It's pretty slow paced but this is clearly part of the main plot? Not a side plot or insignificant one. It's all connected to lot of tidbits and previous revelations and clearly leading us towards some pretty significant stuff that have been built since the beginning.
lol this isn’t just a simple side arc or something to skim over because it has no relevance though…
Ok will concede that it’s a main plot arc. Which almost makes it worse to me.
Because to me it still feels like it’s been dragging and the side characters just aren’t compelling which adds to the feeling.
I’ll have to put this story on the back burner for the next three months so I can speed through it cause I’m finding this section rather boring.
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Note: the language I’m using is based on how I feel. And not making it a “fact statement”. I feel bored. Not that the story IS boring.
Probably unpopular opinion but this side arc feels like it’s gone on for too long. It feels like it’s been missing its charm of zany poison loving apothecary for a while now. Complex plots with twists are fine but to me it’s feeling rather muddy? Hard to explain and a bit hard to follow now. Rather than increasing intrigue for me I’m just getting bored and I want this part to be over already.
I think it has a lot to do with the fact that all these side characters just aren’t compelling (to me). I don’t feel any attachment to them so all these reveals are just like… flavor text in an item description. Or snippet of a story in a random book you find in a video game that has no relevance to the main story so you barely even skim it.