This has been the standard approach for self-reflective industry and audience criticism in the anime scene since Evangelion and it simply does not work. Otaku still argue over Asuka/Rei without irony. They take these things, praise it as masterful deconstruction, then integrate it into industry standard regular content without commentary.
A lot has been said about how satire doesn't really work but it super extra doesn't work on otakus.
A lot has been said about how satire doesn’t really work but it super extra doesn’t work on otakus.
:10000-com:
Otaku culture has been built around lionising removed, using that exact d word. They revel in it. They are self aware and have created a culture of being ok with it. This also somehow captures completely normal people and brings them into it because "memes". With no pushback at all.
They even competitively (on /r9k/ and related cryptofascist spawning pools) try to out-gross and out-creep each other and try to make life as nihilistic and hopeless as possible for anyone peeking in.
They take these things, praise it as masterful deconstruction, then integrate it into industry standard regular content without commentary.
The Japanese military did a formal band rendition of Evangelion music recently, too. Because child soldiers with deep psychological trauma being driven to kill for goals they're not allowed to understand involves amazingly blue curtains. :shinji-screm:
The creepiest otakus I have ever met offline were very aware of Rei's secret, and instead of being horrified or even reflective about it (CW: extreme misogyny, sexual violence)
spoiler
they talked out loud about how how it would be to have infinite clones of a tabula rasa perfect waifu that never talked back, and could be killed and respawned each time her virginity was taken.
I broke a lease early over one such conversation. I refused to be anywhere near that creepy fuck and paid for the privilege to leave that quickly.
Satire kind of requires the target to have a sense of shame, or at least an idea that they could be doing better in order for it to actually do anything I think.
This has been the standard approach for self-reflective industry and audience criticism in the anime scene since Evangelion and it simply does not work. Otaku still argue over Asuka/Rei without irony. They take these things, praise it as masterful deconstruction, then integrate it into industry standard regular content without commentary.
A lot has been said about how satire doesn't really work but it super extra doesn't work on otakus.
"Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those who would *critique * capital end up *reinforcing * it instead..."
:10000-com:
Otaku culture has been built around lionising removed, using that exact d word. They revel in it. They are self aware and have created a culture of being ok with it. This also somehow captures completely normal people and brings them into it because "memes". With no pushback at all.
They even competitively (on /r9k/ and related cryptofascist spawning pools) try to out-gross and out-creep each other and try to make life as nihilistic and hopeless as possible for anyone peeking in.
The Japanese military did a formal band rendition of Evangelion music recently, too. Because child soldiers with deep psychological trauma being driven to kill for goals they're not allowed to understand involves amazingly blue curtains. :shinji-screm:
The creepiest otakus I have ever met offline were very aware of Rei's secret, and instead of being horrified or even reflective about it (CW: extreme misogyny, sexual violence)
spoiler
they talked out loud about how how it would be to have infinite clones of a tabula rasa perfect waifu that never talked back, and could be killed and respawned each time her virginity was taken.
I broke a lease early over one such conversation. I refused to be anywhere near that creepy fuck and paid for the privilege to leave that quickly.
Satire kind of requires the target to have a sense of shame, or at least an idea that they could be doing better in order for it to actually do anything I think.