@Mortdog executioner (espcially vex) probably too much power rn, and brand problematically weak but most things seems fine. people haven't figured out zed yet.
@grylxndr i mean i am trying to make a rather qualified argument since i'm not interested in vindication of nationalist ideas. i am only temperamentally opposed to the unexamined nature of many "modernity invented this" arguments
@grylxndr of course han identity itself is erased deliberately in the creation of the ethnostate of japan. but that shouldn't obscure the fact it was a powerful form of collective political belonging that people internalized as part of their identity.
@grylxndr han identification is centered around samurai but comes to be fairly widespread among literate population in the provinces from what we can tell. activist samurai use their ability to mobilize the han to carry out the restoration.