Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to anime • 1 year agoThis is why isekai is popular, reality under Capitalism sucks.imagemessage-square35 fedilinkarrow-up1128
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minus-squarePM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]hexbear25·1 year agoI'm not dissing escapism in general, just the popularity of this particularly unimaginative and often problematic genre link
minus-squareMagician [he/him, they/them]hexbear20·1 year agoOh I see. Yeah, that's a pretty clear distinction. That part of the genre has dehumanizing wish-fulfillment vibes that reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism. link
minus-squarePM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]hexbear17·1 year ago reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism. I think that's a really sharp observation. There's probably a good essay to be written about that. link
I'm not dissing escapism in general, just the popularity of this particularly unimaginative and often problematic genre
Oh I see. Yeah, that's a pretty clear distinction. That part of the genre has dehumanizing wish-fulfillment vibes that reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism.
I think that's a really sharp observation. There's probably a good essay to be written about that.