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@lancegivilancz235911 ай бұрын
The cat jumping and chilling on the fence at 1:44 is the real star.
@TheDuckKing00710 ай бұрын
We need more cat
@tinagarcia357111 ай бұрын
People that think miscommunication in books isn't realistic, enter the family and marriage therapist to defend their jobs. lol
@Robbinson9811 ай бұрын
That was my first thought, but then I remembered the 'Reality is Unrealistic' trope, so I get why it's so annoying to some people.
@beckyduff10 ай бұрын
maybe that's why we all hate it so much... it's too close to home!
@amuro962411 ай бұрын
To be fair most manga are "rough drafts" because the author is writing weekly and discovering their own story as they go and since they can't go back and edit things to fit where the story is going now.
@metallsnubben11 ай бұрын
Though funnily enough that's kind of the thing with One Piece, that Oda loved Dragon Ball and wanted to do something like that but with more of a plan from the start and overarching narrative (DB being very literally made up as he went along, with no plans for it to get anywhere near that long) Of course a LOTTT of stuff was added along the way to OP too, just that it's more sort of "ballooning in the middle" as opposed to indefinitely expanding forwards so to speak. It's like he knows stuff he's _eventually_ gonna get to, but then he can't help himself from taking every side track that appears to its full conclusion
@nichescenes11 ай бұрын
Manga artist can redact their last draft. The reason its rare is due to them drawing several chapters ahead and just low balling the drawings or using helpers when they get loss of ideas. Oda padds his story with running or bleach adds huge drawings of simple yet good characters and that fills time for them when they need to research. They can also take days off. One punch man is notorious for when they had a cool action part and were looking like they would do a discussion for a finale that's unheard of mostly in action series and they said F that and got inspired and did one of the coolest fights in the story...for some, some thought it was over the top but your reading one punch man lol. oda also has editors and they just like everything he does as a veteran so he needs to switch often. kinda like his fans lol they just take it all in stride. Other editors are known to try read the room too much and make fast pacing and lose the audience.
@metallsnubben11 ай бұрын
@@nichescenes Oh yeah I did read that there can be (small) changes from the Jump version of a chapter to what shows up in a volume, like drawing on a forgotten mustache in a panel or what have you
@nichescenes11 ай бұрын
@@metallsnubben Oh yeah good point forgot that too. Yeah, It's why the volumes are the main canon...i guess week to week jump is the drafts. Entire pages can be reworked in the volumes. It's why I think people are too critical week to week as we're getting literally 4 to 6 minutes of a well-paced seasonal series in new information and claiming it's mid or peak lol. But anyone using the word mid to review a series is usually not too in-depth with why they dislike something.
@Sehestedtify11 ай бұрын
Comparing to Daffy Duck is a compliment. I cannot think of any higher praise to offer a character. Daffy Duck is the greatest character created by a writer since the death of Shakespeare. Hemingway actually killed himself after watching a Daffy Duck cartoon because he realized the greatest character of all time had already been done, and no artist could ever achieve anything greater. Wabbit season!
@weirdbeard224411 ай бұрын
My favorite quote is “It’s not ‘you don’t have to shoot him now’ it’s ‘you don’t have to shoot *me* now.’ “Well I say he *does* have to shoot me now *so* *shoot* *me* *now* !!”
@christhewritingjester316410 ай бұрын
I always enjoy the creativity of this audience. Thank you for giving a platform to it!
@notrixamoris331811 ай бұрын
Great video Merphy. So much fun and I feel like you needed this one..
@nazimelmardi11 ай бұрын
Let’s just say, these personal “attacks” are fun. 😂
@user-wm1yc2gk2w11 ай бұрын
I think it's a bit unfair to call Hobbit's monsters generic, since, you know, Tolkien copycats are the ones who made it generic.
@TheDarkSatirist11 ай бұрын
I find there’s a lot of movies and books that become so influential that they seem like cliches if you consume the content without the historical context
@Ryan-mech-muffin11 ай бұрын
This is a really good point. You can't call the OG a cliche
@Colaman11211 ай бұрын
It's not as if Tolkien wasn't influenced by stuff that came before. If you want to be able to call Tolkien's works "the best of all time", you must allow it to be compared to works that came after.
@MarcusSanchez252511 ай бұрын
@@Colaman112the thing is everything is inspired by something but people back then we’re not constantly writing and reading books so not everyone knew of these stories. Nowadays if anyone writes anything that is remotely inspired from a famous story everyone just labels it as unoriginal.
