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watching Dragon Ball sometimes is like "oh wow, amazing that one of the most popular anime may have influenced anything ever" and then other times is just "oh neat there's a lot of furries in this scene"

im only on episode 31, but my suspicions have been confirmed: the Ox-King is probably my favorite character in Dragon Ball i just love a supportive family man lol

i also like the Pilaf Gang, but im probably not being very original if i say they give "queer friend group" energy. a pointy eared goblin with blue skin, a furry, and a woman twice as tall as either of them is incredibly gay

as someone who only engages with the Dragon Ball franchise casually, watching the original series from the beginning isnt answering questions about what ive learned in passing, but is unexpectedly making more sense out of Adventure Time lol

im realizing i think i liked the mario galaxy movie just fine because ive just assumed at this point Peach is the main character of these movies so anything not involving her is side plot stuff. it made my experience less chaotic than i was expecting from word of mouth.

i dont want to actually spoil a relatively new movie, but aside from the opening scene Mario's motivation is to help Peach however he can, and his posse helps him do so. Bowser Jr is the closest to an independent agent as a character, and even that is because of Bowser, who is motivated by Peach.

im realizing i think i liked the mario galaxy movie just fine because ive just assumed at this point Peach is the main character of these movies so anything not involving her is side plot stuff. it made my experience less chaotic than i was expecting from word of mouth.

dumb anime title discourse thought: the use of the jp title over the en title definitely arose from piracy, especially to help obscure/protect uploads, but it also used to come with a community that hated the official sub and almost any dub. but these days piracy is motivated much differently.

for fun, some preferences: -AoT > SnK (SNK was already a thing at the time) -BNHA = MHA (i just say My Hero) -Dun(geon)Meshi > Delicious in D (just wanted the DnD pun) -Mud Sludge >= Dorohedoro (i just like knowing the meaning) - > "Betrothed to My Sister's Ex" (tbf, a rough title to localize)

dumb anime title discourse thought: the use of the jp title over the en title definitely arose from piracy, especially to help obscure/protect uploads, but it also used to come with a community that hated the official sub and almost any dub. but these days piracy is motivated much differently.

like it is still generally a good idea that if you like a series to support its official release when possible, but when one company has worked very hard to dominate the western market for anime it can be hard to be excited to continue supporting their business practices, especially with use of ai.

i looked at discourse for like 20 minutes, mostly learning how its just the same discourse about which wlw stories are valid or not, and feel like im living in that "this has been talked about extensively youre just 21" post. why do posts that make me feel like a grandma shake me up so much?

im just genuinely convinced that people dont know the difference between text and subtext. things spoken explicitly in the dialog are not subtext. the subtext would be reading for deeper meaning beyond. or do people mean something is open to interpretation when they are calling it subtext?

yes this is about Goodbye, Lara and ngl i knew when i saw a heavy amount of art shipping the two leads i knew there would be a divisive reaction when they very symbolic and grounded story has a mostly symbolic and grounded ending. sometimes effort is wasted on the masses? i dunno.

im just genuinely convinced that people dont know the difference between text and subtext. things spoken explicitly in the dialog are not subtext. the subtext would be reading for deeper meaning beyond. or do people mean something is open to interpretation when they are calling it subtext?

the only bait here is clickbait. the article even says Goodbye, Lara isnt queerbait, but knows that throwing the word around will get attention, regardless of how quickly people will not read anything other than the headline. can people just be disappointed without the disrespect?

it feels insane to unironically say that ive fallen asleep during Pacific Rim but could not look away from Robot Jox! let robots be awkward again! this is actually fun!