~Beyond the Border~ > Daiyousei's Cold Storage
Time To Atone For Your Sins, MotK
PX:
--- Quote from: Sourfang, Guardian of Hope on December 02, 2012, 07:34:13 AM ---Is it likewise a sin to have enjoyed AKB0048 the anime?
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Nonsense, the anime was fun and better than any right it had to be from being an AKB commercial. It's what got me into them in the first place. Anyways, I'll get the post out tomorrow.
Oldmansour:
I just hope the next season tones down the CG. I realize the show was probably made on a Dr. Who budget, but really.
Tengukami:
--- Quote from: Stuffman on December 01, 2012, 08:36:21 PM ---I have developed an almost fetishistic enjoyment of failure and have never completed a single personal project I've started. Why does quitting feel so good? Please help me, yama!
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Does it feel better than finishing a project? We may need to explore this further. For your penance, show us Motivation-tan and Slacker-tan fighting over your conscious, a la the little Tom Angel and little Tom Devil that appear on the same-named cat's shoulders whenever he's having some moral conflict involving Jerry. Preferably in comic format.
--- Quote from: Jay T. Dawgsstyles on December 02, 2012, 01:50:43 AM ---
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PX don't read this unless you're a cheating cheater-head cheater:
Spoiler: I agree the article builds its argument poorly by coming from the sex-shaming angle, which is like, the exact opposite of what late-20th century feminism was about. What I would have liked to have seen explored further are the legal entanglements these girls get into; namely, how much control over their personal lives they sign away, probably without really knowing the full implications of their own contracts, being as young as they are and probably not possessing law degrees. That, to me, is dehumanizing and exploitative. And don't even get me started on the Japanese girls they fly into North American cons to hand out bishoujou games; girls who while probably used to having otaku leer at them, are now being leered at additionally by virtue of their ethnicity, which I think is cultural exploitation. The industry that feeds this machine exploits men and women alike; it is just very adept at using sex appeal to serve as a catalyst for other forms of exploitation - it's not the sex appeal that's wrong, it's just the carrot under the trap net.
--- Quote from: Purple-haired Pacifistic Pasuhead on December 02, 2012, 04:25:25 AM ---Challenge accepted.
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So, part 1 is "she's a psychopath and therefore not a Mary Sue" and the second one speculates on Toyo's wedded life? As shaky as this is, you did complete your penance. Congratulations, Alliterator! You have successfully repented for your sin, and have been absolved. Go forth now, with a pure heart, into Paradise.
--- Quote from: Nobuko on December 02, 2012, 07:45:32 AM ---I'll do the former as soon as possible, and as for the latter I do believe that I do things in moderation. It's an ever negotiated balance between all the lives that i'm pulled between, and how each lifestyle facilitates the other. My stoner persona is readily integrated into my regular self and I think of it as having gained the permanent buff "Inflappable" due to what i've learned from weed. I'm proud of who I am and all the steps that it took to bring me here.
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The Yama can relate, and this sounds like a healthy approach to Soma, therefore your consumption is not a sin and you are pre-emptively absolved.
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SILENCE! The Yama can't think over the sound of millions of otaku sweat glands squeezing at the same time.
AnonymousPondScum:
--- Quote from: Tengukami on December 02, 2012, 02:03:39 PM ---So, part 1 is "she's a psychopath and therefore not a Mary Sue" and the second one speculates on Toyo's wedded life? As shaky as this is, you did complete your penance. Congratulations, Alliterator! You have successfully repented for your sin, and have been absolved. Go forth now, with a pure heart, into Paradise.
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More like "Things are worse on the Moon than us fans are officially privy to so far and she's cracking under the strain while acting innocent on the outside", but whatevs.
Now to work on the Walfas megameme comic...
Tengukami:
--- Quote from: Purple-haired Pacifistic Pasuhead on December 02, 2012, 03:15:28 PM ---More like "Things are worse on the Moon than us fans are officially privy to so"
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"so this is all pure speculation", in other words, yes. Speculation doesn't exactly count, as the Yama asked for canon sources to back you up, but yeah, it passes.