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Dark academia fantasy that's a love story to the wonder of languages and the art of translation.
Or would be, but 80% the footnotes and a quarter of the paragraphs read like a flaunted middle finger to the British Empire and racism. It's feeling less like a story and more like a diatribe.
There are some resonant images and intriguing tensions, so I'm hoping these will move to the forefront and make it a Story.
— Feb 16, 2026 03:43PM
Or would be, but 80% the footnotes and a quarter of the paragraphs read like a flaunted middle finger to the British Empire and racism. It's feeling less like a story and more like a diatribe.
There are some resonant images and intriguing tensions, so I'm hoping these will move to the forefront and make it a Story.
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