Oh this is so good! I loved Akashi’s interview with the professor, and the scholarly details of the research into the gods. Divine half-life - brilliant! Plus, I really hope Celie eventually takes up Gee’s offer and goes into farming!
Also something I’m curious about. I never encountered a “Normal University” until I went to China, where universities that specialize in teacher training are usually called “Normal University”. I later found that the term used to be common in the US so when these Chinese universities translated their English names, they chose that. Is it still used in the US? Anyhow, I love that there’s a Paradia Normal University!
I'm glad you liked the details of that! And I'm so glad you asked about PNU!
So I've never seen a Normal university in the united states, but I am aware the naming scheme used to be more common here which I find really interesting that its not anymore and I wonder why! I also never heard of the term until I went to China and then I began to wonder where the name came from and started doing some reading around as well!
But Paradia Normal is inspired by Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu which was where I studied abroad in 2019, so though I'm light on the details in it, I'm picturing a heavily Astra-esque altered version of SNU!
Oh this is so good! I loved Akashi’s interview with the professor, and the scholarly details of the research into the gods. Divine half-life - brilliant! Plus, I really hope Celie eventually takes up Gee’s offer and goes into farming!
Also something I’m curious about. I never encountered a “Normal University” until I went to China, where universities that specialize in teacher training are usually called “Normal University”. I later found that the term used to be common in the US so when these Chinese universities translated their English names, they chose that. Is it still used in the US? Anyhow, I love that there’s a Paradia Normal University!
I'm glad you liked the details of that! And I'm so glad you asked about PNU!
So I've never seen a Normal university in the united states, but I am aware the naming scheme used to be more common here which I find really interesting that its not anymore and I wonder why! I also never heard of the term until I went to China and then I began to wonder where the name came from and started doing some reading around as well!
But Paradia Normal is inspired by Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu which was where I studied abroad in 2019, so though I'm light on the details in it, I'm picturing a heavily Astra-esque altered version of SNU!