Or, Everyone Needs to Learn to Express Their Feelings And, Sex Ed The Reverend Sole Light relates his sad tale to Lotus and Guo Jing, and even his disciples who have never heard the whole sorry, sordid story. Man, years of blind obedience following your master who exiled himself to punish himself for terrible decision … Continue reading A Heart Divided – Read-along, Chapter 3

Or, Lotus and Guo Jing Get a History Lesson Firstly, let me apologize for the lapse in posting. Life has a way of getting away from you, and the last month has been on the more hectic side of things. But we're back to mostly normal now, and ready to get into the homestretch and … Continue reading A Heart Divided – Read-along, Chapter 2

Or, Lotus is a Hopeless Show-off Hello friends, we have reached A Heart Divided, the fourth and final chapter in Legends of the Condor Heroes. If you’re just joining us, the read-along started way back in book one, A Hero Born. All the chapter write ups can be found here on my blog or in … Continue reading A Heart Divided – Read-along, Chapter 1

Or, Damn Lotus Can’t Leave a Good Thing AloneOr, Why Have Just One Enemy, When You Can Have Two? Qiu Qianren? No! This was the fake one! Armed with the Dog Beating Cane, Lotus makes her claim as the Chief of the Beggars. The Washed beggars remain supportive of Yang Kang. Lotus makes a grand … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 9

Or, Shenanigans with the Beggar Clan I bet you thought that finding the Beggar Clan would solve all of Lotus and Guo Jing’s problems, didn’t you? With the power of the clan at their backs, Lotus and Guo Jing would set to righting all the wrongs that had been perpetrated on them. Foolish reader… Still … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 8

Or, I bet you forgot about all these side characters The Legend of the Condor Heroes was written in the 1950s so I doubt the following line was intended to be as meta as it seems with our modern perspective, but it's still pretty funny.  Condor Heroes was meta before meta was cool. We left … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 5

Or, Everyone is a Jerk Again I know there’s quite a few years between when this was written, and my expectations as a reader/writer of fiction...but man, sometimes these characters are just jerks. General Yue Fei: the man of the hour...or rather, the dead man whose writings everyone is willing to kill for. (This pic … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 4

Or, Even More Terrible Decisions So, Lotus and Guo Jing are still stuck on the island with their mortal enemies, whom they’ve been constantly fighting with…and whom they just bailed out of certain doom. Again. Our heroes truly are the architects of their own downfall. Check this out! I found covers of old manhua by … Continue reading A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 3