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mysticdragon3md3 · 5 years ago

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I tried to limit my choices to my MOST current fandoms/obsessions, otherwise, I’d never be able to decide.

Whenever Good Smile posts these "surveys for fun", I can't help but think they're trying to gauge which figures they should make next. In that case SCHOOL UNIFORM PERSONA 5 NENDOROIDS!!! AND PHANTOM THIEF FUTABA SAKURA NENDOROID! And yes, I want Nendoroids for “My Next Life as a Villainess”, but my wallet doesn’t! ;o;! Hopefully, listing Akira Kurusu on a Good Smile Company survey like this will ensure he'll get more figures. I'm actually not sure if I'd consider him my husbando. I just want more figures, especially Nendoroids. lol

Best Boy / Best Girl: I hate choosing just one. But if I go with my most recent favorites, it'll help narrow things down. Ryuji Sakamoto / Maria Campbell Ryuji Sakamoto / Catarina Claes LOL it's been a long time since I loved a super genki gutsy girl like Catarina. Maybe not since Lina Inverse! lol There have been a lot of kuudere queens since Lina. lol Though...I guess if you count Rukia's sillier moments, maybe she can be pretty genki and enthusiastic? . Waifu / Husbando: Maria Campbell / Akira Kurusu I wasn't expecting to separate Best Boy/Girl from Husbando/Waifu. o.o? Once again, I'll go with my latest fandoms, just to make it easier. But Akira? Husbando material??? I guess?... He is really cool. He just doesn't cause those stupid zoned-out warm smiles to spread across your face, the way Ryuji Sakamoto does. But that's why I choose Ryuji as Best Boy. Though I guess I'm constantly swooning over how goddamned pretty Akira is. How did Soejima design such a goddmaned pretty bishounen?! Damn it! But if we're talking about crushes, I can be absolutely sure about Maria. I'm a sucker for ingenue. She definitely causes those doki doki, forget-to-breath, then sigh stupidly moments. *___* If I was still as obsessed with DateSana as I used to be, I probably would have chosen one of them. Probably Yukimura. He's the most perfect cinnamon roll to have ever cinnamon rolled! ...But that's not the series I'm obsessed with right now. .....Though, I've always liked Mido Ban. He's both silly and cool. ^.^ I'll try looking through my old #husbando Tumblr posts. (https://mysticdragon3md3.tumblr.com/post/156909097412/rightstufanime-in-celebration-of-valentines) (https://mysticdragon3md3.tumblr.com/post/125329019812/this-was-supposed-to-be-a-chart-of-characters-i) (https://mysticdragon3md3.tumblr.com/post/125373206597/the-other-day-i-made-a-chart-of-my-favorite) Seems like I was just using the word "husbando" for my favorite characters, and not for characters I was crushing on. Well, this is going to make it akward to put merely a "favorite character" next to "Maria Campbell" who makes me swoon. I think the problem is that since I grew up very anti-girlygirl and am still in the process of getting over that, I have some kind of mental block vs admitting if I have a crush on a male character. And I have such low self esteem, that I can't "see" myself with anyone. Whereas with waifu, there's no stigma in my psyche, so I can just unabashedly admit when I'm drooling over a girl and just stupid in love. So if I have to think of a male character that makes me feel the same as an ingenue like Maria Campbell, then it'd have to be someone that I just stupidly smile and sigh in the presence of, especially when they smile or whenever they talk, someone for whom I always want to protect their happiness and rain adoration onto... The funny thing is that when I compare (https://mysticdragon3md3.tumblr.com/post/125329019812/this-was-supposed-to-be-a-chart-of-characters-i) vs (https://mysticdragon3md3.tumblr.com/post/125373206597/the-other-day-i-made-a-chart-of-my-favorite), there are a lot of favorite characters who I think are the coolest and I respect the most, but I'm not a drooling crushing idiot, over everything they say. Actually, the characters in the more expanded list (https://mysticdragon3md3.tumblr.com/post/125329019812/this-was-supposed-to-be-a-chart-of-characters-i), who are more like secondary favorite characters, better fit that reaction from me. Like Makoto Tachibana. He's like an ingenue shojo stuck in a boy's body. Everything he says and does is precious. Yet, as much as I like him, he didn't make the cut into my narrower list of favorite characters (https://mysticdragon3md3.tumblr.com/post/125373206597/the-other-day-i-made-a-chart-of-my-favorite). If I stick to current fandoms and choose Akira Kurusu as husbando, that would explain why I tend to be jealous over him. Ryuji, I can ship with Ann or entertain other people's ship art with Ryuji, even though I prefer Ryuji with Akira. But if I catch even a glimpse of anyone besides Ryuji with Akira, I click away from the entire website! Like a voice in my head will not tolerate anyone with Akira who isn't Ryuji! ^^;;;;;;; Maybe that's a sign that Akira is my husbando. ...Am I saying jealousy can be equated to the adoration I feel for ingenues like Maria Campbell?!? That doesn't sound right. Y'know what? If I don't have an answer for husbando, then I just don't have an answer for husbando. . Must see arc: omg I don't know. Are we talking