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Sebastien
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After a brief divergence from exact copying, now the author is just having a laugh. The Kvothe arrives at the university, has a battle of wits against the admission committee, one of the masters is a bully, another is a weird kook, etc, some stuff about admissions money, meets a haughty rich kid and runs afoul of him, gets written up, has to be whipped, takes meds to make it bearable, etc
— Mar 14, 2026 12:40PM
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Sebastien
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But again it’s a parallel universe Trapis who uses the orphans for his own purposes instead of a kindly older man who cares for the kids out of pure goodness.
— Mar 13, 2026 05:40AM
Sebastien
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So now we meet the keeper of the orphans - a Trapis copy - except this one wants to kill Koli. He even does the Trapis thing “come, come”. Sheesh.
— Mar 13, 2026 05:24AM
Sebastien
is on page 245 of 832
Holy cow this whole thing is straight from NotW. Even down to “son of myself” and drawing a line in the sand and giving them new names. Sheesh.
— Mar 12, 2026 08:01PM
Sebastien
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Ok here’s the demon at the inn. Ultimately this is a parallel universe version of Name of the Wind. It’s not exactly the same, yet it’s identical. It’s a weird feeling.
— Mar 12, 2026 07:44PM
Sebastien
is on page 214 of 832
Also lol because Denna/Eloine is doing the thing where she uses fake names but they start with the first letter of her real name.
— Mar 12, 2026 07:26PM
Sebastien
is on page 214 of 832
But to be fair this is slightly different. Denna is more autonomous in this version. I wonder what’s the purpose of this little digression.
— Mar 12, 2026 07:25PM
Sebastien
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I wonder who Denna’s mysterious patron is going to be in this book.
— Mar 12, 2026 07:23PM
Sebastien
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Lol isnt this scene from NotW too? Denna saves a young girl from a predator.
— Mar 12, 2026 07:20PM
Sebastien
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So yeah it’s almost identical to NotW. I guess he now has to have his Tarbean chapter before going to the university.
— Mar 12, 2026 07:14PM
