What's up party people? It's me, ya boy Kongming

how the Higashi villagers see Yuru talking to his "human friend" Danji:

I get that some people are annoyed hearing about Europeans talk about the rise of heat. What constitutes a heat wave in Europe is a pleasant spring day for some people and to be someone watching entire countries moan and groan about the heat while it’s ten degrees hotter can be annoying. But some of y’all gotta stop pointing and laughing and look at the bigger issue.

YEAH THIS IS SCIENTIFICALLY RECORDED

I hate rgu fan's refusal to accept the idea that the show is racist. anthy is a south-asian coded racialized character who unfortunately plays into a lot of stereotypes associated with south asians. the only reason we know she is south asian is because of the bindi on her forehead. akio as the representative of the patriarchy is south asian and plays into the "brown rapist" stereotype. the only reason anthy and akio were racialized was to Other them. to say that the show is a thoughtful depiction of racism and colonialism is to give the show far more credit than it deserves. to say that race is a blind spot in the show is doing much the same. that's not to say that any analysis of utena through the lense of race is worthless, it actually adds to the show's critique of the structures of oppression. especially since racism is kind of inseparable to them. but that analysis can go hand in hand with acknowledging the show's inherent racism. a lot of south asians, including me identify with anthy as a character and they have given a lot of excellent meta that enriches the show but i don't want anyone to use that fact as a card to deny her orientalized depiction.

via @themonstrousother

something that clarified this for me was watching mobile suit gundam 0079: Anthy is dark skinned / south asian coded just because Lalah Sune is & like...gundam is also racist

Possibly my spiciest take is that it's actually good to have people you respect and like that have some dogshit takes.

It’s also good to assume you probably are the friend whose brain falls out 20% of the time.