You reached this part and still looking for a 'normal' character? Lol
Like someone with common sense, yes. This world is very detached from our world, I must say.. It throws me off sometimes.
Def time period and caste which is rigid for who knows how many years... The whole etiquette test just in prep for the royalty was over the top, coupled with multiple purges, ... I could see why the nobles are cautious and watchfull.
BUT Culture also take a big part. For ex. I'm half asian. I've live in Europe all my life but, when I go to the Philippines to visit relatives it's a huge shock to them I was unmarried when I was 25 or something since there young marry early. The same way I, as someone mostly influence by Western culture, find weird and unacceptable some practice (ex. Theres culture practice where if youre the godfather/mother of this kid whose parents you don't know, you pay their tuition till they're adult ... Or the you can't in no way disobey elders ) from my asian side. I question it SO HARD, told about it but, its hard changing something so ingrained in the group.
I think myne also gave up on that. She's not really in the position of power to change for example the etiquette rule, the gross deeds of blue priest... She may be the high priest but, make the false move and the other duchy would accuse them of arrogance etc etc so they don't lose privileges. note that the Duchy she's now adopted by is a small one.
Anyway Author detailedly states how diff the culture of the different caste from our own.
If they acted otherwise or reacted / think the same way as us (real people of now), it would be contradicting at least imo
Yeah.. The cultural differences can be really frustrating, but I mostly meant how the adults expect too much from kids or how Myne wasn't cautious enough to question the ways of the world even though she experienced it first hand and observed how different it is from the modern world. It's like even the head priest forgot about it. My problem with this story is mostly "do humans really act this way when met with an anomaly?", "what is wrong with their self preservation system?", "there are always some people who question the system in every era but there are none here!"
I'm sorry this is long ....
The head priest has always been an opportunist. Given his depressing backgrounds and how he approach life and other people. he doesn't act like a normal person in general. As for the kids, culture still. These are noble kids and author did research irl nobility. My best bet is that they used extreme cases like nobles managing other nobles mentioned in The Prince by macchiavelli (book that tells you how to be in power by using irl nobles / dictators as example) and made the kids act like them. But yeah it doesn't make and its abnormal in a way since kids are kids. I could only think of Tokiyuki Hodo acting like them because he's entire clan was massacre, he's hunted and he has a priest/lord guiding him about finding allies and making deals with other lords when he was 6-10 years old. An extreme case.
Normally people would burn her at the stake in heretic times and if she doesn't have any powerful protector, if it was now, majority of time people would invest on her after she prove her worth and has connections...... There are cases of extremely talented people being adopted by nobles/emperors or invested on (Leonardo ds Vinci, Mozart, Alexander the Great.... talented people kids known for cooking inventions and doing drastic unusuals deeds left and right). Here since they falsify she's of noble blood the resistance from noble side are lessened... Connection is important since it create a shield.
If it was the priest /church changes.... From my understanding each duchy and region in it handles them differently and separately. She doesn't attempt to change them bc she would create conflict and if word spread that they did major changes then people in this case nobles will act out since their privileges are at risk.
Historically speaking the rich class ONLY react if their benefit and previleges are at risk. From ancient times to now.... By not attempting to impose her way on other duchy & nobles and not telling blue priests they can't touch the grey priest anymore, she's not seen as as a threat etc.
She's only spreading new recipes, magic compression (it's not uncommon since its known Ferdinand invent magic stuff too), card games, songs... These aren't a threat to the nobles's previleges and values. They don't make books, bake sweets for a living, a game is just a game.
The artigian and working class are the one that are at risk since they risk losing their job with the printing, new inks, paper.... Hence their hostility.
On the other hands, the poor only acts if their survival and way of life is threatened. The poor doesn't care about books and doesn't fry much in the nobles life. They're also ignorant of the happenings in the church and nobility.
If people aren't aware they're being used and taken advantage they won't react. Or they aware but since it doesn't touch they don't care. Reason why the printing was so important and bought so many common folks to question the Vatican ways (taxes) is because they're made aware. Tho it took years..
Now it's the opposite. Everyone and everything is so public that monarchs and dictators have too actually do civil work, donate, make themselves likeable relatable to get people to like them. Since y'know a person that is love by many is difficult killed no matter him many bad deeds they do.
Her very unique teaching method in the recreation room is only applied on Ehrenfest nobles. The lord have his approval that she can do whatever since she's tasked to raise Ehrenfest scholar position. The tea party and other duchy asking to meet her is a result of changes. They want to know more on how raise their own academy level etc.
