Pathways, a “bespoke interactive studying” recreation developed in collaboration with the “political literacy” platform Shout Out UK and funded by the British authorities, has inadvertently spawned a “cute goth e-girl” meme. The sport was meant to struggle anti-immigrant extremism, however now its character has been was a pro-right-wing image.
Developed by the Hull and East Using of Yorkshire council in collaboration with Shout Out UK, Pathways is a barebones visible novel internet recreation that places you within the sneakers of Charlie, a college-aged boy or woman who has a horrible behavior of working into weird political radicalization eventualities. It’s being touted as a instrument that academics can use to fight the “promotion or development of an ideology primarily based on violence, hatred or intolerance.”
The “worst” ending btw #Amelia #Pathways pic.twitter.com/v7kZ3N9oMi
— Bee CrayZee (@Bee_CrayZee) January 12, 2026
The extent-headed critique of Pathways is that its content material and selections are sparse. The concept a minute-long PowerPoint slideshow-style narrative might absolutely handle extremism and radicalization is laughable, however the railroaded, overly domineering selections will doubtlessly additionally come off as ham-fisted to the identical folks it’s meant to achieve.
As a substitute, it’s the net proper that’s propelled Pathways into memedom. The consequence has been the sudden inflow of AI-generated “cute goth e-girl” fan-art (when you can name it “artwork”) in some corners of the web, primarily based on Amelia, Pathways’ racist, but alternatively-styled, antagonist.
She’s exploded in reputation on alt-right leaning subreddits like r/Asmongold, who instantly noticed a imaginative and prescient of their excellent girl in Amelia. Consequently, the meme unfold to X. Since then, customers have been making Grok work extra time, producing lots of of Amelia photographs for the platform’s far-right crowd to get pleasure from.
A few of the blame right here lies with whoever designed Pathways’ paintings. Making a goth-adjacent feminine racist be the one character in your recreation with a particular design, after which having them turn out to be extra hooked up to the protagonist in the event that they select to assist anti-immigration concepts and insurance policies, was actually a selection. I can’t assist however really feel that whoever designed Amelia has clearly by no means met a teen earlier than. That being stated, the Reze/Amelia meme on the r/Chainsawfolk subreddit may be very, very humorous.
