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On this mega I shall take the opportunity to rant about one of my favorite things: the Webnovel UNJUST DEPTHS!
Do you love transgenders?
Do you love communism?
Do you love queer romance?
Do you love killing fascists in a giant fucking mech?
Would a plotline with all of these things happening in a underwater retro-futuristic gundam setting intrigue you?
Especially if its actually really well written with good characters, rich worldbuilding, and a marxist leninist transfem author?
All of the answers should be: YES I DO ~~or else I WILL BAN YOU~~
Since you obviously love all of those things then Unjust Depths is perfect for YOU yes YOU! It is DESTINY
The Imbrian Ocean is at a time of severe instability. The monarch of the vast Empire that spans its unjust depths (:3) is sick and nearing death, every territory of the ocean now vying to carve their own Destiny out of the chaos. From the Volk fascists 
, Zionists 
(they literally will not die why are they still here oh my god), The 'Anarchists' (social chauvanists) 
in Bosporus, and the monarchs 
of each vast noble domain, each vies for power and prestige no matter who they crush underfoot, but it would be a pretty depressing story without a bright light in the dark.
On the edge of the Empire sits the glorious Union! The (Soviet) Union 
is a socialist federation of three states (and one anarchist mountain 
)that were formerly slave colonies under the Imbrian Empire until they broke away in a fierce liberation war. They have spent the last 20 years since then building themselves up. Whether they be Human 
, Shimmi 
(Catgirls who usually follow a religion closely related to modern Islam), and Kattaran 
(a hybrid humanoid species with characteristics of sea life ranging from sharks to cuttlefish)building socialism side by side.
First lead under the revolutionary leader Dashka Kansal, then the Idealist Ahwalia who lead the country to near ruin in pursuit of building a utopia on pillars of sand, then under the scientific socialist 
leadership of the Grand Marshall of the Union, Bhavani Jayanskar (I love Jayanskar so much shes basically as if Stalin, Lenin, and Zhukov were rolled into the same person but was a black lesbian badass who wore the uniform REALLY WELL)(she aint the main character at all tho shes only in very few scenes i just love her so much). Under Jayanskar, the Union has been growing their economy to both eliminate hunger and give everyone a home 
, but also growing their military capabilities for the inevitable return of the Empire. The Union is alone, but with the people by its side nothing, not even Destiny, can snuff out true freedoms light. 
As war wages between the Empire and Republic (basically underwater USA) once more over the lands between them, the facade begins to finally crack...
And a border conflict between the Empire and Union escalate, and the dreaded reconquest begins.
Amidst this turmoil, lives our main characters (yes there are multiple and all of them are lovely). Each of whom I personally love dearly, and are very well characterized. Many are soldiers of the Union, some are scientists, some are divers (mech pilots), some are lost strands finding new meaning after joining this band of Brigands
All are Communists 
All serve the Union 
All would gladly give their lives to defending socialism 
but even they would have little inkling of the adventure set in store for them as the lands beneath the waves erupt in fire, fury, and revolt
Can these transgender badasses kick fascist ass?
Can they kiss? (oh my god please kiss ISTG THERE IS SO MUCH SHIPPING AHHHH ITS GLORIOUS)
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please do or else I will pout incessantly
just try it pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase i need to talk to someone about it after Cromalin went AFK
(I miss her, she was a real one)
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dying on a hill, Unjust Depths 8.13 and so on
I still hold that Karuniya x Murati is easily the worst relationship/pair/underwatershipping thing in the entire webnovel, sorry. Prince Erich and his fucking murder twink seriously have more chemistry.Karuniya & Murati are the only pairing that relies exclusively on one trope, and it's so fucking weird that they're so hopelessly underwritten. How does the main character's love interest have so little screentime and suck so, so bad? Obviously part of the problem is Murati almost doesn't react to any of Karuniya's weird, weird advances, but like... you get more out of Maryam and Shalikova though? They are fun, Shalikova has her lil autism arc? Hell, Sieglund's silly love triangle with Sad Unrequited Dog Girl and the princess has more sauce to it. I like Murati as a character quite a bit, uh my autistic transfem girlkissing protagonist, waow. Literally cannot get that anywhere else. But her girlfriend is a nothingburger and their relationship is even more of a nothingburger.
