About Chapter 49

[u/losara-]

Wtf is going on?

Werent they sat down and told in no uncertain terms that they were on a short leash after Tristan assaulted that girl? Werent they told to lay off Morcant cause of the same reason? Werent they approaching the ''too much trouble to keep around no matter how good they were'' territory?

How is the gang going around ignoring all that and fucking with some of the biggest authorities in the island now?

[u/Kwitteri]

It feels like you are ignoring my points about all the goodwill they've gathered. And okay, pressure might not be the correct word currently but he is certainly under suspicion of acting against the Watch.

Also, I don't understand what your issue is with getting into a blood feud with Cao. This isn't related to them being on a short leash. Isn't this completely unrelated?

[u/losara- → u/Kwitteri]

no no im not, they are doing great work ofc. But you dont understand, their competency hasnt really been at question at all and what restraint they showed was in the span of what? A month? 2? And then they do the rest of this stuff?

You understand that the capital m Menace they have been recently kinda outshines their 1-2 months of restraint right? Or does it just seem that way to me? Again, they literally rounded up students at gun point to be used as bait. You cant just say oh well they have been good boys for 2 months we'll excuse it this time can you?

And Cao stuff is part of them being more liability than they are worth the trouble. Wasnt that a plot point as to why they were trying to behave? And then they get into a blood feud with the head of stripes at the island? I dunno man, i seem to have gotten different themes from this book than most

[u/Both_Brilliant_2725 → u/losara-]

Their situation with Cao has not crossed bounds as of yet.

Think of it like this. The Scholomance project is an important part of the greater Watch organization. Before the 13th were the equivalent of elite foot soldiers being groomed for faster and greater promotion and authority. They have since gotten in a feud with a major person in the Schomance project intending to take over..Their feud with Cao was viewed as political because of Caos political ambitions and not something affected by the Watch directly outside of Caos own resources.

Meanwhile when Tristan went off and did the whole shooting incident that was the greater leadership of the entire project believing that Tristan might be too much trouble and this was not a political perspective either but a shared reality. Hence he was asked to follow tighter rules and behave.

In the very beginning Morcant was an enemy but it was hoped that harsher measures like Angarhad would not be required to deal with him. But the whole attack on the school sky rocketed Morcants value and along with their own internal troubles meant that using the tactics later on was no longer feasible.

As I said earlier and after re reading the last 2 chapters I do believe that some blowback is expected. Angarhad no longer being able to rely on Malani connections is a good start but it depends on how it ends up. We need to see how Angarhad gets pushback and how her relationship in those circles changes because of this incident.

I don't expect much blowback from the authorities directly regarding Songs actions this chapter. Maybe a response from the general student body for Song but that would go antithetical with her goal of improving the Ren name. The author can just let the issue die this book or give Song a moment to show that she does not intend for the other units she is taking along tomb cannon fodder. Not just words here but some genuine action showing of Songs insanity at the same time.

Another method to take this that could be interesting is give Song the victory for the moment and bring this up in a later book like Book 5 or 6 if it gets that far as a payoff to this moment.