In every show - anime or otherwise - there are archetypes, certain guidelines (thank you Barbossa) that characters tend to follow.  Ofttimes, traits are exaggerated, because your Average Viewer isn't interested in subtlety, and because it makes writers' lives easier.  We tend to identify with characters, or the story, thus our enjoyment.  (I'm ( Read more... )

There are some things I've come up with here, and one I got from my agnostic coworker Peter. One day I'm going to get him to explain to me why he's agnostic. You know, when we're not busy....working ( Read more... )

Let's face it - in any fandom, you have debates, complete with nerdrage and Godwin's law. (Wiki it if you don't know what that is.) ALL of them. Why this character did that, what it means, who really did it, how long they've done it, etc. You have shippers. You have tributes. You have fanfics. Self-proclaimed (and actual) experts spouting ( Read more... )

Really, it is. Pick one. Go ahead, go find one that isn't like the Bible. I'll wait right here ( Read more... )

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