about just anime? I guess if I added manga, it would just make the indecision harder on myself. x_x; I guess I always did like that last arc in Code Geass enough to re-watch it a zillion times. Emperor Lelouch story arc (Code Geass) . Best anime OP/ED: If we're going with current obsessions, lately a day hardly goes by without the Carole & Tuesday opening theme going through my head. Though I do love anything by Asian Kung Fu Generation and T.M.Revolution/Abingdon Boys School/Takanori Nishikawa. His Kamen Rider Zero One opening theme is amazing! *u* And I really love the themes from Fullmetal Alchemist's "Rewrite" opening theme from Asian Kung Fu Generation. But L'Arc En Ciel's opening theme for FMA was also amazing... And I love Yui; she's done a lot of anime themes... See, this is why I said to limit myself to current obsessions. So, "Kiss Me" by Nai Br. XX and Celeina Ann. As for ending theme...? I've always loved the ending theme for the Devil May Cry anime. I had my eye on Oikawa Rin ever since she did the insert song "She Said" for the live action movie Kamikaze Girls. And I think she's done some Mamoru Hosoda movies too---Wait. That was Hanako Oku. Her music is good too! *o* I wonder if I could just pick one song instead of 1 opening theme AND 1 ending theme. I'm too indecisive for 2 songs. Well, since I'm limiting myself to only my most current fandoms, then I wouldn't have to check too many songs. Haikyuu to the Top has a good ending theme. I think Dr. Stone had a good one too. And since I'm now watching My Next Life as a Villainess, I can add that to the candidates. Dr. Stone's ending theme is good, but it's not as invigorating as Haikyuu season 4's. At least to me. Naw, MNLAAV's ED is kind of typical. Haikyuu s4's ED really grabs me. "Kessen Spirit" (Haikyuu to the Top) . Best weapon: ?????????????????? Should I include magical powers too?????? I've always liked swords. So, magic sword? Or am I supposed to be specific? Like a specific mecha or specific Persona? Should I include skills? Like Hinata Shoyo's athleticism? Should the answer be metaphysical, like how Love motivated Homura Akemi to re-make the universe? But maybe "best weapon" is necessarily the most powerful. Should it be the tool that enables the most good? A metaphysical tool that does good has got to be a Shonen protagonist's determination. Y'know what I've always liked? The innovation in Ranma Saotome's martial arts skill. Someone online commented a LONG time ago, that Ranma can pretty much learn any martial arts technique, even really difficult ones, sometimes overnight or in a week. And during a lot of his duels, he often has to throw out whatever technique he trained for, specifically to use against that opponent, and come up with something on the fly. And that impromptu fighting technique usually works! So is the best weapon a "sharp mind"? Maybe I should just say "magical swords" to be simple and humorous. It'd be really cool if I could think of something specific as my favorite. Y'know what? It's already 12:57 AM 5/16/2020. I'm gonna go with "a sharp mind". It was what made Nabiki Tendo dominate every situation, it's a key component to Lelouch vi Britannia whom I love so much. ...a sharp mind & martial arts... Now that I'm filling it out, maybe I should just pick a personal favorite weapon, vs "the best". How about Natsume Takashi's compassion? "magic sword, sharp mind, Shonen protagonist's determination". Titual character plot armor? lol "Shonen protagonist's determination; Shojo protagonist's compassion" . Best mecha: I've never really been into mecha. Even when I was obsessed with Magic Knight Rayearth, I still wasn't that interested in their mecha. I usually always say "Deathscythe Hell" is my favorite mecha, because even though I'm not into that much mecha anime, I used to be into Gundam Wing, Duo was my favorite, his mecha was really distinct with its scythe, and his emotional connection with it was very endearing. But Code Geass is one of my favorite anime now. Gurren is cool, becasue Kallen Kozuki is cool and they've both been through a lot together. But I feel like I should say Shinkiro is best mecha, since I love Lelouch. Earlier today, Bluefin revealed a new figurine for the Shinkiro and my jaw dropped. Maybe I should say Shinkiro? But I don't really know even the specifics of Shinkiro? Maybe that's not a requirement. Maybe I should just put anything, since I'm not a mecha expert. Maybe I should go "classic" with Escaflowne? Naw, that's a copout, not my personal answer. The problem with choosing the Guren or Shinkiro is that I'm not so much favoring the mecha, as much as I am the pilot. But the question is about the mecha. In terms of capabilities, Shinkiro's calculating abilities might be more amazing, but only Lelouch specifically can use it. But that ability can be used for both calculating defense and attacks... And the lazer dispersing gem on the Shinkiro is pretty cool too. I guess I like the aesthetics of Shinkiro better than Guren. But Guren's Radiant Waver Surger arm has turned the tide of so many battles, I can't help but be emotionally attached to that capability too. And should I say "Guren", "Guren Mark II", or "Guren Seiten" is best? I love Guren Seiten's wings. Y'know what? I'm just gonna put both. "Guren Seiten / Shinkiro"

