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Side Stories Poll - September 2024

I am once again here to offer you a main-arc poll. In that this is a poll for the most central chapters, and a few I know I want to write. You may imagine that there are definite, pressing arcs that we will get to. This will help me plan for September.

It may be a disruptive month for my writing. I'll keep you updated, as ever, but it just means this bi-monthly vote counts. Go ahead and tell me what you're feeling.

Comments

Sad. I wish she would make an appearance in every story arc.

Blaize

1st time in my life as an American where my vote mattered.

Joel Williams

Tie, it's a miracle.

Andrew Lechner

LFG Horns!!! Tie

Byron Hu

We need two people for horns to win

WESTON FRENCH

Did you read the most recent chapter? Also yeah, I wish Erin was an option :(

Arwen Lostlorn

Always down for the horns, but I wish Rabbit was an option. Guess we did have a lot of goblins recently, still, would be nice to be back where Erin is.

Coloureve

For the CLOWN OF RHIR!!!

Andrew Lechner

Heroes CHARGE!

DenverDrew

HORNS!!!!

WESTON FRENCH

Rip no Zevera chapter

PearsMan

The Clown Rises!

Oliver Carohan

I may have to create extra patreon accounts just to keep the clown down!!!

Byron Hu

I believe the other Fae is the one that we know nothing about who was teased when Shaestral got the count wrong

Anonymous

Poor Tom has been waiting years for this moment. Let my boy live.

Anthony guy

ITS SO CLOSE! THE HORNS ARE AT 1112 VOTES AND OUR FAVORITE CLOWN IS AT 1111!! EVERYONE VOTE FOR TOM!

Killian Maher

Heroes!

DenverDrew

CLOWN, CLOWN, CLOWN 🤡

Dwayne Patterson

Just sayin': Clown is also probably Nerry-Neirs or Rabbiteater and friends.

Scott Soper

We’ve got ourselves a nail biter folks.

Jordan

I have a feeling that Erin is going to appear in the Lyonet chapter that come out today. I think she will finally contact Lyon through the pavilion of secrets

Jordan

I honestly feel like that relationship is what erin wants is a simple platonic relationship and ulvama fits the bill and idk if she herself knows it, want to see more :) would this consider herself partially asexual? since she herself doesn’t want anything sexual involved relationship would demand

RedGoblin

Can we please make more of Erin? Like 2 for Erin and 1 arc? Needs me some Erin and ulvama. Poke.

Blaize

I only hope we may get a Rhir earther perspective review after the whole battle at sea

RedGoblin

Wow that's close. I hope Clown keeps ahead, but I wish even more that we get both of them eventually :D

Arwen Lostlorn

Almost there! Let’s go Hraace!

Jordan

Same

Jordan

I just don’t care much for the clown…🤷‍♂️

Jordan

Cmon just a handful of votes for clown to keep the lead

Ford-Thomas Frank Loveland

Common we need just a few more votes for the horns

Jordan

I think he is talking to the ghost. It is his class, and now everyone is in the same place as the goblins.

Blue Talon

Erin isn't an option in this poll so it's still safe to assume she would win the poll by a mile

Nik

I voted for everything but clown just out of spite

Nik

Since the two I want most are ahead already: Play that Færie music, write boy!

Herb Powell

I prefer silver swords but… we had enough of heroes lets uS MeaT mAD TOm!

RedGoblin

I want zem ALLLLLLLLL

Cheshirerogue

I forgot to mark heroes!

Alex Lane

Haha I prefer the horns over the clowns story. I know his could potentially connent to fErin and Neirs but I can wait for that.

Caleb Moody

You say that but the top 2 are currently ties and ahve been neck and neck this whole time. This time it's not so obvious

Ford-Thomas Frank Loveland

Clown!

Andrew Lechner

Can we just vote for Erin? Cause there is no point making it a vote when the obvious choice always wins.

Christopher

Damn I really wanted the silver swords poor Ylawes needs some relief but I get it as I love the horns too.

Caleb Moody

So the winning choice by two right now after I switch mine. Cool thanks for heads up.

Jamie Messier

It's an enticingly close race. ❤️Horns❤️

Dominik Zettelmann

AYYY its two above the clown!!! tbh i'd prefer both

kyle

its a perfect tie lets go horns!!!

kyle

Horns are 1 vote away....

kyle

anything but the damn clowns

Byron Hu

I’ll be damned if Clowns vs Horns isn’t some kind of metaphor.

