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On this mega I shall take the opportunity to rant about one of my favorite things: the Webnovel UNJUST DEPTHS!
Do you love transgenders?
Do you love communism?
Do you love queer romance?
Do you love killing fascists in a giant fucking mech?
Would a plotline with all of these things happening in a underwater retro-futuristic gundam setting intrigue you?
Especially if its actually really well written with good characters, rich worldbuilding, and a marxist leninist transfem author?
All of the answers should be: YES I DO or else I WILL BAN YOU
Since you obviously love all of those things then Unjust Depths is perfect for YOU yes YOU! It is DESTINY
The Imbrian Ocean is at a time of severe instability. The monarch of the vast Empire that spans its unjust depths (:3) is sick and nearing death, every territory of the ocean now vying to carve their own Destiny out of the chaos. From the Volk fascists 
, Zionists 
(they literally will not die why are they still here oh my god), The 'Anarchists' (social chauvanists) 
in Bosporus, and the monarchs 
of each vast noble domain, each vies for power and prestige no matter who they crush underfoot, but it would be a pretty depressing story without a bright light in the dark.
On the edge of the Empire sits the glorious Union! The (Soviet) Union 
is a socialist federation of three states (and one anarchist mountain 
)that were formerly slave colonies under the Imbrian Empire until they broke away in a fierce liberation war. They have spent the last 20 years since then building themselves up. Whether they be Human 
, Shimmi 
(Catgirls who usually follow a religion closely related to modern Islam), and Kattaran 
(a hybrid humanoid species with characteristics of sea life ranging from sharks to cuttlefish)building socialism side by side.
First lead under the revolutionary leader Dashka Kansal, then the Idealist Ahwalia who lead the country to near ruin in pursuit of building a utopia on pillars of sand, then under the scientific socialist 
leadership of the Grand Marshall of the Union, Bhavani Jayanskar (I love Jayanskar so much shes basically as if Stalin, Lenin, and Zhukov were rolled into the same person but was a black lesbian badass who wore the uniform REALLY WELL)(she aint the main character at all tho shes only in very few scenes i just love her so much). Under Jayanskar, the Union has been growing their economy to both eliminate hunger and give everyone a home 
, but also growing their military capabilities for the inevitable return of the Empire. The Union is alone, but with the people by its side nothing, not even Destiny, can snuff out true freedoms light. 
As war wages between the Empire and Republic (basically underwater USA) once more over the lands between them, the facade begins to finally crack...
And a border conflict between the Empire and Union escalate, and the dreaded reconquest begins.
Amidst this turmoil, lives our main characters (yes there are multiple and all of them are lovely). Each of whom I personally love dearly, and are very well characterized. Many are soldiers of the Union, some are scientists, some are divers (mech pilots), some are lost strands finding new meaning after joining this band of Brigands
All are Communists 
All serve the Union 
All would gladly give their lives to defending socialism 
but even they would have little inkling of the adventure set in store for them as the lands beneath the waves erupt in fire, fury, and revolt
Can these transgender badasses kick fascist ass?
Can they kiss? (oh my god please kiss ISTG THERE IS SO MUCH SHIPPING AHHHH ITS GLORIOUS)
FIND OUT HERE: https://unjustdepths.com/
please do or else I will pout incessantly
just try it pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase i need to talk to someone about it after Cromalin went AFK
(I miss her, she was a real one)
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Been thinking about monsters lately, it's getting to SPOOKY season so it's on my mind.
I think it's pretty well known that monsters generally represent the neuroticisms and anxieties of a given culture. Two of the best known are: Vampires, old perverse aristocrats literally sucking the life blood of the peasants/working class and seemingly unable to enjoy any of the wealth or food they've pulled together; Zombies (more Romero on), representing mindless consumerism and the loss of individuality.
Mummies come about out of colonial guilt and fascination with Egypt, the guilt of plundering ancient resting places and grinding ancient kings into paint (and also food). And of course, Indian Burial Grounds in King and pop culture more generally giving rise to cursed land that drive out or kill white settlers like in Poltergeist or Pet Semetary. Or Frankenstein coming about at the frontier of biological sciences, if they can make microbes come back to life and make dead frogs and their legs bounce about with the application of electricty - why not a human? Or even more recently, Jurassic Park (now more child friendly because of the movies but the original book is quite horrific) showing we are fucking around with things we don't understand on the edge of microbiological sciences. I remember a similar feeling when I was in a genetics lab and we were inserting vectors in E Coli to make them antibiotic resistant and glow in UV light and thinking "mkay this is way too prosaic of a setting, an early morning lab in a 2nd year Bachelor's degree course, for us to be messing this closely with genes, cause across the way they're inserting fluorescent anti-cancer antibodies and messing around with HeLa cells, and etc."
And then the way more recent, like the past couple decades, monsters are like Slenderman or the momo challenge or the backrooms seem to be more about the leaking of computer/the internet with the real world with usually terrifying or deadly consequences.
Anyway, that's my yapping
Good yap :3 never thought critically about mummies but yea.... br*tish moment.........
I feel like a lot of modern online monsters are related to information in some way, including Slenderman.
It's a pretty common trope in copypastas to be like, "now that you've read/seen this, you are now susceptible to it"
I think it coincides with the possibility of accidentally seeing something horrible online, but it's also related to the ability to access any type of knowledge at any time. It twists this access into something to be feared.