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--- lb:allison [2025-12-22 13:35:15] – Minor reformatting to improve readability. Plus minor fixes. ninjasr
+++ lb:allison [2025-12-24 09:33:52] (current) – [Allison] ninjasr
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 I realized only now that I kinda failed to elaborate on what the problem with the world-building is...so uh...I'll elaborate with more details in the future, but the gist of it is that the world of <cite>Allison</cite> features one Pangaea-style continent which is split exactly in half. After millennia passed, the people of the two continents mutually discovered each-other and then, seemingly, realized that it makes more sense to hate the guy across the street than the next-door neighbor.\\
 Each continent united into mega-alliances (the West into an autocratic Empire, the East into a democratic Federation) which then occasionally went to war with each-other: the aim being to exterminate the other side. Both continents frequently bicker about everything...including //which continent// humanity originated from.\\
-The first volume ends with <wrap spoiler><span smcp>Allison</span> and <span smcp>her boyfriend whose name I suddenly forgot</span> discovering an ancient cave painting that evilmen aim to destroy. This cave painting depicts the sacred symbols of each continent side-by-side showing that, in the past, both peoples were united as one. This then leads to both sides realizing that fighting each-other is pointless and dumb and they should stop – which they do</wrap>.\\
+The first volume ends with <wrap spoiler><dfn [data-type=character]>Allison</dfn> and <span smcp [data-type=character]>her boyfriend whose name I suddenly forgot</span> discovering an ancient cave painting that evilmen aim to destroy. This cave painting depicts the sacred symbols of each continent side-by-side showing that, in the past, both peoples were united as one. This then leads to both sides realizing that fighting each-other is pointless and dumb and they should stop – which they do</wrap>.\\
 There are a lot of issues with that, but I'm gonna leave it there for now.
 ==== Lillia & Treize ====
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 I decided to watch the first episode today (<time>2025-08-28</time>) and my first impressions (not having finished the episode) are...lukewarm.
-I'm not impressed with the voice actor for Wil. I also think the tone of the series is completely off from what I would have expected it to be. So far, it's a lot more //chill// than the story came off in the light novel – despite it being very faithful to the source material.\\
+I'm not impressed with the voice actor for <span [data-type=character]>Wil</span>. I also think the tone of the series is completely off from what I would have expected it to be. So far, it's a lot more //chill// than the story came off in the light novel – despite it being very faithful to the source material.\\
 What I'm interested in is what'll happen when the more action/tense stuff comes up. Though who knows if I'll get that far.
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 I'm going to stick with the series, though I'm not particularly impressed.
 === Episode 2: First Impression Part 2 ===
-I forgot to mention it in the previous one, but they left out the bit where Wil's teacher is a straight-up nationalist racist, which is actually thematically important to the whole Japanese Kumbaya thing. I was also looking forward to it just because I wanted to hear it spoken.
+I forgot to mention it in the previous one, but they left out the bit where <span [data-type=character]>Wil</span>'s teacher is a straight-up nationalist racist, which is actually thematically important to the whole Japanese Kumbaya thing. I was also looking forward to it just because I wanted to hear it spoken.
-Anyway, Episode 2 starts off with action, though it's still not super great. I've been a bit spoiled by [[lb:le]], I guess.
+Anyway, Episode 2 starts off with action, though it's still not super great. I've been a bit spoiled by <cite>[[lb:le]]</cite>, I guess.
 Whether I add more onto this or not, I don't know. The better question is what will I do with all this once I finish the series...? Or if I drop it.
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 Well, I'll add this last bit now: they left out the part where the old lady explains how they're supposed to act in those elite uniforms...so we'll see if they compensate for that or not.
 === Episode 3: Revenge of the Impressions ===
-I remembered that they just don't address the language stuff at all. It's a thing in the LN that Allison and Wil can both speak the languages of both continents, which is how they can blend in no problem.
+I remembered that they just don't address the language stuff at all. It's a thing in the LN that <span [data-type=character]>Allison</span> and <span [data-type=character]>Wil</span> can both speak the languages of both continents, which is how they can blend in no problem.
 Also, no, they don't explain the stereotype of the royal guard at all.
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 Everything revolves around the Japanese Kumbaya theme, which gets tiring fast (hence why I didn't like <cite>Lillia & Treize</cite> that much).
-But, hear me out: **__<span smcp>Allison</span>__**.
+But, hear me out: **__<span smcp [data-type=character]>Allison</span>__**.
-I find Allison to be an interesting character on her own. I'll note that I'm singling her out because the series //is// named after her but this generally applies to many of the other characters too (though not **Wil** who is kinda boring).\\
+I find <span [data-type=character]>Allison</span> to be an interesting character on her own. I'll note that I'm singling her out because the series //is// named after her but this generally applies to many of the other characters too (though not **<span [data-type=character]>Wil</span>** who is kinda boring).\\
-I'll also note, explicitly, that this is //my opinion//. Allison is a good character, but I //personally// find her interesting.
+I'll also note, explicitly, that this is //my opinion//. <span [data-type=character]>Allison</span> is a good character, but I //personally// find her interesting.
-Anyway...I think that Allison (the character) would benefit from //existing// in other stories. Either as a main character or a character alongside someone else (Wil if we're desperate). There is plenty about her that is pretty cool: she's a pilot in the military; she's an orphan; she's a genki girl who is //hot//; she tends to be pretty reckless and doesn't consider consequences.\\
+Anyway...I think that <span [data-type=character]>Allison</span> (the character) would benefit from //existing// in other stories. Either as a main character or a character alongside someone else (<span [data-type=character]>Wil</span> if we're desperate). There is plenty about her that is pretty cool: she's a pilot in the military; she's an orphan; she's a [[lb:genki girl]] who is //**hot**//; she tends to be pretty reckless and doesn't consider consequences.\\
 That may not sound like much, but keep in mind that the first volume starts with her just deciding on-the-fly to chase after some kidnappers in a plane she ‘borrowed’, which leads her to end up trespassing in the territory of the country they're technically at war with. How the situation doesn't end up worse is incredible.\\
 There's plenty of story that can be gotten out of her is my point.
-Also, to elaborate on //neat stuff// a bit more: I don't just mean the characters (like Allison), but also some concepts and story beats. The second volume features a kingdom without a royal family, because they were all executed (though it was covered up as an accident IIRC).\\
+Also, to elaborate on //neat stuff// a bit more: I don't just mean the characters (like <span [data-type=character]>Allison</span>), but also some concepts and story beats. The second volume features a kingdom without a royal family, because they were all executed (though it was covered up as an accident IIRC).\\
 I am //convinced// that the world-building and cliched theme are what's holding it back.
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