Alexander Rob

Husband, Father, Gamer, Writer, Reader,
Author of Everfont, There Will be Thousands, Land of the Ill-Imagined- No AI is used in the production of my works.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

I'd like to formally announce the release date for the sequel to There Will be Thousands, There Will be Hundreds. It releases July 20th of this year. Here is a synopsis:

It has been twenty years since the lost royal Andiin of Fjell was killed in the mountains. The Wanderlacks, led by Sitter, have rebuilt themselves and are stronger than ever before. The unruly bandits have become champions of the people by freeing slaves and fomenting rebellion. Rumors say that soon, the king himself will be brought low. But one man loyal to the throne may be enough to thwart their plans.

Aerligr Tape serves as the captain of a group known as the Sorgfari. At the king's behest, the Sorgfari hunt and administer justice to any who violate the sacred law of Fjell. There is no deed too foul, no act too vile, that Aerligr would not stain his hands with in defense of the kingdom. If the king commanded him, Aerligr would travel to the end of the world and back.

When Aerligr is personally assigned to hunt and purge the Wanderlacks from the land, he sees it as his opportunity to finally earn the favor in the etes of the throne. But Aerligr is not privy to the secrets of many would be allies who surround him, nor is he aware of the cunning prowess of Sitter and her Wanderlacks. To succeed in his task will demand the best of him--his skill with a blade, his ability to peer into the souls of others, and his great physical strength. Even then, he will find his faith in his gods, the Four, pushed to the very limit.

In the end, he will be forced to ask himself one crucial question: If the price of the kingdom's prosperity is his own soul, is that a price he is willing to pay?

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@jwsherrod Starkiller does this

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

Andor is great, but this was a wise choice by Disney, and its a rare example of studio execs making good decisions.

In a perfect world, the creative director has his more wacky/poor ideas reigned in by studios while he is allowed enough leash to execute his vision. The same thing happened with George Lucas, who was an amazing visionary that had a great team around him to focus his creative output. When George lost his team, he floundered.

This is why the prequels are excellent thematically, but struggle with execution.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@M3S0soic 50 years old *is* old, and you would be crazy to think that its not.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@TimSweeneyEpic You'll always be Tiny Tim next to Gaben the Chad.

[Creetosis | EN VTuber 🐐 @Creetosis22]

I genuinely hate how disingenuous this fucking retard is. Fuck you, @TimSweeneyEpic

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

I disagree. Lore matters because internal consistency matters, and if you are going to violate the lore, there has to be a really, really good reason why.

TLJ is the best example, and the hyperdrive destroying the First Order fleet. Its lore breaking and ruins the movie.

Parsons is correct, in that you can become too lore bloated, but the deep lore of a franchise should be reserved for extracurricular material. It only becomes a problem when it becomes required reading/viewing.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@HariSel57511397 He's also wrong. The first 400 pages of Monte Cristo fly by. The last 400 or so are a slog.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@olivercampbell Star Trek fans will kill you if you say you liked the first Abrams Star Trek, but as a 14 year old, I thought it was a serviceable introduction to the series and I still have a fondness for it.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

Any time I read "I'm still pretty young at (30)+" I get whiplash so hard it hurts my neck.

40 is not young. 50 is not young. 25 is barely young. Poor choices are made every day on a micro scale, but if you are making poor macro scale decisions post 30, get help now.

[Dimitri @thedimitri]

The male perspective on this

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@ConradBastable If you don't understand Christianity/aren't a Christian, you won't get Vader's redemption.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@2Goals17Sec @luke_tarzian @ChanceBeeDillon @ZB_Steele @monteroauthor @MichaelBookCult @shankbooks 😎

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@Pvt_Will_Hudson @puppyochako Azula is about as redeemable as Gollum from LotR is.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

Every once in a while, I am forced to admit the "media literacy crowd" has a point.

[J.T. Alexander @JTAlexander]

Make it follow everything the Original Trilogy set up.

The Jedi are Crusaders. Clone Wars were a conquest. Empire seized power from the outside. Anakin was a grown man and pilot in the war before becoming a Jedi.

Also, get rid of 3PO and R2 entirely.

Not one thing, but…

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

Finishing up last edits on There Will be Hundreds. I should be done by the end of this week, and eARC's will be sent out soon after. I'm very excited for all of you to read it.

I came across this line, near the end, and thought I would share it with you.

"Now we donned our cloaks and armor once more. The crimson of our capes rested heavier than days prior and I felt to kneel, though it was only cloth. My mind, and that of Muriel's, were drawn to the symbolism of what was to come.

Red for the day of burning. Red for the murders at our hands. Red to draw blood unto itself for tribute. Red to deepen the stains on our tattered souls.

It was time.

Four forgive me."

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@ag_gobby My first sexual encounter was actually much younger, before my first exposure to porn, but I don't count that in the sex portion for obvious reasons.

Thanks! This is year number 9! We have three kids (so far) and are poor as dirt, lol.

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

How old was I when
- kissed: 20
- drank: never
- smoked: never
- had sex: 21 (after marriage)
- used drugs: never
- watched porn: 11
- sent nudes: never
- got a tattoo: never
- fell in love: 20

[Gobby @ag_gobby]

How old was I when
- kissed: mid 20s
- drank: 28
- smoked: -
- had sex: late 20s
- used drugs (the devil’s lettuce in gummy form): 33
- watched porn: ~16?
- sent nudes: -
- got a tattoo: -
- fell in love: early 20s

Trying not to give away too much sacred info but there

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

@soyswaws The best stories never truly die

[Alexander Rob @TheStarwald]

One of my favorite parts of Artemis Fowl is in book 4, when the Demon Island is coming back.

There's a sequence where time is coming apart, and one of the recurring characters, Holly, is about to die and is begging Artemis to save her. Meanwhile, Artemis is doing some calculations regarding reality failing around them, as well as some other action (its plot relevant, but its been about 15 years since I last read this book) and just stares at her as he watches the villain murder her. You really think he's heartless until he shoots a bullet to the side a paragraph later, the bullet enters the past, and hits the bad guy before he kills Holly, thus rewriting her death.

He can do this because he can make calculations and is a boy genius. Is it realistic? No. But dang, my heart was pounding, and its still one of my favorite scenes of all time. Just his cold, dispassionate decision making as he watches one of his arguably closest friends be killed.

[Isaac King 🔎 @IsaacKing314]

One of the Artemis Fowl books I read, there was a passage about him beating a chess grandmaster in 6 moves. Knowing that the author couldn't be bothered to learn the first thing about chess before writing about it rather soured me on the series.