As a former incredibly traumatized charter school teacher (I was young and dumb and regret it sooooo deeply), watching charter schools get absolutely bodied on Abbott Elementary is so healing.
Like those parents booing the charter rep off the stage had me tearing up.
So my kiddo has red hair. Super hoping it stays. I’m so in love. But the nicknames for this kid-
First out, right out the bat was “Thrasher” because she would RAGE at night. Thrasher has since calmed, but still a funny nickname. Then the hospital had her name wrong, so that became a nickname. Now I’ve taken to “pumpkin” -> “pun’kin” -> “punk” -> “punky” and her dad calls her “punky brewster” I can’t even.
I don’t know if anime onlies realize how much funnier Naofumi and L’Arc’s dynamic during the Cal Mira arc is in the Novels.
Naofumi Trust Issue Iwatani, sees the first hot annoying guy and quiet girl who are nice to him, and almost immediately imprints on them. He spends about 3 pages not even subtly raving about how much he admires them and wants them on his team. Constantly is throwing witty banter back and forth with L’Arc.
Meanwhile L’Arc 1 Braincell Berg is out here thinking this random kid is willingly associating himself with the Shield Demon, and has immediately decided to adopt him as his own. And has taken it upon himself to be this wayward child’s guardian, even though said kid is stupid strong.
Even after the god damn reveal they still aren’t actively trying to murder each other. The book emphasizes how not-murdery L’Arc is being. Like the minute he realized his scythe could do serious damage to Naofumi, and Naofumi starts dodging, what does L’Arc do? Tell Naofumi about how his fucking weapon works. (And they continue their witty banter). Like even when trying to Kill Naofumi for Reasons he’s holding back.
Naofumi gets another chapter of him talking about how great L’Arc and Theresse are after they leave. I’m…
That idea is cute as hell! I think it is a sign you should get back into writing. Doesn’t matter how long it’s been! I got back into writing this time last year after not for like 20 years. You can pick it back up at any time!
i do still love the concubine by christopher rae as the ultimate AB novel for several reasons, but one of which is that it’s the only one where she fully rocks cromwell’s shit.
Could you imagine being so fucking entitled and out of touch that you imagine a problem and then proceed to spend $44 Billion dollars on that problem while knowingly burning the subject of that problem faster than the library of Alexandria.