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There were signs….

He wears his pants better than other people wear suits.

Elric of Melnibone. Pretty grim '60s-'70s fantasy Michael Moorcock. Wikipedia gives a pretty good summary of the premise.

Elric is the last emperor of the stagnating island civilization of Melniboné. Physically weak, the anemic Elric must use drugs (special herbs) to maintain his health and vitality. From childhood, he read freely in the immense royal library and learned of the world outside the Dreaming Isle. Perhaps due to this in-depth study, unlike other members of his race, Elric has a conscience. He witnesses the decadence of his culture, which once ruled the known world, and worries about the rise of the Young Kingdoms populated by humans (Melnibonéans consider themselves separate from humanity), along with the threat they pose to his empire. Because of Elric’s introspective self-loathing and hatred of Melnibonéan traditions, his subjects find him odd and unfathomable. In addition to his skill with herbs, Elric is an accomplished sorcerer and summoner. As emperor of Melniboné, Elric is able to call for aid upon the traditional patron of the Melniboné emperors, Arioch, a Lord of Chaos and Duke of Hell. Elric’s discovery of the sword serves as both his greatest asset and disadvantage. The sword confers upon Elric strength, health, and fighting prowess, allowing him to do away with his dependence on drugs, but it must be fed by the souls of intelligent beings. Most of Moorcock’s stories about Elric feature this relationship with Stormbringer, and how it—despite Elric’s best intentions—brings doom to everything he holds dear.

Imagine what special brand of asshole you had to be in your lifetime, to have someone pay money to put a stone like this upon your grave.

Just call it „Tote Tante“ (dead Aunt), like it’s called in Denmark, the Netherlands and northern Germany.

Some of the rules for the use of the long s from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

Long s was always used (ſong, ſubſtitute), except:

• Upper-case letters are always the round S; there is no upper-case long s.
• A round s was always used at the end of a word ending with ⟨s⟩: his, complains, ſucceſs
  • However, long s was maintained in abbreviations such as ſ. for ſubſtantive(substantive), and Geneſ. for Geneſis(Genesis).
• Before an apostrophe (indicating an omitted letter), a round s was used: us’d and clos’d.
• Before or after an f, a round s was used: offset, ſatisfaction.

Clever! That would be rape, which is basically allowed for white boys with „so much potential“.

„Sex-Realist feminism“?? Let me translate this: A blog for TERFs, who whine about being called out.