Eldritch Murder God of Crochet

Chandra heading to the city that makes heros

Ford-Thomas Frank Loveland

Have any of these polls ever been this close?

Andrew Lechner

Thinking that'll change now considering he's away from those idiots now and on the same continent as Niers and Erin lol.

Arwen Lostlorn

I highly doubt this is the last we'll see of Tom in this volume. Considering he's in Baleros, he's bound to meetup with our protagonist at some point lol.

Arwen Lostlorn

Are you kidding? More Horns and exposition around Hero's? not even a question for me.

Zack

Lord it's close. I wish Pirateaba could do both, considering that more explanation on the hero class would be quite relevant to Tom's story, but Tom has not gotten proper focus since Volume 7, in 2020! Vote for the Clown! The horns are guaranteed their time in the sun, and this will be the last chance to see the Clown for a while yet.

Andrew Lechner

Where are the Horns right now again?

Jamie Messier

I want them all!!!!

WyrdWizard

This Clown and Dr chapters for October, seems like a waste to do murder clown a month early.

Arg

It doesn't, because it's in the last place in the poll anyways :(

Arwen Lostlorn

🤡🔪

Berlin

Ayooo wha-

Berlin

Has any recent interlude been short though?

Tijay Arnie

@CaliGlory They are under escort and he seems to be trying to kill Tom off. It is in character for the BK to underestimate the rest of the world. My guess is that he his escort is killed off and he is rescued by the goblin lord, who then gets “driven back” by Forgotten Wing who “rescue” him from the goblin lord. (No active conspiring needed between the two: the goblin lord would benefit from the world being distracted by being at war with the BK and Niers benefits from turning the world against the BK as well as being the one to break the news or at least be seen arranging for someone more reputable to do so. He might even get Silvania’s help against jungle tails if he is sufficiently helpful.

Flaming Cat

It's been a long time since we read about Tom. (I'm not even certain on his name anymore.)

Charles T Martin

Loving the Silver Swords in the New Lands arc cant wait to hear more

Stevie

... Maybe we could get Clown chapters for Spooky season? I do want them, but boy are they things I need to mentally prepare for.

David Bailey

I want to see what kylb was doing with that gnoll prostitute

Pheonixarcher

They are also in Baleros, so they would most likely be included with Tom's chapter, or in the next main Erin Chapter.

Andrew Lechner

horns go horns, vote for the heroes now

S. K.

My boy Tom, do your thing.

Carvel Williams

Absolutely, the only reason people don't like the clown arc was because every other character in his vicinity felt like a dud.

Nosya Bankhead

I didn't like the Clown storylines early in the series, but Aba has gotten alot better, and this will only be an interlude (only like 30k words most likely) so I'm actually looking foward to a Clown interlude now.

orion

I'm actually a big fan of Tom. I really enjoy his character set up and growth. Being the crazy guy but also the only one to realize the BK is as evil as the worst of the worst. That said I'm voting for the Heroes

Zack J

I really want to read more about the clown, I think it's been long enough that it can be justified (I think a portion of the audience understandably seems to not like Tom). But hear me out, he's in the colored lands right? Maybe we get more info on all the weird gnarly fraerlings that live out there. Or more on the deathless as they are sort of tied to Tom, maybe a little bit about the demons and the humans that are with them. I don't know, I just enjoy reading about Tom. Thank you Pirate, excited to see what you come up with no matter what it is :)

Ryan Hillard

I’m hoping that Rabbiteater and Ksmvr are not on here because they naturally are the next couple of chapters.

Christopher

OMG don't know. Hopefully goblin

Darrin Adams

Go Horns!

Eldritch Murder God of Crochet

I mean - I'd love to see a redemption arc with him but - you kinda know it's gonna be a rough chapter anyway. It does seem that Erin is becoming more like Tom as we move forward too so - I'm hoping they both get relief from the anguish soon. And yeah - I don't think I could write it but if I ever need to write that kinda crazy, I'll take a lesson from p'aba.

Fitty Sebum

Wait, is that Goblin Slayer, or Klbkch?

Eric Mueller

Voting for the Horns all the way!

Sydney Dobrow

Does “the other fae” cover Vofea? We haven’t touched on her in ages

Bobito

Go go goblin slayer! :P I'm not clowning around, well maybe.

