The problem all along was that I was making bad posts. I should have been making good posts this whole time.
Starting in October, I will only be making good posts. No more bad posts. After that, all the problems I've ever had should be fixed. I'm really not sure why it took me this long to figure it out. Quite obvious in retrospect, honestly.
Okay well I meant my last post to be my "THE last post" because funny joke but this video essay was too good to not share. I'll just cheat and pin it
Honestly the first half of the video isn't uninteresting or anything, but it's mostly skippable especially if you don't care about PokéRogue. The context you'd be missing would basically be people complaining that Pokémon isn't supposed to be political. The second half starting at 15:30 is where it really takes off; it describes the political influences that led to the creation of Pokémon being the way it is, and describing art as essentially political (this is to contrast the first half where people were complaining about PokéRogue and other elements of Pokémon being made political in the first place.) By the way in PokéRogue Gardevoirs HAVE to be female. (at least they were at time of posting and for obvious reasons I will not be able to make corrections.) Make of that what you will.
EDIT: A lovely commenter has given some context about the Gardevoir thing, I recommend reading that too.
Dogs require more work (physical), cats require more work (emotional), viewing cats as "low-effort" is wrong they just need a totally different skillset. Anyway children need to learn both lessons but there are easier ways to safely teach them about a lot of work (physical) so a cat is a better teaching tool for a child. Learning how to understand/read the emotions of a creature who expresses them funny is a very helpful experience
It drifts in warm seas. It always returns to where it
was born, no matter how far it may have drifted.
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