#ganmen

[dailykarmen]

[wellthebardsdead]

Ganmen: Happy birthday son. By the way you have the responsibility to sire an heir to the Thallery name so congratulations, you’re now engaged isn’t she lovely?

Caryalind:

[rabbittwinrithings]

I FAST TRAVELLED AND CARYS WIG WAS SNATCHED AND ALSO HIS NECK LMAO IT GAVE ME SUCH A JUMPSCARE

Ma boi! Oh god!

[libartz]

Caryalind, confronting Ganmen: "I wish I could change you, Dad, get you to stop doing evil things and start trying to fix your mistakes so we can be a family again. I know that's probably not going to happen but I still care about you and maybe I'm a fool to feel that way-"

Perlas, vibrating: kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill

[a-thirst-for-dunmer]

Ganmen: GET OUT OF MY HOUSE AND DON’T COME BACK UNTIL YOU GROW A PAIR

Caryalind: FUCK YOU FATHER I’M NOT PLANNING ON USING THEM ANYWAY

[ihatetheinternetandeveryoneonit]

Ganmen is gon be my little gremlin. I'm hyped. But he'll always be Tom Cruise in a fat suit to me.

[amodernpersephone]

heroine and idol: lyrical analysis by me!

since apparently i have some explaining to do for why i translated heroidol the way i did, here's a line-by-line rundown and interpretation of both the lines and the scenes from the MV relevant to them.

before i go there, i'd like to remind you all that translations are heavily based on interpretation, and i took many creative liberties for this song, but not without reason!

平等だって聞いたのに! (byoudou datte kiita no ni!) -> it was supposed to be fair game!

okay, this like, in its essence, means: i thought there was equality! which makes no sense. 平等 means equality or impartiality. the rest, you can make that out on your own. i translated it as "fair game" because this line was meant to highlight how idols and normal people are in different levels. for normal people, idols are waaaay out of their leagues and an impossible love. for idols, they are the audience, their careers are dedicated them, but they're not allowed to fall in love.

住む世界が違う芸能人 (sumu sekai ga chigau geinoujin) -> celebrities who live in a whole other world

顔面偏差値　比べ凹む (ganmen hensa-chi kurabe hekomu) -> taken at face value, no one can compare

now, this line was actually really funny. hiyori sees lipxlip on TV and remembers that these idols are in a whole other world from her. then, she looks in the mirror, and the line here translates to "no one can compare to their facial deviation". now, facial deviation is a way of judging whether a person is kind and beautiful based on their face. a high deviation is a compliment, etc. she's saying that just based on appearances, no one can compare to how idols look beautiful and kind (including herself, and normal people like her.)

日頃から笑顔を振りまいて (higoro kara egao wo furimaite) -> charming them all with a smile everyday

リアルか？フェイクか？(riaru ka? feiku ka?) -> is it real? is it fake?

騙されそう(汗) (damaserasou) -> it feels like a deception

these three lines are pretty self-explanatory. lipxlip, as idols even in sakuragaoka high school, portray kind and charming personalities that are nowhere near how they are in real life. hiyori contemplates whether the smiles they're giving to their classmates/fans are real or fake, because she knows what lipxlip are like behind that. the final line, she says it "feels like a deception", another way of translating this would be "it feels like i'm being fooled". because unlike the fans who only know lipxlip as princes, and lxl who are truly just some 16-year-olds with a big dream, hiyori stands smack dab in the middle, both as lipxlip's manager and a julieta herself. to the point where even she, someone who knows what lxl are like, feels like she's being fooled. this also highlights her role in lxl's lives, as the keeper of their secret (the secret being their bad personalities LMAO), because despite knowing the truth and despite all the hoops she's going through in this mv, she's one of the few people who knows the truth.

恋なんて多分ダメだろうに (koi nante tabun dame darou ni) -> falling in love is probably not allowed

そのくせフェロモン (sono kuse feromon) -> still, your addictive pheromones

飛ばしてんじゃん (tobashite jan) -> you send them flying everywhere

arguably the funniest line in this whole song. again, this is very obvious. hiyori knows lipxlip, and idols in general, are forbidden from falling in love (be it with a fan, another idol, et cetera) but still, idols make fans fall in love with them (hence why she says they keep letting out pheromones). and these fans, knowing their idols will never reciprocate their feelings, still throw all their love towards them wholeheartedly. because hiyori definitely does know the consequences that come with an idol falling in love (points to heroine tarumono) and the consequences that come with falling for an idol (points to heroine ikusei keikaku). so both like and unlike these girls, hiyori is once again in the middle, someone who can see clearly that feelings towards idols are almost guaranteed for an impossible love, yet sees how beautiful idols are despite that.

