A Million Amelias
Feb. 11th, 2026 02:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mystical_mountain_9Just about any technology or a tool from a suite which constitutes a technology can be seen as a double-edged sword: there’s the intended effect (as per those who design it) and either the unintended effect (use by others whose views differ from those of the designers) or unforeseen/unintended consequences of the technology/tool. Examples from the past are too numerous to mention and I suspect that just about everybody agrees with this statement to the point that it has become an axiom.
I’ve haven’t been a fan of modern technology since I was about 15 years old. It was right around that time – 1980 or so – that whatever new-fangled tech was being shouted about from the rooftops as being ‘wonderful’ or ‘revolutionary’ or whatever just seemed to be stupid, manipulative, a money-maker for those who already have too much money, or just plain evil. I still think that things were perfectly fine, technologically speaking, by 1980 and I would not shed a tear if I woke up tomorrow morning to find that all post-1980 technologies had magically disappeared. Had I been born to an Amish family, I doubt that I would have left the community.
That being said, I have reluctantly accepted that in order to function in the modern tech-obsessed and tech-burdened society, I have to hold my nose and just accept these things as ‘the way things are.’ Hence, I am composing this piece on a laptop rather than paper and fountain pen.
I guess one of the main reasons I have problems with modern technologies is that I can always see how those interest groups (primarily political and business) can – and do – use these to their own benefit and the general society’s, and/or the individual’s, detriment. The most egregious use, in my opinion, is for propaganda. I suppose it has been true since the days of clay tablets in ancient Babylon, but that does not mean that I like it.
So, while I strictly (one may even say “religiously”) avoid using ‘AI’ for the purpose of synthesizing information, I do not mind consuming ‘AI’ for cultural purposes, especially memes. The current ideology that is in power in most of the West has been so ham-fisted and “all-in” in its full-spectrum dominance of all media in order to crush all competing ideologies that it richly deserves to be mocked via memes. Just to be clear, while I have my own political leanings, I believe the same can be said if the “glove” were on the “right hand” instead of the “left hand”. Authoritarianism is authoritarianism: full stop. And I’m not cool with that; it is alien to my culture and heritage, and I see no reason to change.
It has been with great alarm that I have watched the land of my ancestors – the British Isles – in recent years make a quantum leap towards a ‘1984’-like dystopia. Not as though it is much better in the rest of the Anglosphere, the West in general, or even many countries around the world, but in many respects, I see Britain as a ‘canary in the coal mine.’
Case in point: it has recently become common knowledge that the UK Home Office commissioned the creation of a video ‘game’ called “Pathways” for children aged 11 – 18 years to ‘play’ in school. The aim of the game was to find out which children were prone to ‘wrong think’ and quickly address it through a ‘re-education’ program. The protagonist of the Pathways game is a gender-neutral character named “Charlie” who faces various social situations where there are decision-points. The wording of each of the three choices that Charlie must make at such points is so full of ‘progressive’ bias that it is breathtaking (for example, looking at government statistics to fact-check information broadcast on the mainstream media is considered ‘right-wing extremism’). Charlie has a few friends in this game, including the antagonist named “Amelia.” Oh, Amelia’s a baddie, she is! Hair dyed purple and wearing a black choker, this “goth” girl (LOL, she’s clearly punk, but we’ll let that slide) harbours dangerous, illegal thoughts such as Britain should belong to the British (that is, the “reprehensible” attitude that her ancestors had while fighting continental aggressors for countless centuries) and honouring war veterans and the war dead who fought against the Nazis. Amelia ‘lures’ Charlie into attending protests by British patriots and perform other unspeakably ‘evil’ deeds (that is, deeds protected by the Magna Carta, British common law and the English Constitution). Of course, it never occurred to the loonies who created the Pathways game that a red-blooded male who encounters a brave, opinionated female who harbours the same deep societal values that he does (you know, like the way Winston was attracted to Julia in ‘1984’ – which, of course, they have not read), or even a Brit of either gender who has a reasonable amount of self-respect, would find her appealing. Talk about being out of touch with reality!
