When it was announced that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was ending in 2019, I decided to try expanding my interest in My Little Pony into an interest in animation/cartoons more broadly. And you know what that meant?
That's right, I started watching Soviet cartoons and learning about their histories and production, including learning some basic Russian in order to get access to Russian-language sources, and in that way I got a much more nuanced understanding of the USSR and the perspectives of those who lived through it. And where did that lead me? COMMUNISM.
And attempting to get into animation from around the world also naturally meant that I started watching anime, in particular slice of life leaning on CGDCT. 'Twasn't much surprise then that I'd eventually have a dream wherein I wore something resembling the K-On! school uniform while showing "my new boyfriend" around town, basically living as his doting girlfriend, and woke up wishing I'd stayed dreaming. And that was one major contributing factor that would eventually lead to my gender crisis in 2020!
THIS IS TRULY THE ESSENCE OF MATERIAL DIALECTICS ON DISPLAY RIGHT HERE!
it's wild how many things have a fandom consisting of frothing chuds and lgbt communists and absolutely no middle ground between them
horseshoe theory
I feel like the former is an example of what happens when people realize they're different and resent it while the latter is people who realize they're different and embrace it.
beautifully said