女子のみんな近づかんで！(joshi no minna chikazukan de!) -> to every girl out there, stay as far as you can!

感染させんでよ (kansen sasende yo) -> make sure not to catch the infection

あっちいけ (acchi ike) -> get away from me!

from calling their charms pheromones to calling them an infection, hiyori goes on to find more and more creative ways to describe her idols. hiyori here speaks to her fellow julietas and to other girls, telling them to stay far, far, faaaaaar away from lipxlip, because she knows that once you get caught up in their charms and their beauty, it's almost impossible to escape. but then, hiyori goes through a dilemma when faced with the charming prince of east and the gallant prince of west. theyre really sparkly. like really, really, REALLY sparkly. and therein falls the dilemma, hiyori has been telling people not to fall for the idols' wiles but... now that she's in their place, seeing what they're seeing... あっちいけ!

ズルいよ！ズルい！ズルすぎる！！(zurui yo! zurui yo! zuru sugiru!) -> this can't be! that's cheating! it's dishonest and unfair!!

惚れても責任取れないじゃん (horete mo sekinin torenaijan) -> you won't take responsibility for their feelings for you!

now we reach the point i am often told i mistranslated or misinterpreted. in this scene, hiyori is being held by a prince, portrayed by aizo. the first line is just the word ズルい (zurui) in various degrees, which in simple terms, means unfair or sly or crafty or however you might perceive it. i used a bunch of adjectives because i don't like repeating words but the essence is still the same. hiyori, in these scenes, isn't playing the mob girl from before, she's in the place of someone familiar to all julietas — as julieta herself. she's in the position most fans imagine themselves as, lipxlip's princess whom they promised the moon and stars for. while she's visibly blushing and flustered by the affection, hiyori is singing about how dishonest lipxlip are — how these princes aren't true and this love isn't real (both the fantasy she's experiencing now and the fantasies experienced by every julieta before and after her). here's a talking point, most are dissatisfied with my translation for horete mo sekinin torenaijan because if you launch it into google translate, it would say something like "i can't take responsibility even if i fall in love with you" which is a very zing moment for a lot of people. this translation isn't exactly accurate though. let's pick it apart: (惚れて) horete means to fall in love, to be charmed, attracted, to grow feelings for, et cetera. the line about taking responsibility however, doesn't point to hiyori, but points to lipxlip instead. and this line isn't specifically from hiyori's point of view either. the line is expressing that lipxlip, as idols, have people falling for them left and right, but can't and won't take responsibility for the feelings people have for them — because that's their job, as idols. to have people fall for them and keep falling for them, to hide their true selves and make people enamored with the illusion. putting the first and second line together, if i were to translate this conversationally: “it's extremely unfair, you can't be held responsible for those who fall in love with you.”

but, if idols are doing it intentionally, that means they can be held responsible for those feelings, right? wrong. like hiyori says in the beginning, everyone who gets caught by their pheromones can't escape, and despite her warnings, people will still fall in love with them — knowing exactly that they're never going to return that love.

ヤバいよ！ヤバい！ヤバすぎる！！(yabai yo! yabai! yaba sugiru!!) -> too much! it's dangerous! so risky and insane!!

あざとさ　すなわち“アイドル力” (azatosa sunawachi “aidoru ryoku”) -> cunning is the “power of idols”

again, the first line is just ヤバい (yabai) in different forms, a lot of adjectives for the same point: falling for idols like lipxlip is a dangerous type of love. why? because the power of idols, their fame and their support, comes from how cunning they can be, exactly what the second line says. hiyori, in these scenes with the prince of east and west, is thrashing between how she perceives lipxlip as idols and how she perceives them as people. as romeos, they're perfect, ideal, charming, gentle, everything once would expect from princes, from idols. she's viewing them from the rose-tinted glasses everyone else sees them in. except...

仕方ないけど… (shikatanai kedo...) -> still, it can't be helped

認めざるを得ませんね (mitomezaru wo emasen ne) -> i need to accept, this is how it is.

hiyori wakes up. unlike most julieta who live in the idealization of lipxlip, hiyori wakes up and she thinks: this is just how it is. as someone who knows lxl behind the scenes, someone who knows they're working for their dream just like she is, she needs to accept that the people who fall for their princely selves, the girls who look to them in search for romeo, is all part of the idol life. that's just how it is, and this is how it's supposed to be.