@killer9217311 ай бұрын
@Ryan-mech-muffin yeah. I think many people just hate seeing it. Usually depends on the individual.
@guzvar11 ай бұрын
8:06 excuse me, why is this person attacking the future king of the pirates ?!
@nathancarter823911 ай бұрын
I, too, would like to know the thesis behind Locke Lamora=Daffy Duck.
@Nasser85100011 ай бұрын
0:00 F in the comments for Merphy's Ankle
@theresegretencord247011 ай бұрын
If you like landscape descriptions you should try "The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making." It had some of the most beautiful and creative landscapes descriptions!
@Lemonsanidiot10 ай бұрын
Ooh, I haven't heard this mentioned in a long while! Deep cut there!
@MasterHigure11 ай бұрын
The Mistborn trilogy has two named female characters besides the main character. One of them exists mostly to be a romantic interest to one of the male side characters, and the other could've been a marvelous foil and antagonist, if she hadn't died the second time we met her. And we didn't even know it was her until after she died.
@KP-hc7ug11 ай бұрын
Techically there's 3: although Tindwyl and Allriane both fit the description of romantic interest to a male side character
@MasterHigure11 ай бұрын
@@KP-hc7ug Oh, well, if there are 3 that makes it all fine then. Forget I said anything.
@bennyv444411 ай бұрын
It’s good that you know it’s fine!
@redgyrados200011 ай бұрын
There are at least 5: Shan Elariel, Alriane, Tindwyl, Beldre, and Mare. I do agree with this criticism though, and Brandon does too, which is why he genderbent some characters in his script treatment for a film
@karl773610 ай бұрын
@@redgyrados2000 add in Kliss also, the court gossip who turned out to be an informant.
@celinefuchs409511 ай бұрын
This was such great fun! I haven't read many of those books, but really enjoyed the roasts. Joining in the defense of Well of Ascension, I also loved it (not sure it was my favorite of era one, but I remember many lovely scenes with Sazed, and just not feeling bored despite the slow pace), and loved Elend's noble character. I think a lot of modern stories tend to not give as much importance to being noble, which saddens me, and makes Elend that much more precious. That being said, t'was still a good roast.
@tyriquesmith885011 ай бұрын
Darn, I was really hoping mine would make it in. I hope it made Merphy laugh at least. This video definitely gave me a good few hearty chuckles.
@silverx_184811 ай бұрын
What was it?
@tyriquesmith885011 ай бұрын
@silverx_1848 : As someone who doesn't read books, I'll give a 1-star review on reading as a whole: Reading is a hobby enjoyed only by two groups of people: those who are in or want to relive the glory days of when they were deemed to be intelligent because they read Eragon and Heart of Darkness "for fun", and not a school assignment, eventually succumbing to the growing pressures of an ever-changing intellectual climate that required they invest more and more time, money, and energy into reading the latest Stephen King or Joe Abercrombie dissertation only to realize that their TBR has manifested into an unkillable beast of their own design, plaguing them until they, like many novels before them, simply cease to be. Blotted from the world like an errant mark on the page of an author's undulating pen. Oh, that and Booktubers.
@silverx_184810 ай бұрын
@@tyriquesmith8850 OK, I forgot what the parent comment was when I started reading and was feeling attacked on every level 😂. Loved this, I wish it had made the video!
@breezy33929 ай бұрын
Daniel and Merphy roasting each other is never not funny 😆
@Lumpyrox141211 ай бұрын
THERE IS CAT IN YARD WHO IS CAT?!
@merphynapier4211 ай бұрын
That's my cat, Locke :)
@iJuiceboxxxxxx11 ай бұрын
@@merphynapier42 Locke standing on a fence slat and peeking over the top while conducting his perimeter check is my new favorite thing ever! I don’t know him but I love him!
@claris305611 ай бұрын
Have to agree about Frankenstein! 😅 It’s like, “He jumped off a cliff” = “He precipitated himself off a precipice” 😂
@pcmacintyre11 ай бұрын
How did none of these roasts use the word "undulate"?
@th3logician11 ай бұрын
😂
@pandusonu10 ай бұрын
No one attacks the future king of pirates Buggy-sama and gets away with it!
