Reading Notes: Mahabharata part D

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The Mahabharata part D:

The character of Amba brings this up specifically, but i love how often these epics will bring back a character we saw earlier on and then just sorta forgot about. It makes the world of the story feel so much more real and lived in to me. This works really well for storytelling in print form also because of the ease at which someone can look back to recall who that character is.

"Shit hits the fan" would be a good way to describe the events that are now unfolding. i know they have been building up for many chapters now, but it is still shocking to see characters dying so rapidly.

The story really is hammering in how the enemy should be rooted against. Their trickery is clearly seen as a bad thing.

I will however admit that the "the elephant" technicality on the man who can not lie is kinda hilarious.

I am actually having a bit of trouble remembering which character is on which side to be honest. I should have made a little check sheet or something, definitely will during my next version of this reading.

This set of chapters is sad...

I get that Brishma gets to choose his own death date, but I didn't consider that he could be... incapacitated in other ways so that he couldn't battle. I kinda assumed he'd be fighting right up until he decided to die.

As shown by the horse rituals I appreciate how some parts of these stories are meant to teach the young children their cultural rituals and what not in a way that is more engaging to them.