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New Age Weeaboos vs 201X's Weeaboos
201X reads as "X-Teen" amongst the edgy girl crowd, tipnote
So, I heard a discussion about the evolution (or, de-evolution) of the weeaboo stereotype and associated culture.
When it comes to a 2000's weeaboo vs a X-teen weeaboo, which one is worse? Who would win in a fight in their natural habitat?
Comments
Past:
ShinKyo (before the movies)
SAO (probably still a sizeable fandom but not as big as during GGO)
iM@S (I think the weird first finale of Deremas started the derail)
Right now:
KanColle
Love Live! (basically replacing iM@S really because everybody realized that you could buy more merchandise of a specific character in a series focused on 9 girls than in a series focused on... more girls than Aikatsu! presumably)
Owari no Seraph (though it kind of died off right after it ended this time round)
Future:
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
Boku no Hero Academia
Overall, 2000's weeaboos seem to care more about stuff overall (in a creepy "how can X seiyuu get married way"), whilst X-teen weebs are more interested in getting the fix of whatever exact thing they want (oh gods the fansubber spamming). Of course, there will always be new obsessive weebs born at any given time, and I'd consider myself part of that demographic, but it's way outside the biggest part of the pie chart of weeb.
I'd still say that if one stays weeb for over 4 years, they probably evolve into a 2000s or Obsessive Weeb.
As a card-carrying and practising weeb, I can confirm that weeb means
'loser' more than calling nerds "losers" means loser and there are
basically subdivisions caused by each year and each upcoming trend, but I think I've captured the whole pretty well.
I don't think that means there's like twice as much anime as before though?
I mean, even Japan itself suffers from this tribalism: http://neojaponisme.com/2012/05/30/are-japanese-moe-otaku-right-wing/
2chan is probably having the same discussion on Haruchika (a new anime involving a love triangle with a hetero girl and a gay dude both vying for the affections of the same teach) as we're having over here (fetishization of the submissive Japanese girl as the perfect relationship material vs. fetishizing of queer relationships as inherently purer, because all shipping is political).
Also @InsanityAddict could you please lighten up on the slang/jargon? It's getting hard to understand what you're saying sometimes.
huh