Was it a mistake, or do things change with real, overwhelming emotions?

I'm going for mistake.

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Tamaki is a soon to be overwhelmed high school girl visiting her grandmother in the country while her parents are away. She is somewhat sensitive to the invisible world around her. What she finds herself getting involved with is a sadistic grandma (for duty) and a group of five cruel half demons who are ostensibly there to protect her, but don't really give a crap either way. Oh and if she can't automatically learn how to release powers she was, up to this point unaware of, the world will end. Not that anyone will help her do this, but whatevs.

I guess the base for this is a visual novel aimed for the ladies. It is apparent this is so, because at the end of each episode, one of the guardians, all handsome and cool, have a little romantic conversation with the viewer for a minute which made me gag. I knew pretty well soon I was not the target. Maybe if I were, I would be able to see why granny is a bitch and the guardians are bastards.

I don't think they want us to think that granny is a bitch, or that the guardians are bastards, but that sure is how they come across. Why? Well, for starters, everyone knows Tamaki must fully awaken. Do they do anything to help her? Do they give her advice? Do they drop a hint, send an email, put a note in the shrine advice box? Not once. Not in the entire show. Do they even tell her (and us) that she must awaken all on her own and if she does everything will be revealed? F' no! that would be cheating, or something. Heck, through most of the show granny refuses to even see her!

Anyway, Tamaki needs to step into her grandma's role as chief Priestess and future bitch and fast, because granny is weakening and can't do it on her own anymore. The guardians and Tamaki are soon in conflict with another group trying to get their hands on the mcguffin. Aside from a few minor fights, the Logos are the only opponents the guardians have, and the guardians lose. Every time. Badly. Except for the leader of the evil ones, the guardians would have been killed easily. The Priestess as well. This would have made a lot of sense for the evil side as it would have accomplished their goals quicker. Not meant to happen, I guess.

So every fight is lost. The resentment towards Tomaki by all those who refuse to help her increases. Friends who turn out to be not friends are forgiven and termed friends. All in all I was so disappointed after the first 13 eps, that I had to watch the second, just to see if there was going to be a frickin' payoff. I watched a third of the second season because there were actually whiffs of hints on a slight breeze that suggested there might be.

What do you know?  It wasn't great, but there really was a good ending.
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If Christians today (even in countries not yet born at the time) can be tarred for their past attrocities as Crusaders, cannot Democrats be tarred with support of slavery?

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Proposition: The left recognizes that people will, by their nature, make decisions that benefit themselves, so we need government to help ensure that  people are protected from the greed of others. Where they err is in the fact that government is first and foremost run by people.

Was that polite enough? 
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