ITT: Adnarel watches Magica Madoka

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ITT: Adnarel watches Magica Madoka; and shares his amusing and insightful opinions
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Dracobolt	Nov 4 2013, 12:44 AM Post #281
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	>implying



The Phantom Squee	Nov 4 2013, 01:21 AM Post #282
Sound the horn and call the cry: "How many of them can we make die?" Posts: 17,970 Group: Jupiter Clan Member #169 Joined: April 13, 2007 Blog: Tastes Like Homebrew Country: #0# True Name: Squee Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5KvMSVnafE



Dracobolt	Nov 4 2013, 01:22 AM Post #283
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	Peytral, we found you a new avatar.



Gilgamesh	Nov 4 2013, 01:32 AM Post #284
solbowz Aurarius Posts: 33,599 Group: Venus Clan Member #380 Joined: October 3, 2008 Gender: King of Heroes Blog: Shattered Symbosis Country: #226# True Name: Space Boyd Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h6lFNXzC1g	jfc Between that and Peytral really IS him



Admiral Miral	Nov 4 2013, 11:15 AM Post #285
The Light of Hope Posts: 3,126 Group: Venus Clan Member #636 Joined: June 15, 2010 Gender: Wafu! Country: #226# True Name: Miral	wtf spoilers



Adnarel	Nov 4 2013, 09:11 PM Post #286
I'd rather be outside. Posts: 27,340 Group: Crystallux Member #71 Joined: July 2, 2006 Gender: #118# Blog: #118# Country: #118# True Name: #118# Theme Song: #118#	Episodes 8-9 The Universe is powered by PMS. This has come very close to completely deflating my interest in the show.



Peytral	Nov 4 2013, 09:14 PM Post #287
peytral pls Posts: 15,452 Group: Sol Clan Member #459 Joined: March 18, 2009 Gender: Miserable pile of secrets Blog: Ab Animo Pario Country: #0# True Name: Peytral Aznable	oh lawd



Saturos	Nov 4 2013, 09:35 PM Post #288
heart-under-blade Posts: 36,354 Group: Iris Member #2 Joined: March 20, 2005 Gender: Male Country: #0# True Name: Saturos Theme Song: https://youtu.be/mh5vyvMGhqE	Hahahhahaha, Adnarel. Hahahahha Oh man, I'm endlessly amused. Clearly not a Romantic at all. =P



Silvy	Nov 4 2013, 09:39 PM Post #289
idolswag4lyfe Posts: 4,760 Group: Venus Clan Member #210 Joined: July 3, 2007 Gender: Hollow Country: #238# True Name: Silvy Theme Song: https://youtu.be/AIG4mhLcplo	Adnarel pls, emotions are the energy which drives this universe and courage is the magic which turns dreams into reality, how do you not know this? Quote: wtf spoilers I love when no one notices that something is spoilers until someone points out that it's spoilers.



Dracobolt	Nov 4 2013, 09:40 PM Post #290
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	I honestly am not sure which way the next episode is going to take your feelings for the show. But I can't wait to find out.



The Sin Thesis	Nov 4 2013, 09:42 PM Post #291
Posts: 3,397 Group: Jupiter Clan Member #314 Joined: March 9, 2008 Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI	Dracobolt Nov 4 2013, 09:40 PM I honestly am not sure which way the next episode is going to take your feelings for the show. But I can't wait to find out. $10 on ragequit! Any takers?



Silvy	Nov 4 2013, 09:46 PM Post #292
idolswag4lyfe Posts: 4,760 Group: Venus Clan Member #210 Joined: July 3, 2007 Gender: Hollow Country: #238# True Name: Silvy Theme Song: https://youtu.be/AIG4mhLcplo	Dracobolt Nov 4 2013, 09:40 PM I honestly am not sure which way the next episode is going to take your feelings for the show. But I can't wait to find out. He's going to despise it even more, the Fates have already decreed this.



