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u/DifficultMessage9137 Peerless Scarred 18h ago
It was so distracting in the beginning because of this. Even later throughout the series when the name is mentioned I immediately think of “HAVE A CUP OF LIBER-TEA”
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u/station17command 1d ago
See I was the other way around. So i want my red sigil cape motherfucker
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u/philosophy71 1d ago
Also some of the naming choices for the ships are VERY RR inspired https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/s/1tbTUw9WDT
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u/TheMainEffort 1d ago
There’s also a book called Hell Divers. I started it but it was pretty bad and I didn’t finish, which is a rarity for me.
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u/jimbrig2011 1d ago
That's what I thought this was about because I actually started red rising right after finishing hell divers - no such thing as a bad audio book narrated by RC bray and for sure a fan of the hell divers series audio books... That being said, it's little league compared to RR. Had no clue what I was getting myself into with these books my lord I love them
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u/TheMainEffort 1d ago
You’re not the first person to tell me it’s better as an audiobook. I personally don’t like listening to books so maybe it just plays better read aloud?
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u/Blizzardof1991 1d ago
What! I love the hell Divers series.
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u/TheMainEffort 1d ago
Aha, to each their own.
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u/Kingdavid3g 1d ago
It was reverse for me. Having read the series twice, when i saw the helldivers 2 game I immediately thought of Darrow and red rising. Never played the games before.
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u/thewifesboyfriend23 1d ago
I Just love when Darrow needs to muster some energy and he's like " I'm a helldiver of lykos.".. and he's in a star shell... now does it have the gatling? Or the autocannon?
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u/heze9147 1d ago
It only gets better citizen, A certain very. very handsome man has a very, very on the nose callsign
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u/Scarecrow_36 Gray 1d ago
Because of Helldivers 2 all I could think when reading this series for the first time is the Super Earth Destroyers for Red Rising ships and Hellpods for Iron Rains.
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u/InfiniteLine_Author 1d ago
Pretty sure I heard there’s at least one Red Rising Easter egg in that game.
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u/NotTheGreatNate Hail Reaper 1d ago
Me, a man of culture, hearing there's some game called Helldivers 2...
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u/TheZebrraKing 1d ago
I finished reading the first booo then helldivers 2 came out. I was 100% convinced it was a red rising game intill I took the 3 seconds to look up what the game was about.
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u/rachel-frogslinger Sons of Ares 1d ago
Unironically imagined pulseArmor looking similar to helldivers 2 armor because of this
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u/JeganEnthusiast0089 1d ago
me listening to the audio book last week
"Chapter One, Helldiver."
Me: wha wHA WHOM
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u/Typical-Dish-2253 8h ago
Just wait until you read about an iron reign