Message in a Bottle

For a second I thought I had never written anything in your guestbook, but fortunately I have /wipes sweat
That said, omg the new layout is soooo pretty!!!! I love the vibe of it, and all the panels you chose, the way you set up the domain name in it. Gosh, I've only read little bits throughout so far but I'll take my time with this and scream at you through discord probs >3<

Liebe Lethe,

viiiielen Dank für deinen Kommentar zu meinem neuen Layout! Ich habe irgendwie ne Eingebung gehabt und es spontan zu Halloween gestaltet (ich hab seit einiger Zeit nen totalen Run irgendwie) und es freut mich sehr, dass es dir so gut gefällt. Der Footer war natürlich wieder ne Qual, aber ich denke er kann so bleiben - nachdem ich nochmal gelesen hab, was du mir dazu erklärt hattest.
Schade, dass dein's noch nicht hochgeladen ist, aber es wird bestimmt großartig <3

LETHE!! You are the sweetest!
Hatte eine ziemlich stressige Arbeitswoche und deine Nachricht + der Kommentar waren so ziemlich mein Highlight dieser Woche. Danke dafür! <3

Ich freue mich auch so, wieder zurück zu sein. TC, bzw. alle meine Websites, sind einfach so ein... Ort des Glücks, haha. Mir fällt gerade keine bessere Umschreibung ein, aber irgendwie trifft es das. Was du geschrieben hast - "eine Art sprudelnde Energie, die sie zu lang zurückhalten mussten, und eine neue Entschlossenheit, Neues aufzubauen." - trifft es perfekt.

Und danke für die Info zu den kaputten Links 🙏🏻 TC hat so viele Unterseiten, dass ich gar nicht mehr weiß, was alles geht und was nicht...

So witzig, dass die Leute wieder mehr Domains kaufen. DEFINITELY NOT ME. :D :D :D
Du auch?
Ich arbeite tatsächlich gerade an einer eigenen Network-Domain und dann ist der Revamp meiner ganzen Chara Shrines dran. Wird auf jeden Fall alles auf TC verlinkt (und jaa, die Fanlistings muss ich auch noch updaten und vollständig auf TC verlinken; da ist einiges Neues hinzugekommen).

Und du baust Oubliette um? Ich freue mich schon jetzt auf die neue Version!!
Übrigens habe ich gerade dein Network repository "Song Cradle" komplett durchgelesen. Was für eine geniale Idee ist diese Seite bitte?! Ich find's so schön, die Gedanken und Entstehung deiner Shrines zu lesen - quasi das, was hinter den Kulissen stattfindet/stattfand.
Außerdem ist das Design SO SCHÖN. Die "dreamy vibes" passen einfach perfekt zu dieser Seite.

Links tauschen unheimlich gerne - es wäre mir eine Ehre!

Feststeht, dass ich ab sofort wieder regelmäßig hier vorbeischauen werde, um zu sehen, ob es Neues gibt. Freu mich drauf!

Alles Liebe!
Chrissi

Hi Lethe, just checking in! I was going through previous entries and thought I'd signed this GB more recently than 2018, but I guess I was wrong ^^;; Just wanted to say hi in 2024 and again reaffirm how brilliant you are~ I'm in awe of your sites as always, both for your content and design! I thoroughly enjoy my stay in any of your sites. I feel like I can through everything you've written with the most sincere pleasure. Hope all is well with you! <3

Hello! I came across Jokers Wild on the Emotion directory, which I stumbled upon from elsewhere while exploring old web/web revival sites and clicking through the links.

Liar Game had a profound impact on me when I encountered it, and is actually a big part of why I studied Psychology at uni! I've always thought it was a shame that so few people know of it, so finding a site dedicated to it like this was a true delight.

I enjoyed reading your thoughts and summary of things, and I really appreciate the part on Fukunaga. I love her in the manga and it was such a shame that the drama did what it did to her, though it also isn't surprising either. That said, I actually really like the drama adaptation and have watched it a few times (and intend to introduce it to my partner soon too!), and in fact show-Fukunaga grew on me, though I do mourn what was lost from the manga.

In regards to the manga, the character development truly is impeccable, and I'm glad you highlighted that, and in fact another comparison to Nao I would like to suggest is Katsuragi Yako from (the similarly unknown) Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro, where Neuro is a demon that solves mysteries and Yako is his hapless "Cover", but while Neuro is the brains, Yako very much is the heart, and she has the emotional intelligence that is the key to mysteries that Neuro, as a demon who does not understand humans, cannot solve, and she goes through some absolutely stunning character development getting there.

Apologies for the overly long message, but I had a lot of thoughts I wanted to share! I personally found the ending of the manga rather...flat and unsatisfying, but the journey was truly worthwhile, and I hope more people get to experience it, so thank you for your work in trying to help that happen.

Dear Lethe
Until I came across your beautiful website, I honestly had no idea how deep and multi-layered manga could be! I have now read your shrine "Refugium (The Top Secret)". I am totally fascinated by it! Not only was I fascinated by the one-shot as such, which deals with intriguing "taboos" and anticipates problems more than 20 years ago that are really being discussed today. But I was also fascinated by your analysis of the story. It may sound silly, but when I was reading this shrine, I sometimes felt like I was using the MRI scanner on you: By reading it, I learned a lot about the way you look at things and experienced how nuanced, versatile, empathetic and yet critical you perceive your environment. This gave me another level of experience while reading, a very personal one. I find it so wonderful that you share such an enriching part of your thoughts and emotional life with your readers, and I thank you for this openness.
As a person interested in law, I found your extensive embedding of the story in considerations of criminal law and, in particular, data protection and privacy law, extremely exciting and informative. The Shrine seems to be a "new genre" of legal analysis, namely one that takes literary considerations as its starting point. I was very impressed by this approach.
Thank you, Lethe, for this website, which combines wonderful design and text. I will definitely come back to read another of your shrines.

I stumbled upon your beautiful shrine to Rose by accident, while looking for some Legend of Dragoon screenshots.

Thank you for keeping the spirit of pre-web2.0 internet alive & your wonderful tribute to such an underrated character.

Hello! I’m not very familiar with how these sites work but I recently came across your Haruka shrine and I just had to tell you I love it!! It’s so well put together and very pretty :D
I enjoyed reading your analysis on Haru <33 it’s always so cool to find other autistic Haru believers ^^ Thank you for doing him justice.

this website is so beautiful!! it made me feel very nostalgic <3

I recently discovered this year that i may be on the autism spectrum (was peer diagnosed by a friend but still on the journey to validate it for myself), and I just discovered your Haruka shrine and it's everything I wanted. I love reading in character depth analysys and now that I have an interest in autism this shrine is exactly what I was looking for when reading headcanons about characters on the spectrum. The only thing is, I noticed that some of the traits link like the speech, connecting, and empathy are no longer working and now I have this burning curiosity of your thoughts on those traits. I am currently going to go through your other shrines since I love your analysis style.