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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈

@bennet87ao3.bsky.social
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Massive geek about all things language, literature, history, and video games. Teacher. All-around nerd. Living in Japan. she/her

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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 19h
It's weird because his recruitment requirements are so low but his quest is locked behind a level 32 cave, so I've been waiting ages to finally go through it to recruit him.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 19h
This is probably the biggest one I've seen, though admittedly I haven't been to many in Japan. Just a couple in Shibuya, mostly.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 19h
It said it was going to be single digits overnight, but the temperature fluctuates wildly during the day depending on whether you're standing in the shade or sun or if it's windy. It's so difficult to plan for lol
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 19h
When I was a kid, I used to rent that film on VHS almost every time we went to the video rental store. That and Land Before Time, two films that couldn't be more different 😂 I loved it. Glad to see great minds think alike haha
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 20h
Ah, Sirocco hitting on every woman in Dagsion, as he is wont to do. It wouldn't be Fortune's Weave without that lol
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This was exactly the one that came to my mind 😂
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This felt pretty different from Japan's Daiso. Sold a lot of stuff I don't think I've seen in Japan's shops. Admittedly, I haven't been to one quite this big before, so maybe that's why.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Somewhat warm, though you can definitely tell it's autumn. This morning and evening were chilly, but it got warm once the sun came out. I had to pack for all temperatures, which was hard with my tiny suitcase 😅
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Just walked past a hotel in Seoul with the Japanese name 変なホテル, and...well, let's say it wouldn't be my first choice 😅 (It's Japanese for strange/weird hotel lol)
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Can't escape Japan, even when I leave it temporarily 😂 Seriously though, I didn't realise Daiso had been exported (I assume it's a Japanese company??).
A picture of downtown Myeongdong in Seoul, with big sky's rapers against an evening sky. A big, red 'Daiso' sign sits atop one.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Oh, nice! Shibuya is quite close to where I live so I'll check there first when I can! Hopefully every store has food and drink rather than just certain ones. If not, Shinjuku probably will.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
When I studied History for GCSE in the UK, we learnt about the American West, including Custer. We were taught how brutal the massacre of the indigenous peoples was. It was heartbreaking and made me so angry as a teen.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Reclaiming the word bitch 😂
A sign on a wall in Seoul with a realistic painting of a lady in a dress surrounded by large flowers and holding a small bonsai tree. To the left the text reads:

