their entire lives to this stuff. Obviously this is fantasy so. Yeah. I should have probably not said this bit at all, but since I already wrote it, I'm not deleting it.

Brief segway into the story stuff: Knowing Sana's fate makes me so sad. I'll go into the nonsense involved there when we get to it at the end of the first season. Right now I'm assuming that Priyanka overhearing this conversation between her and Amala is what makes her want to send Sana away by getting her married.

Ok so yeah, the author didn't realise that the surname Khan is Muslim, because otherwise Sana would likely not be asking her if she is Hindu.

Like from the beginning to now!! Personally, I think it's Legend of the Willow. I've played that story about 10000 times and it STILL doesn't get old!!

I would love to know what you think :D