[ SECRET POST #126 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #126 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Posting early because I CAN. Last day to submit secrets for next week!

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #018.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow,Saturday, May 12th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: Here.
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Comments

Re: 9+10

[(Anonymous)]

Again, I'm talking about bandslash fandom.
(And I agree that Paris Hilton is a horrible role model - but in contrast to most women/girls in anime, she earns her own money and is relatively independent from men.)

Re: 9+10

[dots.livejournal.com]

I'm really DYING to know what animes you watch that you think "most" anime girls are like that. My bets are on hentai.

Re: 9+10

[(Anonymous)]

Er, no, actually not.
If you compare stereotypical heroines of shoujo series, you will notice that most of them share the feature of being dependent on a man in one way or another (Sailormoon, all Yuu Watase series etc). That applies to many shounen series too. Also, girls who seems strong at first (i.e. Sakura of Naruto) prove to have the same character trait.

Re: 9+10

[dots.livejournal.com]

But there are plenty of anime girls that aren't like that -- see icon for example. 8) Admittedly, I'm not way into anime like I used to be, but I think it's unfair to say "most."

Re: 9+10

[(Anonymous)]

(Judging from the wikipedia description of the character she seems like a plain mary sue to me :)
But sure, there are exceptions - but they're rare because the reception for realistic characters is not as good as for tragic/beautiful/special/dependent ones because they don't meet the Japanese ideal of women.