Yeah, I mean, if you really think about it, none of this make sense.
The thing is, the general story structure works fine-ish when it's the heroine, from humble origins, being harassed by those in power. In those cases, you can see a prince who disavows his high-born but rotten fiancee to marry the heroine for her kindness, "saint power", or whatever bollocks, a classic fairy-tale-like progression.
Flip it around and you get absolute stupidity; like a prince pissing off a duke and spurning his daughter with a half-arsed excuse/accusation so that he may marry the daughter of a viscount as if they were of the same rank, power, and influence. Generally, the progression of nobility is Knight > Baron > Viscount > Count > Margrave > Duke so prince Peabrain here is choosing his affair partner instead of the daughter of her father's superior's superior's superior with nothing to back it up. Whichever way you want to look at it, these are just story contrivances with dumb people being dumb just for the sake of story.
This is exactly why I loved the early parts of "Duke's Daughter" so much, basically everyone outside of the "heroine's" harem realized how absolutey scummy the male leads were being and even her own brother was heavily reprimanded, the knight commander's son was beaten and forced to go throug hellish training becuase not only did he go against the daughter of a duke, he laid his hands on her as a knight, etc. I think only the foolish prince didn't have any direct repercussions? I know his downfall at the end wasn't very satisfying imo.
But noone ever said ppl were sitting on the heat source. We were saying that ppl sit at the thermometer.
ps: I remembered one of the reasons why it is tolerable - there is not much wind so the hot air in contact with a person exchanges its heat and then remains for a while before it manages to get replaced. So the wattage is kept low enough due to ppl only ever having contact with a low thermal mass (while having liquid cooling of their skin (blood) that brings it inside, giving them a larger thermal mass).
Basically, same reason why there is no problems being out at -40. And why the air utterly burns when you move to/from the door.
There's also the time it actually takes for the body warm up or cool down. The human body is composed of a lot different elements and has the means to regulate it at a certain temperature range.
Yes, that is true that still air can easily turn into an insulator but that is only assuming if the Sauna is actually a fully enclosed space.
Most of these authors don't really go into politics, TBH. I get that skimping on the politics can help with streamlining the story, especially if you ignore many of the implicit and obtuse societal norms and noble customs that people today would have difficulty understanding. But so little time is spent on it when it matters, relying on these "gotchas" that somehow triumph over everything, including nonsensical decision-making and comically evil antagonists.
I’d think so if it’s equal.
But it’s more often to find stories female focus character still have small scenes reminding about how it is important to remember important people and the relationships (which family has cooperation with which, who is enemy to who, which people you should avoid because of their reputation). Either from their strict parent, or social manner tutor. The authors are more okay with showing how these skills are learned, not innate talents.
Exception are the “heroine” archetype since they’re either from very low ranked nobility that it matters less, or they’re commoner where the manners are usually irrelevant.
The male characters in stories often don’t have that kind of thing. As if they’re expected to just figure it out on themselves and then got bonk’d when making misstep nobody ever taught them not to do.
btw, anyone remember the title for an isekai otome story where the MC reincarnated as the heroine right after the engagement cancellation scene? She’s totally unhappy because the heroine run away after the “happily ever after” scene, and the reincarnated MC only gets to deal with queen education boot camp to prepare for all the manners and required knowledge because there’s not much time left before she need to accompany the prince in duties. No time for romance, and she doesn’t even get to experience the courting phase with her now-fiancee first hand.
It's a wonder how the new crown prince has not been given enough attention to learn how not to screw himself over as badly, if not worse at this point, let alone protect himself from his illegitimate siblings' harassment and bullying, but I guess that's stupid otome game-esque story logic.
That part is truly questionable. Since the king already declared the heir, it's natural to expect that he would focus on nurturing the next king. In this case, it is almost impossible for the twin to bully the prince, as best choice is isolate them far away from the capital to avoid nobles trying funny things and all three kids are supposed to be under supervisor to avoid assassination
1. This chapter was aptly named; my goodness, was it ever...
2. Doesn't matter if you're from SEA or Liechtenstein; hot is relative.
People from the Arctic Circle find Oregon, USA to be "too cold" at 38°F, but people from Manila, Philippines find the same place "too hot" at 32°C... Because airflow and relative humidity make your body less or more able to deal with temperature extremes
Also, things like pavement and concrete, and just cities in general, change the amount of actual heat to which your body is exposed.
Not too mention things that affect how well or poorly your body is able to even dissipate the heat; that can actually kill you pretty quickly!
That's why Fahrenheit exists, actually; it's the temperature scale that shows where humans can live without their skin breaking down.
0°F is where breakdown happens from cold, and 100°F is where it happens from heat.
Pretty useful scale, right? Just use it when you're describing the environments' relationship to your temperature, right?
A nice little centigrade scale, just for telling the temps for living/working outdoors.
Probably don't use it for chemistry, as it's not well suited for that, but... Definitely a perfect scale for saying how hot it is on a scale of 1-100.
Learn to use Fahrenheit properly!
Jeez!
Anyway, don't read that spoiler.
Heat is relative, and... yeah.
Sorry to read of the heat and thunderstorms, my dudes! Not fun at all!
(Unless you're in Phoenix, AZ; then it's normal)
