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im personally not a mechsplo gal [*] but i think people are dismissive of it as a subculture & microgenre in ways that feel a bit unfair to it and the women who work within the scene imo. i think art subcultures to explore sexuality are neat + evolve esp. in dialogue w/ how ppl engage w robot genres

[*] i have different influences sort of ... there's the shared genesis of uc gundam and patlabor but for me i guess there's a dive away from real robot into gunbuster+diebuster & the big o & eureka seven. you can make fun of me it's ok

this is partially because there are different subjects being touched upon here ... ! mechsplo often dives into the erotics of instrumentalization and dissociation. this is the connection to empty spaces (iirc). for me i'm more interested in the imprint a charmuro or norikazu situation left on me

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Its kinda weird bc i think my friends and i went in a completely unique direction of transhumanism and fucking the robot in a way i havent seen many other do (would be glad to see some tho!) and i cant wait for my work to be published already aaaa (you can check out my ao3 for the robot fucking tho)