/lit/ - Literature

>>19286437
he's based, he's not a hero but an extreme take on the ends justify the means

>>19286437
He's the Hero we do not deserve.

>>19286437
You don't know what "Mary Sue" means. Kellhus is the exact opposite of that.

>>19286437
>who've seen four more books of this dude still represent him as a hero?

From the mundane material human perspective he is a horrifying autistic supercomputer.

Then in the second series where you start to see what is beyond the scope of the human world, the supernatural or cosmic, you start to think "eh, maybe he is not so bad".

>>19286458
Most of the interesting stuff Bakker had is presented more succinctly, if with worse prose and a less interesting setting in Neuropath.

I think the utilitarian logic of Khellus, and the fact that both his opponents are so evil, and the other characters so flawed, is really good framing to get a modern audience to be seduced by Khellus. But at least in the first series, he is very much a villan. I think the various twists that get you there and let you see how you've been seduced is really solid work.

>>19286437
>Mary Sue hero is OP
>Hero
Uh oh...

Why does the No-God keep asking
>WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Is he brain damaged?

>>19286437
>it's actually really good
Bakker’s books are pretty bad, even for genre fiction. It's laughable dogshit for teenagers. Barely above Sanderson tier.

>>19286641
>Using "Evil" as an adjective after reading Bakker.
NGMI

>>19286907
>Barely above Sanderson tier.
SANDERKEKS BTFO
BAKKERCHADS KEEP WINNING

>>19286907
You also forgot to mention that the author let his leftist politics seep into his story. It’s the main reason why he has such a large reddit fanbase.

>>19287066
No, not really.

>>19287088
His personal politics manifested in his writings. Every single male character he writes is an absolute asshole, even the ones that aren't rapists. To Bakker, all masculinity is inherently toxic masculinity, the simple fact that all his male characters use the term "womanish" as an insult makes that blatantly obvious. In addition, he falls into the same trap that all leftists do and makes EVERYTHING about sex, about who is fucking who, who wants to fuck who, and all the bad guys just want to fuck everyone, because Americanized leftoids are obsessed with sex before everything else.

>>19287092
I wasn't asking.

>>19287092
>the simple fact that all his male characters use the term "womanish" as an insult
You sound like a hysterical woman lol. Your behaviour is unironically womanish.

>>19287092
Sounds about right.

>Samefagging.

>>19286907
>>19287066
>>19287092
See, >>19287172

>>19287066
>>19287092
Lol feminists fucking hate Prince of Nothing, stop sperging.

Bakker is King.

Simple as.

>>19287765
He looks much better with long hair, shame he cut it.