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Just a reminder while this is a victory, it's not over yet until Discord completely gives up on the age verification nonsense. Don't resubcribe to Nitro immediately.

The last screenshot is about where I landed.

Legitimately one of the things I looked at.

Oh hey look! It's my big bad lady with a siren bone guitar!

Honestly that's my bigger issue at the moment than even that it happened.

That didn't need to air.

I'm legitimately not sure how I feel about this and I'm looking at what folks with this disability and especially Black folks with it are saying before I form feelings about it.

I noticed this in my area as well. Most of the masking I still see (the little of it I do) is mostly Black folks.

I have a few genres that I find more than a little distasteful. But fundamentally they aren't causing harm and me shitting on them does no one any good.

All stories belong to Anansi. There is a reason they exist. Someone needs them.

For Anansi I think I'd want it to be a history book that when his spirit is put in takes the form of a spider's head.

For Hannibal it's a spear with the tip made from an elephant's tusk.

For Belasarius I'd go with a roman style suit of armor.

Good luck soldier. Don't envy starting a new library job during tax season but at least it's not Summer Reading Program time.

Brother, I know how old you are *and* what you were doing on your Saturday nights from like 11-17 lol.

I found it very cute watching those two navigate their relationship.

It's very good.

If I can get a spirit of that power I'd love for Anansi to be my guardian ghost.

Other picks are Hannibal and the Roman General Belasarius.

Mononoke (TV series) - Wikipedia

Not princess Mononoke though it's an easy mistake to make. This is the Mononoke I'm talking about (and yes, Tamers goes unfathomably hard).

Shaman king is so friggin' good!

I always ask this question and only other Shaman King fans ever have an answer.

What spirit from history or myth (because they had those) would you want as your guardian ghost/spirit ally?

I found it a cute anime about two people falling for each other when they find out their perceptions about each other aren't accurate. :)

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And I love it!

I almost put Gnosia on here because of how badly it's got my brain in a chokehold right now but it's not had anywhere near the stamp on me these have.

It's so careful and clever and the politics make a lot of sense in a way that's much more fun for me to follow than irl politics that's for sure.

While there's no particular order here I really can't exaggerate the impact Shaman King, Claymore and Ascendance have had on me.

Quote Tweet w/ 10 anime to get to know you.

Also in no particular order

Ascendance of a Bookworm
Horimiya
Digimon: Tamers
Shaman King
Claymore (really the manga but I'm counting it)
Code Geas
Mononoke
Full Metal Alchemist (either or both)
Yugioh
Apothecary Diaries

No lie, there are things I see on this app that legitimately make me think social media was a critical error.

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Today, I'm proud to announce that we've erased over $1.1 billion in medical debt for more than half a million Illinoisans.

No one should be forced to choose between life-saving care and feeding their families.

Stay tuned for more news on affordability in Illinois tomorrow.

Thanks a lot!

Have you ever wondered when is the right time to say "I love you" to someone in your adventuring party? Well Thistle Larkspur is here to help you answer that question! From our Star Trails issue, Thistle tackles that question and offers some advice: fantasticalgeographic.com/6iwr

Another thing I've done with this is answered a question that I didn't really have a great response for. Someone asked me why there aren't that many settlements on the coasts?

The answer is those are mostly for the nomadic nations that coexist with the big three stationary ones in Ha-Nahn.

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a segment of the map from the forested north. The segment features a small section near a city called Xethys with a mountain range east of it, a set of rivers flowing into a lake and a ridge. The note and with a red circle around it says "Arrival Ridge"

Arrival at Khem A digital painting depicting a group of people climbing up a bluff overhanging a canyon. Across the great distance a lush and verdant forest can be seen with a strange stone structure sitting behind a massive curving tree that reaches high into the sky. The travelers are decked out in white, blue and violet in styles inspired by old kingdom Egyptian garb and are seen from behind.

Another. This older piece shows where the first refugees traveling north would find a place to settle that would eventually become Khem.