About

Amelia is a supporting character in the U.K. government-funded educational visual novel Pathways, a game developed by Shout Out UK to teach the youth about extremism and radicalization. In the game, Amelia is depicted as a far-right anti-immigration activist with purple hair, a pink dress, a purple sweater and a goth or e-girl appearance, who tries persuading the protagonist to join her cause. The video game was purportedly released in 2023 and generated online discourse in January 2026 as far-right social media users reclaimed the character as their own, inspiring positive fan art and memes based around Amelia.

Origin

In 2023, Shout Out UK, a company focused on spreading media literacy, political literacy and more via their training programs, released the visual novel "interactive learning package," Pathways.^[1][2] The game was funded by Prevent, a program of the British government's Home Office.

In the game, players take on the role of a character named Charlie in six different scenarios dealing with online or in-person radicalization.

Scenario two introduces the character Amelia, a far-right, purple-haired goth girl with anti-immigration views who tries to recruit Charlie into joining anti-immigration groups and protesting against immigration.

Spread

In early January 2026, Amelia gained attention on X / Twitter surrounding discussions about the game's portrayal of teenagers as potential far-right extremists. Some people began to celebrate Amelia for her viewpoints.

For example, on January 9th, 2026, X^[3] user @BovrilG posted a screenshot of Amelia trying to convince Charlie that immigrants are stealing jobs in the U.K., writing, "Looks like The Stable has its first 2D member. I have no idea how its existing 3D Pig Disgusting membership will compete," garnering over 5,700 likes in four days.

Later that day, the same X^[4] user quoted their own post with another screenshot from the game, writing, "I think I’m in love with Amelia," garnering over 18,000 likes in the same span of time.

On January 10th, 2026, Redditor rustybeard made a post to the /r/KotakuInAction^[5] subreddit titled, "Pathways, the UK government game about extremism and media literacy," describing and criticizing the game, garnering over 290 upvotes and 150 comments in three days. One of the top-voted comments reads, "Wait, are you telling me they made the cute goth e-girl the 'racist'? Do they understand how the internet works?"

That day, two X communities named after Amelia emerged, amassing hundreds of members.^[6][7] Around the same time, a Janitor AI character bot based on Amelia was created.^[8]

On January 12th, 2026, X^[9] user @Bee_CrayZee posted a piece of fan art showing Amelia weeping in joy as Charlie asks her if they'll help her secure a future for the white race, garnering over 19,000 likes in a day.

On January 14th, X^[10] user @martianwyrdlord posted a screenshot of the Pathways game stuck on an infinite load screen, writing, "LMAO they disabled the Amelia game," garnering over 3,300 likes in under a day.

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