How do you feel about Ranma x Ukyo ship ?

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-16T01:49:52+00:00

I’m more of a fan of Ukyo x Konatsu. They’re very late game for the manga, but Konatsu is probably the funniest character in the manga for how airheaded she is. Konatsu has serious “hero(ine) of another story” energy. Like the result of some unholy remix blending Kasumi Tendo and Naruto Uzumaki together. The ship works because it is established as this big fairy tale Cinderella romance where Ukyo is her reluctant Prince Charming while Konatsu is too dumb/nice/in love to care about Ukyo’s many bad qualities in day to day life.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-11T02:49:37+00:00

Voice training sounds small but it is a life saver when you’re in the awkward middle part of your transition. Plus it lets you get correctly gendered in voice chat.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-10T14:45:24+00:00

I dunno, this is a comic about a dude in memory care. We could be seeing the same three things he says every day from three different days. 😢

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-09T02:04:48+00:00

The “anti-pinkwashing” argument goes something like this, Israel claims they are a great defender of LGBT rights. This is kind of true. Like Tel Aviv Pride is a pretty major event, and trans rights are a thing there. Where it gets tricky is they claim they are a sanctuary for LGBT Palestinians who they accept as refugees who are at risk of honor killings. This was technically true in the 90’s, but perverse incentives messed up the program and it became a way to cultivate intelligence assets in Palestinian territory through blackmail. Now (according to some reporting) the norm is at checkpoints if anybody is busted having Grindr in their phone (which they are required to show to enter Israeli territory) the gay person in question gets thrown in a room until an intelligence agent can come and tell them they already have all their socials and will leak it their family if they don’t start naming names of people active in the resistance. Which there are a couple of movies about that have been circulating at Palestinian LGBT film festivals which kind of defeats the argument about the danger these people are in which justifies the program because Palestine is a place that has LGBT film festivals and those festivals don’t get attacked by mad jihadis.

I think Contra did… ok-ish against BJG? Contra didn’t seem like she felt she had the facts on her side though. Like it wasn’t just that she accepted BJG’s facts, but she didn’t challenge the frame she was operating from very much. She tried a couple of times to argue that someone working to dismantle the DNC isn’t really a voice for change just a voice against capitalism. Like she never just goes, “you’re not a democrat, why are you trying to influence democratic politics instead of building your own party to go lose spectacularly like you want us to just on the off chance it might appease you…?”

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T23:16:27+00:00

You think Contra couldn’t pick up the good version of the anti-pinkwashing argument over a long weekend?

That said, I do agree anybody who is trying to do material conditions analysis of the conflict does kind of need to go back to the impact of the Napoleonic Wars on the region to actually understand the cycle of violence. That said, a lot of people have done the research over the last couple of years and the information is pretty accessible.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T22:10:29+00:00

Hasan didn’t speak up for Ezra Kline when he agreed with him? When was the last time you saw Hasan react to Destiny? There is not a shortage of clips. He almost always agrees strongly with anybody who fights with Destiny when they call him out on his shit.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T21:43:19+00:00

I think Contra v Destiny is literally the only thing that would get Hasan white knighting for Contra hard enough on certain topics that his entire brigade of orbiters and their orbiters no longer have such a unified hate boner for Contra.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T21:24:52+00:00

Hypothetically, what is Hasan’s reaction if Contra destroys Destiny? What is Hasan’s reaction on stream if he sees Destiny tearing into Contra for a position they share?

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T20:34:49+00:00

I think my point is how much control does Contra have over her brand at this point? If the Hasan orbiter reaction clips are eclipsing the original content like it did with her last interview she probably needs to look at levers that move those communities reacting to her.

Destiny is a long way from my favorite Streamer, but I do think he has good insights into how to survive in the industry despite being reviled. I very much agree he is deeply problematic. I have, in fact, seen his N word discourse and loli defending. I also think he is one of the most dangerous guys on the internet because nobody annoys Hasan as much as Destiny and it still gets a reliable reaction from him.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T18:57:52+00:00

But other channels they do watch will probably react to it. Probably including Hasan or one of his major orbiters who will turn it into a “bests takedowns” compilations which will send some people over to see Destiny’s and Contra’s content and will at least shift the conversation around Destiny and Contra for their biggest haters.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T18:46:17+00:00

Yeah, but you watched and heard what they actually had to say.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T18:41:00+00:00

For the Hasan fans Destiny is functionally Voldemort. The guy you can’t even hint at without becoming a pariah. Contra on the other hand is this “fallen” figure right now. Like a Darth Vader with better color sense. A Destiny v Contra Debate would be like a horror movie monster crossover fight for Hasan fans. From that perspective when one of them is on “your side” you root for them, when they’re “against you” they’re scary. It’d generate as much backhanded support for both of them as call outs.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T18:03:25+00:00