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richmegavideo · 6 years ago

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Twenty Years Later, '10 Things I Hate About You' Is More Relevant Than You'd Expect

For me and all the other mid-80s millennials, 1999 didn’t signal the end of an era. It was the start of our definitive teenage years, rich with all the compulsive hormone-driven drama that would ultimately shape us into the adults we went on to become.

1999 was the year I started high school; the year that I got what was, at the time, a state-of-the-art three-CD player on which I blasted TLC’s FanMail, Backstreet Boys’ Millennium, and Sugar Ray’s 14:59 on endless loop. It’s also the blessed year that 10 Things I Hate About You was released.

I’m guessing many adolescent girls—and boys, for that matter—at the time could relate to at least one of the characters in 10 Things I Hate About You. There was quippy sidekick Michael (David Krumholtz), doe-eyed and floppy-haired new kid Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), effortlessly and often infuriatingly twee Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), the tragically underrated Mandella (Susan May Pratt), and of course, the mewling, rampallian wretch herself, Kat (Julia Stiles).

Like Kat, I existed on the fringes of my fairly affluent, mostly white public school’s society, although my banishment was less self-inflicted than hers. Yes, I haunted bookstores in my spare time and plastered my room with torn-out pages from Bust Magazine and dELiA*s catalogs, but I was neither thin, blond, or a voluntary member of any sports team. I couldn’t understand how someone who could effortlessly bare an enviably toned midriff be so bold as to snub male attention, which was the only type of attention I craved as a swarthy 13 year old who had yet to be kissed.

But her defiance of conventional feminine attitudes captivated me. The idea that one could subscribe to their own ideals rather than conform to anyone else’s expectations was a completely new concept in a time when teenage self-discovery was only just taking root. I did give a damn ‘bout my reputation… but maybe I didn’t have to.

In 1999, Kat’s brand of feminism seemed pretty extreme. But looking back on it 20 years later, it’s surprising how mainstream certain aspects of it now come across.

“Every time I watch this movie Kat seems more and more relatable,” explains Sarah Barson, co-host of Bad Feminist Film Club, a podcast that reviews movies through a feminist lens. “At the time this movie came out, I think Kat was supposed to be a super ‘out there’ radical feminist, but the stuff she talks about feels very relevant to modern conversations about pop culture and a woman's right, or even responsibility, to speak up and challenge social norms.”

But according to 10 Things I Hate About You writers Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, Kat may have ended up differently if written for today’s audience.

“I think Kat would have to have a more extreme form of rebellion,” says Smith. “We’d have to dig her even further into a counter-culture, because in that era, it was all pretty simple.”

Rather than merely dreaming of playing in a riot grrrl band, Smith says Kat would’ve already been shredding on her pearly white Stratocaster, playing her angsty songs at different gigs. Had 10 Things been written in 2019, McCullah sees a version of Kat that’s more in touch with the activism of today’s teens.

“Like, kind of the Parkland student vibe, I think. We would add a little bit more of that,” she says. ”I think those kids are amazing, what they’re accomplishing. When I think of teenagers right now, that’s where my brain goes first.”

Smith agrees. “That’s a good point, yeah. When we wrote it, we were kind of in a freewheeling 90s bubble, not really thinking about the larger world around us. Now, as Karen pointed out, the experience of the youth is much different. They’re much more global in their thinking than we were.”

10 Things I Hate About You has its share of shortcomings, although it’s held up better over time than other teen flicks of previous eras, like Sixteen Candles. I’m willing to bet that a fresh audience today wouldn’t laugh quite as hard when Kat flashes her soccer coach to help Patrick (Heath Ledger) sneak out of detention—even with his swoon-worthy dimples—or let it slide when Bianca drops the R-word during an argument with Kat. And let's not forget how “nice guy” Cameron manipulated the entire love triangle just so he could have a shot with the younger Stratford sister. Oof.