Maybe it's because they have 0 conflict? A lot of their scenes do kind of read like the epilogue of a romance, which is annoying. I'm always yapping about how romances could be about more than just the commencement of a relationship, and it seems like these two should be it, but after their disagreement over Murati's placement on the Brigand, (kind of interesting) that's basically it for interesting development. You (I) might hope that flashbacks would provide the goods, but the few looks we get into their past seem to tell the reader that not much was ever up. The only thing of note is that Murati didn't really seem to "get" the flirting which was funny, but not in a "haha awww she's doin' an autism" way, in a way where the fact they made out after their first date seems almost weird.
Obviously it must have been really funny to watch my autistic ass badly misread the entire thing and post a nuclear take about it, and it does help at least a little to understand the trope better, even if I still think it's way underwritten. Love to fundamentally misunderstand shit.
When I think of enjoyable romances in fiction, though, a few do spring to mind but Murati and Karuniya are NOT it. There's none of the complication of say, Homa's little flights of gay fancy, it's just sort of "protagonist" and "cute girl". I kept hoping Karuniya would get some characterisation, as a little treat, but while I think UD is pretty balanced on the whole, Kayuniya definitely falls through the cracks which seems like a huge L for what should be one of its most prominent characters? Like what do we know about Karuniya other than that she's a simp for butches and does marine plantlife shit? She is such a nobody and it's a crying shame.
I got to mid chapter twelve and have stopped reading for a bit, and from what I remember the relationship
late chpt11 to mid chpt12 spoilers
Still stays pretty boring, but a third new person starts falling for Murati. But I don't like it tho because it continues the hubby/wife thing which isn't for memore of same
That just sounds like it's asking for me to support Murati peacing out from Karuniya lmao. Not very cash money.spoiler
damn this book just keeps sounding better and better (despite your criticisms of the relationship), i should call in sick and work through my book backlog (booklog?) lmao
Here's a fun thingy: you can read my posts about it from the beginning, which would be funny. It is a grand slam for representation in fiction honestly.
waow, you think i should put it before orange book?
No, read Orange Book first. Depths is good slop but Orange Book is quasi theory.
got it! i am slow on books but i'll try to do some reading tonight, i might give Gender Outlaw a bit of a break and come back to it later
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damn i have been missing out gonna have to smash out orange quick then
It's a short but startlingly cool scene. I was and continue to be a big fan. Gay...
super based, only sad thing about being monogamous is i can only be gay in fiction
waow all of these posts are actually the most based feed, how'd you filter it like that? or are you just that unfathomably cool in every post? :)
ngl i want to read these posts
Uh I have posted about stuff here, mostly horrifyingly overpersonal sex and trauma posts. Maybe change the search word to "sex" lol. I stayed off of posting about hot t4t spidermommy erotica though because volcel.
feels like i should make some of those too just to balance it out, i don't like knowing more about people than they know about me, but i'll take a look regardless
I actually do appreciate that because sometimes it ends up where the gutspilling is uneven, but my public posts are for public viewing :) Here's a fun one to read lol.
wow, that was actually fucking amazing, thank you for sharing! i actually ... can relate in some ways, as I'm sure you can guess regarding my earlier posts.
evening the scales, nsfw (although i am TOTALLY working at the same time lol) (sorry if this is against the rules or too much idk)
I have Complicated thoughts about sex.i've had what i think are autosexual tendencies regarding dressing a certain way etc, as well as kink stuff, when i was young i liked to do self-bondage. (sorry if this is tmi!!! sorry if all this is tmi!!!)
even if i am intimate with someone else, i still enjoy being intimate with myself, even right after, or on my own schedule. it's like i have two separate sex drives (and the intimacy-with-other-people drive is very low)
i don't get aroused to want to f someone ever, or haven't in a while, usually my partner needs to do some Konami code shit that neither of us have figured out and the stars need to align and finally i'll be like "ok i want you to touch me." if it weren't for all the other stuff i'd call myself acespike.
for some reason, reading fiction absolutely is a component in this, wayhaven got me all
as well as much much more embarrassing shit
my partner is not very toppy, like at all, and while i used to be very active in the kink scene and liked the idea of people topping me and doing M/s stuff etc, the real thing was nothing like the fantasy at all and i chafed against it really hard. I think my partner can tell, so we rarely do any power exchange (and he's not into it on his own, he just likes doing things i like which makes it hard if indeed i am looking to feel his arousal at topping me)
i'm very sensitive sensorally, but it can be very difficult to actually connect with someone during because i am fantasizing about something else that i read or saw somewhere.
