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TV Tropes' VG board

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  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2011-05-19 14:56:01
    Kichigai birthday!!
    I don't find any of those things sexist. Opinions, I guess
  • AHRAHR
    edited 2011-05-19 14:57:14

    What Mousa says as well.

     

    As for the male professor thing, that has to do more with the "male default" thing, but they are getting better with that, so I don't complain about it as much as I did before DPP came out.

  • LongfellowLongfellow
    La vie en rose
    An overwhelming proportion of professors are male....it's a sad fact of academia.
  • AHRAHR

    That does not mean they do not exist.

     

    Well, it does in Pokémon, but only until gen V. Only then do they include female researchers of any sort.

  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    You forgetting about Proffesor Ivy? Even though she was pretty much fanservice,she was there
  • MousaThe14MousaThe14
    Writer, Artist, Obscure.
    True enough, but she does bring up excellent points, why are the pokemaniacs and collectors only dudes? why is there such thing as aroma lady and a prasaol lady? Couldn't there be simply gender neutral florists or something?
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Only in the anime, which a lot of people (myself included) disregard.

    Also AHR, you're slowly eroding my love for Pokemon again.
  • SammySammy
    edited 2011-05-19 15:12:10
    Pokemon has gotten better, whoo ninjas

    "And I was unaware it was impossible to enjoy a work because it was being analyzed or discussed from an alternate perspective."

    Most people aren't going to be thrilled if you drop in with a list of flaws, including instances of sexism and racism, because it feels like bashing. I could rip apart my favorite works from a purely sociological perspective, but I'd save it for a critical discussion, not a fan thread.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2011-05-19 15:12:05
    Kichigai birthday!!
    Now there are 16-Years old in shorts!

    The thing I'm more concerned about Pokemon is how useless the moms are.
  • AHRAHR
    edited 2011-05-19 15:14:29

    Sammy: Usually, they don't make critical discussion threads, just general threads. All the shipping, the gushing, the peeving, all in one thread.

     

    Nohay: Another valid sexism problem.

  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2011-05-19 15:16:40
    Kichigai birthday!!
    There's also how there are male Gardevoir but there aren't female Gallade.
  • MousaThe14MousaThe14
    Writer, Artist, Obscure.
    I just realized, how is it in every game the main hero just has a mom? Where's the father? Why can't it be a single father raising the kid? Why is Norman the only father we've seen?
  • AHRAHR
    Because there has never been a single father in the entire existance of Japan. EVER.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2011-05-19 15:20:06
    Kichigai birthday!!
    In RSE you have a father, but he is never around.

    I saw a theory in /vp/ that said your parents were divorced in that game.

    ^ It's not a Japan only problem. The same thing happens with Disney movies, but with the opposite sex( i.e  no one has a mother)
  • MousaThe14MousaThe14
    edited 2011-05-19 15:19:15
    Writer, Artist, Obscure.
    ^^OF COURSE! It all makes perfect sense now!
  • AHRAHR
    In all seriousness...no. Can't say it. GaijinSmash has fried my optimism-for-japan sensors too much. It's pretty much true.
  • MousaThe14MousaThe14
    Writer, Artist, Obscure.
    GaijinSmash ?
  • AHRAHR
    edited 2011-05-19 15:24:23

    ...Oh you poor bastard. I oughta come over to Virginia/Pennsylvania and beat your ass.

     

    http://gaijinchronicles.com/category/archive/gaijin-smash/ 

     

    First Entry:

    http://www.outpostnine.com/gaijin_smash/2004/05/welcome-to-gaijinsmashnet.html

  • SammySammy
    "All the shipping, the gushing, the peeving, all in one thread."

    Which is why I never read them.
  • MousaThe14MousaThe14
    Writer, Artist, Obscure.
    It's the first one. Pennsylvania does have excellent Birch Beer though. I should visit there again.

    Interesting concept, so American in the land of the rising sun?  I'll take a read sometime.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    I remember when the writer of that blog got married and all of /jp/ got butthurt. I looked like this during all day
  • AHRAHR
    Why were they annoyed?
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    And what image? Also, what were their reactions?
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2011-05-19 15:49:15
    Kichigai birthday!!
    Let's just say they were racist.

    Now that I think better, I think it was /int/ rather than /jp/
  • AHRAHR
    No. Elaborate. Racist to Az? Racist to his asian wife? Both?
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    To Az mainly, though they were also people who said things like "lol like I would marry to a japanese pig"

    /int/ is a fun board
  • snowbullsnowbull
    edited 2011-05-19 17:33:32
    Cue-bey
    Didn't they shut that shit down for being Stormfront, then bring it back up with ban filters for words like "jew"?
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Which makes it hilarious now that you can't talk about passing on you precious family ZIONSISTeles. 
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    Eh, I mostly stick to the Valve-related threads, where it's surprisingly sane.
  • KomodinKomodin
    The Sonic Series Wiki Curator of TvTropes
    On a more serious note, it's probably because of the Sonic fandom.

    Eh, the Sonic threads are pretty stable, even with Miru doing his Miruin'.
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