1 - Reposting because the first post was deleted by mod due to the first take 💔. Hopefully there will be good comments this time too.

2 - South Park is quite overrated and isn't in the same league as the best TV shows.

Insanely inconsistent; some episodes are peak indeed, but others are absolute trash in both comedy and thematic.

Eric Cartman is very well characterized as a psychopath, mainly due to his dynamic with the main kids, but he isn't very deep or complex. I don't know why some people think he competes with Johan in overall writing.

3 - Novel Patrick Bateman > TV chars (except Don).

4 - John Constantine is insanely overrated. Not in the sense that he isn't well written, but because of how much better he's usually placed than other characters, and because he's not on the same level as characters he's generally considered to be (the top tiers of literature, basically).

5 - Disco Elysium fails miserably at being a critique of all existing political ideologies (the game intended purpose) since liberalism, capitalism, and centrism are treated like the Devil himself by the narrative, while other ideologies (mainly communism) are only criticized with a few jokes and pointed comments that nobody cares about.

Obviously, no game is obligated to be impartial; if you want to specifically satirize capitalism, liberalism, and centrism, do it. Just don't say you're satirizing them all equally, as Disco Elysium tries to appear.

6 - Umineko is by far the best VN and the best work of fiction outside of literature. I consumed the most acclaimed works from TV, anime/manga, VNs, and comics both within and outside this community, and nothing comes close to Umineko.

Umineko has a perfect story and plot twists, amazing characters, immense complexity and depth, peak voice acting and OST. I really don't see any flaws in the work besides maybe slow pacing?

FMDM, THIFM, and Subahibi don't come close to Umineko, and Beatrice > Jacopo, Kageaki, and Mamiya.

7 - Speaking of FMDM, Kageaki is insanely good, but I didn't find the VN all that great. It's very good, but I don't think it's in another league compared to Monster or AOT. It's on Gintama level.

Aside from Kageaki and Hikaru, no character particularly captivated me, and the political/moral theme could have been better executed if the work were less absurd/ unrealistic and edgy and more serious and realistic, like something as LOTGH.

8 - ASOIAF is very good, but it's still severely incomplete in my opinion. I personally don't hold it as high as some complete works like Dark Tower.

9 - Souichi is way better written than Baku (who is an incomplete and mediocre character overall).

10 - Animated series (excluding anime) are by far the worst media, with a low repertoire and even the best works not being comparable to other top TV shows and anime.

Some hot takes I have