I got into Gravitation because my beta-reader loved the anime and I wanted to write something in the fandom for her.  I enjoyed the first few volumes of the manga but it didn’t really seem like anything special.  I’m a sour, pessimistic creature and not too interested in either comedy or romance but I’m also stubborn and refused to give up on ( Read more... )

I've been coming here for a while and now I've decided to join this community. I've PRAYED for the day I'd come across something like this. I'll admit now I'm an anime fan girl, but I'm NOT like the immature ones you come across who bash characters for no reason. They give the good ones like us a bad name.I no matter what fandom I get in, I ALWAYS ( Read more... )

Looking at reviews for a gravitation fanfic that was severely lacking to begin with, I came across this: "And he almost DIED thanks to Taki AKA the bastard-asshole, son-of-a-bitch, whore, ect. guy whom all the Shu fangirls have voodoo dolls of... Great chapter!
Adios!!"Listen, girl, I am a Shuichi fan, but I am a Taki fangirl first and formost. ( Read more... )

( On certian issues in the gravitation fandom as a bit of background )

This was posted on gravi_muse_meet a while ago, and I felt I should post it here as well, since this place isn't just about bashing, but character misconceptions as well ( Read more... )

Anyone who knows me, knows I like Taki. I don't justify what he did, but I like him as a character and think he has interesting potential for exploration/development/growth.

( Cut for your pleasure, because it gets a tiny bit ranty at the end )

I normally really love the gravitation fandom, even if a person like me, who loves the characters and pairings that I do, is horribly shafted.

These fan girls are working my last nerve:

( Judy Winchester: a bitch, but so what? )

Some of them are for mis-represented characters that might as well be hated. The rest are for actual hated ones.

>>Gravitation - 3
>>Gundam SEED - 1
>>Gundam Wing - 3
>>Inuyasha - 2
>>Yu Yu Hakusho - 1

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Hi! Wow, I'm so glad I found a place like this considering I need it. I happen to like a lot of hated characters.

Currently, I'm feeling the need to talk about two from Gravitation in particular: Taki Aizawa, and Ayaka Usami.

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NOTE: This is absolutely not intended to bash any characters! I quite like the characters I mention. I'm only using examples. However, I feel this is a point that needs to be made.

( Fangirls, annoying ditzes, and Shuichi )