u/How_Is_Life_

So i thought I should bring this up since I've been seeing a lot of crazy takes online about the cancelation. I believe the cancelation was the RIGHT choice.

Before I start my rant as to why, dont start telling me I'm a "newgen" fan, ive been reading yaoi for 10 years now.

So as a citizen of the US, much of our history is based in slavery and all throughout school we learn about just how terrible it was. Not only do we learn about slavery of African Americans, but also the horrible mistreatment of native Americans (such as the trail of tears, the battle of horseshoe bend, etc) and seeing a manhwa that romanticized the relationship between a white man and someone who has been historically oppressed was frankly disturbing.

Many people that I've been seeing online have been stating "separate fiction vs reality" but I believe this is not applicable when it comes to stories using real history as a background (especially when its between a marginalized group and a oppressor). When you start to create fiction that romanticizes brutal history, it makes people take light of the situation and how deeply traumatic it was. For those who arent from the US, its like if someone wrote a romance between a Korean comfort wife and and a Japanese soldier where the Korean comfort wife ENJOYED being one, or a romance between a citizen of nanking and a Japanese soldier (during the rape of nanking), or a Russian soldier and a Ukrainian citizen, or a German soldier and a jew, the list goes on and on.

Furthermore, as a history major I just had to point out this inaccuracy. One of the main leads in the story is shown to be a man from a rich background that joined the civil war. However, during the civil war the likelihood of a wealthy man joining the war was very unlikely. During the civil war both the Union and the Confederacy allowed wealthy men to legally buy their way out of military service through "commutation" fees or by hiring substitutes. These substitutes ironically were often slaves or poor men. Essentially, the war was a poor man's fight.

I do believe that there is nuance to these types of stories (especially when it comes to noncon) however I believe its more straightforward when basing a story in history. Stories based in history need to be very careful about where they draw the line between straight up disrespect and fiction. It was the right move by JAXX to cancel the manhwa and tbh im surprised it even got the green light.

Taking all this into account, I do not believe harassing or sending death threats to JAXX was ok. Im glad that JAXX actually understood the criticism and hope they can do a bit more research and approach these historical topics more carefully next time (as well as all other authors).

As for the readers, I find it crazy that people online are still defending this manhwa and saying that it should have been developed. Please familiarize yourself about the horrible mistreatment and genocide that was inflicted onto marginalized groups within the US before stating that we should "separate fiction from reality."

I already chose the dorm hall for my housing selection as a freshman but was wondering if you guys can tell me more about it (pros, cons, stories, etc).

I chose busch bcs even though im a humanities major (so most classes on CA), I rly need my quiet space to study. As far as the dorm, i read that dorms at Mattia have hardwood flooring, has some of the biggest rooms, has AC, and is close to the bus stop/dining hall.

I also heard that busch has the best rec center, and that the food isint bad.

I'm a big hiker and doing a trip with my friend (18 f and 18 m) to Japan from mid July to the start of August. As a part of our itinerary, we are hiking up Fuji (Fujinomiya trail up, Gotemba trail down) and visiting the Nagano area.

Would you guys recommend buying bear spray? I've come into contact with a North American black bear before; it was about 20 ft to the left of me (about 6 meters), but it wasn't aggressive at all. I've heard that Asiatic bears have been becoming more aggressive in recent years, so I wanted to hear some feedback.

So I was wondering if anyone has any recs on where to travel the last three days of my trip.

My trip is from end of July to beginning of August and I start in tokyo, then travel to fuji to hike + summit the mountain, then to hakone, then to nagoya, and finally to kyoto. After kyoto im having trouble deciding on where to go. The only things I would be looking for is that the next location is in the direction of tokyo so its a shorter distance for us to travel for our flight back. If it helps, I'm super into hiking.

I was thinking maybe one of these locations but not totally sure:

1. Nagano
2. Kanazawa
3. Matsumoto
4. Karuizawa
5. Takayama

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Basically title.

Im going to be away most of summer and the one week i am here i could technically make it but I also just dont want to. Any recs?

So I sent my APs and dual enrollment credits to rutgers and was wondering how I can check if they recieved them. Ik that if i submit my credits im excused from taking the placement tests but wanted to make sure they recieved them because I didnt get any notification. I already tried checking my degree navigator and cant find anything.

For reference, I'm an incoming freshman planning on dual majoring in Political Science and Economics, so most of my classes are (im assuming) going ot be on College Ave, but I don't want to dorm at college ave bcs im not rly into the party scene.

Also, does anyone have a reference for how long it takes by bus from Livingston to College Ave vs Busch to College Ave?

I keep seeing different colleges inviting guest singers to perform so was wondering if rutgers does. Knowing rutgers I'm assuming not but maybe I don't know something.