Gilgamesh	Nov 4 2013, 09:54 PM Post #293
solbowz Aurarius Posts: 33,599 Group: Venus Clan Member #380 Joined: October 3, 2008 Gender: King of Heroes Blog: Shattered Symbosis Country: #226# True Name: Space Boyd Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h6lFNXzC1g	Octavia von Silvandorf Nov 4 2013, 09:39 PM Quote: wtf spoilers I love when no one notices that something is spoilers until someone points out that it's spoilers. Pretty sure she's just trolling since nobody cares



Saturos	Nov 4 2013, 09:55 PM Post #294
heart-under-blade Posts: 36,354 Group: Iris Member #2 Joined: March 20, 2005 Gender: Male Country: #0# True Name: Saturos Theme Song: https://youtu.be/mh5vyvMGhqE	This is actually really disappointing. =( I guess I shouldn't have got my hopes up.



Chrono Ivan	Nov 4 2013, 09:55 PM Post #295
He who strikes like lightning Posts: 9,651 Group: Jupiter Clan Member #251 Joined: September 19, 2007 Gender: Hurf Durf Blog: Arrythmia Country: #238# True Name: Chrono Ivan Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9kSsLMz4E	I want to know if he hates it because it's derivative crap of a Byronic tragedy (i.e. he's treating it as media on its own merits) or because it's expected animu garbage (i.e. more cultural elitism).



Dracobolt	Nov 4 2013, 10:00 PM Post #296
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	The Sin Thesis Nov 4 2013, 09:42 PM Dracobolt Nov 4 2013, 09:40 PM I honestly am not sure which way the next episode is going to take your feelings for the show. But I can't wait to find out. $10 on ragequit! Any takers? Hm... Yeah, on second thought, I'll take that bet.



Saturos	Nov 4 2013, 10:03 PM Post #297
heart-under-blade Posts: 36,354 Group: Iris Member #2 Joined: March 20, 2005 Gender: Male Country: #0# True Name: Saturos Theme Song: https://youtu.be/mh5vyvMGhqE	Probably the latter. I mean, the fact that anime prizes emotional experience so highly is one of the reasons why I like it, as opposed to the forced and artificial "realism" you see in a lot of western media, where there's a defined psychological split between the internal and the external, so you get the "rational" and "empirical" tradition of the Enlightenment still largely determining art even hundreds of years later. Compare how often characters cry in Malory and medieval lit to like, anything after. The idea that emotions aren't something to be ashamed of, that they aren't a sign of weakness but are in fact a sign of strength is one of my main interests in anime. That Adnarel had such a visceral and vitriolic reaction is disappointing to me. Given how much Malory values emotional penitence and suffering as key to salvation, I though he would be more open. I'll take a bet for the ragequit side.



Dracobolt	Nov 4 2013, 10:05 PM Post #298
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	Actually, the high emotions in anime get on my nerves at times too. I understand, though, like you say, that it's a convention of the genre, just as, say, bursting into song is a genre convention of musicals, so I filter my viewing of anime through that knowledge, but I do understand why it can be annoying if someone doesn't bother to do so.



Saturos	Nov 4 2013, 10:13 PM Post #299
heart-under-blade Posts: 36,354 Group: Iris Member #2 Joined: March 20, 2005 Gender: Male Country: #0# True Name: Saturos Theme Song: https://youtu.be/mh5vyvMGhqE	Well, there's like moeshit, and it's problematic when only one gender has "emotionality" and the other one is "zomg2stoic4u," but I think Madoka is one that genuinely does it well. Oh well. Onto better things.



Adnarel	Nov 4 2013, 10:15 PM Post #300
I'd rather be outside. Posts: 27,340 Group: Crystallux Member #71 Joined: July 2, 2006 Gender: #118# Blog: #118# Country: #118# True Name: #118# Theme Song: #118#	This is a [radio edit]ing soap opera melodrama. Jesus hell. It's like you can't be a mature adult without either dying like Jenna with Teeth or being an emotionless shell, like Homura.

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