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Oct. 26th, 2022 05:53 pmHello. Got COVID. Who this?
We got all our jabs, so all things considered, what we had was mild. My temperature consistently read 99 degrees (no decimals) for two days straight. On the second day, I imagined I was a ThermoPot curdling yoghurt, just steadily warming away. Funnily enough, I was feverish without feeling feverish, unlike the spouse, who was laid on his back and energy-free for a few days. The most annoying thing about this has been sudden attacks of dry coughs that make me sound like I'm way worse off than I really am. For about two weeks since my birthday, I've felt like I've been under assault from a severe allergic reaction. It's like an eucalypt forest sprang up next door and went into spring mode, leaving me with a permanent sinus headache. I actually know what this feels like, since I lived next to an eucalypt forest for about 5 years. How can eucalyptus oil be so soothing but the pollen so bloody awful?
We're pretty sure we got sick from going on a date on my birthday week. In fact, if we had to pinpoint it further, it was likely from a rather tasty Japanese dinner where I got to gaze fondly at my husband for a couple of hours while talking about light novels I've read lately. Seth explained what "cultivation" means in a light novel concept to me. Initially, I thought it was about people being isekai-ed or thrown out of hero parties and living a slow life farming in the country. (There's a whole subgenre of gamers who just want to organic garden and game for the rest of their lives!) Turns out "cultivation" is actually that subgenre where people get yeet-ed (Seth explained what "yeet" means too) into isekais and level up into OP edgelords who hack whatever world they showed up in and possibly grow harem parties while they're at it. The last one may be sarcasm, it may be an honest truth. There's a good reason why I immediately drop fiction that says a character was sucked into a different world on the synopsis. I've read and seen some great isekai fiction over the years. But 95% of the time, it's generically bad. It doesn't matter if it's aimed at boys, girls or pansexuals, winds up in a novel, video game or original universe, starts off with an OP character or the guy starts from level zero, or especially if all the girls mysteriously and inexplicably like the main character (again, it still doesn't matter if the MC is straight or a lesbian woman—or if any of the genders are reversed).
In the process of trawling the interwebs of Japanese and Korean fan translations to read (legal translations if available; please support the authors and tip your translators) I have also discovered my taste in light novels runs yandere. My definition of yandere is a stalker-type obsessive love interest character who may have murderous intentions. If said character is also quiet and emotionless, even better. Generally, I like them male, but it doesn't really matter. Note: The dictionary definition of a yandere character is actually closer to a (normal?) possessive love interest character, usually female.
Inner Seth Voice: "She means she reads characters that are Mary Sues of herself."
Inside Afi Voice: "He knew all this before he married me. This is true love."
We got all our jabs, so all things considered, what we had was mild. My temperature consistently read 99 degrees (no decimals) for two days straight. On the second day, I imagined I was a ThermoPot curdling yoghurt, just steadily warming away. Funnily enough, I was feverish without feeling feverish, unlike the spouse, who was laid on his back and energy-free for a few days. The most annoying thing about this has been sudden attacks of dry coughs that make me sound like I'm way worse off than I really am. For about two weeks since my birthday, I've felt like I've been under assault from a severe allergic reaction. It's like an eucalypt forest sprang up next door and went into spring mode, leaving me with a permanent sinus headache. I actually know what this feels like, since I lived next to an eucalypt forest for about 5 years. How can eucalyptus oil be so soothing but the pollen so bloody awful?
We're pretty sure we got sick from going on a date on my birthday week. In fact, if we had to pinpoint it further, it was likely from a rather tasty Japanese dinner where I got to gaze fondly at my husband for a couple of hours while talking about light novels I've read lately. Seth explained what "cultivation" means in a light novel concept to me. Initially, I thought it was about people being isekai-ed or thrown out of hero parties and living a slow life farming in the country. (There's a whole subgenre of gamers who just want to organic garden and game for the rest of their lives!) Turns out "cultivation" is actually that subgenre where people get yeet-ed (Seth explained what "yeet" means too) into isekais and level up into OP edgelords who hack whatever world they showed up in and possibly grow harem parties while they're at it. The last one may be sarcasm, it may be an honest truth. There's a good reason why I immediately drop fiction that says a character was sucked into a different world on the synopsis. I've read and seen some great isekai fiction over the years. But 95% of the time, it's generically bad. It doesn't matter if it's aimed at boys, girls or pansexuals, winds up in a novel, video game or original universe, starts off with an OP character or the guy starts from level zero, or especially if all the girls mysteriously and inexplicably like the main character (again, it still doesn't matter if the MC is straight or a lesbian woman—or if any of the genders are reversed).
In the process of trawling the interwebs of Japanese and Korean fan translations to read (legal translations if available; please support the authors and tip your translators) I have also discovered my taste in light novels runs yandere. My definition of yandere is a stalker-type obsessive love interest character who may have murderous intentions. If said character is also quiet and emotionless, even better. Generally, I like them male, but it doesn't really matter. Note: The dictionary definition of a yandere character is actually closer to a (normal?) possessive love interest character, usually female.
Inner Seth Voice: "She means she reads characters that are Mary Sues of herself."
Inside Afi Voice: "He knew all this before he married me. This is true love."
