If you could make one change to Oshi No Ko, what would it be? (Change can be of any magnitude and scope. Frankly I just want to hear what your beefs with it are, as Iāve forgotten after scrolling through so many posts.)
I havenāt read/watched it but some of my friends have.
Alternatively, tell me about a Factorio production-line configuration that you like (on account of being easy to make, or elegant, etc.)
"One change" is an extremely vague term. For instance: Changing the Movie Arc so that is paid off more of what was set up prior to and during the arc, without disrupting the early story's themes, would do a lot to improve the story. But while "make the Movie Arc good instead of bad" is technically one change, it's obviously not what you're asking.
My ambitious-yet-probably-reasonable "one change" would be to make Hikaru Kamiki a more internally consistent character. From what I hear through the grapevine, Aka Akasaka did not fully figure out what Ai's murderer was like until the Tokyo Blade Arc or so; from what I read in the last volume, he also changed his mind after establishing Hikaru.
Ideally I'd like Hikaru to be consistent with the most interesting version of his characterāa self-loathing kid who was victimized by the entertainment industry like Ai, who genuinely loved her and was loved back, but took her apparent rejection badly and made the worst impulsive decision at a crucial moment.
But even if Hikaru was consistently the lying-eyed murder-cult leader from the last few chapters, that consistency would clean up some of the problems around Hikaru. For instance, Akasaka probably wouldn't have written the bit where Hikaru got CSA'd if he knew Hikaru was just a bad apple.
If even that's too broad a change, I'd probably go with "have the events of the chapter 143 conversation between Ruby and Aqua pay off".
I'm not just talking about The Kiss, but that's the elephant in the room. I don't ship Aqua and Ruby, but their relationship (including the incest-y bits) is interesting. There's a lot to dig into there! There were only two wrong ways to handle that: Have Aqua and Ruby break character to make the ship work, or pretend it never happened. Akasaka chose the second option, which probably isn't as bad as the first, but I still hate it.
Hopefully that answers your question.
Factorio Production-Line Configuration
I like custom production lines that adapt to the very specific circumstances where it's built. My brain acknowledges the many benefits of furnace stacks and main busses and so forth, and I use them when relevant, but deep in my heart I love the spaghetti and try to find any situation where I can use it.
For instance, consider that one time I set up flamethrower turrets.
Did I need to deliver this by train, using the same fuel tanks to deliver the crude and pick up the petrol elsewhere? Of course not. Did I need to use light oil at all instead of just fueling the flamethrowers with crude oil? Nah. But light oil gets a 10% damage boost, which is just enough to justify making things needlessly complicated.
