People are ALREADY bashing the K-On! dub.

DYRE

Right.  I forgot.  Sayaka is clearly bisexual.

Mami isn't a lesbian because I can't think of which character(s) she obviously should be shipped with, though that might just be because I haven't seen the first part of the series in a while.

All Nines

Clearly she would attempt to weasel her way into the MadoHomu ship and be ignored.

DYRE

That seems believable.  And appropriate, considering it's Mugi dressed as her in that picture (much like how Mugi would attempt to has already attempted to weasel her way into the Mitsu ship and be ignored).

Gelzo

I think it generally makes more sense to assume characters are straight until there's some other indication.

Heterosexuality kind of strikes me as the default. Or at least, it usually is from the lens of most modern mainstream cultures I'm aware of.

DYRE

Well, the "other indication" would be (especially in K-On!'s case, but also for Madoka) the ridiculous amount of HoYay put in specifically to appeal to shippers.  But anyway it's fun even when it's not intended, so... yeah.

Chagen

It is the statistical default.

DYRE

It's also kinda boring.

Especially in a series with no male main characters.

Gelzo

Even with the Ho Yay, which I don't remember being all that strong, the chances of all four or more being gay without it being addressed kind of breaks my suspension of disbelief.

DYRE

Eh.  There are far more suspension-of-disbelief-breaking things in K-On! (and especially Madoka, but that's not what you're talking about).  Not that it really matters, since suspension of disbelief isn't terribly important when you're talking about shipping...  Or when you're talking about a slice-of-life moe comedy series.

Chagen

I just assume everyone is Bisexual.

RedEyedAbyss

Torchwood shows there can be too much of a good thing.

DYRE

^^ Actually, I do assume Yui is bisexual.  Everyone else in K-On!, not so much.  Well maybe Sawako.  Nodoka could be straight, but that's not as fun for shipping, so she can be bisexual too.

^ ...?

RedEyedAbyss

Well, the result of Everyone Is Bi was just one symptom of the obvious Running The Asylum.

DYRE

Ah... well...

-goes back to shipping K-On! characters with Madoka characters, or something-

All Nines

Slightly relevant:

See? Mami so wants in on that fun.

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Thread hopping

"English girls are just going to be naturally deeper than Japanese girls"

I'm pretty sure that would mean women from England.

There are plenty of Japanese women who normally have deeper voices than what it typically shown in media. It's just that they can magically make their voices break human limits considering what happened when I tried to say even one word at such a high voice sound like children's.

Also what the hell is in that first pink pony's mouth?

DYRE

I want in on that fun too

When the hell did I become a Madoka Magica fan?

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IIRC they're 14 years old or so DYRE. Too old for you.

All Nines

^^ Presumably when you came to your senses.

DYRE

Actually, I think it's when I decided the show reminded me of Clannad... somehow.

Probably because of all the shitty forced drama in the middle.

But Clannad was good in spite of that, so I guess Madoka is too... or something.

Plus Madoka's ending was deliciously glittery, so I couldn't hate it after that.

Chagen

I can't believe they actually said Yui's voice was bad.

Come on, she sounds adorable!

DYRE

I could only watch like 5 seconds of that video so far because shit internet.

Ritsu's voice is horrible.

Yui's voice is bad but not the worst thing ever.

Mio's is acceptable.

This being based on like one line of dialogue each because the video won't load fast enough...

Nevermind, they all suck and Ritsu is still the worst of all though.

ninjaclown

I don't hear much difference.

DYRE

Ritsu sounds like I'd have expected Yui to sound, and as such, she doesn't sound anything like her personality suggests she should.  Yui sounds... bad.  Mio sounds like Christina Vee, who I associate with Wendee Lee, so I'm reminded of how Wendee Lee was terrible as Haruhi and worse as Konata ...actually, I have nothing for Mio.

Gelzo

"Also what the hell is in that first pink pony's mouth?"

Condom.

Seriously though, it's a balloon.

DYRE

Ah.  It all makes sense now.

...I think I still prefer MadoHomuMami...

Vorpy

The K-On dub is awesome, it's just you're guy's standards are too fucking high. The reason Japanese squeaky noises sound better is because you can't hear how bad they translate into the actual language because you aren't fluent in Japanese.

DYRE

Shut up Vorpy this thread is about lesbian middle schoolers with magic.

Bob

^Why did I think Chagen made that comment before looking at the avatar?

Vorpy

Okay....on!