• the CGI is rough. With standards set by previous installments and time, it just looks dated and everyone is off-model (does help that The Major has a moeblob waifu updated design that I really don't like, don't at me). Daresay, generic.
  
• it took to ep. 6 to get interesting
  
• music (as in, besides the opening and ending songs) are serviceable. so far they really havent had a chance to shine
  
• battle and fight scenes are still great 
  
• the one Black character getting the Clown treatment, hate it 
  
• someone on MAL said it was for the "Netflix audience" and now I can't unsee it; it kinda fits...
  

• Code:

  ofv-public-channel@conference.movim.eu
• You can also connect via direct link here: https://mov.im/login/GzgvgrMV
  
• If you're having trouble connecting, try searching public channels for "Our Favorite Void"
  
• for more info: https://xmpp-guide.codeberg.page/
  

• https://fluxer.gg/uunt5mCZ
  

Quote:Platforms can be killed, but protocols are forever.

"Platforms can be killed, but protocols are forever." -Veronica Explains

Here, Veronica discusses how to set up your own AIM server. And also, once more reminding that we should probably look into alternative means of reconnecting with each other.

I don't have the grumption to setup my own AIM server (yet), but I've mostly returned to using Jabber/XMPP. Because the protocol has yet to let me down, but Discord will (and honestly, already has).

• A story about a princess born to a kingdom in which the mark of nobility is the ability to use magic... without the ability to use magic. Objectively a very gay story about how the princess navigates a world that spurns her for her inability to use magic, instead deciding to become an eccentric researcher to find ways to put magic in the hands of ordinary people. Explicitly she's not interested in men, only has interest in women, which, at least to begin with is no problem, as there are no political marriages to be had for a useless princess. To help ensure this never comes up, she renounces her eligibility for the crown. Features a bunch of eccentric ladies. Is TECHNICALLY an isekai, but this is not really actually explored, except insofar as "our protagonist has memories of a world where magic was just a fantasy, so of course she'd be in love with a world where it's real."
  

• What if the princess of (not-Hungary) and the last witch in existence teamed up to fight NAZIS and win Not-World-War-2? Aggressively gay, though never acknowledged in words. The narrative, on the other hand... Acknowledges it quite prominently. CW: It's a story about war, and is actually somewhat brutal in that regard at times. 
  

• Hideo Kojima was tweeting about this one! "What if we took young women detached from the system in Modern Japan, and raised them to be elite assassins and spies dedicated to keeping the social order from the shadows!" A story about two very broken young women, one of whom has made progress towards "becoming a real person again," and another who... needs that help. Not explicitly gay, but... also very, very gay. Contains some criticism of the Japanese myth of "cleaner, nicer, neater society, because we're just built different! We have no crime or disorder!" (Actually enforced by special-forces orphans.) Has some blood and violence and plenty of guns. Is actually a very silly fluffy story. 
  
  
  

Quote:In each episode, [James has] a conversation with someone who loves to make websites.

Whether you are on a train and want something to listen to while you watch the world go by, at home and in need of inspiration for your next web weaving adventure, or somewhere else -- this podcast is for you.