Bleeding hearts...
Dear vendors,
Please stop trying to do holiday tie-ins for unrelated product lines. I’m looking at you, North American Rescue, with your “Cupid is on the Hunt!” email campaign that’s offering the limited-edition Valentine’s LUV-SAK Kit, 30% off with the LOVEME coupon code.
It’s a fucking tourniquet.
Meanwhile, on DoorDash…
They were offering fast delivery of Valentine gifts from appropriate local retailers, like Dick’s Sporting Goods, Best Buy, JD Sports, Michaels, Victoria’s Secret, and David’s Bridal. Also offering special dinner deals from BJ’s, Victor’s Taco Shop, and Chick-fil-A. Yup, that should cover most polycules.
(my driver was openly carrying; welcome back, America)
Literal Dream Girl Elf Waifu, episode 6
The only thing wrong with this week’s slice-of-waifu episode is that we didn’t get a bath scene. Our Librarian Neighbor is a cutie, and has some fun interactions with her husband, but they’re clearly suspicious about the cover story. This will matter later.
Meanwhile, Our Uber Dragon Momma’s eggs are hatching, and she’s thinking about Our Crossworld Couple. This will matter later.
Verdict: I could watch multiple cute-waifu-doing-cute-things episodes in a row, but it makes a particularly nice Valentine’s Day episode.
The Apothecary Diaries 2, episode 6
This week, Maomao gets hired to solve The Case Of The Missing Servant Girl. The head of the secret women’s clinic wants her to make medicine for a possibly-contagious illness, but the sick girl’s gone missing. Unraveling this small mystery advances two major plot arcs.
Hammer Of The Guild Gal, episode 6
Oh, sure; take Our Savage Busty Receptionist out to a beach, but the closest we get to bikini fan-service is a panned still of Our Stalkery Tank’s imagination. Our Legal-Loli Healer looks cute playing in the water, but it’s not the same.
Of course we have to whiplash the mood, with Loli’s PTSD kicking in when Our Bestest Party goes undercover to catch the rumormongers and brings along Our Ragemonster Heroine, who sucks at undercover. Even Our Cuddly Little Junior Receptionist drops an ominous line that foreshadows future doom.
Verdict: my neck hurts again.
Unrelated Astroturfing
My old Central California phone number got a text asking me to attend a “voice for the voiceless” rally in Dayton to save democracy. For or from whom, they didn’t say, nor is there any indication of why someone in Birmingham Alabama would be organizing events in Dayton Ohio.
The expression is sometimes used by anti-abortion groups, but they’re not generally associated with pro-democracy marches on President’s Day, so I suspect there’s someone hoping to create “organic” crowds of vaguely-frustrated protestors. Probably worried about losing their USAID funding.
Ultimate Unicorn Chaser
Big Boobs Japan has a roundup of photoshoots featuring the prettiest anime voice actress ever to take it all off for the camera, Kanori Kadomatsu (NSFW, obviously, and you should disable Javascript).
(I’ve mentioned her here before; still looks hot and fresh at 51 on her Twitter feed, and still does the occasional voice work, showing up in a few episodes of Hammer Of The Guild Gal this season)
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