Darrin Adams

I ship it

CaliGlory

I’m actually so surprised the blighted king allowed the earthers to leave

CaliGlory

😂😂😂

CaliGlory

I love that she’s made it her job to use the theater to check up on everyone. She’s a good girl

CaliGlory

True! His story is long overdue, but I just know he’s going through it, feeling like a failure poor guy.

CaliGlory

The Horns are Erin’s, they’ve acknowledged that they are completely biased, which I think is hilarious. So I think you’re right, there’s no way pirates skipping out on their story. But I do think the other stories will eventually get written about too. What do I want most? I just can’t say no to the horns.

CaliGlory

Yeah, but we know that Pirate won't skip the horns; but the rest of these subjects have a good possibility of not being written if they aren't voted for.

David Kahlke

not a fan of the Clown storyline

Jennifer Hoff

I like Tom because it is the best example of how a class affects the character. He starts as a socially awkward teen with good intentions, but gets lost in the nature of his class. He is poised for a redemption arc of sorts now that he is away from BK and the insanity (of a different kind) represented there.

David Kahlke

Finally caught up. I'm really excited for the adventures of the slayer! Been waiting for a buffy/erin crossover :P

Carlos Correa

Ditto, I can't imagine what one has to do to get in the right headspace to write him. All the other options appeal more than that.

Shawn

The clown is the worst character in the world.

Jeremiah Marok

And? So are many other, more interesting characters. I don't enjoy reading about the clown. I just don't. I'll probably skim at best or outright skip a clown chapter, and figure out what happened via context in the following chapters.

David Alden

Going for clown. Second choice would be Ryoka because she's been out of focus these days as the deuteragonist. Third choice is the Horns to see what the heromakers are about. Klbkch seems a bit aimless even if I do want to see him level, and Zevara might advance into the Izril Interpol plot but it seems a bit low in importance compared to the othes. Silver Swords is last place for me.

Tnoz

I mean, my preferences would be Emperor Laken Godart, Bird, or maybe something about Aklat Vunn.

Jud

The clown and Erin are both on Baleros tho…

Christopher

One of the reasons I joined the Patreon was the ability to vote for Klb in every single poll that featured him, so... Hoping for some Silly Old Man escapades<3

Lua

It really doesn't.

David Alden

Get up you clown!

Kef

Just one small clown car for one long ride

Tardy

stolen, like the clowns stealing this poll?

Axidation

A clown sweep (yes Mzion I have stolen your pun)

Tardy

HORNS ASSEMBLE

Peppy Clown

How in the world does Pirateaba do this??? I have thought the same: that it's a bumpy ride but also - the best ride. We're left for ages wondering what happens in these various groups and there's a ton of just rabid anticipation built up that goes to waste while at the same time - the level of anticipation never goes down. It's completely addictive and wonderful and I've never seen anything like it.

Fitty Sebum

Love all the options, but voted for the Horns. Go Horns!

Dominik Zettelmann

Not gonna lie, Tom creeps me out hard and it looks like he's winning the poll so. 😱

Fitty Sebum

Fae pls

Chargcake

it has to be the clown

Jeremy A-R

I want all of them and Persua's story from the last poll

HumptyDumpty

I don't really want to have a say in the direction of the story. But I'm not a fan of the clown, so maybe literally anything except a chapter about or heavily featuring them.

David Alden

The Other Fae chapter is Nerin if that helps.

ProSailor22

Antinium and Starvation!

Magnus

I want to feel sad. So bring out the 🤡

Frostbound slammer

I'm imagining his story will get happier soonish. Both Erin and Tom are on the same continent now. I can't imagine that's a coincidence, and she helped him before. They have a lot in common too, just expressed very, very differently. I'm hoping the clown chapter is him slowly breaking away from the Blighted Kingdom. The princesses he was close to already are doubting the honor of their father, so it would be fitting for him to get his moment soon too.

Zach

C L O W N ✨️

Ford-Thomas Frank Loveland

honk legion!

angie bell

Almost all of these sound enticing (the Clown is too disturbing for me) and . . . it’s becoming apparent that TWI has embarked on an audacious experiment in massively multiplayer non-linear storytelling — basically a MMORPG in narrative form. About 10 distinct character groups have received at least a novel’s worth of attention. At least that many plot threads and cliffhangers have been left dangling, many for months. Almost no plot arcs have been resolved (Durene’s, I suppose). The main character has appeared about as often as Volume 8, when she was literally a popsicle stranded in the lands of the dead. And four of the main arcs in the poll — we’ve abandoned the notion that these are “monthly” side-stories because now everything is a side story that runs for an entire month or longer — simply expand the POV focus still more. It’s exhilarating and bold and brilliant . . . and also jarring, fragmented, and frustrating. Pirate’s track record suggests that Innworld will stick the landing . . . eventually . . . but it may well be a long, bumpy, uncomfortable ride.

