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Here in Finland, we’ve been on lockdown for quite a while.
I started in February, before it was really a thing, but I’ve yet to use a face mask even though I was able to grab some in January, when the news from China became public.
In theory, people can still go to work, but in practise, employers that make people who could work from home, come to the office, are shat upon from up high. The country’s president is mostly a figurehead, but quite respected, and apparently he’s personally called some of the managers who have been reported in the social media for doing that, and had a short, confidential, discussion. People got the message, even though he has no real power beyond persuasion.
Traffic between the most infected capital region (where I live) and the rest of the country was cut for a month, but was reinstated after the rest of the country became pretty much even, on a per capita level.
All schools are closed, except primaries for the children of emergency workers.
Restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs are closed, but can deliver food.
Pretty much everything else is voluntary, and people are pretty good about following the restrictions voluntarily.
Of course, it’s pretty cold outside, so making the decision to stay in is currently quite easy.
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So you’re concentrating on writing about the…
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[quote=Gelcube;7526]Hirukuma[/quote]
How can you stand the protagonists in JP web novels? It’s like none of the JP authors has ever seen or heard of self confidence or independence in any of their forms.
After having gone through hundreds of CN/JP/PH web novels, this is the handful that’s any good for an adult reader, and reliably updated:
“Spare me, great Lord!”: https://www.webnovel.com/book/9067107706001305
“Reverend insanity”: https://www.webnovel.com/book/7996858406002505
“White-robed chief”: https://www.webnovel.com/book/9319692306001905
“The path towards heaven”: https://www.webnovel.com/book/8799158806001005
“The daily life of the immortal king”: https://www.webnovel.com/book/9320715905002805
“Emperor’s domination”: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/emperors-domination/
“History’s strongest senior brother”: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/historys-strongest-senior-brother/
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[quote=Rakshasa;7319][quote=Dirk Flamberge;7315]There’s childish whining and then there’s WoT whining, and it’s not just that it’s the overall emasculation of all the male characters and how all the female characters are scheming psychopaths, and how no matter what is done feels absolutely pointless, how it felt like the main characters were essentially Railroaded along with 0 character growth.[/quote]
Fair enough. Although, all things being equal the emasculation of men in the novels and the resultant problems that it created in the books (and yes, the author did note it once or twice)…[/quote]
I bought a bunch of novels for the summer holidays, and I have to say that three books in a row not-so-subtly concentrating on extolling the virtues of Grrrl Power left an aftertaste of crude propaganda as strong as the North Korean TV variety.
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Can’t we have equality, do men really have to be stupid, spineless, cowardly, and willing targets of ridicule in Science Fiction and Fantasy literature from now on? So many authors have turned on the faucet, that I suppose this is what American TV storytelling became at some point of the writers’ youth or childhood.
And if you want to write propaganda, can’t you at least not insult my intelligence and perception, do you have to be so crude and unsophisticated about it?
[quote=Gelcube;7449]A good representation of it was in Walter Jon Williams’s “Aristoi”. It was called Metaglap Nano. Very insidious stuff. [/quote]
You must have read Greg Bear’s [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Music_(novel)]Blood Music[/url].
Actually, Blood Music’s observer concept might be relevant to the Astlan universe as well, even though it’s based on a misunderstanding of quantum physical observation. Or a play off of the popular misunderstanding.
It’s time for my semi-annual reminder that there are actually good forum software packages around, many of which even support users staying logged in.
A third party was kind enough to package Discourse into a normal Docker image:
https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-discourse
