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** Frankly the film was uneven, but there were some good gags in it. This was my favorite line (it just sums up the character so perfectly, and was delivered so well):

One last thing: alternate universe or not, who in the year 1900 would find it socially acceptable for a late-teens, unmarried young woman to live alone in a remote house with a thirty-something-year-old divorced bachelor as she serves as his apprentice? [[note]]Contrast, for example, ''Literature/{{Uprooted}}''. Pretty much everyone agrees that the wizard in his isolated tower must be sleeping with the young women he takes as servants (even though the women themselves deny it), and they don't like it. But they're resigned to letting it happen, because he's their leige lord and also a freakin' wizard. I highly recommend ''Literature/{{Uprooted}}'', by the way.[[/note]] In fact, who would think this is a good idea ''today?'' I realize this setup is necessary for the entire plot to happen, but that doesn't mean I have to ''like'' it.

One last thing: alternate universe or not, who in the year 1900 would find it socially acceptable for a late-teens, unmarried young woman to live alone in a remote house with a thirty-something-year-old divorced bachelor as she serves as his apprentice? No, scratch that. Who would think this is a good idea ''today?'' [[note]]Contrast, for example, ''Literature/{{Uprooted}}'', where pretty much everyone agrees that the wizard in his isolated tower must be sleeping with the young women he takes as servants. Even though the women themselves deny it. I highly recommend ''Literature/{{Uprooted}}'', by the way.[[/note]] I realize this setup is necessary for the entire plot to happen, but that doesn't mean I have to ''like'' it.

** I got the first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm annoyed because the historical setting (England circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. In the part where they discuss religion, the characters' attitudes seem present-day if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting.\\
Oh, and don't get me started on the gender role anachronisms. I can buy female magicians being as common and respected as male magicians, since it is an alternate universe...but who in that era would find it socially acceptable for a late-teens, unmarried young woman to live alone in a remote house with a thirty-something-year-old divorced bachelor as she serves as his apprentice? For that matter, who would think this is a good idea ''today?'' (Contrast, for example, ''Literature/{{Uprooted}}'', where pretty much everyone agrees that the wizard in his isolated tower must be sleeping with the young women he takes as servants. Even though the women themselves deny it. I highly recommend ''Literature/{{Uprooted}}'', by the way.)

** I got the first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm annoyed because the historical setting (England circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. In the part where they discuss religion, the characters' attitudes seem present-day if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting. Oh, and don't get me started on the gender role anachronisms. I can buy female magicians being as common and respected as male magicians, since it is an alternate universe...but who in that era would find it socially acceptable for a late-teens, unmarried young woman to live alone in a remote house with a thirty-something-year-old divorced bachelor as she serves as his apprentice? For that matter, who would think this is a good idea ''today?''

** I got the first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm also annoyed because the historical setting (England circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. In the part where they discuss religion, the characters' attitudes seem present-day if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting. Oh, and don't get me started on the gender role anachronisms. I can buy female magicians being as common and respected as male magicians, since it is an alternate universe...but who in that era would find it socially acceptable for a late-teens, unmarried young woman to live alone in a remote house with a thirty-something-year-old divorced bachelor as she serves as his apprentice? For that matter, who would think this is a good idea ''today?''

** Frankly the film was uneven, but there were some good gags in it. For the record, this was my favorite line (it just sums up the character so perfectly, and was delivered so well):

** I got the first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm also annoyed because the historical setting (circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. In the part where they discuss religion, the characters' attitudes seem present-day if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting. Oh, and don't get me started on the gender role anachronisms. I can buy female magicians being as common and respected as male magicians, since it is an alternate universe...but who in that era would find it socially acceptable for a late-teens, unmarried young woman to live alone in a remote house with a thirty-something-year-old divorced bachelor as she serves as his apprentice? For that matter, who would think this is a good idea ''today?''

** I got the first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm also annoyed because the historical setting (circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. In the part where they discuss religion, the characters' attitudes seem present-day if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting. Oh, and don't get me started on the gender role anachronisms. I can buy female magicians being as common and respected as male magicians, since it is an alternate universe...but who in that era would find it socially acceptable for a late-teens, unmarried young woman to live alone in a remote house with a thirty-something-year-old divorced bachelor as she serves as his apprentice? Who would think this is a good idea ''today?''

** I got the first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm also annoyed because the historical setting (circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. Especially in the part where they discuss religion, the characters' attitudes are present-day if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting.

** I got the first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm also annoyed because the historical setting (circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. Especially in the part where they discuss religion, the characters' attitudes are present-day if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting.

** I got the first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm also annoyed because the historical setting (circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. The characters' attitudes are modern if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting.

** I got the book first book in the series for free when I first downloaded the Kindle app. It was a pleasant enough read, but not great. In hindsight, I'm also annoyed because the historical setting (circa 1900) ''completely'' lacked any substance. The characters' attitudes are modern if they're anything. Seriously, the story could have been set last week and it would have made virtually no difference, though I'll grant that the part with the giant magical paper airplane would have been less "magical" if proper airplanes already existed in the setting.

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** Original working title was "Wrong Reveal Spin". I'll admit I jumped the gun on this one—it was only three days after the YKKTW was started when I began editing it. But in my defense, it had been three days of lively discussion with absolutely no edits or signs of interest from @/CamRa. And I wasn't the first to touch it. And @/CamRa never ''did'' come back to it (to the best of my knowledge).

** When I found this YKKTW, it hadn't been touched in 4 years. I gave it a new name (old one was "Befriending Secret Identity"), substantially expanded the description, added examples from the comments, and eventually came back and launched it.

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** ''Description:'' When I found this YKKTW, it hadn't been touched in 4 years. I gave it a new name (old one was "Befriending Secret Identity"), substantially expanded the description, added examples from the comments, and eventually came back and launched it.

** Found the YKKTW long forgotten. I gave it a new name (old one was "Befriending Secret Identity"), substantially expanded the description, added examples from the comments, and eventually launched it.