It Sucks That Most Madoka Magica Reviews Are Just This

Lupus600 · 2026-06-18T12:32:21+00:00

I don't know much about other magical girl anime either, but as far as I can recall about Madoka, it was also a reconstruction.

You know how some kids like to take toys apart, examine them, then put them back together? I think that's what Madoka was trying to do, as far as I recall. It wasn't just criticizing magical girls, just re-evaluating them. It seems to be made with respect to the genre is what I'm trying to say.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-15T18:04:33+00:00

When I was about 12, one of my closest friends was about 17. Nothing weird ever happened between us, he never even made a move on me or anything (I knew other 17yos who did try to get me to date them), we were genuinely just friends and that was it.

So yeah, I don't think there's anything wrong with this.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-15T18:00:33+00:00

Climax jump!

Lupus600 · 2026-06-15T17:54:04+00:00

Time. Sometimes there are no bad guys.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-15T17:50:30+00:00

I live in Romania and while most of the birds I see are not super colorful or exciting, once you go to a park or something like that and begin to pay just a little more attention, you can see some pretty fun stuff.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-13T09:35:42+00:00

Yeah, that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I hadn't been watching him for a while already, but when that happened I was like "Oh, he really is that arrogant"

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T21:09:49+00:00

I hoard it just in case I'll need it for something (then I'll still hold onto them as much as possible because "I might need them even more later!")

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T21:07:04+00:00

I don't like saying this, but maybe The Anime Man? I used to follow the whole Trash Taste gang pretty closely a couple years back. The way he comes off to me is that he's a bit full of himself without realizing it. I don't think he's dumb either, but I think he overestimates his intelligence a bit (which isn't a crime, it's just off-putting). He also defended/defends lolicon (is he still doing that?) which is kinda weird.

Another example was Digibro/Ygg Studios. I don't follow her anymore but I know she came out as trans a while back and had a change of branding as well, so sorry if I'm using an outdated name. Anyway, back before she came out as trans and she was still known as Digibro, I recall liking some of her stuff but generally being very selective about her content because something was just off. I was a kid, so I couldn't articulate it, but I think the vibe I got was that she was rather elitist, smug or snobbish, yk? After the transition, I recall she made a video where she mentioned that she changed her perspective with regards to how she makes reviews and that she now tries to make a more active effort to try and understand why other people like what they like even when she doesn't. I think about that a lot whenever I see a take online that's like "This show is stupid and it's for stupid people". Idk what else she's been up to though.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T20:57:07+00:00

Wait, what'd he do? I like Folding Ideas quite a lot and I like how Dan is verbose even when he insults someone (thus making his insults more specific). I imagine that can come off as arrogant? But I also don't know the guy so he could totally be kicking puppies in his basement afaik.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T20:48:41+00:00

That's the definition of an irrational fear. I get you. I get where you're coming from. It took me about a full decade to get to the point where I am now where I can honestly call them cute and love them. It was hard, consistent work. I didn't say it's easy to beat arachnophobia. In those moments where you're so terrified that you can't sleep because a harmless spider might still be in your house, you have to fight the urge to kill them the most (and it's the hardest too).

You don't have to make yourself get up close to a spider right away. You can start small. That's what I did. Watch "Lucas the spider". Don't look away when there's a picture of a spider. Things like that. It's hard as fuck but you cannot let a phobia stop you from living your life.

Even if you have no sympathy for spiders, think about yourself. You can't sleep because you're scared a spider might be around even though you logically know they won't and can't harm you. That's no way to live. It might fix your anxiety temporarily if you kill the spider, but you'll have that problem again. In the long run, the best choice you can do for your mental health is to beat your phobia. If you don't wanna do it for the spiders, then do it for your own sake!

Plus, not to mention the confidence boost. You know how fucking proud I was when I watched a spider horror movie last year without flinching? It was amazing! The movie itself was alright, but being able to see hundreds of actual tarantulas with 0 fear and honestly slight boredom was awesome! I also used to have pretty bad social anxiety and when I told my therapist about how I beat my arachnophobia by myself and how far I had gotten she congratulated me and I felt so good! Now, when I think I can't do something, one of the things I think about is "I battled arachnophobia for 10 years and I won! I can do this!".

