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Vienn8 Since: Jan, 2014
05/09/2021 11:27:04 •••

Self-righteous in all the wrong places.

Long story short, Tatsuya seems to be a guy that was doing his dudebro thing, then either got educated on social justice or decided to start incorporating it into his comics.

From a pure enjoyment perspective, I honestly can't vouch for much of his later stuff. About 90% reads like an illustrated blurb by a social justice blogger. For the most part, this is morally good, but makes for repetitive and emotionally draining reads. What I remember of his earlier strips seemed pretty good: usually funny and with a progressive attitude. I'm not sure what changed though. An archive binge of his new stuff will make you actually laugh maybe once or twice, but engender many groans through how anviliciously he tosses around otherwise sensible morals.

Tatsuya is certainly a complete tryhard when it comes to gender politics. He reads like the mirror universe counterpart to a conservative cartoonist, complete with a weeping Lady Liberty. Yet, however much Tatsuya views himself as a white knight, his strips still often uphold many harmful views to women. Most common of these offences is a prominence of slut-shaming, with sex workers portrayed as fallen and corrupted victims of the patriarchy, rather than... women who are sex workers. Slut-shaming attitudes usually seem to be an overflow of his VERY accurate and appreciated criticisms of the porn industry, though, which at least explains, but does not excuse, his actions.

Anyway, word limit looms in the distance, which prevents me from going in-depth on all these talking points, so I'll just rattle off what I can remember to put down. Also, I haven't read every single strip, so if there's any you'd like to bring up as counterargument, please do. Alright, here we go.

No trans or genderqueer characters to date, trans rights never brought up. Tatsuya possible rare male TERF? Must investigate further. Pretty much everything DMH said. The part about Sarah Palin is irritating for obvious reasons. Satan has gone from a comedic representation of generic evil into just a sexist dude, which is boring to watch. Satan is a brony, and as a person who hates bronies, I like this. Not totally sure what most people more into the hardcore feminist movement would think, but his use of "Kill All Men", etc. seems... appropriative?

That's all that'll fit. I encourage comments!

magictoaster Since: Oct, 2011
03/25/2014 00:00:00

So basically what you're saying is that all bronies are spawns of Satan. That's not biased or judgmental at all!

TomWithNoNumbers Since: Dec, 2010
03/25/2014 00:00:00

I just want to give props for the title, I love the word play

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
05/02/2014 00:00:00

"Tatsuya possible rare male TERF? Must investigate further"

Respect.

Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
05/02/2014 00:00:00

"Satan is a brony, and as a person who hates bronies, I like this."

lolwut

AnsemPaul Since: Oct, 2010
06/20/2015 00:00:00

""Satan is a brony, and as a person who hates bronies, I like this."

I think this sentence makes sense if you use Tumblr enough. Between that sentence and sinfest you gotta wonder how too much Tumblr affects vulnerable minds

XenosHg Since: Oct, 2013
06/22/2015 00:00:00

I wonder what got the review flagged. Sincerely wonder.

Sinfest's latest Social Justice tendencies are so much in-your-face over-the-top exaggerated cliches, that, with no actual word of god I know of, it seems like a plot about someone trying to use SJ to alienate the heroes, who were friends before. Everything goes to hell and back through the mirror, evil twins abide, robots rise to arms because people think of them as robots (lol), and among those duels a Criminy-Fuchsia pairing lives in a happy world, untouched by the dumb wars. I feel like there might be actual plot - it's just moving too slow at 3 frames a day, and if you can affort archive binge of all 15 years, it's better to drop and forget it for another couple of years AT LEAST.

felt_toycat Since: Apr, 2020
05/09/2021 00:00:00

Looking back from 2021, I think the question on if the author is a TERF is settled. He\'s def got the \"constant burning hate for trans anything in general and trans women in particular\" part down.


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