落ち込んだりもする芸能人 (ochikondari mo suru geinoujin) -> celebrities who get depressed sometimes

中身は普通の人間かも (nakami wa futsuu no ningen kamo) -> they're probably just normal people inside

once again, hiyori sees another side of the idols everyone loves. beyond the illusion of perfect princes, lipxlip, no, shibasaki aizo and someya yujiro, are just normal people deep down. they're human, they get sad when there's bad news, they fight when their pissed off, they argue and bicker and cry and laugh just like hiyori or any other julieta would. they're not ideal, nor perfect, hiyori would know, being the closest person their age to know who they are in truth — but they're idols and idols still, both in hiyori's eyes and every julieta's. the only great difference is: hiyori has the chance to break the illusion for herself, because she knows lipxlip aren't just idols, they're people too.

私にはスルーを決め込むの (watashi wa suruu kimekomu no) -> though i go unnoticed and ignored

リアルか？フェイクか？(riaru ka? feiku ka?) -> is it real? is it fake?

これはガチめ(汗) (kore wa gachime) -> this is getting serious

i don't have much to say about these lyrics. they're pretty straightforward, it's just a funny parallel between the "princes" in hiyori's dream who shower her with love and attention and how aizo and yujiro barely even look at her. it's also nice to note how she's the one trying to help lipxlip (by offering them their favorite drinks) because that's gonna be relevant later. as for the second line, hiyori doubts whether lipxlip are truly ignoring her or not (once again relevant later)

私の存在モブだろうに (watashi no sonzai mobu darou ni) -> to them, i'm just another one in the mob

たまに優しいの少し恐怖 (tama ni yasashii no sukoshi kyoufu) -> sometimes their kindness can be a little scary

and we're back in the romeoverse. here, hiyori is playing the mob girl again, and when she stumbles, she's helped by the princes. this is a direct parallel to the previous scene (told you it would be relevant) of how hiyori is ignored by aizo and yujiro in real life, yet treated so kindly by their counterpart princes. take note of hiyori's words here, she's applying the same logic she did to the previous verse: lipxlip are normal people, they get sad, they have bad days, and most of all, they're not as perfect or sweet as the fans want them to be. she knows this because she's been with them for a long time, she's seen them, not as a julieta, not as a classmate, but as their manager and friend. EXCEPT. hiyori right now isn't in her role as their manager. she's playing the mob girl who eventually becomes the princess. she's in the place of julieta herself. hence her words: she's just a mob character, someone in the background not meant to be noticed, just as it is in reality, so being treated kindly by lipxlip's prince selves is more than a little jarring.

分かってても照れちゃうの (wakattetemo terechau no) -> i know this, still, it's so embarassing

絶対か��かってる (zettai karakatteru) -> they're definitely teasing me!

あっちいけ (acchi ike) -> get away from me!

continuation of the previous lyrics: hiyori is well aware of how lipxlip are really like, she knows they're not these princes and you would know that as well because i've repeated it god knows how many times. that's why she feels embarassed, the kindness of the princes of east and west may not be fake, but the princes themselves are. knowing this, it's definitely not real, right? once again, she falls into the dilemma: aizo and yujiro are definitely not romeo. they aren't the princes who these julieta see them as. but right now, she isn't with aizo and yujiro, is she? she's with the gallant and charming princes whose whole purpose is to woo the hearts of thousands. she's not their manager right now, she's a mob girl who gains the fancy of the princes while stumbling around with her groceries. so this is what every other girl who loves lipxlip sees. oh, did i mention they're really sparkly? oh. wait. no. JUST GO AWAY ALREADY!!

セコいよ！セコい！セコすぎる！！(sekoi yo! sekoi! seko sugiru!) -> that's sly! so petty! it's cheap and crafty!!

責任取る気もないくせに！(sekinin toru ki mo nai kuse ni!) -> you won't even take responsibility!

again, repetitive adjectives, etc. セコい is the root word here, meaning sly and crafty, which hiyori uses to refer to her idols over and over again. she's really dishing it out. as for the second line, she's once again speaking of how lipxlip — and idols as a whole — always have people falling for them yet they have no responsibility to return that love. it's a very warped point of view, because hiyori is holding the love fans have for their idols in the same standard as a normal love. i mean, i get it. she doesn't have a lot of good examples of fans who DON'T have parasocial relationships with their oshi (cough. chuutan. cough) once again, she pins the blame on aizo and yujiro, who she has described multiple times in the song as people who are deceptive, and are fooling their fans. of course, this emotional response isn't unwarranted, because hiyori is starting to understand what those julieta feel, she's been in the position of them for more than half this song. she KNOWS how easy and wonderful it feels to fall for a sparkly, beautiful idealization and she knows just as much how easy and painful it feels for that illusion to shatter.

