Well, there's a couple things, here. First, do you really want to rely on White Wolf for any of your information? Second, the two meanings I've been able to track down for "Gaki" don't exactly translate to "vampire", term for term--it means a more general "hungry ghost", or "soul eater" type of thing--revenant, sure, in fact probably, but not specifically vampire.
Second, Gackt Camui has said in several interviews that he was Thai, not Japanese. (Of course, he says in many other interviews that he IS Japanese. He enjoys muddying the waters.) But even if he is Japanese, if his name is Thai it has no connection to "gaki".
First, do you really want to rely on White Wolf for any of your information?
Actually, since I don't *have* any KOE books my usage of the term was based on a vague memory of the usage here. Which is probably where WW got it from too. And yea, it's Wiki, but there's a simaler use recorded here too.
Well, the Wiki entry is closer to what I was talking about--the term meaning not "vampire" but "hungry spirit", more or less, that it wasn't specifically blood they were oriented towards, but it was the greed, the all-encompassing hunger for various and sundry--be that coins, water, rice, tears, or blood.
There's some evidence that the ongoing "Grudge"/Ju-On stories/films are related to gaki who hunger eternally for vengeance, as an abstract and as a directed act.
It *IS* harder to be bi than "straight" in either direction. I don't understand why. I'm just attracted to who I'm attracted to, and gender isn't one of the critical variables. (There ARE a lot of critical variables- I'm not attracted to a good 95% of the population in anything more than a passing observe the supple breasts don't they bounce nicely - wouldn't he look good covered in sweat, with his muscles straining because he's suspended from something sort of way. If you take the 30% of the population I have a physical attraction to and let them open their mouth to speak, it cuts the numbers down FAST.) And yet, it seems to be the ONLY critical variable to a lot of people
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Yeah, a lot of people go way down on the attractiveness meter because I come to learn that their brain is missing.
Gender's more a variable for me now, only because I've decided most boys are too stupid to play with. So I'll briefly lust for the completely unapproachable men--the cute little gay boys, the little hair-in-the-eyes completely oblivious boys, the male model types on TV--the ones I have no chance in hell of ever getting, in other words. Girls? Well, I'm more selective, but I'm more open. And I'll flirt with just about anything on principle, I just mostly flirt with the women. And most of the women I flirt with don't have a clue. :)
It's just...weird, and occasionally brain-hurting: the fact that I get more acceptance now, as an avowed dyke, than I got as an avowed bi girl. Who makes up these rules?
Wait...so...based on the below thread...if you BECOME an avowed dyke and you USED to be a avowed bi girl, does that cleanse you of the man seed? Or do you have to do some sort of ritual cleaning?
Seriously, what if you were raised in some type of "orthodox religious" background and lead to believe that you could not be gay, and married off to a man, but then escaped to a better lesbian life? Would you still be polluted, or do you need to CHOOSE the man seed covering?
There's so much that's fucked up in general about the lesbian community. They're more class-conscious, more appearance-conscious, than either straight women or gay men in a lot of ways. And I've never been able to figure out why that is.
You sit down and talk with rational lesbians, they'll tell you it doesn't matter--who you love is who you love, and that's what makes you whatever you are. But there's about an 80/20 split between the rational lesbians and the raving loons. And all of the raving loons are terrified, on some level, of men. There's something in their heads that says men will always be bigger and better and stronger and have easier lives, and they get really bitter and resentful.
The sick thing is, if they'd just relax, and realize as individual people, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, they'd be better off. But they're so determined to prove that men are not superior to them--while believing on some level that they are--they get crazed on the topic
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I've actually been told by cute chicks in bars--more than once--that, because I had even ONCE slept with a man, that I am now "polluted" and they can't be with me. Apparently the touch of semen to your tender empowered vagina makes it turn evil, or something. Who knew?
I got tired of playing the game. I'll hang with lesbians, but in real life I don't ask 'em out, because I so don't want to be in that judgemental space--"Oh, I've only EVER slept with women, so I am not covered in man seed, thus I am more PURE than you."
