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oh no... I haven't seen Oshi no Ko, but given people whining about Ayyack on Titan's ending (men can have feelings?! nooooo), I worry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQnyFP-7Ezs

FF8 music goes hard.
Memcho is my favorite.

Emotions aren't about logic though. If something keeps coming up in your life, it probably doesn't feel "finished" to you.

... ok no, fair enough. the straights are not ok. I guess it doesn't become "and then the characters realised they needed therapy".

Oshi No Ko: Anime's Biggest Fall From Grace

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Sounds like "read or watch until Tokyo Blade, then stop and make up what you think would make a good ending."
Maybe add "from chapter 124 (or 125?) until 3 or 4 chapters from the end," if you really want.

Should always be an option to hand off to someone else.

is it pointless though?
It can serve as a cautionary tale, not to mention the realism of no one IRL has character arcs.
Sure, sometimes people do 'learn their lesson'.
However, more often they repeat the same failures until they figure out how to change *something*.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQnyFP-7Ezs

Oshi No Ko: Anime's Biggest Fall From Grace

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someone needs to get Akasaka-sensei some ADHD meds, jfc.

nah, capitalism / the profit incentive is the real villain.
But also, people can feel energised by unsatisfactory narratives. If "the entertainment industry produces great harms" is a summary that bothers you, then consider how a healthy sustainable entertainment industry would work. What safeguards, norms, and checks would be in place?

And project progress isn't about logic. Emotions are rational responses to stimuli.
If you feel no more passion for something, then you need a break, to stop, and / or to reframe the problem.

Hate the series about the entertainment industry? Write about how writer's block affects performers, support staff, and ripples across news cycles.
Feel autistic burnout just trying to stay alive? ... Complain about it on Mastodon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQnyFP-7Ezs

Oshi No Ko: Anime's Biggest Fall From Grace

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Not Just Bikes — They Tore Down a Highway and Made it a River (and traffic got better)

In the 1950s and 60s, Seoul built an elevated highway through the middle of the city. Then in the early 2000s they removed it and turned it into a river ... and traffic actually got better.

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Practice for the Life in the UK Test using the 2025 online edition of the official Life in the UK Test book published by the Home Office.

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Krone (a.k.a. "Sister") is a 26-year-old woman in the anime Promised Neverland. I thought her name was odd, so I looked it up and found this…Naming/referring to a Black person based off their physical appearance??? Right.I also found that “Krone” is the name of Scandinavian money.Interesting. But here's what really got me about Krone: her character design.You know what???It was a violation indeed!When we are introduced to Krone in this dystopian anime, Promised Neverland, we meet a woman who st

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"How may I address you?" Just a great phrase and intent all-around. Good clear communication and obvious demonstration of intent (unless espionage or subterfuge, but unlikely for most).

OH MY GOD I LOVE 'THON'.
"In 1858, an American composer named Charles Crozat Converse invented the pronoun “thon” (short for “that one”), which even made it into well-regarded dictionaries
— Funk and Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary in 1903, and Webster’s Second New International Dictionary in 1934 —
but never caught on in popular usage.
What's clear is that these pronouns have a long history within languages, one that's still evolving today."

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Gender-Neutral Pronouns: How To Use "Xe/Xem," "They/Them," and More

How do I use "they/them" in a sentence? Where did gender-neutral pronouns come from? And more common questions, answered.

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Ok but Funk dictio, how doth one use 'thon' elsewise??

They, them, their: They gave them their sleeve.
Vey, vem, ver: Vey gave vem ver sleeve.
Thon, ?, ?: Thon gave thon thon's sleeve, mayhaps?

En español, Spanish: aquí, allí, allá.
日本語に, Japanese: この [ko no]、その [so no]、あの [a no].
In l'anglaise, English: here, there, thon [that yonder].

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/third-person-gender-neutral-pronoun-thon

"How may I address you?" Just a great phrase and intent all-around. Good clear communication and obvious demonstration of intent (unless espionage or subterfuge, but unlikely for most).

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The History of 'Thon', the Forgotten Gender-Neutral Pronoun

We added a gender-neutral pronoun in 1934. Why have so few people heard of it?

@MxVerda Um, ordering tuna in a restaurant in France?

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@MxVerda I vaguely remember it being used in stuff like "over thon hill" but as that's already non-gendered I'm not sure it helps much.

@davep muahahahaa, ty. I've added a bit about the need for a "distant from speaker and listener" preposition (?) in English for which thon might equally serve as a useful distinction!

also whomst'd've'll

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What does thon mean in Northern Ireland? - Geographic Pedia

What Does “Thon” Mean in Northern Ireland? “Thon” in Northern Ireland is a fascinating example of a word that defies strict grammatical categorization. It functions primarily as a determiner, effectively replacing words like “the” or “that” and sometimes even “those“. However, its usage is far more nuanced and versatile than a simple substitution. Think of … What does thon mean in Northern Ireland? Read More »

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