Mel
@melancholiholic.bsky.social
She/They 23 ace 日本語勉強中
Visual novel enjoyer | Made some video essays | Higurashi Sotsu apologist
https://melancholiholic.straw.page/
Currently (mute tags to hide spoilers):
Reading - LOOPERS #meloopers
Playing - Sora no Kiseki the 1st #melnokiseki
Visual novel enjoyer | Made some video essays | Higurashi Sotsu apologist
https://melancholiholic.straw.page/
Currently (mute tags to hide spoilers):
Reading - LOOPERS #meloopers
Playing - Sora no Kiseki the 1st #melnokiseki
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Mel
@melancholiholic.bsky.social
· Jan 10
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I'm Melancholiholic, or Mel for short! Stories & storytelling are my passion. I enjoy writing, reading, writing about reading, and there are rumors of me being an artist too.
Visual novels are my muse.
Learning JP & annoying about it (it's too much of my life not to be).
Other links/socials ⬇️
I'm Melancholiholic, or Mel for short! Stories & storytelling are my passion. I enjoy writing, reading, writing about reading, and there are rumors of me being an artist too.
Visual novels are my muse.
Learning JP & annoying about it (it's too much of my life not to be).
Other links/socials ⬇️
Idk I feel like criticizing a piece of fiction for its lacking/problematic portrayals and believing they should not be allowed to exist are completely different positions that get easily conflated these days
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Idk I feel like criticizing a piece of fiction for its lacking/problematic portrayals and believing they should not be allowed to exist are completely different positions that get easily conflated these days
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"western BL vs asian BL" discourse making the rounds and it's deeply funny there's a genre of racist gay who's deeply angry asia pioneered mainstream gay art cause it contradicts their chauvinistic assumptions so they have to make shit up like "asian BL fetishizes it or glorifies heteronormativity"
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"western BL vs asian BL" discourse making the rounds and it's deeply funny there's a genre of racist gay who's deeply angry asia pioneered mainstream gay art cause it contradicts their chauvinistic assumptions so they have to make shit up like "asian BL fetishizes it or glorifies heteronormativity"
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'biological male' is a way more offensive slur than 'tranny' by a huge margin
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
'biological male' is a way more offensive slur than 'tranny' by a huge margin
She will proceed not to realize it for many years
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
She will proceed not to realize it for many years
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I still can't believe RGG made rubber explosions real. It was supposed be a joke, a caricature
December 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I still can't believe RGG made rubber explosions real. It was supposed be a joke, a caricature
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No clue what Umineko is. Every time I see a screenshot it looks like this to me:
Battler: (. . . but if you spell "ICUP". . .) Ah. . ! No! It can't be!
Beatrice: Ohhhhhohohohoho! Battler, you dumb fuck!
Battler: (. . . but if you spell "ICUP". . .) Ah. . ! No! It can't be!
Beatrice: Ohhhhhohohohoho! Battler, you dumb fuck!
October 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
No clue what Umineko is. Every time I see a screenshot it looks like this to me:
Battler: (. . . but if you spell "ICUP". . .) Ah. . ! No! It can't be!
Beatrice: Ohhhhhohohohoho! Battler, you dumb fuck!
Battler: (. . . but if you spell "ICUP". . .) Ah. . ! No! It can't be!
Beatrice: Ohhhhhohohohoho! Battler, you dumb fuck!
Is there anything official confirming that Yuri is han? Been watching in Japanese and there have been no pronouns used for them but that's the case with most characters since pronouns are just much less used in Japanese anyway. I'd like to see something official beyond translations
EN translations of Gnosia take some liberty with the queer labels. Not to say the original isn't queer, it is
There's an identity called "han", which is like a combination of agender & asexual w/ a specific procedure to become sexless. "Nonbinary" or "asexual" in EN are both han in JP
There's an identity called "han", which is like a combination of agender & asexual w/ a specific procedure to become sexless. "Nonbinary" or "asexual" in EN are both han in JP
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Is there anything official confirming that Yuri is han? Been watching in Japanese and there have been no pronouns used for them but that's the case with most characters since pronouns are just much less used in Japanese anyway. I'd like to see something official beyond translations
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Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
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I thought it would be nice to see Gnosia getting more popular thanks to the anime but ngl, I didn't consider the horrors of Setsu and Raqio getting misgendered all the time.