This demented, canned, thought-control experiment was foisted on the hapless teens and pre-teens of Yorkshire in 2023. And there Amelia and the other characters were imprisoned in their two-dimensional animated world (very similar in style to the British children’s cartoon ‘Peppa Pig’) until January 8, 2026. On that particular day, some tech-savvy young man discovered Amelia, found her rebellious character to be attractive, and let her free on the Internet via memes. And she has taken off like a rocket! It is all spontaneous and organic: hundreds of content creators have channelled the energy of Amelia and shared it with the world, for free; and Amelia’s voice has been magnified and amplified by the popular response to these memes.
By January 15, the British government had got word that AI-generated versions of Amelia were popping up on the ‘X’ platform, sticking to character, full of English pride, waving the Union Jack and wearing a shirt bearing St. George’s Cross, and saying the most “horrible” things like why she loves England. I’m sure the squeals of terror and outrage by the bureaucrats were heard on the Moon! Oh, Amelia has been captured by far-right violent extremist radicals! By January 25, British newspapers sounded the alarm claiming that the character of Amelia had been ‘subverted’. A call was made out to leftist content creators to ‘reclaim’ Amelia to the woke side – but that was a fool’s errand: she’s a rebellious teenage punk (duh!), how is she going to be converted into a goose-stepping pro-mass-migration propagandist?
Amelia has exploded over the Internet. Memes and brief animated videos of every imaginable style – from the original flat ‘Peppa Pig’ style to the more classical AI style to Manga and more – have been popping up on ‘X’, Youtube, Facebook, and every other social media platform that supports visual media. One of the beauties of the Amelia phenomenon is that her memes spout pro-English statements that would these days get an English native thrown in jail – but one can’t arrest or jail a meme! Amelia speaks for a huge swath of the English population that is not OK with being shamed for being English but is now afraid to speak in public or even “tweet” their patriotic feelings because since 2017 more than 65,000 Brits were jailed for communicating such sentiments! The inability to arrest Amelia must be driving the current regime in Britain mad in frustration. Their own creation, who was meant to be a ‘cautionary example, has slipped from their grasp. The genie cannot be put back in the bottle!
So, what kind of things has Amelia been up to in this flood of memes over the past month? Among other things she has: waxed poetic in pubs and on park benches about how she like English food, fashion and dogs; removed graffiti from Stonehenge; spent time with contemporary British icons such as Peppa Pig, Wallace and Gromit, and Harry Potter; travelled in time to hang out with King Arthur in his quest for the Holy Grail, meet William Wallace and the lads at Stirling Bridge, lead an English crusade to battle, pal around with Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest, and have a taste of life in 1960s London; called Kier Starmer a ‘wanker’ to his face and replaced him as Prime Minister; and gone overseas to meet her equivalents in Ireland (Amelia Fagan), Germany (named Maria), France (Marie) and Sweden (whose name escapes me). Amelia has been recruiting allies such as James Bond and Judge Dredd. She even went to Buckingham Palace and “converted” the monarchy: there is a meme of King Charles saying, “Call me Charlie now. England for the English!” and Camilla has dyed her hair light purple and changed her name to “Camelia”. And now Amelia has a Manga movie trailer (in Japanese!) entitled “Amelia: The Last Rose of Albion.” Her meme never sleeps!
Also, there have been a number of identifiable traditional English music “sung” by Amelia (thanks to AI, of course). They include “Rule Britannia”, “Land of Hope and Glory”, “I Vow to Thee, My Country”, “Abide with Me” (a popular hymn, sung by her in honour of Britain’s fallen soldiers) and – to crown them all – the immortal verses of Blake’s poem “Jerusalem”:
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On England’s pleasant pastures seen!
And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green & pleasant Land.
The most gloriously cogent Amelia “meme” that I have found so far is a music video called “A Million Amelias” created by a brilliant and supremely talented computer generation artist by the name of Skyebrows. It dropped ten days ago, and I understand that it is now number one on Spotify and has gone hypersonic on ‘X’. It is also on YouTube (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B4524ot5BM) where it has already generated over 500k views. Not only is the AI-generated tune catchy and the lyrics cutting, but the mix of visual styles representing Amelia is wide and the level of editing applied to the numerous AI videos that have been seamlessly and rhythmically stitched together in the final product is breathtaking. And for those who are plugged into the zeitgeist to some degree, the amount of homage paid to rebellious content creators, counter-culture figures and great figures of England’s glorious past packed into a short video – without taking away from the “star of the show” (Amelia herself) – is truly something. It has also pushed the AI generator right to the edge of its technical capabilities (for now, anyway). The video sings of:
The girl they created and couldn’t control / Amelia girl was such an own goal...