In short she has connections, is protected, bring only good things and doesn't middle with nobles money, previleges. If she acts out or attempt to change the very diff ways of the academy, church etc her people (orphans, workers and poor family) cannot be protected. MYNE IS NOT A NORMAL PERSON IN GENERAL. She's someone who in her previous life would skip meals, sleep and stay home all day to read, her mum would had to force her to do things otherwise she'll just read all day. I'm a reader myself but, I would not abbandon my family and tell them I'll be orphan for a chance of reading some books. She's not normal...
Oh yeah I forgot to mention. Her printing industry BENEFITS and is under the nobles and church control. The opposite of how printing changed the system in our world. Initially the church used the printing by Gutenberg. They controlled what to publish etc. They never been against and preferred it since it cost less. Thus this important invention is not a threat to them the moment it came into the picture. Martin Luther using it to print pamphlets that demotes the church ways and due to more people using printing not for religious purposes made the church act in retaliation bf they need collect taxes from believers.
Right now the printing of Myne's is not a threat to ANY of the people in power. Other than book about gods, she & her stepmum only prints kids books, fairy tales and romance books... Her printing isn't changing any greedy church, noble or royal lifes. To them it's just another crazy cool invention that took years to perfected and be spread. Something that already sipped into their daily life (at least noble life)
How to turn off the notification for this. Who would read all of that lol
Ignore it lol. You didn't ask the question. If the og poster want to they read it or nah. Overall Idc if people read it or not. I wrote it last night bc i couldn't sleep and was bored ~
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Fair enough. I guess I forget that the ones in power can manipulate people of lower class however they want. You could say I'm just bothered by how restricted this world is. *sigh* Limitations everywhere.
Yup. Unfortunately... Tho the poor are more submissive to nobles here since their survival, crop/harvest heavily depends on nobles pouring mana etc. Nobles spread the idea that only "they" can do that job. To monopolize power and better control the people. Currently there's a shortage of strong mana in the nobles. They could easily fix this by adopting/caring for kids with the devouring from other social classes but, they don't. If the poor realized their own people can do the job they would steal the artifacts, gather info of the rituals... Their dependency toward nobles would lessen and nobles would slowly lose power.
That said, sorry you had to read all that haha.
Indeed. Probably why devouring is kept hush-hush. Kids either die or made a slave. Would be interesting if someone divulged the knowledge or started an uprising. That fruit which creates Trombe is a nice threat. (=・ω・=)
Anyway, no need to be sorry. I certainly didn't expect such a long reply but I'm a reader so it's okay.
Exactly. Ngl what you said was one my prediction when I started the serie haha
Ngl, I thought it was gonna be Dr. Stone type story when I started the anime. Creating things and monopolizing modern tech knowledge is tempting. But it's more nobility & class related issues here ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Btw, when I searched about the anime I saw some people on reddit commenting how the anime skipped a few details from the novel which is why it might seem inconsistent. It does feel like questions remain unanswered like 'why people never discovered how trombe is created'.
Oh yeah absolutely. I read the novels years ago but, I'm not confident Ik specifics anymore. 33 books are a lot... But, I do remember a handful of pov from side characters' reaction during Rozemyne's sleeps.... They skip stuff, summarize entire chapters in 1 phrase that doesn't elaborate why certain outcomes happened. Or the reaction of the workshop , the kids at the church, Charlotte(new plan spreading rumors she's a saint too), Fran narrating what happened during her absence, Charlotte thoughts and pov about having an older stepsister, etc..... I'm a bit of hoe when it comes to side chara povs haha so I remember these more easily. And they skip these #－.－)
Anyway I wouldn't be surprised if author just forgot with all the focus she put in making the nobles life complex.
Side characters' pov definitely gives more depth to the story (▰˘◡˘▰)
I'm watching the latest season and I must say that sometimes I feel quite disappointed. I feel like there are some inconsistences in the story, especially with Myne (Rosemyne). She doesn't question the ways of the world enough. I know her sole focus is on the books but it's disappointing to see her behave so cluelessly when she was introduced as someone smart/knowledgeable (and an adult in the previous world). Then there are other characters.. The interactions are plain weird. The beginning of the story started off strong but later it just felt off. The adults come off cold, awkward or cruel. Maybe it's because of the time period and caste system that influences the behavior but there's hardly a character I'd call 'normal' (I love Fran and Mark for that).