Even so, the characters' relationships with one another and even their personal shortcomings hold up relatively authentically in a way that few other movies have been able to accomplish.

“The Craft was the perfect movie for any woman who felt disenfranchised, and Never Been Kissed really did stress the importance of self-confidence and self-acceptance, but 10 Things I Hate About You was about real characters to whom average women could relate,” says Dr. Randall Clark, author of At a Theater Or Drive-In Near You: The History, Culture, and Politics of the American Exploitation Film and associate professor of Communication and Media Studies at Clayton State University.

Dr. Clark’s students have expressed surprise that Kat was open about her sexual experience and yet managed to escape some of the consequences that society tends to heap upon young women who have sex at what they consider to be a young age.

“It was just a fact of her life,” he says, giving credit to the movie for being “not at all judgmental about her past.”

The filmmakers’ non-superficial portrayal of an unapologetic and (one-time) sexually active feminist was a groundbreaking achievement at a time when few other feature films even dared to explore the complexities of teen girl relationships. In the 90s, and to some extent today, feminism is often mistakenly equated with man-hating, an idea that both writers resoundingly reject.

“Feminists need love too!” laughs Smith.

Earlier teen-centric comedies like 1995’s Clueless helped lay the groundwork for 10 Things by weaving together real-life scenarios with tongue-in-cheek banter that managed to entertain, but also illuminate some of the basic pillars of modern-day feminism. The fact that both are remakes of classics— Clueless being a contemporary version of Jane Austen’s Emma and 10 Things I Hate About You being a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew—that revolve around young women with BIG personalities makes perfect sense. Women finding their place in the world, and being tamed by men, is by no means a novel idea.

But one thing that many of these iconic films of the late 90s and early 2000s lack is a sense of intersectionality. Bad Feminist Film Club co-host Kelly Kauffman cites Bring It On as one example of film from this era that addresses issues of race and class that other films—including 10 Things—shied away from.

“There's definitely some parts that haven't aged as well, but on a recent rewatch, I was struck by how the movie [Bring It On] touched on sensitive issues that most mainstream movies try to actively avoid,” says Kauffman.

10 Things I Hate About You may have helped shape the modern definition of “girl power” and inspired movies like Bend It Like Beckham to depict alternative stereotypes of femininity, but it’s not perfect. The one major theme I find particularly problematic upon rewatching is the apparent lack of understanding about consent throughout the film. Kat and Bianca’s father Walter (Larry Miller) doesn’t seem to grasp the concept that sex tends to occur between two people choosing to participate. His fears are clearly distorted for comic effect, but his misguided worldview holds his daughters hostage (as Bianca points out) rather than holding their partners accountable.

This concept extends to the prom scene when Bianca’s BFF-turned-nemesis Chastity (Gabrielle Union) smugly informs Bianca that pretty boy villain Joey (Andrew Keegan) “was gonna nail you tonight,” as though Bianca wouldn’t have had a choice in the matter. Then there’s the entire plot of the film’s inspiration: in The Taming of the Shrew, multiple men scheme and plot over who could obtain the most submissive, docile wife.

But the writers are adamant that the idea of “taming” doesn’t carry over to the film.

“I think at the end of the movie, you never get the sense that her character is going to be controlled by Patrick, in terms of Taming of The Shrew,” says McCullah. “Obviously, she’s not tamed and we don’t think Patrick is the type of guy who would want to control her. That’s why she likes him.” She goes on to call him an ally, or at least a prototype for one.

Seeing a privileged angry white girl like me grapple with trust, relationships, and finding herself inspired me to follow a more unconventional path in my own right. By the end of 1999, I had moved from Sugar Ray to crust punk, spiked my hair, and amassed a collection of ballpoint pen-decorated Chuck Taylors. I eventually dabbled in dating and going to art school, although I unfortunately never did start a band. But seeing someone chase her unorthodox dreams in a world designed to stifle misfits allowed me to dream outside the box in a way I'd never been shown before.

Compared to 2019, 1999 was a relative vacuum of women in media. “There were not a lot of female writing teams when we first started,” recalls Smith. “Now it seems like the appetite for female voices and female-fronted stories is ever-expanding."

Movies like Mad Max: Fury Road and Captain Marvel, with Brie Larson starring in Marvel’s first female-fronted superhero film, prove that we’ve come a long way with female representation. Both Smith and McCullah hope the trend continues, both in their future work, in the entertainment world at large, and with the resonating impact of 10 Things I Hate About You.

As McCullah says, “I hope it keeps inspiring young girls to be badasses and not let other people define them.”

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