Anitwitter is a place where
Darling in the Franxx is not 2018 but simply eternity;
a life where Nishigori abandons Panty & Stocking, the intersectional queer feminist masterpiece,
and instead embraces Shinzo Abe.
A place where End of Evangelion was actually 2017,
and the Rebuilds set in the distant future,
banished henceforth from the TL.
Where LGBT identities coexist
within the space between Crunchyroll, Twitter poetry, and anime.
Where would we be without feminism focused on streaming anime
and gender and sexuality
that focuses on marginalized identities as tightly constructed.
But we are united
in seeing red over Rockstar
and skipping out on Domestic na Kanojo.
As cishet as Yuasa and Shinkai must seem,
Domestic na Kanojo is a master class in
exploring sexuality from completely explored angles,
providing the one point of destruction to our collective tastes.
Our cherished place where the powers of being
will blare the ending to Ashita no Joe 2
as if it were an episodic string of alien girl-and-boy whodunnits
fitted to a stream of wacky puns;
as if all anime must be watched by a certain point
to be enjoyed!
The great place where “what is your top 5 anime”
can be asked in a myriad, million ways.
The great place where Monogatari and Evangelion
convey every facet of queer life
and need to be remembered
lest the memory from a day ago fade.
The great place where you can
experience the [discourse] show
and have thoughts about which creators should be smote
without ever watching.
The great place where sometimes we work together
to destroy the birdcage of society that ensnares us all.
And most importantly, a great place
Of occasional best friends, frequent good friends,
and constant but often low-level worst enemies.
(trying to be like low-key savage but not actually savage)
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