Purple shadow recast, coronated our queen / not meant to be based, but you came out clean…
Tried to shut it all down but she ran a full lap / waifus laughed in chorus, the meme’s on tap…
But echoes don’t die when you know the name / and slamming the lid is just boosting the fame…
Now there’s a million Amelias / girl’s appeal was revealed, ya.
This video has taken Ameliamania to the next level.
While I find the whole Amelia phenomenon to be fascinating from a cultural perspective, I am always looking inward to determine if there is something deeper afoot. Must cultural phenomena and fads are superficial and just a “flash in the pan”; but not all. When I see depth, I like to dive in and see what I can find in the murky depths of the human unconscious and/or supernatural/Divine forces that may be at play. I certainly find that Amelia possesses depth.
A discussion on John Michael Greer’s ‘Magic Mondays’ space on Ecosophia this week raised the topic of Amelia regarding what this AI-generated ‘waifu’ is manifesting. In her recent blog on Amelia, Kimberly Steele suggested that Amelia was, in fact, self-generated. Fascinating thought!
As a mystic who sees the Divine infused in every atom of creation and pervading every level of the occultist version of the “multiverse”, I believe that a Divine “something” is bursting through the British collective consciousness (and now beyond the borders of the Albion) in the avatar of Amelia. But who could it be? I cannot say with certainty, as I am not familiar enough with the various goddesses of Celtic Britain, but I do see that Amelia’s energy is protective rather than aggressive. Depictions of Amelia, and discussions of her, have also focused on her as a modern British equivalent of Joan of Arc – understandably so. I am also reminded of Boudica, Celtic Queen of the Iceni tribe, who was the bane of the Roman occupiers in the years 60 and 61 AD. Also, Amelia has been depicted as the Lady of the Lake from Arthurian legend (where, oh where, is our modern-day Arthur? Maybe the British men need to embody him.). In order to solve this mystery, it will be important to watch which of her AI manifestations have enduring power. But I am not losing sleep over the matter: I am having too much fun just enjoying the whole spectacle!
There is one thing that I do note, however: there is some similarity between the emergence of Amelia into the public consciousness and an event which happened last summer, which was more than just a “flash in the pan” but ultimately died after a few weeks. It was the viral video of whom I call the “Brave Lassie of Dundee”: a short video taken in a suburban public park in Dundee, Scotland, by what is commonly referred to as a “groomer” who was in the process of trying to physically force a pre-teen local girl into submission. The victim’s older sister, who looks no more than 14 years old, protested very aggressively; and when the assailants continued their activities, the elder sister rushed home across the street and returned to the park brandishing a hatchet in one hand and a huge carving knife in the other hand, using very threatening language. It worked. Of course, the assailant posted the video: the brave girl was duly arrested and kept in remand for some time before it was made obvious that the assailants were criminals with a very sketchy past – at which time, the girl was released and she faded from public view. This spontaneous act of courage by a Scottish schoolgirl caught fire and generated a good number of memes and several songs over the course of a month or so… and then, she faded away as if enveloped in the legendary Scottish mist. (The sad point, of course, is that in what “civilized” society does a girl in her early teens need to arm herself to protect another child? Where in Scotland are all the men who should be preventing such a situation from rising in the first place???)
The connection I draw is tentative, but at this point I am looking at what I believe to be a repeating pattern. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned my vision of Canada’s Sleeping Giant rising during the Freedom Convoy of early 2022, but I also mentioned an earlier event – the mass Maori “war hakka” conducted in New Zealand’s capital in November 2021 – and I drew a connection between the two, like a “call” and “response”. I see the same thing here: the war-cry of the Brave Lassie of Dundee and the “rising” of Amelia from the confines of an obscure government propaganda “game” aimed at youth as the “response.” I cannot prove my thesis – such things are devilishly difficult (if not impossible) to “prove” – but I am comfortable enough to put it out there. If I am correct, Amelia will continue to inspire and motivate a large number of people in England, and perhaps elsewhere, to beneficial ends.
