Random fandom talks

May 13, 2011 19:29

Is what I get for not writing daily. They always end up in a pile of random lulz.

I guess first would be about the old HK news of Sho's AFWAC Aflac CM from AnJ...OMG I still can't get over it. They called him 翔仔 xD! I mean I would've expected 櫻井 or at the very least 小翔 if they were to go first name basis... but NO. It's 翔仔!! That's soooooo ( Read more... )

rant, arashi

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asaphira_sachi May 14 2011, 06:08:03 UTC
I wonder why so colloquial haha. It's almost like they knew him for a long time to be calling him that. And I totally based 小翔 on the Canto dub for Pokemon, in which Satoshi was 小智... but he is a kid, I guess xD

The Aiba/Jun episode this week was adorable. It's ironic, really. Before all this happened, I recall reading some fans who thought their current shows are too "luxurious", and now that they've gone back to outdoor shooting, they're grumbling again. *sigh* So hard to satisfy I guess.

Well, it's not really the gender thing that bugs me about the hime nickname... When 'mother hen' is used on Sho, there usually isn't much derogatory tone to it and has origins from some magazine neta. But hime is totally fandom-coined, and when it's used on Jun, it's usually zooming on the 'temper' of Jun when he doesn't get what he wants, that he's sensitive and literally a 'spoiled child' who didn't get what he wanted. I guess I'm mainly pissed because I just feel he's really misunderstood due to the whole tsundere display.

But you're right, to one's own fetishes I guess, and I guess none of us can really say we truly know about the boys.

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samii3104 May 14 2011, 16:30:58 UTC
I think some use it for a lack of a better term for "regal." But I agree that most are using it to pinhole Jun into this character. With the term "mother hen," while I know it means well, it also connotes fussiness and nagging. As if a man can't be considerate and thoughtful to his friends, so it must be the "mother hen" in him. I know I get too intellectual with fandom, so I shouldn't be so critical.But we all gotta let it out sometimes. Blog to express not to impress. Do your thang, preach! ;D

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