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Further Principles: On The Dynamics of Interdimensional Emotional Support
Iosef Aegru is a hero. He knows it. He's been training at it for years.
He even defeated the Demon King just now.
So why is everyone so mad at him?
Why does it hurt when people ask him who he is?
Why does he avoid seeing his mentor?
Why does the Demon Queen feel like she's much, much bigger on the inside?
And why does she want to be his friend so badly?
He even defeated the Demon King just now.
So why is everyone so mad at him?
Why does it hurt when people ask him who he is?
Why does he avoid seeing his mentor?
Why does the Demon Queen feel like she's much, much bigger on the inside?
And why does she want to be his friend so badly?
103 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 15, 2024
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September 2, 2025
Sammaël an eldritch cosmic entity, the only one of its kind, has spent the last book experiencing music (and accidentally also gender dysphoria, gender euphoria and lesbianism), so it is now interested in experiencing different things as well. In its quest to finally experience friendship it takes over the body of the Demon Lord that has been plaguing the lands and aware of the fact that it prefers to inhabit women transitions her right in front of the intrepid hero, who thought their foe vanished. What better way to start an enemies-to-friends journey? Now if only the hero could stop running away from her for one second to listen and maybe also do some reflection on other things they have been running from for quite some time, that would make this story just perfect!
As my summary probably already reveals this is a rather meta story about narrative. Since we last encountered Sammaël it has been consuming quite a lot of media and having embodied its avatar, Samhain, with it made for some really intriguing moments of playing with storytelling and what it means for a character to have unlimited power and yet still be trapped in the bindings of narration, fearful of The End. The nods towards various enemies-to-friends journeys in other media was fun and I loved seeing how confused the hero reacted to them. Samhain is once again her own character, growing and changing and becoming different from Sammaël, and while I liked her and found her interesting, this time the story is not really about her as much as it is about the hero and their journey across the world, the friends they made and lost as well as their mentor Darius, until they have to face that they have been living as an empty shell for too long. This egg is quite dense, but I love them anyway.
I had a lot of fun reading this and while it is rather short and spends a lot of time running around the world, if you just want a short (but sweet) story about a hero realizing there might be more in life than fighting demons and a demon queen’s quest to make a friend, with a really sweet end you should check this novel out!
TW: dysphoria, misgendering
As my summary probably already reveals this is a rather meta story about narrative. Since we last encountered Sammaël it has been consuming quite a lot of media and having embodied its avatar, Samhain, with it made for some really intriguing moments of playing with storytelling and what it means for a character to have unlimited power and yet still be trapped in the bindings of narration, fearful of The End. The nods towards various enemies-to-friends journeys in other media was fun and I loved seeing how confused the hero reacted to them. Samhain is once again her own character, growing and changing and becoming different from Sammaël, and while I liked her and found her interesting, this time the story is not really about her as much as it is about the hero and their journey across the world, the friends they made and lost as well as their mentor Darius, until they have to face that they have been living as an empty shell for too long. This egg is quite dense, but I love them anyway.
I had a lot of fun reading this and while it is rather short and spends a lot of time running around the world, if you just want a short (but sweet) story about a hero realizing there might be more in life than fighting demons and a demon queen’s quest to make a friend, with a really sweet end you should check this novel out!
TW: dysphoria, misgendering
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