I'm probably being too harsh, but a sequel from my favorite studio who create new and thematically fascinating worlds with each release is...not what I'm looking for.

But I get it, Hades was beyond successful so doing a sequel is more or less required and the world does not cater to me singularly.

I'm going to push through because I love the writing and character designs of Hades II but...I don't feel there is much in there mechanically and the overarching plot feels far less personal and interesting.

To some extent I think I just need to accept that this is a sequel.

I read the first volume years ago and the artwork truly is beyond words.

I never thought the anime could match it, but wow is it a gorgeous show.

I think the hardest part of teaching is the "use words students understand while incorporating words you want them to know" style of instruction.

I'm often worried I talk to people as if they are 15 with the [Word followed by synonym] method of communication.

This time it's a tiny kobold who can't swim, is scared of dogs, has to lie in every conversation, didn't select any combat skills, and has 5 HP.

All I do is forgery and climbing, but somehow I cannot shuffle off this mortal coil.

I make every DnD character I play have increasingly burdensome weaknesses and try to get the lowest stats possible so that they will be killed.

This has backfired spectacularly because they keep inviting me to DnD and making sure I live.

A student said I was their favorite teacher today, so that has gotta keep me going until June, 2046.

"Hummingbird-speed karate chops on the one o'clock"

-Peter on the If Books Could Kill/Maintainance Phase crossover, uttering the most perfect, utterly incomprehensible, sentence.

Luckily I didn't forget this year, lose my checkbook, then forget my log-in to the ebanking website, then go to the bank and get so stressed I couldn't remember my social security number.

Unlike that theoretical person, I am a modern complex world enjoyer.

If Makio was a US citizen she definitely wouldn't file her taxes until April 15, and only after Kasamachi called to remind her it was tax day.

I can imagine a dozen variations, from Journaling a Witch to even the awkward Journaling with a Witch that work better. If we need to give Asa possession of the journal there are still plenty of options. Someone please talk to the author and save us.

lol, I can 100% imagine myself scanning right past that title, I'll check it out.

I think Journal with Witch has to be up there, just as a phrase that makes no sense in English whatsoever.

Wait, are we talking reverse yuri-bait here? Or is this "clearly yuri but people will explain the two leads getting married doesn't mean anything"?

I started my April->April, Apocalypse Hotel->Journal with Witch grief essay, and now I'm worried it will reach the wordcount limit in the forum I post on.

It'll probably never see the light of day because it is...very personal about the tragedy at my school last April.

I have so many things to say, all of which are wildly out of pocket and contradictory.

Okay, so I stalled on installing a phone update long enough that after getting around to the previous one a few days ago I've gotta update once more.

There is a lesson to be learned here, and that is to never install updates.

Share an iconic horror film shot

This one is definitely on my list.

I was the type of weirdo in school that literally never cheated on anything, because every assignment and test was a representation of myself. Like, those words are *mine*

No one believes me when I say this, but the prospect of having someone else's words be my own freaked me out a lot as a teen.

I think education became so comfortable with grades as not just messages to each student about how they could improve, but justifications of hierarchy that the system was blindsided by the perfect cheating engine.

If your grade determines your place in society, you'd be a fool not to cheat.

Sorry, I had to have a conversation with a kid I knew used AI for a journal entry, and just hope I communicated how disappointed I was that they did not think their earnest thoughts were enough for me to read.

It's so depressing our society integrated the devil on their shoulder into Google Docs

Ultimately I blame education as credentialism and jobs training.

I want a student to avoid cheating because it makes them feel alienated and uncomfortable, because that is the real consequence beyond not learning some specific skill.

AI is another layer between you and the world.

I don't know, it's complicated. There are plenty of students who'd use AI for an assignment they thought was a waste of time, but would never use it for something they thought represented them in some way.

But it isn't easy convincing young people that the effort is worth the time in the long run.

I do have a genuine fear about AI eroding literacy among people who previously had to do the absolute minimum to graduate highschool.

At the same time, I work with so many teens who don't use it just because...they don't like the idea of using it.

In co-op games I refuse to share information because my character wouldn't know what other people are thinking.

Somehow I still have friends despite being like this all the time.

Yeah, this was truly a "I'm pretty sure I didn't say anything important" level of ???

I'm annoyed, and I've received over 6 notifications.

This is my problem too. Like, the institution is vile, but love nothing more than seeing conservative Catholics lose it when the Church offers up the most banal statements about acceptance or whatever.

lol I clicked on Witch Hat Atelier and started watching, instantly baffled that the start was *completely* different from the manga...

...yeah, turns out the title card slid at the final second and I was actually watching "Daemons of the Shadow Realm"

Which is a show, I guess.