It’s truly terrible to love a character with the same name as one you absolutely hate from another book. I’m rereading The Radiant Emperor, so I keep on thinking ‘Fuck you, Chaghan, I hate you’, remembering I love Chaghan from The Poppy War trilogy and correcting my thoughts to ‘Fuck you, Chaghan-Temur. Chaghan Suren, you’re innocent and have nothing to do with this’. It doesn’t help both series also share a character named Altan, who I hate in The Radiant Emperor but like/am neutral about in The Poppy War trilogy

To whoever is thinking of starting the trilogy, check the content warnings. Too many people have gone in blind and gotten hit in the face by the fucking train of beautiful shit in the trilogy. Do read it because it's great, but be aware of its contents so you don't end up DNFing it three forths through the first book

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Jing, X., Yang, Z., Mitchell, R.N. et al. Ordovician–Silurian true polar wander as a mechanism for severe glaciation and mass extinction. Nat Commun 13, 7941 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35609-3

Fan art of Altan Trengsin from R. F. Kuang's "The Poppy War" series.

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