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Gun Gale Online: Karen Headcannons

Karen/LLenn is trans. Fight me

reasons:

She uses Full dive VR as an escape because she has a height comblex like many trans girls

She constantly gets confused for a boy in the first handful of Episodes

[millen399]

[technoizzy]

SAO a guilty pleasure after all these years and the spinoff is well done. One of my fav gamer characters, underrated and funny.

[sintenda]

It's more, this bitch's anime popped off and it's mid (but semi decent for a teenager watching this for the first time, speaking from experience) narrative in another world was pretty cool, bc MMOs are pretty cool. Story was still mid tho, it has potential, but I'm not sure if it was ever capitalized on past it's 3rd season of GunGaleOnline. It's just basic power trip fiction without a lot of payoff

But then like, everyone did ctrl+c, ctrl+v and barely did anything to the formula that popped off in a similar way. So we just kept getting basic harem animes using the isekai genre to skim past worldbuilding efficiently.

And it's gotten to the point that isekai animes *have* to be shitty Harem animes to the point the guy isekai'd isn't even relevant and we just need hot chicks. It's more interesting shit only when the lead isn't a boy, bc if it's a girl there's a fun narrative. Point proven in SAO alternative about just a girl enjoying a game for some body euphoria. Could there be female lead isekais as blands as the ones we have with boy leads? Probably? I haven't seen one yet.

Like isekai animes can be more, look at Digimon! Did you remember Digimon was an isekai for most of its iterations!?

Its not even solely Kirito's fault here about anime getting so bland, but he definitely had a hand in lowering the bar of quality for popular anime to be popular. It was kinda coming already what with the moe boom, and just studios picking up animes that basically go "OH Yeah! We're just like this super popular thing that came out recently if you squint your eyes." Like, it's become a sludge to find good death game animes bc they're so surface level basic. Also how many "high school apocolypse" animes were around in the early 2010s?

all your issues with modern anime are this cunt's fault btw

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Here's my hot take on why SAO as an anime sucks, but has literally one, maybe two or three redeemable characters. First off, I'll start with my personal favorite, and huge comfort character.

Klein

AKA

Ryoutarou Tsuboi

Klein is a character that for the anime he resides in, is very well rounded and well written. In the first episode, he finds Kirito, and asks if he can help him out. When the main plot happens or whatever, Klein tells Kirito to go one ahead, because he has to go back and help his irl friends, but makes note of how he will come to help if Kirito calls. They make that bond and all this BS happens, Kirito watches his entire guild get murdered in front of him. But while Kirito is an edge lord for 90% of the first season, Klein does everything in his power to break down Kirito's walls. Klein ACTIVELY pushes against Kirito to try and offer him support when he knows how much he must be hurting. He knew that Kirito's mental health would suffer if he kept isolating himself, feeding into self destructive behavior and actions due to his survivors guilt. But at the same time, Klein doesn't push him TOO far. He respects his boundaries, and understands that some wounds heal with time. He offered his unwavering support and friendship, yet Kirito chose to rely on a girl that happens to be as emotionally constipated as him. To give Asuna and Kirito credit, they both learned to be vulnerable and trust others by breaking each other's walls. BUT THAT SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT ONLY A SIGNIFICANT OTHER WILL EVER UNDERSTAND YOU, AND TO LEAVE YOUR FRIENDS BEHIND WHEN THEY TRY TO SUPPORT YOU.

Klein stays by his simp friend to an unreasonable amount, possibly a homosexual amount, and they remain good friends after Kirito goes through the motions of his edgy sole survivor protag BS. Even in other games/seasons such as Alfheim Online and Gun Gale Online, Klein supports Kirito no matter what.

To sum everything up, Klein is a character that is meant to be an occasional comic relief and support for the edgy protagonist, but ends up being the most emotionally competent, realistic, and 3 dimensional person in the entire series. It's a shame we got to see so little of him and he'll always have a special place in my heart.

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Next up, someone I also thought deserved better/needs some more attention is a female character! Someone I believe shows and deals with trauma and healing in a serious light.

Sinon

AKA

Shino Asada

Sinon is a character that I haven't hyper fixated on as much as Klein, but I still have some words to say about her character. Sinon is a character that is immediately presented as a talented sniper, and someone who doesn't fuck around. She's strong willed, the most talented sniper in the game, and overall just a badass female protagonist. We follow her journey from GGO to real life, where she speaks about her trauma with guns, (she shot and killed a man at like 5 years old as he was robbing the bank) and how playing GGO makes her feel less afraid of them, even though she still can't touch one irl and is bullied relentlessly for it. Kirito initiates the process of recovery, by telling her to face her fears in real life. Encouraging her to stand up to the people harassing her, and prove to them and herself that she's more than her trauma.

In my opinion, this is a great message, albeit a little extreme, about how to overcome PTSD and cope with it so it doesn't control your life. Again, a little extreme, and I may need to rewatch and edit my post later. But regardless, I think Sinon is a good message about pushing forward, even if it feels like you can't. Of course, I have my fair share of criticism. Sinon, along with every other female character in the Sword Art Online series, is extremely objectified and sexualized for no good reason. Everyone depends on Kirito, the edgy protagonist, and loves him, even though he's a fucking asshole.

To finish my thought about Sinon before I go on a rant, she could have been written and handled so much better if they actually took the time to write three dimensional female characters, without having them rely on a male character, or only exist to motivate a male protagonist *cough cough Asuna cough cough*.

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My honest opinion, and the bottom line here is, if the creator didn't make this anime a self insert for virgin incels who want women to only be sex objects and rely on them (and also be good at games, but not as good as them) then this anime could have been an amazing concept if it was executed correctly. Instead of a harem anime, it could have been a beautifully told story about recovering from trauma, finding friends and allies in the darkest places, and even learning to be vulnerable around others. This could have literally been THE show for Tumblr kids, or anyone with mental illness tbh. Again, just my thoughts, tell me yours! I hate this anime so much, but I'm open to other opinions 😢

Thanks!!

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Whats better than anime girls? Anime girls with guns. #ggo #llenn #karenkohiruimaki #gungaleonline #animefanart https://www.instagram.com/p/CWtPVrqPm1X/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[loveasunaggo]

Kirito & Sinon

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#sketch #anime #videogame #game #sao #swordartonline #drawing #draw #rajz #magyarinsta #gungaleonline #magyaranime #magyaranimések #tagme #colordrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uxYsKjOBP/?igshid=1p919dz5idnzc

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Mais um, porque sim. #asadashino #animecharacter #gungaleonline https://www.instagram.com/p/B2eaU__Fxs_/?igshid=1qjifo7skxup3

[darkedgey]

Happy Birthday Kirito!

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[styrmir]

For GGO RPERS

Hey is there anyone that does like the SAO GUN GALE ONLINE rps it could be cannon or your own muses but I’m interested in seeing if there is an rp base for that. Maybe make a muse for it. Leave a like for me or reblog if you have one such blog or can direct me to them!

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Asuna GGO

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Annyeong ~ Tried Sinon again 🐤🐇 And I think it is better that my last try 😅even it is not perfect I kinda like how it turned out 🌼 Sorry for this bad quality ≥﹏≤ I don't know why, but all picture I took today have such a bad quality 〒_〒 . Maybe I'm gonna try it later again . . . oninstagram From Instagram