強いよ！強い！強すぎる！！(tsuyoi yo! tsuyoi! tsuyo sugiru!!) -> so powerful! too potent! it's incredibly strong!!

計算？　すなわち“アイドル力” (keisan? sunawachi “aidoru ryoku”) -> calculating? ...is the “power of idols”

i'm just gonna guess she's describing their pheromones in the first line bc it's rly funny. anyway, let's focus on the second line. hiyori calls idols, lipxlip specifically, calculating, but then she balks and realizes this is the true idol power: how to make people fall for them without revealing their true nature. how to have people constantly supporting them for the illusion of a mutual love. as a julieta, as someone who supports lipxlip, it's a lot to say idols are tricking you, that what they see is nothing more than an illusion. but as lipxlip's manager, she understands, or at least she should, that this is just how idols are.

マジ悔しいけど… (maji kuyashii kedo...) -> it's so frustrating but...

みんなと一緒トキメクじゃん/// (minna to issho ni tokimeku jan///) -> i'm just as excited as everyone else///

now, once again, hiyori wakes up. back to being lipxlip's classmate and manager, no longer the part-time mob girl and full-time julieta. this is a bit of a realization moment for hiyori. throughout the whole song, she's gone through a variety of emotions — she goes from feeling like she's being deceived by lipxlip just like everyone else to understanding that these idols are still human to thinking that the idols profit off their fans' parasocial love, without even trying to return their feelings. she's twisted between the letting herself fall for the illusion of being loved by two beautiful princes or waking up with the recollection of lipxlip's true selves. these idols aren't perfect, and unlike everyone else, she knows it, 100%. that makes it all the more frustrating, right? because these princes in her daydreams are ideal, but the idols of her reality aren't. but despite all the dilemmas she's experienced, all the resistance to the sparkles, she's just as happy to be fooled by the princes as everyone else.

誰でもできる事じゃないし (dare demo dekiru koto janai shi) -> this isn't something just anyone can do

絶対努力しないとだし (zettai doryoku shinai to da shi) -> you need to put in the effort and hardwork

選ばれし人間なんでしょ！？(erabare shi ningen nan desho!?) -> you must be the chosen one!?

あぁあああああ (A~aaaaaaa!)

and we're back to manager hiyori. the following lyrics are pretty easy to understand, it's the opposite of the rest of the mv. before, we were seeing hiyori in the place of a julieta, being wooed and loved by the princes of east and west. now, we see hiyori in the place of lipxlip's manager, and she sees the parts that she missed while looking only as a julieta. it's really freaking hard to be an idol. it's not always so sparkly and beautiful, it's not always being showered by affection from fans, these idols work hard to make their performances reach their audience's hearts. it's not just something that can be started and ended, it's not just about making people fall in love, because...

these fans are choosing to support their oshi. they're choosing to love their idols. they're enjoying being treated like princesses, even if it's an impossible, parasocial love. that's what it means to support an idol.

and the chorus repeats, this time, with both the princes holding hiyori. she sings the first chorus: idols really are so unfair! they're can't even be held responsible for the people who fall in love with them. idols really are so sly! they're cunning, but that's exactly an idol's power! and then, hiyori wakes up. she wakes up to her reality of lxl, not as the ideal princes, but the idols she's responsible for. the heroine and her idols (badum tss) . but there's a key difference, the way inori minase sings the final part: still, it can't be helped, that's just how it is! she's happy! she wakes up from her daydream, and she's happy! lxl are a little freaked out, but their manager is happy! why? because she's gotten over her dilemma from before, is it real? is it fake? are you really supposed to fall in love with idols? she's accepted that the princes in her daydreams are part of the illusion, and just like everyone else, she's charmed by their beauty and perfection too. but reality is nothing like that, aizo and yujiro are nothing like that. but the sparkly illusion is still fun to enjoy, isn't it? even if she knows the reality behind it.

that's what idols are meant for, after all.

