#studentofetherium

part of the thing with his selection of jokes that i wonder about, particularly since he's got no compunctions about doing this for attention, is whether or not he's getting a lot of it from his viewers direct engagement and encouragement. as a public figure of this sort you can actually coast a lot on your own audience feeding you their injokes and preferences (i think of halimedemf watching mecha anime and fate largely at the behest of her avid repliers, and then gaining credibility when she recycles posts about it later), and he never pulls like "actually i read madoka magica wraith arc and it was fuckin mid, lol [ironic tone of voice]", so i don't read a positive love for madoka magica from him. i've not seen him use an actual piece of manga or a blueray or a light novel as a prop, but instead regular books with modifications that could be made with a printer and some tape. this sort of indicates that he really is just taking whatever is at hand for these skits to get them out there, doesn't it? maybe he's not, it's hard to really prove anything just by cursory observation, especially when tony is as obfuscatory as he is.

with that, if you're being ironic you have to ask whether you would be comfortable saying what you're saying unironically, right? it's less funny to pretend to be racist if you aren't racist, you're more likely to find your humour in making fun of racists directly, that sort of thing. the combination of these two things, for me, the lack of apparent love, and the reckless abandon towards ironic hate, at least seem to suggest a very strong distaste for anime or its fans, even if its not proof positive.