Mine are Jaiden Animations (the ultimate AuDHD AroAce icon), Shgurr, The Mysterious Mr. Enter, That Creepy Reading, Cartoonshi, Gooseworx, MagicMush, and Nathaniel Bandy. I don't know if there's anyone else, though.
If Alpharad's recent Deltarune streams have ever shown me anything, I feel like JaidenAnimations would absolutely be the perfect voice actress for Susie, bar none. Raisei's voice, on the other hand, would sound like either Nagito Komaeda from Danganronpa or any of Michael Kovach's characters, IMHO.
I'll start first: JaidenAnimations
I'll start first: Happy Tree Friends. This show had no continuity (especially when the characters keep coming back to life after their deaths in every episode), dialogue, or even character development, the Flash animation was crude, and there's almost zero story to speak of (barring the few instances of background lore like Flippy's backstory in the Operation: Tiger Bomb short) as its entire draw was "cute woodland animals being killed off in incredibly violent and bloody ways".
This was considered fresh and innovative (at the time) when it first aired during the 2000s, but pigeonholing itself into this sole gimmick is also what eventually led to its decline in the mid-2010s, as the repetitiveness and the shock value of its excessive gore gradually wore off, which was a big problem when that was the only thing the series had going for it.
And yes, I'm saying all of this as a HTF fan myself.
I don't know what else I could say here other than stating the obvious. As an AroAce person myself, I still think the asexual pride flag is one of the most beautiful in the queer community, and I can't imagine trying to replace it or change it in any way. No matter how you use them, the aesthetic is always beautiful: excellent colors, lots of flexibility with greyscale, a pop of purple, and the perfect colors for representation/symbolism. Overall, an all-around top-tier flag in my honest opinion.
Even overlooking the factual "why would you throw away brand recognition" arguments, I can't imagine ever developing an attachment to a different flag.
I'll start first: SOMA
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I know people talk about this stuff a lot here, but it’s just very frustrating. Like, I saw this post on Reddit about hating aphobia, and the OP acknowledged other forms of discrimination too, like biphobia and homophobia, and I was like “hell yeah, I think that’s something most people can agree on- omg 40 upvotes and 500 comments oh boy”
Sure, you’ve got the one or two “they’re autistic” comments, and “blah blah hormones,” but my goodness, the amount of people who were saying that asexual people don’t face discrimination at all and we’re just trying to be oppressed shocked me. Someone mentioned some medical discrimination they had faced due to being ace and corrective SA, and they were asked to provide a police report, or it didn’t happen, and that I was a liar and only hurting myself?? It was crazy. The comments there were horrible, yet so many people didn’t see a problem with it.
I saw a guy on an unrelated post going on an unhinged rant, and I pointed out that what he was mad about was never said and that he misread something, and I got back a “stop saying you’re a fucking asexual” like what??? That’s not even… related…? Okay, whatever. But anyway, later he said that he hates “online asexuals who actually aren’t asexual” and that they should be rounded up and told me to “use my imagination”. Brother, what in the hell makes that an okay thing to say about anyone?
At this point I’m just gonna ignore posts mentioning asexuality out of the asexuality subreddit because I’m so tired of this. Why can’t people understand that we have feelings, that we’re people too? Even if we just had to deal with the shit people say instead of other forms of discrimination, that still wouldn’t make “asexuals face no discrimination” true or okay, because it hurts.
The internet is such a cesspool of hate. I wish people could not use anonymity to be horrible and that there was more general open-mindedness to less visible struggles.
Thanks for reading my vent post, I guess.
I don't know if this is an extremely unpopular/controversial opinion, but Class of '09. Despite supposedly being a deconstruction/subversion of one by making the protagonist a complete sociopathic freak, the whole thing almost feels like it was written by an edgelord who really fucking HATES visual novels, and it absolutely shows.
It's either that or YIIK: A Postmodern RPG, a quirky EarthBound/Persona-style RPG developed by someone who seems to despise EarthBound and its derivatives for apparently being silly and whimsical.
Like... why? It genuinely makes no sense to me. It doesn't impact your life at all? With gay people, maybe they hate seeing men kiss in public or something, but there is NOTHING that gives away someone being aro/ace in public?
Why can't these people be normal about others being asexual, huh? And yes, this is from a post on r/ihatethissmug (which was unmoderated, btw).
If you don't know, Hello Neighbor attracted massive attention in alpha stages at the time from YouTubers because of the innovative gameplay it provided. The game's developers misunderstood why it was becoming so popular and instead leaned into the story, making the game appeal to theorists rather than actual players. What came out was a story and gameplay that are both entirely half-baked.