Some venting

I think people need to learn to accept that sometimes, a subset of groups they don’t like might enjoy or latch onto their favorite series. Instead of doing mental gymnastics like "Uwaah, why are chuds liking this series despite it being woke?"—it would be better to just not care about it.

If homophobic people can still enjoy BL and yuri, what makes you think that just because a series is "woke/queer/progressive," chuds won’t latch onto it if it happens to appeal to their tastes? I've seen plenty of right-wingers enjoying Disco Elysium, for example.

Not to mention, there are also leftists who enjoy works created by conservative authors or works that clearly have pro-right-wing ideologies. People need to understand that sometimes, others can enjoy certain media even if its message or creator’s views oppose their own. It's normal & very common to a lot of people.

And trust me, that doesn’t mean they’re ontologically evil or secretly support the ideology present in those fictional works or being bigot. If a piece of media is good and appeals to someone’s tastes, they’ll like it regardless of the political ideology behind it or the beliefs of its author.

I’m also not a fan of the whole "this work is woke/conservative, so there’s no way chuds/wokies will like it" argument because, most of the time, it’s not even sincere. People just want to "own" the side they’re against in the culture war rather than actually caring about the media itself.

I see this a lot: the woke side tries to justify their favorite media as "woke and gay," only for it to have a pro-imperialism ideology and being a straight because they dislike that chuds like their favorite media. Meanwhile, the chud side tries to justify their favorite media as "based and redpilled," even though it promotes anti-capitalism and anarcho-socialist ideas because they also hate that wokies liking their favorite media.

Honestly, it just comes off as so damn annoying. Just enjoy the series within your own circles/terms and stop caring about which opposite side is latching onto it. You don’t need to make convoluted reasons why the series aligns with your ideology (it doesn't). I promise you'd be much better off mentally if you stopped giving a shit & it's not healthy, man.

Like, literally just block people and also learn to accept that you can enjoy media that doesn’t align with your values/ideology—and that’s fine. You’re not ontologically evil, I promise. Instead of trying to justify why *insert work/media* aligns with your views, just enjoy it for what it is.

The last part is more of a vent because I’m so tired of seeing people call certain games "communist" when you literally play as a freaking imperialist meritocracy emperor. *cough* FE3H *cough*

Writing Plans & Ideas for 2025

Okay, since I have a lot of ideas I want to write about and I get easily distracted, I think it would be helpful to make a list of the projects I want to work on. I have quite a lot, and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to finish them all at my usual snail’s pace—but I’ll try!

1. Media Reviews

I want to focus primarily on video game reviews. Here’s a list of the ones I have in mind:

• Shin Megami Tensei IV (all routes – in progress)
• Xenosaga Trilogy
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Xenogears (need to finish this game ASAP)
• Xenoblade 3 + DLC – I feel like my first review didn’t do it justice, so I want to rewrite it since my opinions on the game have changed a lot.
• Uma Musume Top Road
• Uma Musume Shinjidai

2. Personal Thoughts & Fandom Discourse

There are certain topics I really want to write about, including:

• Anime & manga series that revolve around all-girls environments with no males in sight aren’t necessarily feminist or lesbian-friendly.
• The ironic "safe" Fujoshi phenomenon and how these ''fujoshi'' aren’t actual Fujoshi, nor do they respect real Fujoshi culture.
• The evolution of Joseimuke media during the Heisei era and why it was the golden age for female otaku.

3. Interpretations & Political Readings

I also want to explore queer, feminist, and political interpretations of my favorite series. However, I’m unsure whether to post these on my main blog or my side fanblog. Since these are more personal observations that's based on my personal view/political leaning rather than usual headcanons/speculations, I don’t want to mix them with my side fanblog, which creates a dilemma for me.

• Fire Emblem: Three Houses political essay – This will definitely be posted on my main blog.
• Feminist reading of the Xeno series and its female characters
• Queer reading of the Xenoblade series through a queer lens

For now, I’ll put the Xeno-related essays on hold until I decide where to post them, but the FE3H essay is confirmed for the main blog. I’ll keep you guys updated!

I’ll also pin this post so I can track and cross out completed ideas. I can’t promise these will be ''released'' in 2025, but this serves as a reminder of the writing projects I want to tackle this year.