Playing FFX again. This time it's the International version, so the Dark Aeons make it worth playing a third time, right? It's amazing how great Auron's voice sounds compared to the other party members though. Playing with Yuna, Rikku and Tidus this playthrough, having benched Lulu since...

"Cast in the name of God, Ye not Guilty" I've watched the first 6 episodes of The Big O, and that show has style bleeding out of every pore. I've gotten drawn into the exploits of Japanese Mecha Batman. I normally don't even like mecha that much, but I never thought I'd be ...

A brand such as Evangelion can convince people to drop unlimited money on it. Many of the other largest brands in Japan (Pokemon, Dragon Ball, Madoka) can convince people to spend huge amounts of money as well.

From what I've read, there are a few people who claimed Rei had good development that was ruined in 3.0, but otherwise I'd say it's not what they wanted for the majority of Rei fans. In fact, Rei fans in general have been relatively mad about everything relating to Rei throughout the Reb...

You poor thing! You poor thing! You. Poor. Thing! Why would you do this to yourself? I'm a glutton for punishment, I suppose. By the time I got five minutes in I knew it was not just bad, but spectacularly so. I had to watch the whole thing in morbid fascination. In fact, I watched it because I...

Cleopatra - It was a very ostentatious movie, but it felt somewhat disjointed due to half of the movie being taken out of the final version. I heard that the director actually got pretty depressed over these cuts. It's a real shame that the rest of the movie hasn't been found. Still, some o...

As far as the inner shipper in me goes, I'd rather they just mass-produced Kaworu and gave another to Asuka, but that probably comes from the fact that I really don't like Mari that much. I do think Rebuild does like to drop "shipping" hints even with pairings that they don't f...

Guy Nacks#791229 wrote:The worst thing women can say is "no."

But what if they say "no" in a really cold manner? I mean you know how Shinji reacted to that.

I also recommend reading the romance novels. If you really want to know everything, then you can read some erotica written by women as well.

The music of Stone Tower Temple is so great. I mean, everything about Stone Tower Temple is amazing, from the gravity mechanic to the sub-dungeons before it, but the instruments really make it. An ocarina, pipes, drums, and the guitar It's especially noticeable because the music is front and cen...

Fan response is meaningless. Most of the greatest things in this world are unknown or hated. That said, I have no interest in DB. I don't think that's really true. Dr. Strangelove? 1984? The Iliad? Evangelion? People do seek out popcorn entertainment, and that's fine , but truly great w...

I think Cindy's more sexualized than most of the male characters in this game, but I'm still not that mad about it. Also, no one dresses like a Final Fantasy character in public. I'm not taking a side on this though-I can't bring myself to care enough about this issue either way. Sac...

AsuShin has been used for self-inserters before, but what happens when they grow up? They see themselves, much more stoic than the teenage boy they once were, dragging themselves into and out of work each day. What fanfiction, what pairing is there for them? I am here to propose one, to heal the hea...

Sexualization of characters has been going on for a while in the Final Fantasy series. Does anyone remember how Rikku was introduced in FF10? (not to mention that Rikku was kind of a mechanic)

I've seen an Eva thread on 4chan turn into Stormfront before. I've seen a law school thread turn into Stormfront. I've seen a thread on exotic flowers turn into Stormfront. 4chan has a lot of horrible people. However, it still shouldn't be censored. Doctors are calling for the resign...

Fireball#790566 wrote:I always found Totoro to be creepy.

Have you ever seen the parody of Totoro in South Park? You might be interested in watching that. Although you might have meant more the air of death hanging around the entirety of the movie... which South Park doesn't really touch.

You know the hell-train from EoE, where Shinji sees Asuka, Misato, and Rei all flashing smiles in a sexually teasing, yet innocent way-stripped of all of their personalities? When I searched for Inou-battle in google, a hodgepodge of images like that came up on the side. I mean seriously, they'r...

I know this sounds odd to say of someone who left blood-soaked bandages around her room, but Rei never struck me as someone who was that disorderly. She probably does not put as much effort in her appearance as Asuka does, but I imagine she still keeps her health, as Guy Nacks says. I'd recommen...

My current avatar is from Catch-22. It's able to put you right into Yossarian's position facing with the cold impersonal manner and contradictory rules of the military. While he's still a deeply flawed person, I've enjoyed the book and his character far more than the first time I pic...

I've read Bokurano as well. I've yet to read any of his other works, but I'll look through the list you gave. Unlike a lot of other works (read-Elfen Lied) what I've read of his so far is genuinely disturbing. I've got to read Norririn above all else though-I've been ...

His works have an unfortunate habit of the anime adaptations being botched. I've read the manga for both Bokurano and Narutaru, and while I tried watching the adaptation of Narutaru, I couldn't make it. His works are pretty great from what I've seen, and I can understand the comparisons ...