I'm a b!tch

Beautiful
Intelligent
Thoughtful
Caring
Honest

With a low bullshit tolerance
Don't try me
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Proof that I exist, and that I exist in Seoul at this moment in time 😂
Me standing under a tree in the grounds of a palace in Seoul, waving at my friend taking my photo.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Pretty sure it was FF8. That's the first I remember anyway, at least on the console we got at home.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Honestly, I don't blame you! It's strong stuff. Every time I order 日本酒 in an izakaya, the staff always seem surprised and often ask me if I like it lol It's how I got a free cup of the off-menu good stuff in Morioka a few years back 😂
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I'm a teacher (worked retail when I was young), but I feel this 🥲
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Okay, that typo makes me look drunk, and I swear I'm not 😂 But damn, soju is strong. I forget, same with 日本酒. A little goes a long way!
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I feel like I should've gone to a different part of the country, but there's still stuff I want to do in Seoul and my friend has never visited before, so here we are! I also forget how strong soju is. Bought a bottle with my meal and couldn't even manage half of it. 😂 Brought the rest back with me!
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I just ate waaaay too much for my first meal in Seoul. Don't think I'll be hungry till lunchtime tomorrow at this rate. 😂 Also, one bottle of soju is definitely meant to be shared. Imdodnt even drink half and it's more than enough for one night lol
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For me, it was Alice. The last bits of her story made me ugly cry and stop playing for the evening.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The new Julie? Why do these bots all pretend to be women and then use photos of men?? Like, at least put some effort in lol
Screenshot of an account 'orecrutazero' with one post similar to all the Julie bots.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Damn, this line for the airport bus is so long. I knew I should've got the trains instead. 😑
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I wish Tokyo were earlier in the year so I could finally see the top players live. It's so late, most of them have qualified and then pull out, often last minute 🥲
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I didn't grow up in a religious household at all, but I didn't realise I wasn't straight until I was almost 32. Just wasn't really spoken about much growing up in the UK in the 90s/2000s. 🫤 But hey, here's to realising our authentic selves!
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We had some of the older students give a presentation to the younger ones about the downsides of AI, including ethical and environmental, and yet the school still pushes it 😑 A couple of years back, we had to put up posters about 'how to use AI to revise' but they quickly came down lol
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Probably the fanciest-looking, and most expensive, ramen I've ever had. It was almost twice the price of theie restaurant price in Tokyo. Still, it was tasty and filled me up before my flight.
A bowl of yellow chicken brother ramen in a white bowl. The toppings included: a boiled egg, a bit of red pepper, a slice of kobocha, and a mini sweetcorn.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
@winterwoman112.bsky.social I finally found the Tokyo Banana sweet you like, in Narita airport of all places! Determined to pick some up on the way back from my trip, if I can 😅
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
@winterwoman112.bsky.social I finally found the Tokyo Banana sweet you like, in Narita airport of all places! Determined to pick some up on the way back from my trip, if I can 😅
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
With the yen being so weak, it's definitely a good price for tourists. For residents...not so much. 😅 I'm on my way to Korea now and oof, I'm feeling the weak currency right about now. It just keeps getting worse and worse.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I'll see once I get to his route, but imagine I won't mind as much as I hate the pressure to explore the whole map 😅 Hopefully that means side quests will be much closer rather than the far corners of the map?
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Only Theodora seems to have that as they are sea-faring people. I did Leda's route (just part 1) first and didn't realise it would be different for each character. On Theodora's now as my second route.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This one also isn't cheap (first time I paid ~¥4700, this time ~¥4200, but it's good and I don't buy alcohol often, so I can stomach it (pun intended 😂).
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Greedy gits! That's an astronomical mark-up. Though I can't say I'm at all surprised.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I'm a teacher and it's so irritating how many of my colleagues have fallen into the lure of AI, both for images and 'I asked ChatGTP...' conversation starters. And we know how wrong they can be and warn our students against relying on it, and here they are doing just that. 🫩
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It took me literally about 5 years to realise マフラー was 'muffler' in English. We used the word 'scarf' in the UK, so I just assumed it was one of the few popular non-English loan words lol
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
After seeing what decades of smoking did to my nan, you couldn't pay me to smoke. Disgusting habit that too many sadly fall prey to, even today with all the knowledge and warnings about. ☹️
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
First tried this rum at Pride in Tokyo this past June. Liked it so much I bought a bottle. Turns out my friends love it so much, too, that it's already gone after just a few monthly film nights. 😅 Good thing I restocked for next time. And you can get it through Yodobashi, which I did not expect lol
Brand new, unopened bottle of Bumbu rum. The glass bottle is made to look like a pirate's stash, with a gold X on the front (imitating crossed bones) and a cork for a stopper
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Off to Seoul again! The first time I went was exactly 2 years ago, during this same half term. Will try to snap some photos on my phone to share, though most will be on my camera. Have a good week all, whatever you're doing! 😁
Photo of the back side of my small blue suitcase with a pink embroidered keyring attached that says 'Seoul'.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I hate typing on touchscreen phones enough to know I would loathe this controller. What a terrible idea (unless it's just an option and not the default controller, in which case to each their own).
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This actually might convince me to replay them for the hundredth time once I'm back from my trip. 😅
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oooh, I'm so jealous you get to experience it for the first time! It's one of my favourite series. 2 and 4 especially. Enjoy! 1 is a bit rough nowadays but the rest hold up well.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's the katakana pronunciation that usually get sme. I always struggle with ストロー as I just want to say 'straw' lol. It's not even difficult; I think I just see it as an English word and want to pronounce it that way?
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Easy: The Last of Us. Beats out all other games on there for me, and I did enjoy some of those others.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It was still closed off when I last tried to visit. Managed to visit the shrine but not much else. Looks lovely. Guess I need to bike back down there and try again!
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
¥98000?? I've never seen one so expensive in any of the secondhand shops. Is it super rare, or just massively marked up here?
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Let me know if you do! I'll try to visit and take pictures. 😁
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I wish the demo was still up on Steam. Not sure I'll like it but would love to try it.
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Could be the Capcom café? Or a pop-up. They're common. Now I want to find this and go there. 😅
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Bennet 🏳️‍🌈 @bennet87ao3.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My (American) friend just said exactly that this evening and it sickens me that I wouldn't be surprised.
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