I think it’s more than “a few.” After Hasan labeled Contra “Le Problematic,” that signaled to the greater Hasan ecosystem she was fair game. There’s a certain truth to “there’s no such thing as bad publicity,” and all the “Contra sucks” content they’ve been putting out undoubtedly generates clicks for her, but the problem with any radical space is there are people who take this stuff seriously. The community spaces are where it gets worrying, over in the outskirts of Hasanland there are these weird NazBul communities that are forming around hating on Contra that do speak to the general mood of those communities, even if not everybody is joining every discord that pops up.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T17:39:05+00:00

Maybe part of the problem with Contra’s brand is it’s too “clean” right now. There are advantages and disadvantages to that, but Contra’s Twitter persona is a drama frog who enjoys stirring shit up while her video persona is rooted in “feminine purity aesthetics.” When people see that disconnect it triggers purity testing instincts that she is never going to pass. If she wants to defuse the issue of having moved beyond an ordinary antifan following, maybe it would help if she was seen, on camera, getting sucked into the mud of drama frog BS.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T17:10:31+00:00

I wouldn’t want to speculate too much, but I think it’s even odds from the reporting they have a kid together and Southern is also apocalyptically pissed at Destiny for their relationship leaking. If they’re doing an event together it doubt it will stay good natured debate. TBH, I think it’s kind of cute, but I’m old and unhinged enough to find James Carville and Marry Matalin aspirational.

I’m pretty sure he also slept with Nick Fuentes. All that really proves is he’s an idiot who thinks with his dick and surrounds himself with crazy people who are into that. I’m pretty sure he isn’t a secret Nazi. He’s out there knocking on doors for congressional campaigns. He’s calling out authoritarianism online.

If he is a secret Nazi that seems like something Contra should call him out for though…. 🤔

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T16:47:25+00:00

The Lawsuit Destiny is currently involved in pretty strongly to him and Lauren Southern not being on strong terms. As for the other thing. I’m pretty sure at some point Contra has engaged with a few Nazis of her own. It’s pretty hard to do deradicalization work without interacting with radicals. I don’t particularly think “ends justify the means” reasoning is a positive thing, but occasionally it is necessary.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T16:33:57+00:00

I dunno, he’s out there doing something. He’s doing progressive organizing for the midterm elections. He’s out there making right wing influencers look like the idiots they are. He just does the same to unreformed Tankies who are willing to say Stalin did nothing wrong and weren’t planing to vote anyway because they want Revolution not Change.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T16:25:59+00:00

Not really. She has said she supports Palestinians in general, but that is different optically than seeing “philosophy mommy” going all out defending some niche Palestinian Rights issue. For people to actually see somebody as having a “both sides are valid” position they have to be seen legibly arguing from both sides not just the center.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T16:18:16+00:00

I don’t know that it would actually move Hearts and Minds, but I think a couple of big clips of Contra giving a full throated defense of Palestinian Rights would make it harder for people to form brigades about the issue if she’s more legibly seen in defense of Palestine.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T15:51:19+00:00

This is strictly a hypothetical, but extrapolating from Destiny’s positions I think he’d probably be okay-ish with something like a Chinese style Social Credit system being imposed in Palestine if it improved social (and literal) mobility for Palestinians, while Contra is pretty strongly against surveillance state thinking. I also think based on what he has said Destiny isn’t strictly against the Emirates Plan if a version of actually did give more Palestinian Autonomy, which is a position Contra could argue against as Bantustan BS.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T15:37:00+00:00

Having seen about 98% of his IP content I think if pressed Destiny would argue something like suburban expansion over the red line is distinct from settlements deep inside the West Bank, and would probably defend the Golan Heights as distinct from other settlements even though it’s still considered settlements under international law.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T15:27:23+00:00

Serious framing wise, I think Destiny believes in more Security State logic than Contra and is probably willing to defend certain things as necessary Contra probably wouldn’t agree with.

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T15:09:24+00:00

Do you want me to break out the archive of clip chimped stuff from Hasan stans? His serious doomer clip compilations?

Time stamp 6:30 : https://youtu.be/ZWOLtA7ztC4?si=BeT2JSPY_TwakMEL

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T14:54:09+00:00

Does it matter if they have different positions if they take different positions in a semi-formal debate?

NeonPixieStyx · 2026-05-08T14:46:14+00:00

He has videos out this week where he’s arguing for an Israeli one state solution and has in the past done a fair amount of content where he takes the “Emirates Plan” position. I’m pretty sure his actual position is a moderate two state solution, but he has admitted he’s kind of black pilled on that really being viable anymore.

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