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[Branduil]

I wish I could say I wrote that myself, but I didn't. :|

Don't give up, I'm sure you'll find it within yourself to write something else that will go up on SOS.

 

[NewFresh]

Azusa is in fact dumber than a bag of rocks, this is verifiable fact, but some people like that sort of thing. She checks a box.

The awesome box

 

[Jintor]

Yure Yuri 09

I enjoyed me some moe. Not enough yuri though. Teacher/President is lulz.

 

[Branduil]

One could say that Idolmaster is almost entirely about checking boxes.

 

[Risette]

There's nothing wrong with checking boxes as long as they are checked well.

 

[RurouniZel]

The awesome box

*checked*

 

[-Minsc-]

I came across these a couple years ago. Odd, yet epic, fan crossovers.

GinTama & Nausicaä

If that wasn't enough,

GinTama&Studio Ghibli (more precisely Hayao Miyazaki, as Lupin the 3rd is included in the mix)

 

[NewFresh]

One could say that Idolmaster is almost entirely about checking boxes.

That's really all it comes down to

 

[zeroshiki]

There's nothing wrong with checking boxes as long as they are checked well.

Yeah, such a shame Idolmaster doesn't do that. c'est la vie

 

[Branduil]

There's nothing wrong with checking boxes as long as they are checked well.

That depends on the boxes.

 

[Risette]

That depends on the boxes.

Well, you may not always like the boxes.

 

[Enron]

Gross. Yui Horie is on two of the remixes on the Penguin Drum ED single.

 

[darkside31337]

Amazing. Yui Horie is on two of the remixes on the Penguin Drum ED single.

The whole thing is a mess. All the remixes are terrible just like the actual song.

 

[duckroll]

I'm only posting to get this thread in my subscriptions.

 

[Enron]

I like the actual song. I do not like yui horie, however.

 

[Sennorin]

I'm only posting to get this thread in my subscriptions.

You could have used that post to praise Death Note or something similarly good. :>

 

[jman2050]

The whole thing is a mess. All the remixes are terrible just like the actual song.

Oh hell naw

 

[Branduil]

Well, you may not always like the boxes.

Well, some of the boxes are bad.

 

[Risette]

Well, some of the boxes are bad.

But they're just boxes, what's wrong with them?

 

[7Th]

Azusa is in fact dumber than a bag of rocks, this is verifiable fact, but some people like that sort of thing. She checks a box.

Azusa isn't dumb, she just takes it easy.

 

[Branduil]

But they're just boxes, what's wrong with them?

In the metaphorical context we are using the term boxes, they basically refer to a variety of tropes typically found in otaku-oriented anime.

 

[NewFresh]

I'm only posting to get this thread in my subscriptions.

Clamp-B must be taking up all your time

 

[7Th]

In the metaphorical context we are using the term boxes, they basically refer to a variety of tropes typically found in otaku-oriented anime.

Tropes aren't bad.

 

[Femmeworth]

But they're just boxes, what's wrong with them?

 

[jman2050]

Tropes aren't bad.

Except when they're overused or used improperly, of course.

 

[Risette]

In the metaphorical context we are using the term boxes, they basically refer to a variety of tropes typically found in otaku-oriented anime.

Yes, and whether these boxes are bad or not is a person-to-person basis type thing.

 

[Branduil]

Tropes aren't bad.

There are certain tropes that are almost always used badly, though, and using a sufficient number of these tropes can nearly guarantee that even a well-produced show is lacking in much content of real merit.

 

[darkside31337]

But they're just boxes, what's wrong with them?

Then stop bothering people for liking boxes checked that you don't like.

But there's nothing inherently wrong with liking Idolmaster. Besides the fact it's not very good.

 

[Uchip]

Then stop bothering people for liking boxes checked that you don't like.

But there's nothing inherently wrong with liking Idolmaster. Besides the fact it's not very good.

that depends on your priorities really

 

[7Th]

Except when they're overused or used improperly, of course.

But the trope itself isn't bad, the use of the trope is.

There are certain tropes that are almost always used badly, though, and using a sufficient number of these tropes can nearly guarantee that even a well-produced show is lacking in much content of real merit.

What is content of a real merit?

 

[Risette]

But there's nothing inherently wrong with liking Idolmaster. Besides the fact it's not very good.

Elaborate.

