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⌈ Secret Post #677 ⌋

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[Power Rangers, Tommy/Kimberly]

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[Jon Stewart]

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[One Piece]

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[Silent Hill]

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[David Tennant/Catherine Tate]

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[Axis Powers Hetalia, Stephen Colbert]

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[Gossip Girl]

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[Ultimate Girls]

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[Eyeshield 21]

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[Avatar]

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[The Worst Witch Series]

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[Dead Like Me]

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[Phoenix Wright]

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[House, M.D.; The Craft; The Mentalist; Lost; Harriet the Spy; Ice Princess; Blue Crush; Alias; Heroes; Desperate Housewives; How I Met Your Mother]

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[Merlin]

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[House MD]

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[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]

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[Pineapple Express]

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[Streetcar Named Desire]

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[Ben Ten/Sailor Moon]

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[Tripod]

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Yeah, I tend to lose interest in canon couples too, and canon BL is often just like shoujo, which I seldom like (I'm not much for pure romance series), so I completely understand the BL genre not being everybody's cup of tea. But the existence of it? Every instance of BL is pandering, now? I'm with you. What?

Loveless especially is very much not about pandering to anybody. I find it a deep and meaningful storyline, actually.

And a series in which a guy has a crush on another guy/a girl has a crush on another girl shouldn't really be approached any different than a series where a girl has a crush on a guy (or vice versa). Why is that suddenly bad? D:

EXACTLY.

Same -- I mean, I do love and ship canon couples, and I do like shoujo and pure romance series! That goes for pure romance of any gender, I'm a sucker for those kinds of things. But the pandering argument for every case of canon homosexuality or bisexuality is... extremely odd, wtf.

I want to read more of Loveless, actually. Not because of Soubi/Ritsuka -- though I love their issues and they make me sad and hope that they can be happy -- but... well, to be honest, mostly for the Zero boys and OMG CREEPY SEIMEI, really. XD But what hooked me about the first book was Ritsuka's issues. With his mother, and the fact that he's... not who he was. Not the same person. That he just feels like a stranger using "Ritsuka"s name and face. It totally fascinates me and I want to see where they go with that.

One of my favorite mangas dealing with that issue is Here is Greenwood. It's totally amazing all by itself, more people need to love it. |D It does have "fanservice" in that two of the guys have sparkled and acted all gay, though that was really only the once and it was literally done ONLY to freak out the MC. XD But the trap is a straight boy, the main character has issues with the fact that his older brother is the doctor at an all boys' school (WHICH AUTOMATICALLY MAKES HIM QUESTIONABLE WHY DOES HE HAVE TO SEEM LIKE A PERVERT ARGH) and married his (the MC's) "true love," and the one gay couple in the series is so understated and sweet. The mangaka actually ended up writing, by request, a couple of chapters explaining how the two of them got together, because apparently people loved them so much, despite them being minor characters. It's an awesome series ♥

(Also, I don't really know what's so bad about "pandering" in the first place, I guess. I mean, Princess Princess panders to all the people who like boys crossdressing, but that's... what it's about. Gundam series "pander" to all the people who like giant robots. It's what series do; it's called "knowing your target audience." \O_o/

Oh, Loveless is wonderful. I've read up to volume seven (which is all that's out as far as I know), and they're in the middle of a bunch of mysteries, and I just want to know! IIRC, Loveless is actually a shounen series, which is all sorts of awesome (they're not all published in Weekly Jump!).

I simply adore Ritsuka's and Soubis relationship, because it's unexpectedly sweet, and it's not about making fans happy, it's about them. I also really like when the creator puts this much work into building up a relationship; she really deals with all the problems.

And Oh, Seimei. Such a twisted, wonderful character; I can't say that I like him, but he's very interesting; he's the reason for a good part of the storyline, after all. And he only becomes creepier the more you find out!

I've heard about Here is Greenwood, but I haven't got around to reading it yet. It's on my list, but my friends keep finding other things I have to read, preferably right now, heh.

Also, I don't really know what's so bad about "pandering" in the first place, I guess.

It's the implications that the inclusion of certain elements automatically renders them worthless that drives me insane. That they're included not because of their value to the story, but for instant filthy fangirl satisfaction. I mean, really. It's as you said, Princess Princess is about boys cross-dressing - it's a big part of the plot! But some people will always insist that loving giant mecha is definitely more worthwhile than boys in dresses. Generally, I find they're both props in the effort to tell a story about human emotions.

One of my favorite mangas dealing with that issue is Here is Greenwood.

And by "that issue" I meant... I don't even know, seriously. I just mean they have a series that has an understated gay couple and it's cute. I didn't mean to accidentally connect it to Loveless, derp. XD

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