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The Arcanist
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~ Cherish the past, without forgetting the future ~

Video-essayist who explores our relationship with fiction and each other through analyzing various media, with a focus on JRPGs and 2000s nostalgia.
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"Actually trusting your audience" goes both ways. It means trusting them to pick up what you're putting down but they are also trusting you to be and Consistent and Coherent.

Stories can be open to interpretation while still being LOUD about their themes
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I feel next year is make or break year as a video essayistt. As in, I actually try to put effort and produce more than one video nextt year. We will see how it goes though.
December 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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As an addendum to this, I think you guys also paradoxically might have too few opinions. Because everyone's just saying the same thing over and over again. At least have a unique take about Toy Story 5, everyone's already saying it's unecessary and that it ended perfectly with 3. Step up your game!
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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tbh as much as official rereleases are good for accessibility, I also feel like a lot of people just won't play games if they don't have official versions and that's not great for culture. Everyone should be downloading random ROMs until they find that special one that breaks their brain wide open.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Keep in mind BiS is in my top 3 Mario RPGs, I can roast it as much as I want to.
October 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I aspire to bee the latter tbh.

I like he game a lot, but I just don't think I have much to add.
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
2,5 to 3 hour still goes but anything longer than that easily takes me out unless its either by a channel that has really good stuff or its ttopic seems interesting enough.
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM