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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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chat, i started reading Orange Book. oh my god it's like someone here wrote it lmao so much of the lingo is the same, it rules
spoilers for first part of the book, s3x
that first scene made me want to cry immediately. oh my god, could i ever fucking relate to being disconnected from emotions, and from feeling like i have to fake sex because i used to like X or because X is "normal" or ... oh my god. wow. where was this book years ago...
there's a lot of drugs which i cant quite relate to, but i still feel Maria and her just kind of numbness. And, fuck, the details, like how both Maria and Steph have had sex with Kieren (sorry I hope i'm spelling his name right), god it's like it is inside my head. the queer/kink community in Big City was so incestuous, I got so deep into the drama and swore off relationships for years after i moved to Smaller City. It was a mess, and left me with a bunch of baggage that I'm still dealing with.
Good book so far
spoiler
lol i'm further now and they've broken up, reading my naive post here is so cute now
:3
This book is literally my entire personality, I have been picking it apart for a decade!! I am spreading it to this mega!!
uh oh
That doesn't sound like super fun stuff, fwiw there is reationship swearing-off before it's done though lmao. Sorry to hear.
YEAG
that rules tbh, thank you for the recommendation, it is stirring things in me, i'm sure i will have more posts to come
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yeah, 11 years late is pretty fashionable tho tbh
oh yeah, that is defs the inevitable conclusion of drama, masking, and burnout, haha
I just finished Nevada. Orange book is on my radar. Want to finish Who's Afraid of Gender first.
wait... is Nevada not Orange Book?
I initially referred to Nevada as "orange book bad" because months ago I had no idea if it was even good to talk about. Mostly I call it "orange book" to be funny now, but also out of all the other Trans A Novels, only 99 Erics is close to orange.
Blown away people keep thinking they are seperate books lol
Lol well I guess I finished Nevada and Orange book!
How did you find Nevada?
The middle was a bit slow for me but I couldn't put it down once I hit the second part.
The whatevers got a bit old but otherwise I loved the writing style.
It was good enough I don't want to lend out my copy until I read it again. Which is rare for me.
I also learned a lot about myself from reading it. And picked up a few tips on shaving and passing (using eye makeup to draw attention away from facial hair and my Adam's apple).
it's our idioglossia
This is how Ash and I use lingo to converse, if a cover is predominantly a colour it will be used to describe. Though our own personal lingo can spread onto things like associating cats as mice or dogs, or dogs as cats and so on lol its kind of an ongoing thing for other people so you have to be aware this is how we speak to each other in person and be familiar with the game. Does confuse people from time to time when the lingo grows into more like orange book. But it's our idioglossia
idioglossia
that's so cute tbh, Orange Book is unfortunately gray on my e-reader, like all books, lol
oh yeah, that's pretty cool, i tend to speak in unique ways to Safe Partner, if I tell him about someone I use a phrase to describe them instead of their name, like one friend I call Former Roommate, or when I give internet people that matter to me phrase names, it's more fun that way, idk how to describe it. I picked up Cool Therapist from Ash one day because that's how she said it lol, and I felt so seen in the book when it referred to something important as "a Thing" (capitalized T) literally me fr fr. a lot of memes and ironic internet speak too in this house lol
Here is how they look, Nevada has alwyays been an orange cover
oranges c:
Yeah it's common for couples to share a language, the bearsite gets that too lol
oh, wow, that is very orange lol