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Lxc: nonprofit ed who got promoted way too young with no management experience who is excellent at executing the mission and whose heart is in the right place but bless his heart you would not put him in charge of a pet rock because the pet rock would die. Gets away with an incredible amount of dysfunction because he's really nice. The person in charge of operations is g-d's strongest soldier and whatever they are getting paid it's not enough.

Nmj: ex military blue collar union guy. Thinks he's very fair and moral and thinks he runs a tight ship because he whips out drill sergeant stuff when people aren't acting right, meanwhile the amount of hazing going on would shame a british prep school. Confuses "yelling at staff" for "addressing the problem." If you're bringing problems with your coworkers to him then you're the one at fault. Man up and work harder. Does inspire big loyalty though.

Jiang Fengmian: checked out head of a family business who swears *he's * not the one bringing his family problems to work, it's his family doing that (he is absolutely doing that). Always says he's going to give people bonuses and always forgets. Actively jeopardizing the business with the family shit he refuses to deal with. Lets his kids and wife terrorize staff and then at most is like "now now, see this is why I can't finalize a succession plan."

Jin Guangshan: do I even need to say it.

Wen Ruohan: fully insane and delusional tech ceo who genuinely believes that like. If they don't build a superintelligence on the moon then the libs will win. Basically peter Thiel.

Wei Wuxian: startup nutcase. Sends you 10 emails for immediate reply at 3am. Misses your scheduled check in because he just HAD to try his new idea Right Now. Ethics and testing are for people who won't be remembered by history. Eats your lunch out of the fridge even when you lable it.

Jiang Cheng: he's on 30 under 30, his org is tight, they are famous for getting things done and done well, but nobody who works there smiles and its because boss man has never said a single nice thing about anyone's work and is always pissed off. Regularly makes staff cry by just saying mean shit. Sadly, he does not mean any of it and doesn't understand why turnover is so high. He does pay really well and the perks are great but is that enough to make up for him taking everything personally and making everything personal?

my daughter cannot, through action or inaction, harm a human or allow a human to come to harm

a daughter at rest or in constant motion remains at rest or in constant motion unless acted upon by another force

daughters are never created or destroyed, only transformed

always treat every daughter as loaded, even if you know she isn't

7. You can fold my daughter through any two points.

Miki my beloved...You deserve the world.

pre-agot/agot theon, robb and jon

(The opera proper starts around 12:15)

PLOT SO FAR: (with possible errors from translating on the fly)

The sultan Dario has called princely suitors to the palace to find a husband for his wayward, adventurous, swaggering sister, Benamor. There's just one problem: Princess Benamor's secretly a man. No wait, actually there are two problems: Sultan Dario is also secretly a woman.

You see, due to convoluted inheritance laws in Ye Olde Orientalist Opera Persia, the law dictates that either an eldest daughter or a second son of the sultana must be put to death. So, many years ago, when the dowager sultana had an eldest daughter...and then a son after...well you can figure the rest out. The dowager sultana never told, anyone, including either of her children, so Dario has no idea she's trying to marry off her brother, not her sister.

(It's unclear to me at atm whether they know themselves that they were gender-swapped; it seems possible they never received any sex ed and both believe that they're cisgendered representatives of their apparent sex. Surely this will be clear to me in time.)

Benamor's suitors include a Fancy Lad, a Butch Military Dude, and a sexy Spaniard who claims to just be a messenger.

Sultan Dario is immediately into the Spanish dude, Juan de Leon, and is trying to get Princess Benamor to take an interest. Benamor is not interested. Benamor wants to practice sword fighting and sing songs for the pretty harem ladies who came to see Dario and ask why the sultan never visits them.

So obviously the only thing to do is for Dario to woo Juan de Leon herself. On her sister's behalf. Naturally.

(With my best attempts at translation; sorry for the inevitable errors)

Both: I'm going to be so happy!

Benamor: A man, a man! What a joy! A man, a man! What luck!

Benamor: What a delight! What madness! I'm a man!

Dario: A woman, a woman! What a joy! This longing I've dreamed of,

Benamor to Nitetis, with no preamble whatsoever:

(The opera proper starts around 12:15)

PLOT SO FAR: (with possible errors from translating on the fly)

The sultan Dario has called princely suitors to the palace to find a husband for his wayward, adventurous, swaggering sister, Benamor. There's just one problem: Princess Benamor's secretly a man. No wait, actually there are two problems: Sultan Dario is also secretly a woman.

You see, due to convoluted inheritance laws in Ye Olde Orientalist Opera Persia, the law dictates that either an eldest daughter or a second son of the sultana must be put to death. So, many years ago, when the dowager sultana had an eldest daughter...and then a son after...well you can figure the rest out. The dowager sultana never told, anyone, including either of her children, so Dario has no idea she's trying to marry off her brother, not her sister.

(It's unclear to me at atm whether they know themselves that they were gender-swapped; it seems possible they never received any sex ed and both believe that they're cisgendered representatives of their apparent sex. Surely this will be clear to me in time.)

Benamor's suitors include a Fancy Lad, a Butch Military Dude, and a sexy Spaniard who claims to just be a messenger.

Sultan Dario is immediately into the Spanish dude, Juan de Leon, and is trying to get Princess Benamor to take an interest. Benamor is not interested. Benamor wants to practice sword fighting and sing songs for the pretty harem ladies who came to see Dario and ask why the sultan never visits them.

So obviously the only thing to do is for Dario to woo Juan de Leon herself. On her sister's behalf. Naturally.

(With my best attempts at translation; sorry for the inevitable errors)

Both: I'm going to be so happy!

Benamor: A man, a man! What a joy! A man, a man! What luck!

Benamor: What a delight! What madness! I'm a man!

Dario: A woman, a woman! What a joy! This longing I've dreamed of,