#someone tell Lili Ebel I love her

[aleja-liveblog]

A LOT LOT LOT OF REALLY LATE ASKS

While I’m here, @lilietsblog send me a bunch of asks a while ago (back in october) that first I forgot about and then I felt awkward since it was months ago. But since I’m still here, I’ll push through the awkwardness i’ve been avoiding since December 

Note they send a bunch, some numbered but apparently the second one is missing. @lilietsblog i dont expect you to remenber after months but if you do...

Also this is so fucking long that im putting a keep reading 

About Catherine and Rat Company (1): these are war games monitored by adults. They are intended to be training, and even though winning/losing also matters, I imagine major breaches of discipline (ie straight up disobeying the person supposed to be your commanding officer, which was Catherine with Nauk incapacitated) would be remarked and punished anyway. In the army it's more important to obey than to be clever or the whole thing can't work.”

No comment since I know nothing about armies but i’ll take your word for it 

(3) You keep suspecting Name shenanigans, but you think if Catherine was a side character and someone else became lieutenant and then led them to actual successes against First Company they wouldn't be cheering that person on and swearing eternal loyalty (until evening anyway)? It's just how people work. Charismatic leaders are a real world thing, not just a story thing. Story can enhance what's already there, but Speaking has been explicitly called out so far. Catherine isn't doing that.”

Really good point. Also consider this, I will suspect Name shenanigans until the day I die. The story will end, I will be in my deathbed, and I will tell my grieving family that it was Name shenanigans in apgte

“(4) The subtler effects of Name shenanigans are mostly in coincidences and luck. What COINCIDENCE it is that Cat was placed in the loser company willing to rally behind ANYONE who gave them even a modicum of success. What COINCIDENCE it is that they went up against First Company, making Cat look even more impressive in context. And, uh, the fact Cat got lieutenant's position is explicitly no coincidence, just Black's fiat. That's being apprentice to the head of the army for you.”

See above for my take on this (also I truly hope in my deepest of hearts that you know its deep Name manipulation because you already read this and am trying to throw me off. Because I would love a story about confronting Tropeworld, please give me this) 

“(5) To bring characterterization together a little bit: remember how Sergeant Ebele in Rat's Nest liked Cat and encouraged her? Remember how Cat fast-talked her way into a rebel group? Remember how she called herself out for being too much of a brave idiot when she went to save that girl in chapter 1? She's just in the exact position to show off and capitalize on these traits that were there from before Black got involved.”

Really good Catherine analyzing and I agree. After all theres a reason Black picked her. BUT it can be Cat being charming and leadering material, AND name stuff. I dont trust the Names and Roles at all. 

“(6) These are TEENAGERS in a WAR GAME. LEEEEEROY JEEEEEEEEENKINSSS!!!!!.... tl;dr it would take a mind-controlling Name to get these children to act DIFFERENTLY in this situation lmao”

Oh yes, holy crap this is just lord of the flies. However,I’m still side eyeing everything

 “ God this will give birth to so many more rumors. Who laughs in the middle of fighting?" this is called adrenaline and I'm not saying ANYONE would but it's at the very least a real thing lmao (if you're of Catherine's temperament~)”

Are you sure? Absolutely sure?  I didn’t want to know that and I’m pretty sure there will still be rumors even if that only makes a small percentage of the ones that will pop up (hell we just seen the Blackguards take Cat in front of her classmates, god the rumors everywhere)

(I am not saying whether there are or not Name shenanigans involved, why that would be spoilers. Just pointing out that it comes together as is, either way)

Name shenanigans  Name shenanigans  Name shenanigans

(the psychological parts come together, anyway. No comment on jumping over rolling logs)

oh yeah we’ve already seen its pretty impossible and it tipped of Hellhound 

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and a comment from when I returned last month

WELCOME BACK WE MISSED YOU 

I was gonna keep this one to myself but I’m already commented of everything else from lili so why not. thank you :)

#aleja's liveblog #apgte #book 1 #asks

[rinuko]

A Danish Girl is such a good movie? I fell in love with it the very first time Einar puts on socks. The following scenes with him and his femininity are beautiful and feel very natural. I've always been on the sidelines when it comes to transsexualism just kinda learning from the lgbt community and for most people I saw it with the movie felt uncomfortable or disturbing. I've never seen a full representation of someone's transition and as I've said, this felt very natural and seeing Lili just become herself more and more was enchanting and impossible to look away from. That ending was really hard to take in, but since it was supposed to represent what happened in her life, I suppose it will have to do. Definitely a movie I would watch again.

#someone tell Lili Ebel I love her #a danish girl #lili elbe #let's be honest transgender people deserve so much better and are so strong #fully worth our admiration. respect and attention