@crystallinecrisis390111 ай бұрын
The person who left the Wheel of Time comment was trying to anger you and Daniel at the same time
@DanielGreeneReviews11 ай бұрын
I wasn’t even wrong.
@ericwitney508611 ай бұрын
lol
@royalfun103111 ай бұрын
Can't wait to hear the rantbacks!!
@donkevinbrown990611 ай бұрын
Now Karsa Orlong would have no problem with Normalizing Kidnapping Children. There is no telling what Glokta might normalize. Daniel is just being attentive to what might happen..
@AnyMEmdq11 ай бұрын
Sanderson's age gaps are, indeed, mildly questionable xDDD
@katiehamilton391511 ай бұрын
I bought and am loving (so far) the Remnant Chronicles solely bc of you, so your rant about this one was fanTAStic for me ROFL XD
@drinkbooks11 ай бұрын
They weren't generic at the time! 😂 I also love, Locke, it's okay. 😁
@zofiabochenska124011 ай бұрын
Haha, the last one! I want that thesis too! Get well soon!
@rashkavar11 ай бұрын
Hope the ankle heals soon! I sprained my ankle too, though only mildly, and have been reminded just how much even mild sprains *suck* to deal with.
@BrebearMckae10 ай бұрын
Ok I’m only 150 pages into book one of gentlemen bastards but… I don’t get the Locke shade🤣 he seems solid to me so far!! 💕
@wobblywally-011 ай бұрын
Amazing, I can't believe I got such a visceral reaction 😂
@AnyMEmdq11 ай бұрын
YOU HERETIC!
@wobblywally-011 ай бұрын
@@AnyMEmdqIn my defence, this was a "roast" not a polite disagreement.
@AnyMEmdq11 ай бұрын
@@wobblywally-0 You're burning in hell, regardless
@whodat4lyfekris11 ай бұрын
The One Piece ones with an exception of one felt personal 😅
@royalfun103111 ай бұрын
Cuz it is
@thearmando_t11 ай бұрын
Your laughter is highly contagious. :D
@JennFaeAge11 ай бұрын
The Redwall books are big fans of long environmental descriptions, especially with how many of them involve people finding a location using riddles rather than, y'know, *maps* lol
@carlosroo546011 ай бұрын
2:48 I feel the same with Well of Ascension. PD: And I actually love Vin and Elend's relationship, I don't know what you people are vomiting with is not good.
@Justusrabbits11 ай бұрын
I like them together I like Vin by herself, I like Vin with everyone else. I do not like Elend by himself or with anyone else. Maybe I don't like Elend. Maybe I should read a terribly boring book in the middle of a party to prove how indifferent I am to them. 😊
@jessileemiller11 ай бұрын
Well of Ascension is my favorite too! And Elend is my favorite character!
@julialedra10 ай бұрын
The fact that I love most of these books, but also agree with the roasts makes me think I'm a bit unhinged lol
@larssjostrom656511 ай бұрын
Elend is very close to the swedish word for misery as well, and I whom is swedish haven't thought about it before.
@Rumikiro10 ай бұрын
OMG. I'm reading Ship of Madness right now. That roast is spot on.
@SamTheGumMan11711 ай бұрын
Man I never knew people hated Peter Pan so much, and Daniel, too. I like it a lot myself.
@garypoisson273311 ай бұрын
I just finished the book. The opening is horror - in all sincerity, if you were watching this at the movies, you'd be screaming at the Darlings to get out of that house and leaving the theatre saying those idiots deserved to have their children kidnapped. The titular character is a psychopath. The Lost Boys justifiably live in terror of him lest he snap and kill them like a dangerous dog. I don't know what madness drove Wendy to let him take her daughter at the end of the book save whatever charismatic mind control he exerts. He's an Eldritch Horror cast in the form of a small boy.
@bhsprinkle10 ай бұрын
That first one is so legit. Peter Pan. Normalized kidnapping of children. Well...not wrong. A character named Locke. What? True but at least it was unique. Ps. Don't know what book it's referring to. Oh no. Lord of The Rings...but yes a ton of descriptions but honestly it felt more immersive despite being in The Shire for so long.
@benabaxter9 ай бұрын
Found family is the loneliest cope. If it weren't, One Piece would be full of happy backstories.
