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"pandering to otaku/weeaboos" and other related sayings

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  • Has friends besides tanks now
    "Is also a maid, and a ghost, and terminally ill, and your childhood friend."

    Ah see whatcha did thar.
  • edited 2011-07-29 18:37:05
    Loser
    Myrmidon,

    Sorry to intrude, but I am not sure I understand this. I was under the impression that the Haruhi stuff in Lucky Star, while certainly not nonexistent, was still not quite that prevalent. I guess it might just be my bias here or something since I did and do like Lucky Star.

    On the topic at hand, I think the "pandering to otaku" criticism usually boils down to "show is geared towards an audience that I am not a part of" more than anything else. Many times I feel like it is similar to saying that an ultra-violent FPS is "pandering to hardcore fanboys/fangirls."

    I suppose that is true, but I wonder if saying something like that means that one has a zero-sum view of media. Basically, does that mean that someone believes that the more "otaku pandering" shows appear the fewer shows that they like do? I am not sure that really is the case, but I am not familiar with how networks decide that kind of thing. I suppose part of it is that "otaku" pandering stuff just sells.


  • Chi kind of creeps me out once you take the plot of Chobits into account.

    -is also a Rei Ayanami fan, lol-
  • I never finished Chobits.

    I watched the first 20 episodes or so, then I just stopped, for no real reason.

    I should probably watch it again at some point.
  • ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    What animu is that in your Avatar DYRE?
  • Fushigiboshi no Futagohime.

    It's about magical princesses. :3
  • ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    -fluttershy yay-

    I will watch it some moar.
  • You can change. You can.
    @Louie: The picture is a bit of an exaggeration. Like all internet humor.
  • ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    The last panel should feature a picture of the ending of Lost, because it's pretty much the same thing.
  • What bugs me is when anything at all Japanese-inspired gets dismissed as "pandering to weeaboos."  Apparently, the idea that yōkai pre-date animu is difficult for some people to grasp.
  • You can change. You can.
    The last panel should feature a picture of the ending of Lost, because it's pretty much the same thing.

    just how high do you even have to be to say such a thing
  • MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I don't even like lost and I have no idea what the vorpster means.
  • You can change. You can.
    Hint: She's trolling. 
  • edited 2011-07-29 19:40:20
    -whoops, wrong thread-
  • edited 2011-07-29 19:38:04
    @Lolotea Samurai? Origami? Sumo?
  • edited 2011-07-29 19:52:58
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    * is princess
    * has transformation sequence that involves nudity
    * is moë
  • At this point it's just getting WTF-ridiculous.
  • Kichigai birthday!!
  • When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    my eyes
  • I'd hit it ._.
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    (fyi image is broken; put it on your photobucket or something)
  • edited 2011-07-29 21:07:46
     
  • edited 2011-07-29 23:52:54
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Hint: She's trolling.

    No, if you take the ending episode of Lost, and compare it to the agenda and plot of Lucky Star, you will begin to see very obvious similarities.
  • I... strongly doubt that.
  • ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Why? Have you even WATCHED the last episode of Lost? It's nearly the same thing as Lucky Star as a whole, and you don't even need to be high or stupid to notice that.
  • You can change. You can.
    Well, they're both mildly dumb and unfunny, but apart from that, I don't see the similarity.
  • ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    they're both mildly dumb and unfunny,

    Yay ^_^
  • Was the last episode of Lost supposed to be Funny though? Don't make me call a friends who's seen Lost just to find out!
  • ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Well when it comes to talking about shit that nobody cares about, having very bright and enthusiastic people talk indirectly to the audience and mundane things being forced to be dramatic, it's pretty much on key.
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