neoruki.bsky.social
@neoruki.bsky.social
she/her
yuri enthusiast
pry my horror lesbians from my cold, dead hands..
i would be such a good fucking mech pilot you have no clue
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could it be.... a new post!? on my website, just a day short of a full year after my last one!?

I wrote a short essay about a relatively young subgenre of mecha, some misconceptions about it, and a dangerous narrative which those misconceptions promote.

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Mechsploitation, Misconception, Bad-faith Criticism, and Transmisogyny
Hi, everyone.  There’s been a little bit of grousing in the mechsploitation scene over the last couple of weeks, and I’ve found myself increasingly frustrated with a mix of misunderstandings a…
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September 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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In this mess together

A doodle of Colette and Scylla from @magseidolia.bsky.social's Wolfsbane
September 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Ok the inspiration kicked my character design brain into gear~
August 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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I operate on a "one year on, one year off" misandry schedule so next year I'll probably be less openly dismayed by like the existence or concept of men
August 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Favorite genre of post: normal people interacting with mechsploitation characters
August 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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and it was so epic when she takes off her muzzle and say "every war has its hound"
August 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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i w ould treat her right
August 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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want to be women, etc.

Oh and "I identify as..." feels like something poisonous the right slipped into queer culture at a critical point. It sounded good at a glance but subversively erases everyone who uses it. No one leads with "identify as" if they mean they "are." "Identity/identify" denies
July 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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"haha, don't open that door, you'll let the cold in"

"Umm, actually, cold doesn't exist, I'd be letting the heat out," I say smugly before hitting the button, jettisoning myself and everyone else on the station into space
August 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
is really really liking really really spicy food that makes you uncontrollably cry a form of masochism or do i need to up my med dosage again
August 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
i love writing
August 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i finally picked up titanfall 2 on sale because it was like 6 bucks. im broke but i can afford 6 dollar video game. anyways yeah everytime b2 picked me up in the campaign i got a little turned on. send tweet.
August 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Realizing that the fucked up Lancer Mechsploitation game I'm playing where doll pilots are groomed for martyrdom is kinda just how every military has worked since forever
August 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
it's interesting how mecha is a metaphor for something different for everyone. for me, mecha has always been a metaphor for being trans. you risk it all to control a better body and become a stronger version of yourself. no one gets why you risk it. but other pilots — they understand.
August 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
being a woman is inherently so shit. half the world fucking reeks of misogyny and it's so deep rooted and systematic that it feels fucking hopeless. how the fuck am i supposed to be a woman in a world that fucking hates woman.
August 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM