I had to spend the entire morning psyching myself for this episode. I'm seriously not kidding. I really, am not exaggerating, for hyperbolic effect. This episode...this episode...your hugs are indeed welcome.
Truly Saiou is an evil and unforgivable bastard for inflicting pod-person Manjoume upon us. I mean, I know he's supposed to have Manjoume under mind-control...but COME THE FUCK ON!
Asuka and Fubuki need to flee this show, and fast!
Really, if all they're going to be is Asuka's fawning harem, at least have them be around more often! If anyone ever deserved a harm to support them through this bullshit, it's Asuka.
My friendslist has been full of nothing but good things about the Sailor Moon manga. I should really look into it.
FUBUKI! *GETS ALL THE HUGS HE WANTS!*
Seriously, after all the inane hero-worship they've given over to Judai, for Shou and Kenzan to call Fubuki's pride in his well-deserving little sister embarrassing...fuck those fucking fuckers.
Oh god, Asuka's sin is just existing in this series. Wish Franky and the rest of the Straw Hats were around to invade the NAS writing staff office and show them what they think of their bullshit.
...You're right. WHERE THE FUCK IS MISAWA! SERIOUSLY, WHERE THE FUCK IS HE! WHAT, HE GETS TO BE IN THE PREVIOUS, NIGH-ON IRRELEVANT EPISODE, BUT WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR A PLOT-RELEVANT EPISODE, TO THE EXTANT THAT THERE IS A PLOT TO BE RELEVANT TO, HE'S JUST...DOES NOT EXIST? MY HATE FOR THIS EPISODE ONLY GROWS!
GX is just plain schizophrenic. "Dark is bad, Light is good!" "No, Light is bad, Dark is good!" "No, wait, Dark is bad again, never mind!" PICK A THEME AND STICK WITH IT! FOR THAT MATTER, PICK A MOOD TOO! OTHER SHOWS CAN MANAGE SUDDEN MOOD SHIFTS, YOU CAN'T!
This show...it is an expression of every vile gender stereotype that shonen has to offer, both for men, but especially for women. Really, I could probably do a proper, academic paper on the gender politics expressed in this show...though that will have wait for Yubel, the incredible edible hermaphrodite.
Look, here's the clincher about all this; compare to when Malik used the Millennium Rod to take over Jounouchi and Anzu. Hell, go back to the early manga, when Shadi used the Millennium Key on Anzu, and note that he did this after Anzu managed to bash his enslaved professor servant, establishing her as the single greatest threat to his plan. I just...YOU CAN DO THIS PLOTLINE WITHOUT BEING DEGRADING OR DEMEANING TO THE PERSON BEING BRAINWASHED!
I now want to go onto TV Tropes and put this down as this show's Dethroning Moment of Suck. But at the same time, I've got to make sure that it doesn't just come across as me whining that the show is being mean to my favorite character. So, you know, I'm going to need to cool my head on this.
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Truly Saiou is an evil and unforgivable bastard for inflicting pod-person Manjoume upon us. I mean, I know he's supposed to have Manjoume under mind-control...but COME THE FUCK ON!
Asuka and Fubuki need to flee this show, and fast!
Really, if all they're going to be is Asuka's fawning harem, at least have them be around more often! If anyone ever deserved a harm to support them through this bullshit, it's Asuka.
My friendslist has been full of nothing but good things about the Sailor Moon manga. I should really look into it.
FUBUKI! *GETS ALL THE HUGS HE WANTS!*
Seriously, after all the inane hero-worship they've given over to Judai, for Shou and Kenzan to call Fubuki's pride in his well-deserving little sister embarrassing...fuck those fucking fuckers.
Oh god, Asuka's sin is just existing in this series. Wish Franky and the rest of the Straw Hats were around to invade the NAS writing staff office and show them what they think of their bullshit.
...You're right. WHERE THE FUCK IS MISAWA! SERIOUSLY, WHERE THE FUCK IS HE! WHAT, HE GETS TO BE IN THE PREVIOUS, NIGH-ON IRRELEVANT EPISODE, BUT WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR A PLOT-RELEVANT EPISODE, TO THE EXTANT THAT THERE IS A PLOT TO BE RELEVANT TO, HE'S JUST...DOES NOT EXIST? MY HATE FOR THIS EPISODE ONLY GROWS!
GX is just plain schizophrenic. "Dark is bad, Light is good!" "No, Light is bad, Dark is good!" "No, wait, Dark is bad again, never mind!" PICK A THEME AND STICK WITH IT! FOR THAT MATTER, PICK A MOOD TOO! OTHER SHOWS CAN MANAGE SUDDEN MOOD SHIFTS, YOU CAN'T!
This show...it is an expression of every vile gender stereotype that shonen has to offer, both for men, but especially for women. Really, I could probably do a proper, academic paper on the gender politics expressed in this show...though that will have wait for Yubel, the incredible edible hermaphrodite.
Look, here's the clincher about all this; compare to when Malik used the Millennium Rod to take over Jounouchi and Anzu. Hell, go back to the early manga, when Shadi used the Millennium Key on Anzu, and note that he did this after Anzu managed to bash his enslaved professor servant, establishing her as the single greatest threat to his plan. I just...YOU CAN DO THIS PLOTLINE WITHOUT BEING DEGRADING OR DEMEANING TO THE PERSON BEING BRAINWASHED!
I now want to go onto TV Tropes and put this down as this show's Dethroning Moment of Suck. But at the same time, I've got to make sure that it doesn't just come across as me whining that the show is being mean to my favorite character. So, you know, I'm going to need to cool my head on this.