in conclusion: i won't try to dissuade anyone from thinking this song is romantic by nature, that's on you and your preferences, i won't even try. but from the lyrics' perspective and my own, the song is about love, yes, just as all the omoi ai songs are about a person's thoughts on love. this is hiyori's thoughts on the difference between the love between a fan and an idol, and romantic love. if you've ever met hiyori, you know her mind runs on shoujo manga stereotypes. she has always been looking for her prince. she's found them in different forms in her songs: asuka's kindness, nagisa's genuineness, and in this song, the princes of east and west's affection. but hiyori herself knows well enough to break this illusion. personally, for the most part of this song, hiyori's words felt hypocritical to me. she criticized idols who made their fans fall in love with them, despite knowing this was an idol's job. this was their goal in the first place. in the end, she does realize that it's simply like that. and she learns to separate her views on lipxlip's idol selves and their real ones. whether you perceive them as romantic or not, i will never deny that hiyori's unwavering support for lipxlip as idols, and her friendship with aizo and yujiro, is one of the most important facets of her character. in simpler terms, this was a song about hiyori coming into terms with being both lipxlip's manager, aizo and yujiro's friend, and a julieta, through and through.

[sunkissedndhoney]

Just finished watching Gurren lagann again after 8 years and I'm going mad.

How and i mean HOW do you make such a good show bruh.

I finished the show at 1 am on saturday. I was fucking crying. Went to sleep. Woke up at 10. Cried again ???? Went to take my breakfast and cried once more im so done.

Im so sad about the ending and yet i wouldn't change it because it makes soooo much sense like yes I agree I agree but LORD DOES IT HURT

And fucking hell i spent my whole weekend just rewatching random scenes and seeing stuff i didnt notice the first time and watching youtube video analysis like-

Tell me why i rewatched episode one yeah ? And i fucking notice that when the fucling ganmen crashed through the roof of jiha yk Simon wanted them to run away and Kamina was like "hell no i am a man-" and then he looks at Simon and he stfu then he hugs him. I watched the scene 2 times before understanding that it was because Simon has a bad history with earthquakes since his parents litteraly DIED IN ONE and when Kamina noticed he said sorry i forgot and the hugged him and tried to reassure him bruhhhh

Because im so sure Simon was scared he would have to watch Kamina die under the rocks like he did w his parents ohh this anime has me fucked up i actually need to be locked up someone throw me in a metal box for the next 5 months.

[littleeyesofpallas]

PUMNCHO[パンチョ] from PUMKIN[パンプキン] and possibly something like KAKINCHO[餓鬼んちょ](?) which generally gets translated into english as something like "brats/little devils". (The way Japanese treats their N' and our -M as interchangable doesn't really romanize well so I opted to use both but I know that doesn't always look/feel right)

SHIRONCHO[シロンチョ] from SHIRO[白]: "White" and PUMNCHO

SHELLNCHO[シェルンチョ] SHELL + PUMNCHO

TSUBONCHO[ツボンチョ] probably from TSUBO[壺]: "Pot/Jar/Vase" even though it's clearly a cliche middle eastern oil lamp

KURINCHO[クリンチョ] from KURI[栗]: "Chestnut" and PUMNCHO

MAKYUU[マキュー] from MAKYUU[魔球]: "miracle ball" a baseball term aka "Gyroball"

AFRO[アフロ] I feel like there must be a more specific joke in the weird space suit and the space pattern interior, but I don't know what it is...

BABY-DINO[ベビディノ] love that this kinda implicitly nods to the old Dino breed

KABUNCHO[カブンチョ] from KABUTO[甲虫]: "rhinoceros beetle"

COLONCHO[コロンチョ] from SCOLOPENDRA and PUMNCHO. I hate that the top and bottom of the shell are the other two Color Pandoras, complete with their thomas the tankengine ass faces. horrifying

SUZURYO[スズンリョ] from SUZURIN and PUMNCHO

SHELLNCHO[シェルンチョ] technically a repeat but the redesign here is substantial

ARMACHO[アルマチョ] from ARMADILLO and PUMNCHO

HYOKKORI[ヒョッコリ] from HYOKKORI[ひょっこり]: "all of a sudden/unexpectedly"

CELLNCHO[セルンチョ] because it looks like a little science illustration of a cell?

GANMEN-ISHI[ガンメンイシ] from GANMEN[顔面]: "Face" and ISHI[石]: "stone"

MARINCHO[マリンチョ] MARINE PUMNCHO

PULCINELLA[プルチネラ] the comedia dell'arte character type

KURUMICHO[クルミッチョ] from KURUMI[胡桃]: "walnut"

MIMICCHO[ミミッチョ] from MIMIC[ミミック] the classic D&D monster that disguises itself as a treasure chest.

