I just submitted a defense of Akane Kurashiki to this comm's tumblr counterpart, fyeahcontroversialcharacters, and it occurred to me that Akane hasn't been defended here yet. So I'm posting her as well. This entire defense is spoilerific, so if you haven't played 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors OR Virtue's Last Reward and don't want to be spoiled, you ( Read more... )

...Also happens to be my favorite. She does not deserve the hatred she gets. Spoilers within for Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night

( Oh, Fandom. )

Okay, before I get to the report, there's a few disclaimers I have to get through. Disclaimer the first, I actually like TVTropes, and am a member there. I know it's got this reputation in certain corners of the Internet (including, based on that Nozomi post, this one) for being full of creepers who loudly trumpet the fact that they spank the ( Read more... )

Over on Tumblr this kerfluffle went down, wherein someone calls Avatar Korra (among other leading ladies) a Mary Sue.

( Some highlights (or rather lowlights) and my rebuttals. )

Dear UC Gundam fandom,

Quess Paraya is 13 years old. She was raised by a neglectful father and an emotionally abusive stepmother. It's actually fairly unrealistic that she'd be a mature, sensible, sweet little blob of sugar like you seem to expect her to be. Calling her "the biggest dumbass in Gundam" is pretty much like insulting a sickly cancer ( Read more... )

Assumes the reader is familiar with the premise of the Fate/ franchise.  Spoilers for up to episode 9, stuff about Sola-Ui's backstory that I don't expect the anime to touch on anyway, vague ones about the fates of the Lancer trio and one big-ole end-of-story one for Lancer himself.  Kind of uncharitable towards Kayneth, but I promise I like him ( Read more... )

As much as I've dabbled more into the realm of Mortal Kombat, the 9th game was a surprisingly good game. Of course, there's been some changes to the story, some real drastic ones at that. And who to suffer more than the former queen of Edenia, Sindel.

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Hi! I wanted to do a little observation about the Disney movie Snow White. I'll do them for Cinderella and Aurora as well if you guys are interested. I’m going to look at some common complaints and then put my own two cents into why they aren’t horrible as role models. I’ll start with Disney’s first animated leading lady.

( In Defense of the Classic Disney Princesses: Snow White )

So. Tifa and Aeris, from Final Fantasy. Aeris favors pink dresses and bows, while Tifa wears a leather skirt and fingerless gloves. Aeris likes to garden in her spare time; Tifa is a martial artist. Pop quiz: which of them is an assertive, aggressive action hero who takes matters into her own hands even when it hurts her, and which one’s shy, ( Read more... )

IN DEFENSE OF ELIZABETH MIDDLEFORD!

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