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lb:punchy [2026-01-18 10:14:40] – [Aside - Femininity, horror and agency] ninjasrlb:punchy [2026-04-07 02:57:05] (current) – [Punchy] ninjasr
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 ====== Punchy ====== ====== Punchy ======
-Punchy is a YouTuber who does speed-runs and video essays.\\ +<div subtitle>
-I only discovered him recently.+
 {{tag>creators critique youtube}} {{tag>creators critique youtube}}
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 +<dfn>Punchy</dfn> is a YouTuber who does speed-runs and video essays.
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 +I only discovered him recently.
 ===== Personal Evaluation ===== ===== Personal Evaluation =====
 Punchy's videos tend to be focused around two main topics: speed-running and untranslated Japanese games. I don't care about the former, but do about the latter.\\ Punchy's videos tend to be focused around two main topics: speed-running and untranslated Japanese games. I don't care about the former, but do about the latter.\\
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 Punchy's conclusion is simply wrong. Punchy's conclusion is simply wrong.
 === Aside - Femininity, horror and agency === === Aside - Femininity, horror and agency ===
-Around his Sango segment, Punchy takes a shot at ‘media discourse’ surrounding gender.((:fn:>He says that he wouldn't describe them as ‘woke’ because the games predate <q>“media discourse becoming fucking unbearable”</q> which, again, showcases how generally illiterate he is on these topics. ‘Woke’ refers to SocJus, which is Post-Modernist and Post-Modernism goes back to the 1960s (in the US; older if we look at the French origins). Post-Modernism also has a minor presence in Japan. So, in fact, something from the 90s //can// be ‘woke’.\\  Nitpicking of the highest order? Of course, but I think this is further evidence that Punchy got stuck in the sauce.)) He briefly mentions that <q>“it's almost like female agency is central to a lot of horror games”</q> so this aside exists to address that.+Around his Sango segment, Punchy takes a shot at ‘media discourse’ surrounding gender.((:fn:>He says that he wouldn't describe them as ‘woke’ because the games predate <q>“media discourse becoming fucking unbearable”</q> which, again, showcases how generally illiterate he is on these topics. ‘Woke’ refers to SocJus, which is Post-Modernist and Post-Modernism goes back to the 1960s (in the US; older if we look at the French origins). Post-Modernism also has a minor presence in Japan. So, in fact, something from the 90s //can// be ‘woke’.\\  Nitpicking of the highest order? Of course, but I think this is further evidence that Punchy got stuck in the sauce.)) He briefly mentions that <q :en>it's almost like female agency is central to a lot of horror games</q> so this aside exists to address that.
  
 The games he lists include <cite>Rule of Roses</cite>, <cite>Clock Tower 3</cite>, <cite>Silent Hill 3</cite>, <cite>Haunting Grounds</cite>, <cite>Silent Hill ƒ</cite> and a few other games that I don't recognize. The games he lists include <cite>Rule of Roses</cite>, <cite>Clock Tower 3</cite>, <cite>Silent Hill 3</cite>, <cite>Haunting Grounds</cite>, <cite>Silent Hill ƒ</cite> and a few other games that I don't recognize.
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 What in the game actually suggests that she's low-functioning? What in the game actually suggests that she's low-functioning?
-  * She regularly interacts with supernatural entities and **appears completely unfazed by it**. +  * She regularly interacts with supernatural entities and <em underline-special>appears completely unfazed by it</em>. 
-  * She typically speaks in a childish and sing-song manner. +  * She typically speaks in a <em underline-special>childish and sing-song manner</em>. 
-  * She enthusiastically and unhesitatingly volunteers personal information to a stranger (granted, a doctor) she had never met before when he asks her for it. +  * She <em underline-special>enthusiastically</em> and <em underline-special>unhesitatingly volunteers personal information to a stranger</em> (granted, a doctor) she had <em underline-special>never met before</em> when he asks her for it. 
-  * She holds a conversation with a talking mailbox and doesn't think this is strange in the slightest.+  * She <em underline-special>holds a conversation with a talking mailbox</em> and doesn't think this is strange in the slightest.
 The last one is the proverbial smoking gun, as that indicates an inability to understand reality...which is probably the biggest piece of evidence to suggest that she's low-functioning.\\ The last one is the proverbial smoking gun, as that indicates an inability to understand reality...which is probably the biggest piece of evidence to suggest that she's low-functioning.\\
 Interestingly, Punchy just casually mentions all of this as if there's nothing wrong with it in the slightest. Interestingly, Punchy just casually mentions all of this as if there's nothing wrong with it in the slightest.
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 Punchy doesn't think there's anything wrong with Kurumi, despite evidence to suggest she has trouble with differentiating reality from fiction (in the game's case, the difference between the supernatural and the natural). Plus her naïveté and childlike approach to life can put her in danger. Kurumi //does// have problems which //do// require fixing.\\ Punchy doesn't think there's anything wrong with Kurumi, despite evidence to suggest she has trouble with differentiating reality from fiction (in the game's case, the difference between the supernatural and the natural). Plus her naïveté and childlike approach to life can put her in danger. Kurumi //does// have problems which //do// require fixing.\\
-From the point of view of her parents...there really //is// a problem here that they want to desperately fix. Not because they're selfish...but because they //don't want her daughter to have issues later in life//.\\+From the point of view of her parents...there really //is// a problem here that they want to desperately fix. Not because they're selfish...but because they //don't want their daughter to have issues later in life//.\\
 How does that mesh with them approaching a doctor with a clearly dangerous treatment method that only seems to harm her? Well, from their point-of-view, it could be perceived as a very unfortunate but necessary path forward. I mean, there //are// real medical treatments that are painful, cause harm but, nevertheless, can actually result in ‘cures’: chemotherapy, radiation therapy (for cancer) and amputations.\\ How does that mesh with them approaching a doctor with a clearly dangerous treatment method that only seems to harm her? Well, from their point-of-view, it could be perceived as a very unfortunate but necessary path forward. I mean, there //are// real medical treatments that are painful, cause harm but, nevertheless, can actually result in ‘cures’: chemotherapy, radiation therapy (for cancer) and amputations.\\
 They were obviously //wrong// (because Kurumi //dies//) but I don't think it's fair to characterize them as purely selfish...and Kurumi as entirely normal.\\ They were obviously //wrong// (because Kurumi //dies//) but I don't think it's fair to characterize them as purely selfish...and Kurumi as entirely normal.\\
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