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There was a Twitter post that suggested that the Trained Card, due to the 4koma making a mention of fortune-telling and how Mizuki would rather not know what the future held for her, is actually relative to the Tarot, specifically the Eight of Swords (Mizuki is blindfolded and surrounded by 7 mannequins + the broken mirror), which symbolizes helplessness, hopelessness, among other things, which is a result of an internalized thought pattern or perception that's preventing the bearer of the card from moving forward. Mizuki is essentially holding herself back because she believes the knowledge of her secret will inevitably change the perception of Mizuki herself.

All it's really changed is her...

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    Harmonic_Vector said:

    There was a Twitter post that suggested that the Trained Card, due to the 4koma making a mention of fortune-telling and how Mizuki would rather not know what the future held for her, is actually relative to the Tarot, specifically the Eight of Swords (Mizuki is blindfolded and surrounded by 7 mannequins + the broken mirror), which symbolizes helplessness, hopelessness, among other things, which is a result of an internalized thought pattern or perception that's preventing the bearer of the card from moving forward. Mizuki is essentially holding herself back because she believes the knowledge of her secret will inevitably change the perception of Mizuki herself.

    All it's really changed is her...

    To be honest, Mizuki didn't want anybody else to reveal her secret to her friends. But I wondered how Student A found out that Mizuki's transfem, she never told anybody else and even people close to her like Rui and Mafuyu had clues to Mizuki's secret, but they have no idea what secret it is.

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    sammyG said:

    To be honest, Mizuki didn't want anybody else to reveal her secret to her friends. But I wondered how Student A found out that Mizuki's transfem, she never told anybody else and even people close to her like Rui and Mafuyu had clues to Mizuki's secret, but they have no idea what secret it is.

    It's implied that Rui definitely knew, and likely figured it out, as did An, but the difference is that while Rui and An kept it to themselves, opting to instead bond and accept Mizuki for her personality, Students A and C are more likely individuals that would attack her for her identity. Mizuki being transfem was a working theory practically since launch, so I wouldn't be surprised that people who bullied her often would've often inferred that she was AMAB.

    I bring this up because what makes Mizuki run away from Niigo, despite knowing in her head that they'd accept her, is that she fears that acceptance only comes conditionally; it is pity meant to offset the cruelty others inflict on her for her identity, not acceptance for who she is in general. This concept of this overt focus on her identity, a part that doesn't entirely encompass Mizuki but is still important and sacred to her nonetheless, is exactly why Mizuki felt she had no choice but to run and isolate.

    In truth, it's why I can relate to her. I'm a big Miku fan, and I've only begun to amass my collection of merch of her, but I've shown her to my mom again and again to unapproving response. She can't fathom why I like her, and thinks it's a girly thing to like. She will never understand me, and that's alright. I can relate less because while my mom can't fathom my appreciation, she's never outright attacked me for it, unlike Mizuki, who's definitely been bullied into near submission for it (submission referring to her middle school days where she's dressed masculine and had low self-esteem as a result).

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    Harmonic_Vector said:
    despite knowing in her head that they'd accept her, is that she fears that acceptance only comes conditionally; it is pity meant to offset the cruelty others inflict on her for her identity, not acceptance for who she is in general.

    I roll my eyes every time this trope comes up

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    psychedelic_rabbit said:

    Melvin has gone into a Catatonic breakdown.
    The last straw was: Ate without table.

    I genuinely hate that part of Rimworld. I once installed a table just outside the pantry, these morons would rather stand in the cold than walk five meters to sit down.
    And then he'd try to flirt with a married woman, get rebuked, and get sad about it. EIGHT TIMES. I ended up so pissed at his stupidity that I had him euthanized and buried. We had to deal without our best craftsman, but my blood pressure appreciated it.

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    FRien said:

    I genuinely hate that part of Rimworld. I once installed a table just outside the pantry, these morons would rather stand in the cold than walk five meters to sit down.
    And then he'd try to flirt with a married woman, get rebuked, and get sad about it. EIGHT TIMES. I ended up so pissed at his stupidity that I had him euthanized and buried. We had to deal without our best craftsman, but my blood pressure appreciated it.

    That's why you build wood tables with wood chairs all around the map with a specific distance. That way nobody gonna get the 'eat without table' mood debuff, those will delay raiders from reaching your main base, and help your colonists train their construction skill.

    That, or simply download a mod that prevents your pawn from carrying meals around with them. If you wanna go the 'opposite' way of getting solution, there's a mod that instakills any pawn that ate without a table...no mood problem if the colonist died, right? (except for the other colonists...)

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    FRien said:

    I genuinely hate that part of Rimworld. I once installed a table just outside the pantry, these morons would rather stand in the cold than walk five meters to sit down.
    And then he'd try to flirt with a married woman, get rebuked, and get sad about it. EIGHT TIMES. I ended up so pissed at his stupidity that I had him euthanized and buried. We had to deal without our best craftsman, but my blood pressure appreciated it.

    Did you tried eating a meal without a table? It's difficult and annoying, although I would agree I find it the ridiculous things that could snap people, but then again I seen worse.

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    Hmm, I suppose the British girl could do *some* damage by throwing her loaded submachine gun, but that *might* not be the right approach. You'd probably be better off using it as a melee weapon, so you could at least get more than one hit in.

    Also I'm not sure if the Soviet girl is holding an anti-tank grenade or a bottle of some sort...

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    Shinjidude said:

    Hmm, I suppose the British girl could do *some* damage by throwing her loaded submachine gun, but that *might* not be the right approach. You'd probably be better off using it as a melee weapon, so you could at least get more than one hit in.

    Also I'm not sure if the Soviet girl is holding an anti-tank grenade or a bottle of some sort...

    It's a molotov
    During WW2 in the early fights against the Germans, especially against tanks, they would improvise by throwing them on the engine area to burn out the engine or at the view ports to blind them. They did have AT grenades but a lot of the times, if not most of the time, there was supply shortage.

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    stealth42blade said:

    It's a molotov
    During WW2 in the early fights against the Germans, especially against tanks, they would improvise by throwing them on the engine area to burn out the engine or at the view ports to blind them. They did have AT grenades but a lot of the times, if not most of the time, there was supply shortage.

    Ah, interesting. I had thought of that, but I always thought Molotov cocktails used burning rags as fuses, and didn't see one here. I guess this is the OG version with a "storm match" for ignitor which I hadn't seen before. TIL. Thanks!

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    stealth42blade said:

    It's a molotov
    During WW2 in the early fights against the Germans, especially against tanks, they would improvise by throwing them on the engine area to burn out the engine or at the view ports to blind them. They did have AT grenades but a lot of the times, if not most of the time, there was supply shortage.

    LOL NO Molotov. Soviets hated the fact they always found bottles of schnapps instead of their beloved vodka among the German stuff they left while fleeing westward... and the cheap Sten had a tendency to fail and have stoppages or misfeeds if you did hold the magazine in the middle of a firefight. Also it did not have any proper rear grip.

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    Shinjidude said:

    Hmm, I suppose the British girl could do *some* damage by throwing her loaded submachine gun, but that *might* not be the right approach. You'd probably be better off using it as a melee weapon, so you could at least get more than one hit in.

    Also I'm not sure if the Soviet girl is holding an anti-tank grenade or a bottle of some sort...

    The early STEN smgs were known for jamming discharges thus firing the entire mag with no way to stop. It's funny in retrospect not so much irl

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