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asyi
is on page 190 of 544
“an act of translation is an act of betrayal” — raises questions about who or what we are betraying. should a translator be loyal to the original words, their spirit, or keep the current context in mind? makes me realise i’m not curious enough about etymology; there’s so much history to learn about GAHHH
— Jan 16, 2026 03:01AM
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asyi
is on page 494 of 544
colonisation = bad, as we all know. sometimes, kuang goes a little overboard with the footnotes, and i get a little overbored.
actually cried at the ending. she really captured emotions in ways unique to the characters.
“colonialism convinces us that the immoral choice is resistance itself, not the circumstances that demanded it.”
violence is ugly, brutal, but necessary when it comes to revolution.
— Jun 06, 2026 07:02AM
actually cried at the ending. she really captured emotions in ways unique to the characters.
“colonialism convinces us that the immoral choice is resistance itself, not the circumstances that demanded it.”
violence is ugly, brutal, but necessary when it comes to revolution.
asyi
is on page 494 of 544
the end… it’s so close 😩 her longass footnotes are lowkey getting to me because what ever happened to leaving it to the reader’s imaginations 😭
— Jun 06, 2026 05:46AM
asyi
is on page 372 of 544
me realising that me liking a book is not directly proportional to the rate at which i read it 😭
— May 19, 2026 04:36AM
asyi
is on page 108 of 544
has been so hard for me to get into fantasy / world-building books but this is really curing my ailment 😩 also there’s a part where they explain how silver-working works, and says “the key to transformation … is not in the material substance. it’s the name.” which i thought was pretty applicable to our lives, even outside of a linguistics lens
— Jan 11, 2026 01:59AM