My brother has now read all of the Wildbow works multiple times, and has been pestering me to read Pale for over a year. I have staunchly resisted, seeing as it is almost 3 times the length of Worm, and I have always told my brother that I'll read it when it's finished. Fast forward to last week, when I heard whispers that Pale is finished, all 3.5 million words of it. I knew I had to act fast or I'd get dragged into it.

Now this is where I fucked up.

The same unnamed tumblr user who originally dragged me into the depths of Worm has been, for the past year or so, very annoying about another web serial called a Practical Guide to Evil. This tumblr user, in my head referred to as Bloodsword, has claimed that the greatest redemption arc of all time, far exceeding all other claimants, is buried deep within the recesses of this text.

And so I have taken the plunge. Over the course of the past 3 days I have done nothing but read, to the irritation of my girlfriend. As of book 2 chapter 48, I am skeptical but hooked.