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@aescling "assume that" is just a long form of "assume"; cf. "assume that it be the case that"

@aescling or “assume it be the case that” etc

plain “it be that” operates pretty much entirely to create the subjunctive mood with no trimmings and i think most english speakers today would just drop it if it didn't have anything else to add

@aescling my guess is that “assume the arrangement be [such] that” is more common than a plain “it” but

@aescling if the usage is grammatical and you made it then it is attested by you :P

@aescling sounds subjunctivey to me

@witchfynder_finder this is why i am always telling teenagers to log off

@witchfynder_finder rosalina was in it from the start yeah

@witchfynder_finder and the idea of hobbits being sterner stuff which can resist temptation and courageously face darkness and unbeatable odds because it is the necessary thing to do is the ACTUAL template of the Triforce of Courage stuff in Zelda games

idk i know it's a little thing but to me there's a world of different between "i don't want to do this" and "i wish i didn't have to do this"

@witchfynder_finder yeah i thought about frodo but the whole bloody point of lord of the rings is that frodo is unhappy but not unwilling

@witchfynder_finder trying to think of a single video game hero who refused a call

the call is why i'm playing the damn game lmao