#mestionora

[yurgenschmidt]

[m0kent0sh]

Myne? MYNE! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO IGNORE THE LITERAL GODESS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

[wingedcreatorhlebushka]

My favorite book lady

[valkylander]

Mestionora: You can restore Myne's memories by fantasy making out with her. But would she even want to fantasy make out with you when you're a stranger to her? You wouldn't fantasy make out with her unconscious body without her consent, would you?

Ferdinand: Joke's on you, I've been doing that since she was seven.

[symyne]

wip drawing of Mestionora

i am drawing Mestionora but idk about the pose nor the clothing nor the hair and making it my new pfp

and actually what is the flower inbetween her hair ???

and also are yall surprised by my drawing skillz

[orii-blogs-stuff]

Yall imagine THIS was the full scope of Mestionora's abilities...

Like... Just imagine... (Ferdinand would be so fucked for giving Treeseus a little trim... but Dregarnuhr needs him for plot reasons so he'll simply be in for a world of pain after he dies...)

The screamshots were taken from Lord of the Mystries wiki page: White Tower pathway abilities

https://lordofthemysteries.fandom.com/wiki/White_Tower_Pathway/Abilities

Hmm.. feel like librarians sworn to Mestionora are a sequence 7 atleast.. like get a little something for swearing themselves to the Goddess...

[ahb-writes]

Book Review: 'Ascendance of a Bookworm' #19 (4.7)

Ascendance of a Bookworm #19 (4.7) by Miya Kazuki, You Shiina, Quof

adventure

fantasy

magic

library science

librarian

royal academy

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is truly, genuinely, not Rozemyne's fault. The bickering among nobles. The feverish complaints from biblical fundamentalists. The argumentative inquiry concerning the ternisbefallen. The return of Ferdinand's academy rival. And a whole lot of nonsense at the awards ceremony at the close of the Interduchy Tournament. Rozemyne is innocent.

ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v19 further shifts the novel series in a rather fascinating direction by asking a dangerous, if surprisingly nuanced question: What are the qualifications to be the King of Yurgenschmidt? Rozemyne stumbles upon a bit of knowledge while researching the bible that strongly implies the tension between the throne, and the holy persons who support the throne, is not as firm as one would hope. After all, shouldn't a nation's every institution be in perfect alignment on who their sovereign is, why that person was selected, and the aims and goals of said rulership?

A pair of incidents, which occur during the spring semester of Rozemyne's second year, frame an increasingly complex conversation about the right to rule. Both incidents concern the nation's holy book, and both incidents regard the explicit and ongoing challenge of determining what is (or isn't) canonical. The previous volume of this novel series took a much-needed look at the mythology that constitutes Rozemyne's new world. The current volume goes a step further, daring its characters to think and act normal despite the fragrant egos threatening to disrupt or disarm the status quo.

In short, Rozemyne (and Ferdinand) must study the thin, pearlescent line between mythology as canon and mythology as apocrypha.

At length, the bible at the temple of Ehrenfest suddenly reveals a fantastical magic circle and never-before-seen script. The new imagery implies those with the ability to see it also possess the characteristics (or have met some unknown standard) to become Zent, or king. Whoops. What the heck did Rozemyne do for an old magical book to think she's worthy of being the sovereign? Secondly, a bout with the Royal Academy's inquiry into the ternisbefallen incident unearths a query about intertextual differences (translations) among holy books. Does Rozemyne's bible contain passages that other bibles don't? Double-whoops. A subsequent investigation is called.

ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v19 exposes the sad, blatant favoritism native to those who thoughtlessly mesh religious piety with nationalism. Ferdinand, who has made a career out of avoiding such fracases, offers a stern warning: "Rozemyne, there are many things in the world that one is better off not knowing. Do not stick your nose into these matters if you wish to live. Death can come swiftly from any direction," page 89).

Nevertheless, this is a fun volume. At the start, one is thankful for the merger of time-away and time-with Royal Academy duties. This holds true even though much of the book's drama comes from individual confrontations (e.g., panel inquiries and meetings, a name-swearing ceremony, random ditter challenges), rather than from more highly stylized adventures (e.g., a bunch of Darkness feybeasts are unleashed).

In one of the novel series' few moments of exquisite continuity, readers see more action regarding mana-sucking creatures and the havoc they wreak. Typically, the author introduces something new or curious, only to abandon it the following volume. Here, Ehrenfest's experience with the ternisbefallen comes in handy.

ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v19 continues to fill in the worldbuilding gaps that have intermittently widened and narrowed over the course of so many volumes. On the positive end, readers encounter more foreshadowing when it comes to Ferdinand's awareness of the Sovereignty's shortsightedness (Rozemyne: "I couldn't help but wonder how many secrets Ferdinand was likewise pretending to have forgotten," page 94).

On the other end of things, the current volume's translation and adaptation yields a little too frequently to vague or obsequious diction. The most obvious example rests in the novel's less than clear usage of Grutrissheit. Grutrissheit is the catch-all term for the nation's bible or holy book. However, the usage is exceedingly ambiguous, sometimes implying a physical tome (as in the book held by the statue of Mestionora, in Volume 18), and sometimes implying an intangible trait, as "the symbol of the Zent" (page 89), which the king supposedly cannot rule without. It's terribly confusing.

Inconsistent and complicated mythologies aside, and biblical fundamentalist terrorists notwithstanding, ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v19 proves that even though trouble may follow little Rozemyne wherever she goes, it's not always her fault. As the young woman says: "I just wanna go home. I wanna go home and read," page 141).

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[mokakeeki]

Me: I’ve drawn lots of Myne recently, let’s draw something else

Also me, next time I draw: *draws two illustrations of Myne look-alike*