Dec. 23rd, 2025

bedes: An icon of Bede from Pokemon, smirking towards the camera. (bede)
Incredibly niche pet peeve but I cannot stand when people make Confessions of a Rotten Girl about yuri, but ONLY!! because it is always done so half-assed. Confessions of a Rotten Girl, down to its very base concept, down to its name, is meant to revolve around BL fandom culture. You can't just swap the boys out for girls and expect that to be an accurate representation of himejoshi culture.

My dream "Confessions of a Rotten Girl But Yuri" song is one where the concept is completely reworked. Of course, the structures would be paralleled, but it would be much more of a sister song than a "cover" or such.

Here's my pitch: "rotten girl" comes from "fujoshi", so we would replace that with "princess girl". And, since "confessions" ties into the whole theme of shame/self-indulgence, it would be changed to something more fitting of a princess. Decrees of a Princess Girl, perhaps.

It could lean into the ideas that are present, not only in real-life culture, but in many early yuri works, as well: that an interest in other girls is something that young queer girls will "grow out of". The main character (himedere-ish in nature) leans into this idea to try to act like she doesn't really like it, but her true fannish tendencies can't help but show through the cracks. ("I'm just collecting all this stuff because it's, like, super trendy right now, and I deserve whatever I want! Also, it'll probably resell for a lot, because I got the special rare edition from a super-exclusive meet-and-greet!!! KYA") The final version of the chorus would have her walls of "ironic/casual enjoyment" break down.

In my ideal world, the MV would also contain references to World is Mine, as another himedere-centric Vocaloid song.

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