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Why does Satan have her uterus. Ominous. My scariest thought is he has it to birth himself into the world but that may be a stretch. Why does he have that. What do u need that for Satan.

I actually quite like her critique of Priest here. While I wanted Priest to live his own life, it is true that he tried to destroy the world, then has so far not put much thought into what he should or can do to improve the world. He’s wanted to prevent Baba Yaga from being brought back, but there’s been limited action outside of that. And Lisa’s description of the improvements of the world is correct. Historically speaking, I can’t think of a single rights movement that improved from a top down way. Certainly it’s true of feminist movements. I think people sometimes forget how recent certain things like women’s suffrage are for example. For example, Switzerland only had universal female suffrage on a federal level starting in 1971, and it wasn’t until 1990 that women in all cantons had the right to vote on the canton level. If you look in Europe broadly, people often cite Mary Wollenstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman as one of the first texts that can be considered feminist (although the term is anachronistic). Sometimes 19th century women’s suffrage movements are also considered the first feminist actions. But if you look back, you’ll also see plenty of text’s considered proto-feminist, such as Arcangela Tarabotti’s Paternal Tyranny and Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of the Ladies which also express anti patriarchal sentiment. That’s centuries after centuries of writing and movement discussing frustration with gender oppression. And that’s solely looking at the European context. I also find Lisa’s attitude regarding her own awareness of the harm she’s caused but a willingness to bear responsibility for it interesting and it reminds me of something but I can’t remember rip.

I’m still fascinated by the fact that they don’t seem to know each other but there’s all these bizarre connection moments. Maybe Mikhail knows another soul part of Baba Yaga? Maybe it’s just that Mikhail who’s implied to have a Slavic background knows Baba Yaga from folktales?

Also another connection of Mikhail to witchcraft since he’s commanding Char’s familiar here.

Another ominous Mikhail moment in which Mikhail says something loaded, in this case with the face completely obscured. Will we finally get Mikhail backstory?

This I find interesting in that it harkens back to the beginning of the arc and the idea of having passion for some cause. Both Imuri and Josh are currently in a state of disconnect. It seems we’re heading towards an Imuri choice being made. Also yayyy confirmation that the one ex boyfriend with the sword really was a separate guy and it wasn’t just that his design and backstory got retconned or something. Interestingly, the Japanese terms that Imuri uses are 格好いいな for Lisa and 可愛いな for Mikhail. Obviously 可愛い is the term Mikhail frequently uses, but I just think it’s interesting to note that it has a more feminine connotation, whereas the term Imuri uses for Lisa has a more masculine connotation. They’re not strictly gendered terms but they do have gendered connotations. The Japanese title is 叫び, which is translated as Cry Out but from what I can see seems to be the Japanese translation of The Scream by Edvard Munch. I’m guessing this is because of the Mandrake thing.

I don’t know what I was expecting from this chapter, but I wasn’t expecting Marco backstory LOLL. Mother Rosa mention… please come back…. We also now have a better approximation of Marco’s age, since he’s clearly still a child but older than 12 when Josh was 12.

Lisa seems to be actively in the process of dying for more power. “We have no interest in arguing with you” and the focus on methods I find interesting. In previous arcs and and specifically recently with Charlotte, the idea of violence as a tool to get to the negotiating table has been brought up. However, here we can see that even now there is no negotiating going on. Interestingly, there is also no focus on what methods they do think she should use. There’s a complete disinterest in engaging with her on any level. They neither agree nor disagree with her ideas, and while they disagree with the extent of her violence, there’s no expression of what outlet they do think should occur for her expression of ideas. Barbara and Leah both have been shown to understand gender based oppression, and oppose it, but they’ve also been uninvolved in enacting any sort of systemic change. If violence is a no go, or at least this extent of violence, what is the appropriate level of violence or alternative methods that they hold should be used? Again, none of the cast outside of Lisa has expressed what they specifically think an ideal world should look like, and what the appropriate methods for accomplishing that are. Whether that’s a weakness of the story or a purposeful critique, I’m not sure yet.

I had thought that there had been a direct reference to the Hammer of Witches, but hadn’t screenshotted it and forgot it was Marco! It’s kind of incredibly fitting. The Hammer of Witches, or Malleus Maleficarum is one of the most influential texts on witchcraft in Europe. It was written by Heinrich Kramer, a Dominican Priest, who was misogynistic to a degree that was notable even in the 15th century when he was alive. Like, he was so misogynistic that other theologians were condemning him in his time, including a bishop. One of the Popes did like his work though. He deeply disliked women, and the Malleus Maleficarum is one of the works most influential to tying ideas of witchcraft to women, and specifically women’s sexuality. Ideas of women have shifted over time, and in this specific time period misogynistic constructions of women held them to be excessively sexual and insatiable, and also more easily susceptible to sin as they were held to be less capable of reasoning then men. Heinrich Kramer did not disagree, and the Malleus Maleficarum is a deeply misogynistic text that is obsessive about women’s sexuality in much of the same manner that Marco talks about Imuri. That it’s the weapon he uses against Lisa is immensely charged, whether on purpose or otherwise.

The Japanese word he uses for aspiration also translates to longing, but it is a different word than the word used for longing in the chapter title. Idk enough about Japanese to make any commentary about that, but if anyone who does has any thoughts I’d be interested in hearing them.