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SpartanIV posted:I'm a salary man and it's true 
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There Bias Two posted:You realize how many people throughout the world generally long for exactly that, right? I don't think it's something particular to salary-people by any measure. I'm not saying wanting love and companionship is something uniquely Japanese. Rather, the existence of such an extensive and marketable genre that conflates companionship with magical fantasy that I find alarming. It may be that I'm too familiar with my own culture to recognize that the same thing exists here. Certainly franchises like Twilight exist.
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Jun 27, 2017 22:37
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Schwarzwald posted:I'm not saying wanting love and companionship is something uniquely Japanese. Rather, the existence of such an extensive and marketable genre that conflates companionship with magical fantasy that I find alarming. There are also plenty of romantic films with magical elements in the west as well. Look at most classic Disney movies.
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Jun 27, 2017 23:19
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There Bias Two posted:There are also plenty of romantic films with magical elements in the west as well. Look at most classic Disney movies. I think the difference with those is that the whole world is fantastical there rather than the fantastic invading something otherwise mundane. A better example might be things like Bewitched or I Dream of Jeanie which are structurally really similar to Dragon Maid.
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Jun 27, 2017 23:23
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Zore posted:I think the difference with those is that the whole world is fantastical there rather than the fantastic invading something otherwise mundane. Even so, I'm not sure why that distinction makes it remarkably different in substance when compared to other romantic fantasies.
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Jun 27, 2017 23:34
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There Bias Two posted:Even so, I'm not sure why that distinction makes it remarkably different in substance when compared to other romantic fantasies. You're not sure why presenting someone who a healthy relationship is possible with as inherently supernatural is different in substance? Uhhh...
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Pachakuti posted:You're not sure why presenting someone who a healthy relationship is possible with as inherently supernatural is different in substance? Uhhh... Obviously it's weird, but they tend to be anthropomorphized to the point where they're not particularly distinguishable from regular people in a behavioral sense. I've seen less realistic depictions of people in actual live action movies played by actual humans.
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Jun 28, 2017 00:32
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There Bias Two posted:Obviously it's weird, but they tend to be anthropomorphized to the point where they're not particularly distinguishable from regular people in a behavioral sense. I've seen less realistic depictions of people in actual live action movies played by actual humans. You're getting the wrong end of the stick here. The point is that healthy, loving relationships are placed outside of everyday life and somewhat in opposition to it, as opposed to, say, the romantic fantasy where the weird guy in the lunchroom is actually an immortal vampire. This is not surprising for a series about gay relationships that was created in a country where legal recognition of same-sex marriages even on the local level only began in 2015, or indeed surprising for a series created in any country in the world at the present time. But it is certainly different in substance from other romantic fantasy.
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Jun 28, 2017 00:43
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Exactly. The relationship isn't fantastic because one of the women has goofy horns and a tail, the relationship is fantastic because it's loving and fulfilling.
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Jun 28, 2017 03:51
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It's also something you see in Flip Flappers, though obviously nowhere near the same extent, and on a different dimension in YKA.
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Jun 28, 2017 03:58
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Pachakuti posted:It's also something you see in Flip Flappers, though obviously nowhere near the same extent, and on a different dimension in YKA. flip flappers is fuckin incredible, tho
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Jun 28, 2017 07:59
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There've been stories about people falling in love with mermaids and gods and poo poo in every culture for all of history
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Jun 28, 2017 08:02
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Guy Goodbody posted:There've been stories about people falling in love with mermaids and gods and poo poo in every culture for all of history And sometimes swans or cows or whatever Zeus felt like being that day.
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Jun 28, 2017 08:05
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Zore posted:I think the difference with those is that the whole world is fantastical there rather than the fantastic invading something otherwise mundane. there's rear end tons of low fantasy poo poo out there it's like all Neil Gaiman writes (I think) what does HBO's True Blood tell us about the happiness of the American worker?
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Jun 28, 2017 09:08
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Sea Sponge Run posted:flip flappers is fuckin incredible, tho These aren't criticisms in the sense of being "a bad thing."
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Jun 28, 2017 12:48
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Pachakuti posted:These aren't criticisms in the sense of being "a bad thing." I don't care about the words others are saying, I interjected with my own statement
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Jun 28, 2017 21:32
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Did the show address the significance behind that fruit Tohru brought from the otherworld for the lunchbox competition? She was overjoyed when Kobayashi took a bite out and said it was delicious. Was it just confirmation in a way that Tohru understood that the fight they were having was no big deal? Edit: upon seeing that scene again, it looks like it was merely Tohru being a dick because Kobayashi mocked her after winning round 1 El Padrino fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Jun 29, 2017 |
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Jun 28, 2017 22:56
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https://twitter.com/silvakuros/status/881300719420166144
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Jul 3, 2017 08:52
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New BD special! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3l3XA5zNW8 What? No, of course there's no translation yet you dummy.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:10
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Jul 20, 2017 04:03
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Zeruel posted:
Proof that Elma is in fact the most powerful dragon.
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Jul 20, 2017 04:06
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Zeruel posted:
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Jul 20, 2017 04:21
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Zeruel posted:
Elma is the loving strong.
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Jul 20, 2017 06:55
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sasuga chorogon
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Jul 20, 2017 07:13
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Zeruel posted:
Eluma fighto!
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Jul 20, 2017 08:34
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Zeruel posted:
quoting so i can find this in my post history later
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Jul 21, 2017 06:36
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I don't get it, they said "Kendodoragon," when "Kendoragon" was right there begging to be used.  Still great.
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Jul 22, 2017 00:11
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Too obvious. They just want to blue balls tease you.
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Jul 22, 2017 00:54
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I'm sure they'll get tired eventually
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a kitten posted:I'm sure they'll get tired eventually Pfft. In a hundred years, maybe.
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Che Delilas posted:I don't get it, they said "Kendodoragon," when "Kendoragon" was right there begging to be used. Actual answer: "Kendo" splits into ke-n-do-u in Japanese, so it doesn't end with "do".
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Jul 22, 2017 01:50
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rewatching this series while paying close attention to kobayashi has made me realise that she is by far the best character example, flying on tohru's back (yelling) "You're drat fast!" no response (whisper) "I guess I'll hire her." "Really?!" "So you can hear me."
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https://www.twitch.tv/twitchpresents CHU CHU YEAH  e: its a gif of a man dancing, used to signify 'bangers' Zeruel fucked around with this message at 11:28 on Aug 1, 2017 |
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Aug 1, 2017 10:32
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I have no idea what that icon is supposed to be.
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Aug 1, 2017 11:02
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Needs more Bee Zee or bee's knee's or whatever is the second verse of the song in order to loop better in my head 
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Aug 1, 2017 20:51
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It was a crime making Dragon Maid play during the graveyard shift on weekdays *both* times.
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Aug 1, 2017 20:55
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Was pretty great for us Europeans.
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Aug 1, 2017 22:59
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This popped up on my youtube feed and got a chuckle out of me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5-c9kfbRis
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Aug 2, 2017 01:38
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What good friends they are. Official bluray extras.
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Fangz posted:What good friends they are. Funimation: "We were just following the original intent when we changed 'you're not really my type' to 'I'm not into women' in the dub" Official bluray: 'Here's a picture of a gay dragon wedding'
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