Yeah, BITE me, bitch. You've only ever slept with women, but hey, did you ever think they could have LIED to you? Or grew up as little boys and then had SURGERY? BITE me.
i love who i love. im attracted to whom im attracted to, and very rarely does gender tend to be a part of it. as for being 'covered in man seed', some of us swallow. ;)
Many of us, actually. No, what they meant by that was...man, can I remember exactly what one girl said? It wasn't as simple as "you taste different", but that was the implication--that, if she went down on me, she would taste semen, not anything else.
For which I said she was insane, or, well, less polite words to that effect. We didn't part friends. :)
Oh bother...sphynxcatvpApril 10 2006, 03:07:51 UTC
Just saw that you'd popped in, but was off prepping next feeding stuff for the kitty. I'll eyballing for another hour-ish, then feeding the cat, then passing out. Just FYI. Unless you show up again, of course. :)
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Isn't "gaki" a japanese vampire myth? :) I noticed the similarity...
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Second, Gackt Camui has said in several interviews that he was Thai, not Japanese. (Of course, he says in many other interviews that he IS Japanese. He enjoys muddying the waters.) But even if he is Japanese, if his name is Thai it has no connection to "gaki".
Just FYI. :)
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Actually, since I don't *have* any KOE books my usage of the term was based on a vague memory of the usage here. Which is probably where WW got it from too. And yea, it's Wiki, but there's a simaler use recorded here too.
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There's some evidence that the ongoing "Grudge"/Ju-On stories/films are related to gaki who hunger eternally for vengeance, as an abstract and as a directed act.
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Gender's more a variable for me now, only because I've decided most boys are too stupid to play with. So I'll briefly lust for the completely unapproachable men--the cute little gay boys, the little hair-in-the-eyes completely oblivious boys, the male model types on TV--the ones I have no chance in hell of ever getting, in other words. Girls? Well, I'm more selective, but I'm more open. And I'll flirt with just about anything on principle, I just mostly flirt with the women. And most of the women I flirt with don't have a clue. :)
It's just...weird, and occasionally brain-hurting: the fact that I get more acceptance now, as an avowed dyke, than I got as an avowed bi girl. Who makes up these rules?
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Seriously, what if you were raised in some type of "orthodox religious" background and lead to believe that you could not be gay, and married off to a man, but then escaped to a better lesbian life? Would you still be polluted, or do you need to CHOOSE the man seed covering?
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You sit down and talk with rational lesbians, they'll tell you it doesn't matter--who you love is who you love, and that's what makes you whatever you are. But there's about an 80/20 split between the rational lesbians and the raving loons. And all of the raving loons are terrified, on some level, of men. There's something in their heads that says men will always be bigger and better and stronger and have easier lives, and they get really bitter and resentful.
The sick thing is, if they'd just relax, and realize as individual people, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, they'd be better off. But they're so determined to prove that men are not superior to them--while believing on some level that they are--they get crazed on the topic ( ... )
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heh...maybe that is why we all end up dating each other??
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I've actually been told by cute chicks in bars--more than once--that, because I had even ONCE slept with a man, that I am now "polluted" and they can't be with me. Apparently the touch of semen to your tender empowered vagina makes it turn evil, or something. Who knew?
I got tired of playing the game. I'll hang with lesbians, but in real life I don't ask 'em out, because I so don't want to be in that judgemental space--"Oh, I've only EVER slept with women, so I am not covered in man seed, thus I am more PURE than you."
Yeah, BITE me, bitch. You've only ever slept with women, but hey, did you ever think they could have LIED to you? Or grew up as little boys and then had SURGERY? BITE me.
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as for being 'covered in man seed', some of us swallow.
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For which I said she was insane, or, well, less polite words to that effect. We didn't part friends. :)
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Heh. Sorry. :)
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...I *must* steal that icon... *snerkles*
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