@kabruism oh it's just a normal check-up! but i recently realized that i keep missing fanime because i am always out of town that weekend and it's because my dentist appointment is always that week LOL
@blindingblade heard good things about it but i'm just not interested in it at all! but i have the luxury of being able to read chinese historical military fantasy in chinese if i want to.
@blindingblade yeah, if it bothered you in babel you'll probably see more of it in poppy war because it's definitely less polished than babel. all mostly recent stuff - the main character is 'inspired by' mao zedong and it draws heavily from japanese wwii war crimes, particularly nanjing.
@blindingblade poppy war is uh. if you don't know anything about chinese history it's probably a cool read. if you do, it's really fuckin' weird because a lot of things are ripped wholesale from history and amalgamated into a very shallow reading that's often used for tasteless shock value.
@blindingblade gideon is really fun and has very cool world-building, but it also has a very distinct 2010s ao3 style - you can really tell the author got her start writing homestuck 'fic. i liked it a lot, but be warned that each book is vastly and jarringly different from the others in style.
@kouraidontmiss i enjoyed it a lot! but it's definitely quirky (?) and each book is a huge departure in style from the previous book. you can feel the homestuck 'fic influences.
@hoshiumisexy which of the penguins of madagascar would you hire as contractors for your next work project (you may choose two since there are four of them)
i really enjoyed watching this! it's silly and it's definitely cringe, but you could tell the producers really /got/ esports. they treated the scene with both the respect and the ridiculousness it deserves.