When a society is under a great deal of anxiety and psychological strain, strange things happen. I believe that is one of the factors behind the rash of UFO “flaps” in the 1950s and 1960s in the USA and several European countries: it was a time of great fear and uncertainty as the prospect of nuclear war with the Soviet Union reached a fever pitch. Inexplicable stuff happens: sometimes weird, sometimes spooky, sometimes ghastly (such as the waves of witch trials which convulsed Europe and Britain in days long gone), and sometimes wonderful (as I believe events such as the Freedom Convoy and the Amelia phenomena to be). I take Amelia’s awakening and her ungovernable, unarrestable spirit to be a good omen.
So, even though I am not a fan of modern technologies, I accept that if the “enemy” adopts it, one must adapt and use it to better one’s advantage. In the case of the UK’s Department of Truth’s attempt to enforce passivity, fear and compliance in the nation’s youth via a video “game” and the “accidental” creation of the “evil” Amelia in that game, the world’s memesters came to the poker table and said, “I match you – and raise you a million.” Well done, lads! AI has created a million Amelias: long may they prosper!
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Date: 2026-02-12 02:13 pm (UTC)(No need to go begging at the local abbey; you can read it yourself online in the first nine verses of this chapter: https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Song-of-Solomon-Chapter-7/ )
Millions of people over the centuries have read this passage, yet none ever thought to have imagined this 'bride adorned for her husband' as sexy, saucy goth-girl Amelia in battle armour. Yet, as uninventable as she is, there she is. And just like her betrothed in the song, she is a 'stone rejected by the builders who has become head of the corner'. Even just a moment of meditation on this image opens heart, soul, and mind to a power reaching ALL THE WAY from Eden to New Jerusalem.
Old Steve
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Date: 2026-02-12 06:08 pm (UTC)Thanks for the brilliant comment!
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Date: 2026-02-13 08:20 am (UTC)Greetings R,
This is indeed a powerful and fascinating phenomenon.
I watched the video you linked. My poor slow brain picked up a very few references: Fast cuts are not for me and prosopagnosia doesn't help. Who are the band of 3 in the monks' robes and gold crosses?
Guy Fawkes at the mixing desk was wonderful!
Agree with Kimberly as to Amelia's likely being self generating. Perhaps with some sly help from the graphic and animation artists on the project who still subversively think their own thoughts.
What I am not going to watch is the original game. Have you? I wonder how (un)appealing the other wrong-thinking characters are and whether they are treading their own paths too?
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Date: 2026-02-13 01:22 pm (UTC)Yes, the video is insanely fast-paced: it is something which the 'gaming generation' is comfortable with but not so with others. Being a very England-focused video, I'm not surprised that those who are not Anglophiles miss most of the references. (Though Canadian, I was raised in a very British household, so I've been kind of plugged into that zeitgeist for life.) For the record, English references include: current British prime minister Keir Starmer (crumbling head), protester Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage (leader of the UK's Reform Party) (middle of the video), and near the end of the video references to Harry Potter, The Beatles (4 Amelias walking across the road - adaptation of the iconic Abbey Road album cover), the long-running science fiction TV series "Dr. Who" (rocket propelled telephone booth), 1970s comedy group Monty Python (3 priests dancing - "nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition"), the saluting pug (contemporary - a Scotsman whose social media name is "Count Dankula" trained his girlfriend's dog to do a Roman salute as a joke, put it on YouTube and ended up getting jailed by the humourless UK government), WW2 prime minister Winston Churchill, Shakespeare, Sir Isaac Newton, and mathematical genius/inventor of the computer Alan Turing. Also, the titanic battle near the end between "transformed" Amelia and the blue robot (a "Zuckerborg") refers to Internet censorship of Amelia: a lost battle, obviously. And it ends with a meme version of JD Vance astride an "expensive overclocked ram" (an inside joke).
There are also lots of "cameos" of wrong-thinking Internet personalities (most of whom assume cartoonish 'avatars'). And the fellow hugging an Amelia body pillow is the creator himself - Skyebrows.
No, I have not played the Pathways game, but my understanding from watching others play online is that Amelia is the only character whom the protagonist Charlie interacts with who leads him down the path of "wrong-think"; other characters prompt Charlie to choose options that are either "neutral" or "virtuous" (what a subverted word - in the original Latin it means manly qualities such as protecting one's people at all costs).