Black Swan + "Kick-ass" Girls + Starry Sky #10

[daeva_neesan]

Soo, yesterday I ditched the Carnival Party, and went to watch Black Swan with my cousing, instead.
IT WAS AWESOME. Beautiful beyond imagination, sad, twisted and weird∼ It was a very feminine movie! Despite telling the story about a psycho girl with a personality disorder I found it quite-- I don't know, "realistic"? Easy to relate to..? Just lovely.
I also loved how the ballet story merged with Nina's life, as to suggest that fiction, expecially the fiction that is a milestone in literature and culture, always sprouts from what reality offers.
The sequence where Nina got her "wings" while dancing as Odile was STUNNING. It's just one of the most beautiful, yet disturbing (with all the weird bird sounds and goosebumps effect XD), scenes ever ♥ --OMG, I'M IN LOVE FOR EVER.

After the movie we went to one of those "all you can eat" Japanese restaurant. It was a nice place, also if according to critics their rice is not pressed the right way XD I had the first onigiri of my life! And tendon and seafood yakisoba among other things ^o^ I also had a cute fruit pudding! Awww XD --My cousing said that how Nina transformed into a swan, I was about to transform into a pudding D: I spit out a bit of it while laughing at the idea of making "puri-puri" pudding sounds, LOL XD

--Time ago amelia_seyroon made a post complaining about people being unsatisfied by the lack of proper "kick-ass" girls in anime, following with a list of fighting girls.
I personally think that Western female audience is a bit biased over the concept of "kicking ass".
They usually figure the characteristics of a typical shounen hero and pretend to paste the whole stereotype on a vagina-equipped character.
Sorry if I will hurt your feminist ideas with this, but women are NOTHING like men. They are not as strong, they have the handicap of menstruations/gravidance and they are frailer, psychologically speaking.
They are also more mature, though, more sensitive, and generally more responsible, but we're also WAY MEANER than men.
I'm quite the tomboy, nothing like a proper woman, but for how much combative and caustic I may be, I don't think that I could ever jump into an enemy hiding spot and punch the whole army out as Goku from Dragonball would. And I don't also feel the need to see a female character doing that for some twisted "par condicio" reason.
I don't understand what's wrong with girls acting like girls, also when they do things that I wouldn't personally do.
I don't also understand what's wrong with people dissing Naruto's female cast because they fall in love, the most of them re med-nins and apparently they can't walk on the streets when being pregnant.
I think that people hating on female characters 'cause they are females is pretty idiotic, but hating on female characters 'cause they don't do the same things that males do or because they don't get enough relevance as the male protagonist does is PRETTY RETARDED.
--Just how repressed and inferiority-complexed are you, to feel like this towards a fucking 2D character?
It'd better if you quit with anime and go watch Xena :/

Also, I watched Starry Sky #10... All in all it was a nice episode.
Tsukiko shifts from uber-mature little speeches dispenser to frail girl who wants to keep up with her male friends but can't (speaking of "kick ass female characters", uh?), getting emo over it.
Fortunately there's Homare. HOMARE, I WANNA MARRY YOU ;__;
Next time, it's Iku (Gemini) time :D I read terrible things about him, but I kinda like him-- His character design reminds me of Seimei (Loveless) with glasses-- OH, WHY AM I SO WEAK AGAINST THE MEGANE TYPES ;_;

Comments

[ceasefire.livejournal.com]

That's not feminism, that's called FAIRNESS.
It's also feminism, because for a long time, women had to fight for that fairness. And they still are. Women still get paid less than men do for the same jobs. :/ That sort of thing.

Feminists usually think that women are better than men because they are women.
Not true. Traditional feminism is about equality, not women being better. The people who take it too far are not accurate representations of what feminism stands for.

According to the dictionary:
1. the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
2. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) an organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women.

So yeah. It's not about being better. It's about being equal. And if a small number of them feel they should be better, they are not the majority.

I don't understand what's bad about it either. Women should be able to do what they want. I still have to disagree with your first two points. But we can agree to disagree. I just wanted to get my point across.

[tomoe-daeva.livejournal.com]

I-- know that.

But from the theory to practice things usually get blurred.
Also Communism was about a righteous distribution of income, and we all know how it ended, according to its application by some of its faboys.

Sometimes by reading or looking at some of these people recriminations, I have the impression that their main issue is making sure that also men feel what "being oppressed" means.
Do you remember that Mary Jane statuette issue (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/493753697_f4a96c076f_o.jpg)..? Now, all the critics against that thinglet were obviously the result of a sick mind.
I remember that one artist came up with a male version of it, Spiderman wearing a tanga and cleaning Mary Jane's underwear. Now, that version wasn't considered sexist or the result of poor taste, but a humourous and smart counterattack.
I sense some double standards here..?

I'm obviously ok with women sharing the same benefits and rights as men, but this kind of absurd troubles over NOTHING get me fucking SICK.
I mean-- There are places on this planet were women are supposed to get their genitals sewed to save their virginity, places were rape is taken for granted and it's actually "the woman's blame" for getting raped, and these "feminist" people are starting internet battles because Sakura in still in love with Sasuke?! For fuck sake D: !!

So, yeah, I'll never allow people like that to represent me as a woman, and I can't be glad that you're fine with that :/

[ceasefire.livejournal.com]

... do not put words in my mouth. I am really, really not happy that you implied that I don't give a damn about serious issues like rape and female genital mutilation. I am not all right with that. Where the hell did that even come from?

And there are plenty of people who sit back behind their computers and fight the good ol' PC fight from there. But there's also plenty of people who go out and actively do things against this horrid shit. Raising awareness is better than doing shit-all.

Whatever, I'm out. It's obvious we'll never agree so I'm going to just forget this shit ever happened. It's better that way.

[tomoe-daeva.livejournal.com]

I'm not putting words into your mouth (who the hell is talking about YOU in the first place?), it's you who keep coming with stuff that is not relevant to what I'm trying to say here (like the "true" doctrine behind feminine rights).

I see people on Livejournal talking about Tenten screentime like there's no tormorrow for human salvation because Kishimoto is sexist.
Women have many issues to get angry about, instead of fandom shit, and they should focus on that... Well, I don't know, I'm really saying something so rude and outrageous ò_o ?

[ceasefire.livejournal.com]

You seemed to imply that by caring about the representation of women in media and by talking about fictional female characters in terms of feminism, it meant people didn't care about larger issues.

These people could be out there actively doing things for these bigger issues and you wouldn't know. I still talk about things like that on LJ and I've done things for women's rights (attended marches, raised money, raised awareness). /shrug

I won't reply again after this. We can agree to disagree.

[tomoe-daeva.livejournal.com]

...But I want you to reply :/