i feel kinda awful about this because sex is supposed to be about connection with a person, but instead i'm thinking about sexy vampires or clothes i could be wearing that i think are sexy or whatever! wtf
i have trouble dressing "sexy" because of brainworms, but i fantasize about it, so i thought kink could help here, but i am just too stubborn and i think that it's a part of me that wants someone to push past my boundaries, but since that's fucked up and not actually hot, just trying to force myself to be more ok than i am, it doesn't work.
i did poly for a while, but got very hurt and burned from it, but i still have trouble setting boundaries with people (and of course everyone has a different definition of "friendship" vs "relationship", i'm pretty messed up in this regard, i find hugging my parents and friends difficult, but secretly want to rest my head in a trans lesbian's lap and hear them talk about their special interests to their partner and just kinda enjoy the empathetic comfort and feelings of their relationship (oh god well i guess that's not secret anymore mega cringe)) at all so i'm afraid of having crushes as i don't want to hurt my partner because he is the sweetest guy on the earth, and i don't want to threaten that relationship.
what is a crush, anyway? i've had lots of crushes throughout my life i think, and i wonder how many have actually been sexual desire or if i just misattribute the feeling i get from some people when i like them of "I WANT TO BE BEST FRIENDS NOW AND TALK TO YOU EVERY DAY LATE INTO THE NIGHT" as a romantic crush because of the intensity and NT expectations. damn, my brain is weird
i probably need to reframe all of this now that i realize i feel other people's emotions strongly. i wonder how many times i've been aroused that i was actually feeling some else's arousal (the answer is probably a lot more than zero)? what is mine? i'm not sure if i have any outside of myself!
ok, i scared myself when i wrote this all out, welp
Click "Search", by creator ashinadash, sort old!
are you implying that you got less based over time? i dont think that's true
Oh, no I just sorted by Old so the first posts I made about Unjust Depths would come first. My posting is always improving
Homa is underated fr I liked her Arc a lot
Karuniya is just mushroom girl ig, yea feels like she's just inserted to be Murati's partner with no other real scope
Homa is based her bit is like a Trans A Novel out of nowhere. Superb prose.
I wish Murati had a real better-half so she could have real chemistry. As stands, Karuniya actively damages her character imo because wtf do you see in her
we love Homa and her arc is seeing her become happier and also getting picked up by a really buff shark lady is cute
Spoilers wtf!!! I have not seen the shark lady biz yet!!! Based though.
WAIT I THOUGHT YOU WERE THAT FAR YOURE ON PART 13????????? isnt it at the beginning of part 13?????
deepest apologies for the spoilers i am most sorry really
I am at 10.4 lmao. I actually kinda dropped it months ago
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you made me realize there is legit more chemistry between the exnazi aatto and murati than murati with HER FIANCE????????????okay no wait wat my world is crashing what have you done
hopefully its expanded upon because girlkissing is always good and the relationships are fantastic
whats ur favorite ship btw, even out of the existing/teased ships
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LMAO I'm dying, glad to be of service. I'm hugely annoying and this take is like my one serious criticism.Uh I'm huge into Shalikova and Maryam, becausw of big autism, but I also want Khajida (might be forgetting the name, been a few months, the older shimii pilot) to kiss everyone's favourite enby Valya tbh. I'm also a big Arbitrator/Zachikova enjoyer iirc.
there are not enough enbykissers this is true, Khajida sadly seems to be focusing on the admittedly hot girlrotting Red Baroness
Which is also an extremely good pairing!!!!!! Uncritical support to I Can Fix Her!!! But yeah Khajida had that one moment with Valya that made me like...... kiss, now..............
this is one of my favorite parts of unjust depths BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE MOMENTS WITH ALL THE CHARACTERS?????
so many potential kissers
valya does need a kisser tho we must find an enbykisser, perhaps khajida can take some time off girlkissing still...
They should form a polycule.
Maybe I am forgetting but did Karuniya ever get some kind of backstory? All I remember is her at the academy vaguely
That is literally the extent of it as far as I've read, yes. Persona non grata.