It's really easy to use gender neutral pronouns in English please I'm on my knees!!!
It's really easy to use gender neutral pronouns in English please I'm on my knees!!!
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I thought it would be nice to see Gnosia getting more popular thanks to the anime but ngl, I didn't consider the horrors of Setsu and Raqio getting misgendered all the time.
It's really easy to use gender neutral pronouns in English please I'm on my knees!!!
It's really easy to use gender neutral pronouns in English please I'm on my knees!!!
Manosaba is about the ugliness latent in each person. Insecurity, pettiness, unjustified hatred. You're not a defective human for having flaws, but if you never confront them, they'll boil up until something tips them over and someone gets hurt, whether yourself or others.
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Manosaba is about the ugliness latent in each person. Insecurity, pettiness, unjustified hatred. You're not a defective human for having flaws, but if you never confront them, they'll boil up until something tips them over and someone gets hurt, whether yourself or others.
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gotta love how so far this decade has been like
companies: WHY ARENT YALL BUYING PRODUCT BUY OUR PRODUCT
the average young adult: i havent been able to find a job after three years and 900 unanswered job applications but my brother gave me 5 dollars i might be able to eat this week.....
companies: WHY ARENT YALL BUYING PRODUCT BUY OUR PRODUCT
the average young adult: i havent been able to find a job after three years and 900 unanswered job applications but my brother gave me 5 dollars i might be able to eat this week.....
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
gotta love how so far this decade has been like
companies: WHY ARENT YALL BUYING PRODUCT BUY OUR PRODUCT
the average young adult: i havent been able to find a job after three years and 900 unanswered job applications but my brother gave me 5 dollars i might be able to eat this week.....
companies: WHY ARENT YALL BUYING PRODUCT BUY OUR PRODUCT
the average young adult: i havent been able to find a job after three years and 900 unanswered job applications but my brother gave me 5 dollars i might be able to eat this week.....
There are a decent handful of EN VNs I want to check out but it will probably another year before I feel comfortable enough to get out of the language learning mines.......
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There are a decent handful of EN VNs I want to check out but it will probably another year before I feel comfortable enough to get out of the language learning mines.......
The actual point of WTC is to ruin another holiday for the reader each entry until they each become when you cry
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The actual point of WTC is to ruin another holiday for the reader each entry until they each become when you cry
Happy Ciconia month
a picture of a seal with the words " a friend has arrived " above it
ALT: a picture of a seal with the words " a friend has arrived " above it
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Happy Ciconia month
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Watching @airbagged.bsky.social play Umineko and remembering anew my dislike of Erika Furudo.
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Watching @airbagged.bsky.social play Umineko and remembering anew my dislike of Erika Furudo.
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#melnokiseki
So there was definitely some action going on between Mr. Bright and Professor Russel right. That would bring the whole found family thing together too
So there was definitely some action going on between Mr. Bright and Professor Russel right. That would bring the whole found family thing together too
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
#melnokiseki
So there was definitely some action going on between Mr. Bright and Professor Russel right. That would bring the whole found family thing together too
So there was definitely some action going on between Mr. Bright and Professor Russel right. That would bring the whole found family thing together too
Being a lifelong Transformers fan is wild, one day you'll learn there's a bot named "Stormpuck" who has existed from the start where he had 3 lines in the show & got 2 spotlight comic issues before being disemboweled bc his toy was discontinued. They lost the rights to his name & now he's Stormcuck
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Being a lifelong Transformers fan is wild, one day you'll learn there's a bot named "Stormpuck" who has existed from the start where he had 3 lines in the show & got 2 spotlight comic issues before being disemboweled bc his toy was discontinued. They lost the rights to his name & now he's Stormcuck
The whole saga of Yakuza 6-8 feels like a once in a lifetime video game experience. This multi arc story coalescing around a few core themes that coil around each other and culminate in a finale that answers all of them in a fell swoop, all while closing out a long journey and beginning a new one
November 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The whole saga of Yakuza 6-8 feels like a once in a lifetime video game experience. This multi arc story coalescing around a few core themes that coil around each other and culminate in a finale that answers all of them in a fell swoop, all while closing out a long journey and beginning a new one