I'm along for the ride but only because I'm interested in the endgame. I feel like Hickman isn't constructing his narrative with characters as its foundation but rather forcing the characters to fit into his narrative even though it may end up great at the end. It's like a painting which looks amazing from a distance but when I get close and look at certain parts of the painting in isolation from the rest of it it looks sloppy. On the other hand I'm loving Ewing's SWORD.