So we must self improve but how? That's what the brotherhood is about.
I really just stopped caring what people thought about my likes and dislikes.
A lot of unconscious shyness and awkwardness comes from our fear of lack of acceptance.
We get all nervous and stuff because of desperation to be accepted.
It's not even about throwing on this faux-persona of being "so cool" or whatever, trying to be Stephan and not Urkel. lol
Just clean yourself up and be yourself. Plenty of folks like stuff for the same reason we like comics and anime (not video games, because theyre more mainstream now). It's like giving someone Scalped or Black Lagoon. Why wouldn't they like it?
I mean... unless you're a Brony or something.
It's more Self-Assurance.