It’s outright my favourite manga, it manages to avoid most of the issues fantasy manga tend to fall into nowadays and it’s remarkably mature and well-thought out in how it approaches a lot of its subject matter. It’s also just a delight of a work when you analyse it.

Since you’re quite early I’ll go over one of the simpler things I had fun considering: the magic system! Without going too in depth, it functions as an allegory for several things at once, most notably art. Obviously the magic is drawn, but it goes further as the way that the witches relate to their magic is the same way artists relate to their art; they develop styles and preferences, they have to work around their lack of skill in certain areas to produce their art, the way people talk about it, etc…

But it also doubles as an allegory for scientific progress, one of the forbidden magics is medical, after all. And there’s this lovely tension between the two. I’d go further but to really explain my thoughts requires a lot of later context.

It’s a lovely series, and I adore it.

It’s just lolita for the fashion style, gothic lolita is a substyle of the wider lolita movement which has other substyles like sweet lolita and classic lolita that each try to focus on particular parts of the overall aesthetic of cute, frilly, victorian-inspired clothing. The vtuber is very much not wearing anything even remotely lolita, the outfit lacks pretty much all of the characteristics beyond just vaguely being cute.

Ultimately the names for all of these call back to the novel Lolita, since in Japan the term became associated not with the pedophilia that is the focus of the text but instead it kinda merged with pre-existing idealised notions of cute young girls to the point where, over time, the term has been basically entirely disconnected from its source material.

Lolicon reintroduces the sexual component through the addition of ‘complex’ to the overall term. Technically there are non-sexual ways to understand it but like you said, it’s mostly awful pedo stuff. The vtuber here is specifically saying lolicon. (ロリコン is rorikon when transliterated)

Source is my obsession with lolita fashion and my little bit of self-taught japanese.

I use local libraries and bookstores mostly. When I’m reading comics/manga/big publisher fantasy I tend to pirate until I know that I like the series to justify the purchase. For theory I use a mix of the usual Marxists.org alongside my uni library, libgen, and Iskra’s pdf versions of their books. I also read a lot of visual novels, usually pirated until I know I like them.

I’m currently rereading two things: The Hobbit as a bit of a comfort read, and Sekien no Inganock since I never got around to finishing it and I found its steampunk mutants setting cool. Unfortunately I forgot that its first chapter’s villain is a transphobic stereotype, so I haven’t continued it for the past few days. Although I’ll probably push through anyways cuz the vibes are so good.

For theory I’m taking a bit of a break now that my exam season is done before I restart reading theory again.

In my experience a lot of the “haha genocide” types just don’t play the game super often, which makes sense since genocidal empires are by far the least interesting playstyle.

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>Nazbol Gang flair

That’s great! I hope that you feel comfortable to be your authentic self soon.

The answer is yes since he’s a cop.

I mean, reread the definition. Oddity specifically states that animals are the thing to avoid cruelty towards. Bacteria are not animals, therefore they don’t matter under this definition.

There are some microscopic animals that exist, but they still don’t really contradict the definition because of the “as far as is possible and practicable” clause. You can’t really stop your immune system from working so it’s a moot point. Hand sanitizer doesn’t matter since tmk the actual microscopic animals like tardigrades or roundworms aren’t really affected by it.

Blade of Arcana, an untranslated japanese game with a tarot card gimmick. From my understanding it’s a mostly standard d20 only game but I’m really curious how they managed to incorporate the cards into its gameplay. Unfortunately I don’t speak Japanese so I can’t read it.

Finally I can actually browse All without every other thread being -lite

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TFU

Update on the appointment I mentioned last thread: It went well, I need to get my bloodwork done then I’ll have one more short call and should be able to get my E by the end of October/start of November.

My feelings still haven’t quite settled but I’m at least a lot less stressed for these two appointments compared to the first. I did feel a little disappointed when I realised I had to wait a bit longer but that’s mostly my fault for assuming they’d do everything on the same day. Plus waiting a bit longer means hiding the effects from my parents until I move should be a little bit easier.

Oh also I did manage to sleep the night before but ended out forgetting my lunch in the morning lol.

Nah you don’t get it, that extra 3mm is actually the source of the cost since it’s made out of solid gold, and obviously if it costs more it must be better. So it’s actually very normal for an artillery round to cost that much.

Please ignore the fact that gold wouldn’t even be close to that price because it ruins my joke.

Do you ever think that the reason Kojima makes games instead of movies is because every time he writes a single scene it ends out feature-length?

In my experience after far too many stupid arguments when I was a dumbass, they tend to (though not always) hate Edelgard and prefer either Azure Moon or Silver Snow. Like I once had someone try to tell me that Edelgard wouldn’t be as popular if she wasn’t a woman. Not knowing that Arvis exists and has plenty of unironic supporters too.

As for ships, I think one of them was into Rhea and the other had trouble picking cuz he liked everyone so he joked about doing a harem. So that kinda says everything you need to know tbh.

Wait I just realised that not liking El and preferring AM is my exact opinion, fuck. Uhhh well my issues with El are because she suffers from FE writing trends (I genuinely kinda think her backstory’s tragic elements take a lot away from her overall character, though admittedly this is mostly a vibes-based opinion.) and is a lesser Arvis, so I’m different.

Thanks! <3

I’m definitely excited but this sorta stuff gets on my nerves and then becomes all I can think about, luckily last night my sleep wasn’t too bad.

I’m assuming I’m allowed to post here as a non hexbear

I’ve been feeling kinda nervous and antsy all day since my doctors appointment to get my HRT prescription is next week. I’m kinda dreading the next few nights since whenever I’m stressed or nervous I sleep like shit. But I guess that’s what happens when you spend 3 years trying to get something and now it’s almost in reach.

Thank you for this, it’s going straight into my to-run list