 

[Branduil]

But the trope itself isn't bad, the use of the trope is.

I think there are definitely tropes that are worse than others.

 

[trejo]

So Brandy and Aigis are actually using boxes as euphemisms for penises or something? I... can't quite tell.

 

[7Th]

I think there are definitely tropes that are worse than others.

It all depends on how they're used.

 

[Articalys]

For anyone who does not want to actually visit TV Tropes, here is a list of the personality tropes given for Azusa:

- Cool Big Sis
- Christmas Cake
- The Ditz
- Idiot Hair
- The Ingenue
- No Sense of Direction

In comparison, here's a list of tropes for a different idol. You get three guesses who.

- Cry Cute
- Every Girl Is Cuter with Hair Decs
- Forehead of Doom
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals
- Kawaiiko
- Lonely Rich Kid
- The Ojou
- Show the Forehead
- Tsundere

 

[trejo]

In comparison, here's a list of tropes for a different idol. You get three guesses who.

- Cry Cute
- Every Girl Is Cuter with Hair Decs
- Forehead of Doom
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals
- Kawaiiko
- Lonely Rich Kid
- The Ojou
- Show the Forehead
- Tsundere

This one's easy.

It's Producer-san.

 

[Risette]

So Brandy and Aigis are actually using boxes as euphemisms for penises or something? I... can't quite tell.

It's possible.

 

[dimb]

Tropes (which we should really just call clichés) are terrible and lazy. Writing into these clichés is always disasterous, and results in characters displaying traits they shouldn't whenever they try to flesh them out. Character archetypes create boxes that force a very strict set of behavior on said character. When you post a link that says "Well relax buddy, it's just a story!" my blood pressure starts to rise, because then we end up with a bunch of one dimensional characters doing a bunch of predictable shit.

 

[7Th]

Tropes (which we should really just call clichés) are terrible and lazy. Writing into these clichés is always disasterous, and results in characters that own traits they shouldn't. When you post a link that says "Well relax buddy, it's just a story!" my blood pressure starts to rise, because then we end up with a bunch of one dimensional characters doing a bunch of predictable shit.

You can trace every single character in every single show aired this year and the last, and probably the previous one as well, to a trope.

 

[zeroshiki]

K-On is cute and funny. Idolmaster is ... zzz... a ... zzz what was I saying again?

 

[Branduil]

It all depends on how they're used.

There are certain tropes which I've never seen used well, so claiming a platonic ideal of tropes where every one can be used well doesn't much convince me.

 

[7Th]

My red toy is better than your yellow toy because red is a better color that is more similar to rouge and carnelian; yellow, on the other hand, is dumb and boring. This is all true because I say it is true, by the way.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Tropes (which we should really just call clichés) are terrible and lazy. Writing into these clichés is always disasterous, and results in characters displaying traits they shouldn't whenever they try to flesh them out. Character archetypes create boxes that force a very strict set of behavior on said character. When you post a link that says "Well relax buddy, it's just a story!" my blood pressure starts to rise, because then we end up with a bunch of one dimensional characters doing a bunch of predictable shit.

I hope you never discover what the concept of the monomyth is.

 

[Branduil]

My red toy is better than your yellow toy because red is a better color that is more similar to rouge and carnelian; yellow, on the other hand, is dumb and boring. This is all true because I say it is true, by the way.

If you just like pretty pictures and don't care at all what the pictures are trying to say, just say so.

 

[Risette]

If you just like pretty pictures and don't care at all what the pictures are trying to say, just say so.

Pictures can't talk, they're not people.

 

[trejo]

Besides, everyone knows blue toys are the best.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Blue Exorcist 20

It really feels as if they are trying to avoid having to deal with the second arc. Wired Life felt pretty cool this episode in the ending... (Shima needs to get over those bugs).

 

[7Th]

If you just like pretty pictures and don't care at all what the pictures are trying to say, just say so.

We never talk about what the pictures are trying to say in this thread, though. Well, ABF does, but nobody other than mAc actually reads his posts.

 

[jman2050]

If you just like pretty pictures and don't care at all what the pictures are trying to say, just say so.

That isn't exactly a secret he's trying to hide.

 

[Branduil]

We never talk about what the pictures are trying to say in this thread, though. Well, ABF does, but nobody other than mac actually reads his posts.

I don't think that's really true, even if the analysis will tend towards the superficial for obvious reasons.