Also, even with the owl stuff, there's political crossover, where I get a bit angrier about loopholes in laws that destroy ecosystems and inaction to saving endangered animals.
That kind of politics is very likely to be nearly universally agreed with on an owl community... at least I think, so you're probably safe.
I usually won't stalk profiles, I really only do to check "are you for real or are you just trolling", and now what with the Fediverse being a new thing I'll sometimes check on people to see if they stopped commenting too.
I'm a bit oversensitive and politics gets a lot of engagement, naturally, and there are so many politics magazines or magazines that aren't strictly politics but will post a political meme or about where inflammatory politics intersects with their usually non-political point of interest, and that's so so so many to filter out that I just don't trust I can look at All on my instance without seeing something enraging or "look how awful the world is today!" when I already know about that thing and don't want to spend my time getting worked up over it yet again. I know it means I lose out on fun interactions like the ones you have, though, and that's a tradeoff I take, especially since I supplement by subbing to /m/[email protected], and either that or Fedigrow has the active communities thread. I also used https://sub.rehab/ when first coming here from Reddit to replace all the subreddits I enjoyed, so I tried to hit all my interests I would be remotely interested in talking about online.
Yeah, given the games are visual novels and usually don't have much gameplay besides that (there are stat raisers like the Tokimeki Memorial series, I'm not really personally interested in Anchored Hearts but am aware of it because it is supposed to have some gameplay beyond just usual visual novel making choices, Boyfriend Dungeon is hack-and-slash) they put a lot into story or characters in order to keep it engaging. As someone who started with more traditional gaming before I found otome games, I would love to see more otome that also includes more traditional gaming. Some of the otome isekai genre things I consumed (more detailed explanation of what otome isekai is here, but in short the name should tell it all: girl/woman isekais into an otome game) feature otome that also is a real RPG with levels and everything (off the top of my head, Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord, Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte, definitely have the game in the story be an RPG otome, and I don't recall what kind of genre The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior was but the title should tell you it definitely wasn't just a visual novel) which, if it isn't another misunderstanding of otome or artistic license being taken, implies that such games exist in Japan and just went unlocalized. But most otome are just straight up visual novels, so you have to sell them to us on the story, characters, and art only. Sometimes the music is really cool, but you don't really sell an otome on its music. Even if it's Band Camp Boyfriend. It's pretty cool. I've seen that some men play otome for the story and/or the romance and I definitely welcome that and them.
Curious what anime you like, and if you've joined any anime communities on the Fediverse. Or on Mastodon. Thinking of finally trying Mastodon after a year being on Lemmy and Kbin only. (I know my account age has me starting in September, but I instance-hopped.) I think I remember people on Fedigrow talking about anime communities they set up.