TAMACHO[タマチョ] from TAMA[玉]: "ball"

I haven't really been addressing the MMO monsters or any of their redesigns but I do really like their little variations here

YETCHO[イエチョ] from YETI[イエティ] and PUMNCHO and a play on the fact that TI[ティ] and CHI[チ] are equivalents givent hat there's no natural TI sound in the T- kana set.(TA-CHI-TSU-TE-TO)

HIGECHO[ヒゲチョ] from HIGE[髭]: "mustache"

[dunmerdilfs]

Can’t wait for the new Caryalind content cause if ganmen’s showing up I’m not even talking to anyone I’m sprinting straight for him at maximum speed and suplexing the motherfucker

[never-shouldve-come-here]

So so sorry if this type of ask is out of your comfort zone. I am truly sorry and you don't have to do it at all if it is.

How would the follower mods react to meeting the ldb's father. But it's like in a runaway noble situation and their father is trying to force them back against their will.

You're all good, friend. Thanks for checking!

Caryalind: Yea. It would be a whole thing. Who understands more than he does?

I feel like he can handle other nobles. He's got influence, an unlimited amount of rage, and the audacity. He's putting on the Thallery face that he's always had to use in court back home, and just absolutely digging into the guy. Probably comes up with a scheme to make the ldb's father think they're a part of his court now or was able to dig up some dirt on him. The political manipulation might even make Ganmen proud.

The ldb's dad would give up and go home, because what noble is going to mess with a Thallery?

Rumarin, Khash, Lucien: After having to physically restrain Khash from attacking the dude on sight, they would actively annoy him until he left the ldb alone. Nonstop. Lucien and Khash would bombard him with obnoxious questions while Rumarin pulls childish pranks- like whoopee cushion and pie level pranks.

Inigo, Nebarra, Auri:

[dailykarmen]

[wellthebardsdead]

Evalien: *the last dragonborn and the last dwemer* You’re Caryalinds father I take it?

Ganmen: Why hello there,indeed I am, and you are? *takes her hand to give it a kiss*

Evalien: *slaps him across the face* I know what you did to your last wife don’t even try it fuckhead.

[rabbittwinrithings]

Damn. Marlok straight up found a wife, and was killed an hour before she gave birth with twins. 

[one-winged-dreams]

*robbie rotten voice* show us number 1 :)

@sshoujo-ais

IT'S FUCKING VIRAL, THE ORIGINAL ADRI SELFSHIP

GOD. MY HUSBAND. ONE OF THE LOVES OF MY LIFE AND ONE OF MY MOST CHERISHED F/OS.

I love him. I love him so fucking much.

We started by me irritating the living shit out of him by running into him over and over again in my stupid tiny little ganmen. He didn't kill me because he was heart eyes the moment he saw my big brown doe eyes and soft prettyboy uwu face. But goddamn was he tsundere.

AND THEN AFTER THE TIMESKIP WE WERE SOOO in love, he dropped the tsundere act and turned into a flustered mess lmfao.

And then after the series we got mawwiiiied and now we're so domestic.

[eternalfarnham]

y'know i tried to think of some of your characters for this ask meme but the thing is that they'd all be too easy. it's already the point of most of them! but there is Anne Littner.

This is a toughie! Half the point of Anne is that I designed her to be as trying-to-be-good as someone in her position could manage.

I think the easiest repugnant conclusion to push her to, though, would be something rooted in her distaste for heroism and the mythologized figure of Simon. Humanity's core cultural event was seeing her uncle murder the devil, who was also a rival civilization who declared him the caretaker of existence in its death throes, and she grew up with that hanging over her and all her family's work to (as she understood it) build a new way for humans to exist not predicated on endless zero-sum conflict and colonialism.

It's – not easy, per se, but viable – for someone with that context to conclude that the problem doesn't stem from the economic convenience of faceless systems but from something a little bit rooted in Great Man history, albeit in a negative, "fuck this thing in particular [reifies it]" fashion. The setting really makes that easier, too, given so much power is bound up in individuals accumulating Spiral energy. Surrounded by kids who want to be Simon, with cultural engineering as her primary field of battle and weapon...

Well, I think there's a universe where Anne Littner quietly poisons aspiring young people with too much Spiral energy and/or grassroots political support if it's too "cult of personality"-ish. This includes Faruk! A Nia-haired revolutionary leader from a previous era with hella Spiral power and a unique ganmen? That's way too risky. Kid's gotta... not die, but at the very least end up unfit to work a robot.