Anime Feminist Diatribe
Mar. 19th, 2003 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaMy SO has been bringing home more anime for us to watch the past few days, and after seeing several different shows, I'm now feeling rather ranty.
ARE THERE MORE THAN TWO PLOTS!?!? With the exception of Lupin, almost all anime seems to be either 'Dorky guy somehow irresistably attractive to women' or 'Aloof killing machine regrets their horrible power'.
In almost all of them, there's what? 4 types of women? The shy smart on that falls for the hero.
The brash arrogant one that secretly loves the hero.
The wicked, confident older woman, who always gives in to her passions,
And the girl who can't remember anything BUT IS ALSO SOME HANDY UTILTARIAN DEVICE! Such as a Dragon! Or a Toaster! HERE! LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE YOU PUT THE BREAD!
How many panty shots and accidental gropings does it take before its no longer funny? I dunno. Probably just being bitchy today.
Stacey also rented some cartoon porn or hentai or whatever you wanna call it. Whatever. I just don't get it at all. In one scene we see this woman masturbating and fantasizing about the sex she's had with her boyfriend (which is her laying on her back, looking like she's going to cry and her boobs swirling around in circles) Then a few minutes later, we see her get raped by an evil demon... ... sorta... The 'evil' demon performs oral sex on her (not forcing her to recipocate, oddly enough) and then manually provides clitoral stimulation while having intercourse with her... And I'm thinking to myself, "Gah... The demon was a better lover than her boyfriend." The sex scene was also so long that as a viewer it became tedious. According to the character, the demon made her cum, but we do not see the same happening for the demon. That and the change in the character's expression really ends up making the demon sex seem more enjoyed and consentual than the 'willing' sex. I don't get it. Aren't we supposed to hate and fear the evil demon? He gets killed at the end, whereas her 'boyfriend' has dumped her for a girl who wants to have his baby, who also conveniently turns into a flying dragon. Augh.
And what is with all that glowing sparkling snot-like mucus these girls have down there? It's like most anime women have glowing gonehera or something. I'm not like that. Nor anyone I've been with. o_O Sexual fluids should NOT be stringy. It's gross.
Who finds this stuff a turn on anyhow?
ARE THERE MORE THAN TWO PLOTS!?!? With the exception of Lupin, almost all anime seems to be either 'Dorky guy somehow irresistably attractive to women' or 'Aloof killing machine regrets their horrible power'.
In almost all of them, there's what? 4 types of women? The shy smart on that falls for the hero.
The brash arrogant one that secretly loves the hero.
The wicked, confident older woman, who always gives in to her passions,
And the girl who can't remember anything BUT IS ALSO SOME HANDY UTILTARIAN DEVICE! Such as a Dragon! Or a Toaster! HERE! LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE YOU PUT THE BREAD!
How many panty shots and accidental gropings does it take before its no longer funny? I dunno. Probably just being bitchy today.
Stacey also rented some cartoon porn or hentai or whatever you wanna call it. Whatever. I just don't get it at all. In one scene we see this woman masturbating and fantasizing about the sex she's had with her boyfriend (which is her laying on her back, looking like she's going to cry and her boobs swirling around in circles) Then a few minutes later, we see her get raped by an evil demon... ... sorta... The 'evil' demon performs oral sex on her (not forcing her to recipocate, oddly enough) and then manually provides clitoral stimulation while having intercourse with her... And I'm thinking to myself, "Gah... The demon was a better lover than her boyfriend." The sex scene was also so long that as a viewer it became tedious. According to the character, the demon made her cum, but we do not see the same happening for the demon. That and the change in the character's expression really ends up making the demon sex seem more enjoyed and consentual than the 'willing' sex. I don't get it. Aren't we supposed to hate and fear the evil demon? He gets killed at the end, whereas her 'boyfriend' has dumped her for a girl who wants to have his baby, who also conveniently turns into a flying dragon. Augh.
And what is with all that glowing sparkling snot-like mucus these girls have down there? It's like most anime women have glowing gonehera or something. I'm not like that. Nor anyone I've been with. o_O Sexual fluids should NOT be stringy. It's gross.
Who finds this stuff a turn on anyhow?
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Re: Well...
Date: 2003-03-20 05:00 pm (UTC)you could allways watch el-hazard, you know ^.^ or slayers, lost universe, and...hmm...you could allways try DNA^2 as well ^^
...mou..I'm running out of things to recommend x.x I suppose I'll start collecting escaflowe next...
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Date: 2003-03-20 09:19 pm (UTC)You know, I think I've read some Generator Gawl manga, don't remember.
And we've already seen Escaflowne; Thinking of the second series, though the premise is kinda bad :) It aired on CBS, highly altered, you know.
I was thinking of Fushugi Yugi as our next 'serious' anime to go through, honestly.
I like your suggestions! We're just more shoujoai then shounen. Gasaraki has a good pedigree, might try that. I know I'll enjoy it. The models were great. But Sammi doesn't enjoy war movies, and didn't like Patlabour, which I enjoyed intensely.