[ SECRET POST #2563 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2563 ⌋

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

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02.
[ao no exorcist]


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03.
[Leverage]


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04.
[Doctor Who, Sherlock]

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05.
[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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06.
[Frozen]


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07. http://i.imgur.com/NKDHxDP.png?1?4348
[Big Bang Theory; warning for suicide/depression]


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08.
[Amy Poehler]


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09.
[Deep Space Nine/Babylon 5]















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Comments

[feotakahari]

When I think of a generic white guy, I tend to think of the guy who's supposed to be an "audience stand-in." You can't really have two of those unless you're writing a crossover. (And granted, I don't watch much TV, but I can't remember the last time I saw a really generic white male protagonist who wasn't from a video game--most shows give the protagonist at least a little personality.)

[dancing_clown]

This makes me wonder: If you're considering "generic" as "audience stand-in," would the same claims of boring, bland and generic get tossed around if the stand-in character was not white? Or does being nonwhite nullify those on the basis of not being "industry standard" so to speak.

[(Anonymous)]

I can't speak for feotakahari, but I'd say the additional diversity makes them automatically less generic. Absent any other changes they'd still be just as bland, but you'd at least be getting a slightly different view while you soak in the blandness.

[feotakahari]

I've seen anime with relatively generic audience stand-ins, so an Asian character can definitely be generic (insofar as anime characters have races other than "mukokuseki.")