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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 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 (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
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)
FIND OUT HERE: https://unjustdepths.com/
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 me
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I like Murati as a character quite a bit, uh my autistic transfem girlkissing protagonist, waow.
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.
This is everyone’s daily reminder starting now to read Unjust Depths. Thus far it’s literally so good that I regret fucking around with other books and whatever before it. I was wasting time I could have spent reading Unjust Depths
waow, you think i should put it before orange book?
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? :)
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
Maybe I am forgetting but did Karuniya ever get some kind of backstory? All I remember is her at the academy vaguely
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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
