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AAAAA @Ookla the Taln Fan thank you so much Love the member signature as well, slugfriend <333 Hahahaha welp there's lots but I'll just say you're one of the bestest Shardfriend/slugbuddy I know, and you're an absolute amazing hooman and it's great chatting with you too (ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE SLUGGOS), like, seriously you're just awesome man :>>

Nope TPBM can dance

Yup. TPBM likes apples.

Yep! Two doggos :>> TPBM likes drawing

Hm, simple. I like it. 8/10

Absolutely not. Has not been to another continent.

It's pretty cool. 9.5/10

Red. What is/was your favorite subject in school?

Yup, I like them. TPBM knows how to play a guitar

I'd like to think I am, unless proven otherwise. TPBM stays up past midnight daily.

Greek yogurt. What games have you been playing lately? (Or what book are you reading, if you don't play games)

Nope. I am trying to learn the dialect from my mother's home province though. TPBM is fluent in more than two languages.

50/50. It's fine. I don't really like it, but I don't hate it either. TPBM is lying on their bed as they reply to this.

R, because it's the first letter of my name and the 18th letter in the alphabet (18 is my favorite number). What book has impacted you the most?

Yup! TPBM has never traveled outside the USA.

...I guess? TPBM's very first Brando book was one of his noncosmere ones

curse you, man.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss. Kingsdaughter pretty much summed up my entire experience but here's my own rant: I liked this book. It was FUN. I loved Starsight, but tbh when that ending implied that Spensa will be away from fighting the war with the Superiority and embark on a side quest, I was a bit worried that Cytonic will end up falling in the "just a filler book" category despite it being a main novel (and the series being about Spensa's story). In some ways it did feel that way, but hot damn I was wrong for the most part though. I found it more chill and enjoyable, a pleasant contrast to the others--novellas included--which dealt with more serious things. Can I just say though, Spensa and M-Bot's childish excitement to the stuff we would find pretty normal (like the ocean and mushrooms) was SO PURE. It made my heart melt seeing her finally just getting to live you know?? During the adventuring she acted just like a kid who'd been taken to a theme park for the first time and *incoherent babbling* I LOVE it. Loved the reveals and the stuff we learned. Space pirates were cool, I kinda hope we'll see them again (especially since Spensa still has that promise). The relationship between Spin, the pirates, M-Bot, Chet were fun (Oh and her relationship with Jorgen hhhhhh my precious babies got together, finally). Spensa's character development was one of the hit points of the book for me: she matured in this one yet still remains to be the little aggressive little gremlin who owns my heart (spoilering the next part because my main rant is getting too long XD, feel free to skip it) AND THAT ENDING *bangs fists on table* DAYUM BRANDON WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO ME. And the lore about the delvers, cytonics, AI was...wow it's great finally getting some answers, so now let's go beat Winzik's a- Super hyped for Evershore and Defiant!! Final thoughts: Liked and enjoyed it. A lot. The reveals were great, though I suspect it wouldn't be as fun on a reread anymore since the whole surprise aspect was what made them super exciting, but oh well. It was an enjoyable break from the more serious books, but in terms of the books as a whole I still think my ranking would be Starsight>>Skyward>>(Sunreach & Redawn)>>Cytonic. However, Cytonic does now hold the 'Most Favorite Book-ish Moments' title (sorry Skyward) and that says a lot.

OOOH thanks! Gonna read them, I'll edit when I get back edit: I can't seem to find them. Do I have to have the Apple Books app or something?

Here are mine. Some spoilers for Defending Elysium, all Skyward books up to ReDawn ofc + Cytonic ch. 1 preview and Evershore's cover sypnosis.

*staggers into the room holding Skyward and a sketchbook in one arm, with a laptop bag slung over my shoulder* Uhm...greetings. I mostly stay in the comfort of the shadows but I saw this thread while digging down the depths of the forum (not really), and it has truly sparked my attention. So I...uhh...I'm an introvert who loves to art, constantly lurks everywhere and rarely comes out of hiding, very awkward as heck IRL, and I shall now swear by the Knights Awkward oaths: "Books before friends. 17th Shard before the real world. Release dates before birthdays. I will read that which has not been read I will stay silent amongst many words I will enjoy without being upvoted"

How have I never seen this thread yet :' D Anyway I still have 4 (well, it'll become 3 in November) more years until responsibility hits so hi y'all *waves* looks like I'll be here for a while

Read Defending Elysium just now and that part where Jason uses FTL travel while dealing with Edmund left me shook. Up until this point, I just assumed that FTL travel worked just like the Weights and Measures hyperjumps, only cytonically, but NO it never occurred to me that *waves hands* FTL travel can achieve that. I believe that's what he used that's why he was able to penetrate the dude's chest because FTL travel according to the Coppermind is: I was like "Damnnnnnn- Imagine if our cytonics in the Skyward series actually manage to discover what other feats can be done with FTL travel, aside from intergalactic hyperjumps." (especially Spensa since that's a cytonic ability she seems to be leaning towards, besides FTL communication)** It would be pretty freaking cool, though risky since the delvers exist now...which makes me believe that delvers didn't become a thing until the human-alien wars OR the cytonics back then were unimportant to them, at least until something went very wrong. **Same goes for Jorgen but with Sense instead of FTL, though I can see it becoming a possibility too. And while we're on the topic of cytonics and DE, have a 12am crackpot theory for Cytonic (no massive spoilers for the excerpt but don't view unless you've finished starsight): Brade vs Spensa cytonic showdown in future books will happen, I'm betting on it now

HOLY DUUUDE THIS IS GENIUS. It actually makes sense. I mean, when they [human cytonics] realized that the Taynix had some cytonic abilities they probably went about studying them. The mind swap can work with interspecies as long as both posses cytonic abilites (correct me if I'm wrong), which means that it is plausible in this scenario. If that's the case, then it would explain why plenty of cytonics vanished all of a sudden during the wars (and maybe the kitsen shadowalkers too, like what The Silverlight Scholar said). But then about the offspring...does this mean they're part human or just fully slug?? Or do they even reproduce at all. Doomslug was most likely M-Bot's hyperdrive--or one of them--from Commander Spears' time so it would mean the Taynix could live pretty long. Edit: And I know Detritus was a human settlement even before the Superiority attacked but it would also explain why there were taynixes on Detritus (and why Jorgen found so many in one place). And on the kitsen planet since they had cytonics too. Anyway, I seriously think you're onto something with this theory.

Alright. I enjoyed this novella! It was great seeing the flight again, I adored the slugs, and f- Jeshua. Also, FM and Rig were so cute! Granted, reading their romance buildup felt kind of weird to me since I've never read anything like that before and I feel waaaay too akin with Spin's line of thought and her POV, but I still enjoyed it. Can't wait to see more of them : D Admittedly, this one definitely felt like it wasn't completely written by Brando (which it is lol)--I dunno if it's with the prose or the tone--so that shift from the main novels to this one kind of caught me off guard. But overall I really liked this novella. Looking forward to ReDawn.