Shoutout to doms, sadists, and the switches that stand with them.
If anyone on this godforsaken planet has taken the message of "my sexuality is for me, not for advertisers" to its logical conclusion, it's doms.
It's deranged and disturbing that the response to this self-acceptance and open expression of desire is "kill it with fire," and you don't deserve to be burned, but you're all doing an excellent job continuing to stand in spite of it.
Love when a historical fantasy setting just straight up says out loud "yeah we have trade with south america for goods like chocolate and potatoes but nah this in no way impacts the economics of the setting"
Reading the godforsaken names at the beginning of the book, a travesty that is unfortunately destined to be repeated: part one.
First off: I don't think I like that their family is named "goths what can't keep they damn mouths shut" like how are they supposed to keep that tomb shut
Secondly: all of these names are puns. I don't speak enough greek to know what the puns are exactly, but they're ALL FUCKING PUNS AREN'T THEY
--UPDATE: Got to Ortus, I don't speak enough finnish(????) either, but I can smell it
Naming dudes "crux" like that's a normal ass name for a guy to have*
*I don't know anyones genders but Crux sounds like a dude to me. A man? Who can say. But a dude? Oh yeah. Fuckin cowboy ass name
Oh these fucking nuns, we GET IT you're NUNS I do speak enough Greek to recognize the fuuuuucking orthodoxy fuckin naming your nuns "crying for the dead" and "helping the dead" and "burying the dead" OH MY GOD!!!! WE GET IT!!!!!!
Alright, it has been over 24 hours, the guy who killed Mr Claim Denied is not going to be caught.
But this will probably not be an isolated incident, because the US governing bodies aren't going to feel motivated to fix the actual problem over one assassination.
With that in mind, this is a great time to familiarize yourself with the US legal concept of "jury nullification," aka "if it shouldn't be illegal, you shouldn't be punished."
The US has a proud and beautiful history of using this as the final say of the people against misapplication and abuse being called "law." Even before the country was founded, in the colonies, this was used to spare the lives of people being put to death for flagrantly spurious reasons.
When, not if but when, this happens again and the next or third or 17th assassin gets caught?
Their verdict is non-guilty.
Caught on tape? Not guilty. Witnesses too? Not guilty. Killing failed and there's a victim ID? Not. Fucking. Guilty.
Every person who kills a healthcare executive is acting in self-defense against people who want them dead first. Anything else is irrelevant.
The jury always gets to decide on Not Guilty, even when presented with perfect evidence of "guilt."