Episode 3: the Fall of the House of Betzold
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Posted on Sept. 15, 2021, 8:15 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
Here is the third installment of the story of Midnight Hunt, and, after two stories with excellent pacing, I am very displeased to see that this story again felt rushed and cluttered; why can WotC not seem to hire skilled writers?
I am very worried about Sorin fighting Sigarda, since the idea of the last legendary angel of Innistrad dying is not a pleasant one, but Sorin is too popular of a character for him to die, so I hope that their fight is interrupted.
RicketyEng says... #3
I think Sigarda and Sorin will both be alright. She just needs to distract him enough for the others to get what they need.
I agree this story felt a bit disjointed, but I like the plot point we hit. I like that we got a reference to Sorin in the wall, but we didn't see the other Markov vampires who were sealed in the walls by Nahiri. I also notice that Kaya is back to using daggers instead of her new hand axes. Maybe she prefers daggers enough that she got a new set after returning from Kaldheim?
September 17, 2021 2:23 p.m.
On your thread for chapter one, I said that I "actually wanted to keep reading" and, unlike Magic's other stories recently did not feel "forced to" keep up with the story.
Having just caught up on chapters two and three, I must say, I no longer feel that way. Both stories were garbage.
The first story was a disjointed mess, that moved between time periods in a haphazard and somewhat poorly-executed way. That particular writing trope is rather difficult to execute well even by a good author--the author here clearly was out of their element and not up to snuff. The big problem: The "present" version of the story said pretty much nothing--it was filler for the sake of executing the trope, offering nothing much on its own. As such, it was a distraction from the main focus of the story (Arlinn's spark igniting) and detracted from both the overall narrative of the present and the aside about Arlinn's origins.
The third chapter was just a mess. It was the same face-paced jam-everything-in-at-once story that we have seen far too much from Wizards recently.
Unfortunately, it appears Wizards is returning to their main form of storytelling--mediocrity.
September 19, 2021 9:16 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #5
Caerwyn, that is very unfortunate, but I suppose that any story is better than none, at all.
DemonDragonJ says... #2
Also, I do like how the name of this story is a reference to The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe.
September 15, 2021 8:17 p.m.