I am frustrated, discouraged, irritated and at a total loss regarding my country. I am disgusted this extremist cult, confused for devout behavior, has overtaken the Republican Party and most public discourse about Christianity and Jesus. I no longer have the luxury of pretending this is just some small group of radicals in the former Confederacy, but instead, this is the identity the Republican Party wishes for America to see them as and the world to see America as; unrelenting, vicious, psychotic, hypocritical murderers who commit genocide. I've warned them online for almost a decade now, and the impression I get is they simply say "So What? America could use a good culling. We don't need the entertainment industry, or Jews, or Muslims, or libtard woke SJW 'Christians,' or Buddhists or atheists or f*gs or g**ks." We're going to see that attitude plastered all over the United States this year, people cheering on the deaths of millions, hoping for a new Holocaust that will exterminate all but their elite circle and torture those who they think they can convert. And if they win, they will make that law as soon as day 1. This could very well be our last free year in this country, after which, we're in places that make Auschwitz look like a 5-star resort. And there's no way to convince those who need convincing that this is wrong.
I'm trying hard as I can to block it out by focusing on Anime Washington, but that just creates a sense of perfectionism around the event. I've put away some money for selfies and other hopeful occurrences depending on time on Saturday the 27th. My top 2 priorities are to get selfies with Tara Platt and Brittney Karbowski, Platt has voiced 7 of my favorite characters; Edelgard, Mitsuru, Elizabeth, Kali Belladonna, Temari, Ikuko Tsukino and Rosie, my favorite being Edelgard since she said "But whatever happens, I hope you know you're very special to me" to the player just before the final battle and is one of the first openly LGBTQ+ Nintendo Characters. Brittney voiced three of my favorite characters; Wendy Marvell, Camie and Citrinne, and has at least one great line each, Wendy shouting "That escalated quickly!" with Carla when Juvia fantasizes her gift to Gray will lead to instant marriage (it's also a Ron Burgandy reference), Camie saying "Victory is a great joy, for real!" on winning matches in My Hero One's Justice 2 and "I've Been A Vicious Fool." by Citrinne when she realizes she went too far pursuing Yunaka without knowing the truth and decides to make it up to her. Others I want to talk to/take pictures with if I have the money are Arryn Zech, Barbara Dunkelman, Yuri Lowenthal and Kate Higgins; namely that Blake and Yang's relationship meant a lot to me and I bought figurines from the Rooster Teeth store, every time I see pictures of Barbara in a cardboard box of packing peanuts I think of Homsar saying "AAAAAH-I bathe myself in the shipping supplies!," I love Yuri's portrayal of Yosuke, Marth and Spider-Man and I love how Kate is both Sakura and Purah, hopefully getting a "Click, snap!" posed picture. All this is just guesswork right now and I would be satisfied with the first 2, but I am also afraid I can't talk about it and get the picture in an "elevator conversation" timeframe, which leads me back to politics or at least inaction. I was also afraid my fragility would take over and security would be called on me, but that was just low medical levels talking. I'm looking forward to it, I just wish there was less anxiety about it and that I had the luxury of not thinking this will be my only chance.
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