but Kyou Kara Maoh, which is like this epic fantasy military shounen-ai fest, starts with the main character being flushed down a toilet into another universe. GAH.
I think you told me about that, but *gigglesnortchoke* Such sophisticated humor, yeah?
I think it's a gimmick thing; the creators think no one will be interested unless they have a flashy, unique, bizarre premise, and then they sort of forget it happened.
Like the Furuba thing about getting hugged by a member of the opposite sex and turning into a cute animal. Not that Takaya ever totally forgot about that, but that's really not what the curse was about, and not what the story was about, but it was a "hook" to get readers interested, I guess.
Speaking of that, I get kind of depressed about, I dunno, having lost my blissful ignorance, because I can't just read a series anymore without thinking about what they're trying to say or imply or put forward as "right".
I do know what you mean. I still have the capability to overlook it a little bit, but not to ignore it or be unaware of it. For example, in FMA just recently, I was sort of dismayed to see that Olivier was kind of "rescued" from death by her brother. It made total sense in that she's a small woman, and he's a big huge man, (and an alchemist), and the homunculus that she was fighting at the time could only have been defeated by brute strength and alchemy. However, I sort of went "ARGH! Here's this extremely competent woman, a General, for heaven's sake, and the biggest badass in the whole series, and she has to be "rescued" by a man? Please."
And for another example (more on topic), I really, really, think that Takaya could have handled Ritsu and his cross-dressing in a better manner. But obviously, her priority was not gender issues - it was familial abuse, and that's what she chose to focus on. I don't really think she has a good handle on gender/sex issues at all.
And as much as I can still enjoy GWTW, the racial stereotypes just make me wince (even though I tell myself that it was written in 1936) and it does impair my enjoyment of the story as a whole.
Romeo and Juliet sounds like something I'd like to watch.
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I think you told me about that, but *gigglesnortchoke* Such sophisticated humor, yeah?
I think it's a gimmick thing; the creators think no one will be interested unless they have a flashy, unique, bizarre premise, and then they sort of forget it happened.
Like the Furuba thing about getting hugged by a member of the opposite sex and turning into a cute animal. Not that Takaya ever totally forgot about that, but that's really not what the curse was about, and not what the story was about, but it was a "hook" to get readers interested, I guess.
Speaking of that, I get kind of depressed about, I dunno, having lost my blissful ignorance, because I can't just read a series anymore without thinking about what they're trying to say or imply or put forward as "right".
I do know what you mean. I still have the capability to overlook it a little bit, but not to ignore it or be unaware of it. For example, in FMA just recently, I was sort of dismayed to see that Olivier was kind of "rescued" from death by her brother. It made total sense in that she's a small woman, and he's a big huge man, (and an alchemist), and the homunculus that she was fighting at the time could only have been defeated by brute strength and alchemy. However, I sort of went "ARGH! Here's this extremely competent woman, a General, for heaven's sake, and the biggest badass in the whole series, and she has to be "rescued" by a man? Please."
And for another example (more on topic), I really, really, think that Takaya could have handled Ritsu and his cross-dressing in a better manner. But obviously, her priority was not gender issues - it was familial abuse, and that's what she chose to focus on. I don't really think she has a good handle on gender/sex issues at all.
And as much as I can still enjoy GWTW, the racial stereotypes just make me wince (even though I tell myself that it was written in 1936) and it does impair my enjoyment of the story as a whole.
Romeo and Juliet sounds like something I'd like to watch.
And holy moly, long comment is long. -_-;;