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Nate Ledbetter
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ABD, Princeton, East Asian Studies. Instructor, Asian History, Rider University. Perpetually writing my dissertation (warfare in 16th C. Kyushu, Japan). He/Him/あいつ/"That Nagashino Guy." At some point I'll start posting useful stuff here. Maybe.
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Sure, fine, use him as an audience proxy for explication purposes, since you're introducing the period and story to non-Japanese people. But if there's any white savior bullshit, I'm not going to be happy. 2. For gods' sakes, do not pretend like the Japanese didn't know what guns were or...Sure, fine, use him as an audience proxy for explication purposes, since you're introducing the period and story to non-Japanese people. But if there's any white savior bullshit, I'm not going to be happy. 2. For gods' sakes, do not pretend like the Japanese didn't know what guns were or...

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...how to use them in 1600. They'd been producing them for 50 years. If B'thrn is there to "show them how to use a new secret weapon" I'm going to smash my computer screen. 3. Make all the characters have some depth and not just be caricatures, beyond just Sanada, Cosmo, and Anna Kawai's leads....how to use them in 1600. They'd been producing them for 50 years. If B'thrn is there to "show them how to use a new secret weapon" I'm going to smash my computer screen. 3. Make all the characters have some depth and not just be caricatures, beyond just Sanada, Cosmo, and Anna Kawai's leads.

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Nate Ledbetter
@nhledbetter.bsky.social
ABD, Princeton, East Asian Studies. Instructor, Asian History, Rider University. Perpetually writing my dissertation (warfare in 16th C. Kyushu, Japan). He/Him/あいつ/"That Nagashino Guy." At some point I'll start posting useful stuff here. Maybe.
433 followers152 following4.4k posts