Jimi Kane

Ah, Tom. I hate those chapters so much. Almost as much as I hate Roshal chapters, and it’s for the same reason. What kind of wretched dead god thinks a loss of autonomy and Self is worthy of a skill which then continues to dig itself into the ground? [slave] is so awful. Taking bipolar disorder and codifying it into Skills and classes that further enforce being a prisoner of mental illness — bleh. But the story and writing— so well done. And I’ll read it with an elevated heart rate the whole way through if it wins.

DAK

We need to revist the horns

Adamas

Every single one 😍😍😍😍😍

limabean

Clown Clown

OneAngle Heaven

Anything but starvation

Luna

Anything but clown. Although until the last batch of chapters I would have said the same about emperor anything to do with the emperor.

Bladereader42

The Dark Clown Rises

FittestOstrish

Thank you for pointing that out. I am pretty oblivious

Miles Kidder

It’s on the about page of patreon 8500 members. Only 6014 paid members though so only 6014 possible voters.

Sam Maloney

Anything but the Clown

Pitchblack

Same 😭

Natalia Torres

Clown sounds interesting to me

Richard Boulanger

CLOWN.

Andrew Lechner

All of them. What a great story!

Vivian Duncan

Honestly, Tom's chapter where he goes mad is one of the best you've ever written. He's one of my favorite characters out of the outstanding cast you've created.

Joe DeForrest

CLOWN TIME CLOWN TIME

James Getgood

So very desperate

A

... Really? I knew there were a lot of us, I went over the math with my brother one time, but ... That's a pretty absurd number. How'd you come to it?

Miles Kidder

Chose detective story to see Pirate flex their skills.

Timothy Baril

Where's Erin :(

Arwen Lostlorn

she's got ~8,500 patreon readers, over half pay for early chapters and stuff.

Zack

I want Tom because I want both to see the dyed lands, and because I want him to finally get out that the Blighted Kingdom is being the summoning.

Chris Fey

We are Legion! Or just desperate for the next chapters

Matthew Knight

Wow, over 900 votes in ... Twenty minutes? I didn't even know there were that many of us.

Miles Kidder

The clown you fools

Loki388

I want to see what the kib,the horns and the silver swords are up too.

Oliver93

I have so much love the horns, but I’m so curious and interested in Ylawes group and the new lands, but I’m also very much savoring the tragic anti-Hero of a tale of Tom the Clown. Gonna have to go with the horns on this one, at the end of the day, it’s always the horns.

CaliGlory

Oh YEAAAAA. That's right. Thanks! I couldn't find it on the wiki 😅

Travis Beecher

Numbtongue!

Andrew

The pain of choice when I want them all

prentice barry

Flos sent the horns there for some sort of hero test

Jonathan P

It was my one vote

ElectricintheForest

This is going to be a close poll

Jordan

It feels like it's been years since the last time we visited the clown

Dwayne Patterson

I enjoy reading about Mrshas helping the silver swords. I also think that'll be a good opportunity to segue into what some of the other parties are doing in the new lands

Travis Beecher

I want clown too. Winning right now, hope it keeps that lead

Ford-Thomas Frank Loveland

Mrsha chapter next please

Cat Face

What if I want all of them?

Zach

🤣 thanks. Very helpful!

Travis Beecher

Couldn't agree more "trust the clown 🤡" can't wait to hear more about Tom

Tor Daniel Nielsen

Omg it’s incredibly tempting to switch my vote…which will I will probably do

Eldritch Murder God of Crochet

I just want Antinium chapters again. Why do so few want the mystery of the Antinium?

Nik

Yes, it's probably one of those.

Robert Mullins

Slayer! Slayer! Slayer! Slayer!!!!

Aifos

I know it has no shot but I want that [Clown] chapter

Nothingman

Grass Shell and the bees

Robert Mullins

Let’s go Other Fae!!!!

Jacob Cook

Is Hraace a misspelling or does my memory suck?

Travis Beecher


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