https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

But what about the shareholders?!

Yeah the stuff popping in while scrolling is weird and can be a bit aggravating.

Not even just the downloading–Chromecast needs some weird encoding or something, apparently?

Last I checked (which admittedly was a few years ago), Plex was the only thing that could add subtitles to something being Chromecast’ed. That’s the primary way I watch things on my actual TV, and since apparently I’m deaf AF and need subtitles for everything, Plex was the best choice. The others would’ve required processing stuff with handbrake ahead of time.

Bought a lifetime subscription though and it’s been well worth it.

What does that make Teams? 😛

Paper Mario Thousand Year Door is amazing! Have fun

Charlie has a good summary: https://youtu.be/-5zGuFPxW88

They’ve since walked back a bit, but the writing is now on the wall.

Discord still runs way better than Slack though.

The beginning is a bit slow, I will admit, but the first season is a very good adaptation overall (later seasons skip a lot). So maybe it’s just not your cup of tea. I don’t think I follow the base-building analogy 🤔

As for its popularity, I think it does a lot of things really well, better than most other series, and the sum of it is superb.

• Characterization: there are almost no 1-dimensional characters. Even random side characters, or seemingly comic relief characters, have their own motivations and goings-on outside of what Myne (the unreliable narrator) sees. These are often revealed to the reader in side stories, and can recontextualize a lot of what’s happening.
• World building: we start with a straightforward medieval city. Then a small bit of magic is introduced. Then we find out about a bit how the country is governed, then more about how magic works, histories, politics…all in a satisfying way, because Kazuki-sensei planned the whole story from the beginning. Which brings me to:
• Foreshadowing: EVERYTHING is a Chekov’s gun. There’s a lot of stuff to find on a re-read, and the theorycrafting people come up with in the weekly chapter releases is a lot of fun too.
• Themes: this series does not shy away from serious themes. Poverty, children starving, sexual assault, the ramifications of a strict caste system, slavery…There’s a lot that sucked about medieval times. But also:
• Humor: absolutely great comedic moments. It’s rare for a book to make me laugh out loud. For example, there’s a scene where Myne hosts what is essentially a J-Pop concert and it’s just nuts.

I could go on…tl;dr it’s a great series!

I’ve been meaning to check out Kumo for a while. I’m a big fan of Honzuki no Gekokujou and apparently there’s a lot of overlap in the fan base.