Something you don't see that often here

[rushin_doll]

I don't tend to do memes that float around the internet. Mostly this is due to the fact that I'm just really contrary and the idea of "following along with the crowd" makes me bristle irrationally (I mean, sometimes the crowd is doing something smart like fleeing a burning building and not doing so just to be contrary... well

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[rymenhild]

I didn't ask Becca, because I know what she thinks on the subject, but I'll ask you. Unpopular fandom opinions about Princess Tutu?

[rushin_doll]

Interesting. And potentially wordy. That's what you get!

1. Despite the fun of joking about it, I don't actually ship Mytho with anyone. With the possible exception of post-canon Mytho/Rue. This turns on the fact that while Fakir and Rue act just like an abusive boyfriend and girlfriend respectively, Mytho doesn't actually have agency of volition (in the philosophical sense). He can't be in a relationship because he isn't, really, human. Without his heart Mytho is more of a puppet than Edel, and that means that he can't actually be anything other than a story object. While this changes as he gets heart shards back, and ultimately culminates in something like real Agency (rather than just hints of it) at the end of The Egg, he's like a kid just exploring the edges of the permissible. And that makes him far to immature to be in a relationship.

2. I am sometimes convinced that Lilie is the most aware of the characters in the series. She enjoys what happens around her as if everyone is a character in a story, but she knows that

[ceitfianna]

How about DC comics even though I might not understand the answer, I'm always fascinated to hear you go on about comics.

[rushin_doll]

DC is big. Big, big, big. And sprawling. Still, I suppose I can do a few things here

[skylar_inari]

Hahahahaha, I'm so obvious: Naruto, please. XD

And, for fuuuun, YYH.

[rushin_doll]

I don't have any idea what's going on in YYH fandom, so I don't know what's unpopular, but I can take a swing at Naruto.

1. The popular unpopular opinion. Sasuke sucks. Popularity polls show that this isn't actually what most fans think, but there's a huge contingent, I feel, that agrees with me. Still, that doesn't make it any less true. It boils down to him being too one-dimensional. This was actually a problem with Naruto, too for the first... 350 or 400 chapters or so. But he's actually gotten interesting recently.

2. Shikamaru is actually one of the best foils in the series. While he generally gets reduced to the lazy one, he's actually something more interesting than that: he's the content one. While the central themes of the series are about growing up and growing stronger (see the ever-escalating power spiral), Shikamaru is the one who is perfectly happy where he is. Sometimes that comes back and bites him, but it makes an amazingly good contrast to everyone else who's obsessed with getting better. In a series that

[bookelfe]

I have none of your scruples. Capital Scandal!

[rushin_doll]

I have no idea what Fandom might or might not be saying about Capital Scandal. Still, I do have opinions.

1. There is not enough dancing in general, and not enough hate dancing in particular.

2. The crazy newspaper guys and the general's wife should team up and become a Voltron of social event disasters.

3. There is not enough ridiculous-looking punching, kicking, or other hand-to-hand fighting in the show.

Short and sweet,
Ana

[sdelmonte]

Since I was beaten to the punch on DC, how about Red Star?

[rushin_doll]

(LJ at this TWICE, so if it seems a bit abrupt, I'm sorry