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Me when Baru does what I suspected she would do all along: noooo Baru why would you do what I suspected you would do all along :((((

Just saw what has the potential to be a MASSIVE spoiler about Tain Hu. Why am I punished for directly looking up spoilers on Tumblrrrr

"The consequences are well written and options are left open," I say as I try not to cry. God DAMN it

Finally, FINALLY an author who understands that empire demands eugenics and control and cannot simply be "evil, but don't worry: gay and trans people are all allowed!" Our power is that our existence threatens a social order of infinite efficiency, it belies the truth that humanity's complexity and the wet foppishness of our bodies make us poorly suited to be gears in the machine of eternal growth

Cautiously optimistic