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Favorites and nostalgia
May. 20th, 2003 05:05 pmIf you like complex discussion of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I highly recommend Slayage. Avoid this if you find yourself prone to saying, "It's just a tv show!" or if you hated college literature classes (the essays often deconstruct the show as a literary form or psychological form).
One of the things I've always liked about Buffy is how metaphorical it is. Frequently, I find metaphor to be an easier language than English; I'm just odd that way, I suppose.
In that vein, a while ago I saw a bunch of people listing their favorite characters in various animes, so I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon (late). I seem to always have the 'psychic one' (for lack of a better phrase) in my list (e.g. Nokoru, Quatre, Hisoka) and there's a dearth of evil characters. I also seem to frequently include the 'spunky girl' (e.g. Meime, Tohru, Sakura). Anyone else see any trends?
Writing that table took me back years... when I started my web page, everything was manual. Wordpad was my vehicle, and then word before it formated all .html with loads of unnecessary meta-data. I've forgotten so much since I've started using programs! That's not precicely a complaint, but it was very nostalgic to type out a table by hand (with all the inherent problems there-in).
One of the things I've always liked about Buffy is how metaphorical it is. Frequently, I find metaphor to be an easier language than English; I'm just odd that way, I suppose.
In that vein, a while ago I saw a bunch of people listing their favorite characters in various animes, so I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon (late). I seem to always have the 'psychic one' (for lack of a better phrase) in my list (e.g. Nokoru, Quatre, Hisoka) and there's a dearth of evil characters. I also seem to frequently include the 'spunky girl' (e.g. Meime, Tohru, Sakura). Anyone else see any trends?
| Anime | |||
| Title | Favorite 1 | Favorite 2 | Favorite 3 |
| CLAMP School Detectives | Nokoru-sama | Nagisa-san | Suoh-san |
| Gundam Wing | Howard | Sally | Quatre |
| Kaitou Saint Tail | Meime-chan | Asuka Jr. | Amie-san |
| Vampire Princess Miyu | Miyu | Larvae | Ranka |
| Darkside Blues | Mai | Darkside | Tamaki |
| Ranma | Ukyo | Mousse | Nabiki |
| Yami no Matsuei | Hisoka-san | Tsuzuki-san | Watari |
| Vampire Hunter D (1 & 2) | D | The Left Hand | Meier |
| Ah! My Goddess | Belldandy | Welsper | Keiichi |
| Fruits Basket | Tohru-chan | Momiji-chan | Kyo-kun/Yuki-kun |
| Card Captor Sakura | Sakura | Yukito | Eriol |
| Please Save my Earth | Mokuren/Alice | Shion/Rin | Mikuru |
| Here is Greenwood | Shinobu-san | Shun-ch..ahem..-kun | Igarashi-san |
| Marmalade Boy | Miki-chan | Meiko-chan | Yuu-kun |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | Shinji-kun | Misato-san | Ritsuko-san |
Writing that table took me back years... when I started my web page, everything was manual. Wordpad was my vehicle, and then word before it formated all .html with loads of unnecessary meta-data. I've forgotten so much since I've started using programs! That's not precicely a complaint, but it was very nostalgic to type out a table by hand (with all the inherent problems there-in).