@anantgupta240611 ай бұрын
1:45 Am I the only one distracted by the black cat in the back jumping the fence
@noahcosta414110 ай бұрын
This should be renamed "Cat chills in backyard (with some book banter on the side)"
@suzannemoore40410 ай бұрын
I hope you feel better soon! I'm also recovering from two surgeries on a badly broken ankle. This was a great video ❤
@Valandar211 ай бұрын
That is a BEAUTIFUL black cat behind your shoulder in the opening. :D
@arcanethink11 ай бұрын
CAT! on the fence in the video! 2 mins in !!!!
@goldenspiral600811 ай бұрын
Lowkey the best roast in this video is you roasting Celaena Sardothien.
@luska_177411 ай бұрын
I'm german and i read the first mistborn book in english and Elends name really threw me off
@AllisonJones187511 ай бұрын
Well, it would be a pretty accurate name, given his entire life.
@joshreynolds393411 ай бұрын
My comment made Merphy laugh! "O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
@wraith.ferron11 ай бұрын
I question the sanity of anyone that says Peter Pan is their favorite book. Obviously, the kidnapping and murder of children is just what people want in their fun escapist fantasy.
@AnyMEmdq11 ай бұрын
Well, coming from someone's who's been outed as a puppy-kicker, it does make sense 🤣
@jackiesliterarycorner10 ай бұрын
Your reacting to these is the best part.
@kj01a11 ай бұрын
Drawing Water from the Well, The Fluttering Hand, Circling the Moon, all extremely tasteful 👌
@AndrewsWizardlyReads11 ай бұрын
Well now im concerned about reading the haunting of hill house
@viinaart11 ай бұрын
Oh naur I can't believe you actually read my dumb Elend joke LMFAO
@a3-radio11 ай бұрын
"One piece is a great rough draft" its surprisingly accurate given that its a weekly release, honestly the fact that ANY weekly manga can be good will always baffle me
@Ciestiel11 ай бұрын
I’m with you on Well of Ascension! It’s also my fav from era one. And Elend was such a wholesome bean doing his best XD I loved him. Middle earth travel guide feels like a great advertisement for LOTR XD who wouldn’t want a travel guide? Middle Earth is vast with such differing places to visit! You bet I want a travel guide XD Favorite roast might be the Abercrombie and Seinfeld one XD but hey I also love Seinfeld so that’s not the worst roast to me. These roasts were so creative and mean in the best ways XD I love these types of videos and your reactions are always so fun and genuine! Had a great time watching!
@kimdaniel453911 ай бұрын
This was so much fun to watch! Love your reactions
@michaelgradel82611 ай бұрын
never apologize about the dog!
@dginev11 ай бұрын
Here to draw everyone's attention to a black cat jumping the fence at 1:37
@veggieh8r11 ай бұрын
I saw that then heard the dogs barking and said "that cat is toast"
@apebblemaster457011 ай бұрын
1:13 Wow, that IS what Haunting of Hill House was about! And it makes me sad, too, because I wanted to like that book... Also 1:39 cat in the background!
@rogerhuggettjr.767511 ай бұрын
I was sure the "haunting of Hill house" e-mail was WOT slog related. BTW, there is no better relationship in fantasy than in Mistborn. Never a more beautiful, tragic ending. BTW II, I just finished Guards! Gaurds! and this was an unfair roast. Carrot arresting the dragon was the funniest part.
@redgyrados200011 ай бұрын
I agree, there is no better relationship in fantasy than Wax and Steris in Mistborn
@maleldil110 ай бұрын
OMG Carrot is the best. If you like Guards! Guards!, do yourself a favour and read the whole Watch series. Night Watch is one of the best Pratchett books.
@MariaMightReadThat11 ай бұрын
Thank you for defending our girl Lia! Celaena could never
@lanmandragoran833711 ай бұрын
Manon could.
@kneau11 ай бұрын
Cat in the grass over your shoulder. 🥰
@rohandcosta401911 ай бұрын
1:39 Cat Cameo
@Jistarii10 ай бұрын
I for some reason thought that was a dog in your backyard. I was half paying attention and half cooking. I looked back and saw it jump up on the fence and about dropped my noodles on the floor lol
@wandefter10 ай бұрын
8:02 she's genuinely offended lmao
@noooiisloth10 ай бұрын
2:45 same i love book 2. while its not as action-y as book 1 its much more interesting and elend actually has character in book 2.
@viinaart11 ай бұрын
Anyway my mom has been reading gentleman bastards (on my recommendation) and she pronounces Locke like Locky for some reason?
