EDumey posted...
Technically speaking, you already did when you read Hivebent. Hussie himself said ages ago on his formspring that complacency of the learned was Rose subconsciously writing the actual story of how her universe was created (Hivebent), just retold Rose-style with a wizard theme through her subconscious interpretation of the creation of the universe before she ever knew that's what it was. Note how the character on the poster even looks like a hornless and humanized troll.
Reading Roxy's further description based on the depiction in the poster though, I'm thinking the completed work also may include some mix of the creation of her universe as well, especially since a certain line seems to be referencing the sovereign slayer and events surrounding Noire.
"But his apprentice was able to beat him in the wizard's duel by first becoming checkmated, and through some unprecedented enchantment, continuing to play beyond the death of the king."
It could also just be referencing how the troll kids manage to keep on "playing" after their session was already expired.
Also, I think Hussie has decided to move on from getting people worked up about race and wants to start trolling up a battle of the sexes:
It features the androgynous young apprentice, Calmasis, who throughout the series plays the roles of antihero and chief antagonist. S/he convinces fellow disciples to...
Calmasis doesn't really look very androgynous to me, but I imagine that he's intentionally trying to get people to bite on that point to redirected the race argument. "If people are calling my bluff on racially ambiguous characters, then I'll give them androgynous characters that are fictional even in-universe and probably not even relevant to the plot so that they can argue about that."
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