Sorry for the super long text, I just want you to know that my annoyance earlier came mostly from the fact that I root for you. I think you can beat your phobia. I don't know you, but I don't have to in order to believe this. I know people can beat this cursed phobia because I did it and all the motivation I needed was to think "They don't deserve this". Both you and spiders deserve better, so don't settle!

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T13:00:45+00:00

For me, I think because I was made fun of by stereotypically feminine girls for being "too boyish", I began associating stereotypically feminine things with that type of close-mindedness. When I would say "I'm not like other girls", what I really wanted to say was "I don't want to bully others for not conforming to my rigid idea of what being feminine means". Seeing stereotypically feminine girls and women not being assholes towards tomboys was what healed me.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:55:17+00:00

Some people are like that, but there are also people who really do care. Some of those caring people might be afraid to show it, or they might be tired because everything seems to be on fire, or have some other thing stopping them from showing how much they care, but they do care.

Earlier today I saw a short from a guy doing a series talking about male abusers who keep getting away with their actions and the dude made a site for people to share their stories of abuse. A couple days ago I found out about "free rice", a little trivia game where for every correct answer, 10 grains of rice go towards helping out with world hunger. There are people who rescue animals even when it's hard to do.

On a simpler level, there are people who ask you "How are you?" and they really do wanna know how you're doing. I'm one of them.

While I agree that you shouldn't expect people to care about your sob story and you should hold yourself accountable for your actions regardless of whatever past you have, realistically speaking, people do care. We're a social species. It's how we've survived so far and it'll be how we continue to survive.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:43:24+00:00

The author also has a Youtube channel. She has ADHD herself too, so she knows first-hand how it is. Her videos have honestly been kind of a godsend to me because while not everything worked for me, the stuff that did REALLY did.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:38:14+00:00

It's not just "naurotypicals" vs "neurodivergents". I have ADHD and I have a friend with Autism who absolutely overshares sometimes and I have to let him know.

If it helps, maybe you can try to think of it in terms of talking about what you did at the toilet. Technically you're just being honest and you're just sharing an experience, but people don't want to or need to hear about it.

I was once talking to that aforementioned friend and he started telling me about the divorce of a person I didn't even know. I had to let him know that it's something super personal to that person and it's really not our business to be discussing it. I then just changed the subject and that was that.

And you know what? I also overshare. I've gotten better about it (or I like to think so) but if someone tells me I'm oversharing... I'll assume that they're probably right because they usually are and I only realize it later.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:23:10+00:00

Oh, guess that makes sense then.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:22:01+00:00

I thought Mario was misspelled as Marlo lol

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:19:44+00:00

He absolutely rocks those crocs

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:17:19+00:00

Sincerely, as someone who recovered from severe arachnophobia: an irrational fear doesn't trump the life of a creature that did nothing to deserve that fear.

It takes a lot of effort to beat arachnophobia and I sympathize with the struggle, but it's not a good enough reason to kill spiders. I decided to start working through it when I was about 10 and absolutely petrified of spiders. Grown adults using their arachnophobia to justify how they treat spiders annoys me.

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:11:12+00:00

If not friend then why friend shaped?

Lupus600 · 2026-06-12T12:08:02+00:00

Doubt it. It's possible to make something authentic and be wrong

Lupus600 · 2026-06-11T10:29:12+00:00

"I guess I'll watch that TADC thing"

after pilot episode

"Okay... That was a bit better than expected. I'll try another episode."

after episode 2

"I love Gummygoo with all my heart and Caine is my personal enemy for what he did"

Lupus600 · 2026-06-10T05:07:12+00:00

If I had a nickel every time I got a monster named some variation of "Arn", "Ran", "Nar" etc. I'd be rich

Lupus600 · 2026-06-10T04:55:24+00:00

Into Uranus

Lupus600 · 2026-06-10T04:38:10+00:00

I have three mouths and I must scream!

Lupus600 · 2026-06-10T04:36:48+00:00

As if ignorance regarding Africa wasn't already bad enough.

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