@AllisonJones187511 ай бұрын
The added e throws her off. The same thing happens to me all the time when something isn't spelled the way I'm used to.
@goodmanticore11 ай бұрын
As someone who loves Throne of Glass AND the Remnant Chronicles… I got that one.
@iamdivan736811 ай бұрын
I think the "lack of death in one piece" roast was poorly made, because it applies this logic to Luffy of all characters, who gets into deadly situations and survives by a miracle all the time. Which was specifically addressed in the story via a character of Ivankov, "the miracle maker". The point of that character is literally to embody the idea that "Miracles come to those who never give up". Luffy is living proof of that idea, and it's the point of the story, that as long as you keep fighting there is a chance. The bad part that Merphy dislikes was not the lack of death, but the fake out deaths specifically, which is an entirely different point from what was made in that comment
@notrixamoris331811 ай бұрын
Um actually...oda said luffy does not really kill.
@jonasquinn797711 ай бұрын
Also Luffy is made of rubber, 90% of things that “should” kill him don’t even effect him for that reason
@phen0menos10 ай бұрын
@@jonasquinn7977 ah yes, the invincible super-material, rubber. As we all know the military uses rubber to create body armour for their soldiers as it's the most indestructible material known to mankind
@jonasquinn797710 ай бұрын
@@phen0menos have you ever tried to punch a rubber man?
@D0NDIDO11 ай бұрын
BUGGY WILL BE KING OF THE PIRATES 😤
@dexvideo80963 ай бұрын
I like buggy too. Top 3 nonstraw hat character.
@ToddSmith2311 ай бұрын
Your cat escaped over the fence
@NoName20.011 ай бұрын
First law opinion so correct
@awsomeman35011 ай бұрын
And yet a series about nothing is still considerably more entertaining and gripping then anything in the stormlight archive
@NoName20.011 ай бұрын
@@awsomeman350 damm dude, brutal
@murilograciano751111 ай бұрын
The look of sheer outrage at the sight of that Buggy roast tho.....
@keravnos223111 ай бұрын
Daaaamnnn. That Seinfeld roast was beautiful 😂
@andi-pj3ro11 ай бұрын
okay the hill house one is true tho 💀
@iamdivan736811 ай бұрын
I mean, Goblin's got a point imo
@charlesburge256410 ай бұрын
Damn, Well of Ascension is my favorite in the Mistborn trilogy too
@jimmychurch958810 ай бұрын
Your cat escaped in the background!
@enyachandra337111 ай бұрын
Your thoughts on Well of Ascension and mine are exactly the same, Merphy.
@vailingbow106811 ай бұрын
4:33 I was just thinking if there was gonna be one for One Piece and there it was! And funny thing is Merphy always says how there's lack of death in One Piece AND it's a common criticism of the series and it's fake out deaths. 8:07 oh no! They did NOT just go there XD
@thewitchyreader613110 ай бұрын
Such a fun video!
@Richard1042911 ай бұрын
This was a fun and great video!! Love to see your reactions and laugh along!!
@flowerpixel11 ай бұрын
Omg I can't believe I missed making fun of the final empire. I hate that book.
@samkathryn482511 ай бұрын
9:20 I am one of those people. I agree-for one thing, Lia actually does things in the first book rather than training, complaining, and reading.
@FrshChees9111 ай бұрын
"so many people think age of..." oh god where's this going?!
@god4739810 ай бұрын
merphy disliking the kingkiller chronicle is still so baffling to me
@yiannis597211 ай бұрын
Lia ? The queen , the legend , the icon is compared to the assassin with no assassin skills .... interesting
@Sterno200311 ай бұрын
Cat, there is a cat
@ultraprincesskenny679010 ай бұрын
Probably the Daffy Duck from the looney tunes show
@ritzee1311 ай бұрын
Hey Merphy, sorry my "roast" felt personal to you. I really love your videos ❤
@godimlarge11 ай бұрын
Outside merphy is my favorite merphy ❤
@Lj_Redd11 ай бұрын
what the cat doing
@kittymagica640811 ай бұрын
I will say, I'm currently read The Hero of Ages, and . . . it's a bit of a slog. Also, I just realized part of the reason it's taking so long is that I kind of hate Spook and cringe anytime he shows up in the story. But I actually like Elend. He's not my favorite, but he's ok.