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Mikochondria said: I'll be honest, I didn't expect you being an INFP from the short talks we've had. Do you think INFP describes you well? Which of the letters do you associate the least with? I’m not surprised, I don’t come across as a stereotypical INFP. I occasionally doubt my type and have to do some intensive self-reflecting and research, but I’ve always come back to the same conclusion. My type isn’t just a quick test-result (though they were also INFP positive, which might actually give me some confirmation bias), I’ve read a lot into the subject. INFP is arguably the most individualistic type, and most of the stereotypes of it are not very universally applicable. I have a strong sense of my own values and tastes and I act according to them, but don’t like asserting my beliefs on others though I do enjoy discussing each others views even if they are different. I reject social norms and strive to act authentically. I sponge information everywhere fast, but only if I’m personally interested in it. I’m always lost in my thoughts and have a poor sense of my surroundings. I like exploring ideas and theories even if they don’t have any concrete use. The biggest difficulty I have with my letters is with the F, which I assume was the one that threw you off the most. Especially since (being IxxP) F and T are the furthest functions in my stack (Fi > Ne > Si > Te). On traditional (read: poor) tests I’ve got a slight preference of F over T, but it doesn’t really make a lot of sense cognitively for INFPs. There are some reasons I think I come off as a lot more T than I naturally am though. Pursuing of personal interests and values is a core element of INFP, and I happen to be interested in a lot of “T fields” partly because most of the friends I’ve grown up with are T nerds, and they really rubbed off on me. Also, most of the times when I come off as T-ish, it’s likely to be N(e) that just makes connections between interesting theories, and to “make sense” of them, as I’ve often said, I probably mostly use Fi, which is really not all that different from Ti. INxP confusion is pretty common, especially on males, but it’s actually pretty uncommon for INTPs to mistype as INFPs according to my experience. |
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Akaraed said: What is your favourite arc in HxH? Easily Chimera Ants, although York New is also pretty good. CA may be a lot of build up, but the payoff to it has to be the best thing I’ve ever seen. Not only is it nail-bitingly intense, fun and unpredictable action for over 20 episodes straight, but also basically every major character, some minor characters and even characters we practically didn’t know beforehand, go through the peak of their character arcs, most of which are quite good with the rest being amazing. Basically CA is a long period of gathering up as much material for FUN as much possible (not that it was boring then) and then gathering all of it into an exceedingly condescended dose that still lasts for ~10 hours. |
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Felix-san said: Things that are a waste of money to you? It depends on how much money I have. First priority is to stay afloat, and if I’m struggling with that, anything else is a waste. When I don’t have to worry about getting my bills paid, I just want to be able to live as conveniently and easily as possible. In that case I might “waste” money according to some people by not doing financially smarter decisions because it’s a bother. If I am somehow still getting more money, I have a surplus, in which case I would probably consider it a waste not to invest or donate it, but we’ll see if I ever get there. |
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sytemet said: Mikochondria said: I'll be honest, I didn't expect you being an INFP from the short talks we've had. Do you think INFP describes you well? Which of the letters do you associate the least with? I’m not surprised, I don’t come across as a stereotypical INFP. I occasionally doubt my type and have to do some intensive self-reflecting and research, but I’ve always come back to the same conclusion. My type isn’t just a quick test-result (though they were also INFP positive, which might actually give me some confirmation bias), I’ve read a lot into the subject. INFP is arguably the most individualistic type, and most of the stereotypes of it are not very universally applicable. I have a strong sense of my own values and tastes and I act according to them, but don’t like asserting my beliefs on others though I do enjoy discussing each others views even if they are different. I reject social norms and strive to act authentically. I sponge information everywhere fast, but only if I’m personally interested in it. I’m always lost in my thoughts and have a poor sense of my surroundings. I like exploring ideas and theories even if they don’t have any concrete use. The biggest difficulty I have with my letters is with the F, which I assume was the one that threw you off the most. Especially since (being IxxP) F and T are the furthest functions in my stack (Fi > Ne > Si > Te). On traditional (read: poor) tests I’ve got a slight preference of F over T, but it doesn’t really make a lot of sense cognitively for INFPs. There are some reasons I think I come off as a lot more T than I naturally am though. Pursuing of personal interests and values is a core element of INFP, and I happen to be interested in a lot of “T fields” partly because most of the friends I’ve grown up with are T nerds, and they really rubbed off on me. Also, most of the times when I come off as T-ish, it’s likely to be N(e) that just makes connections between interesting theories, and to “make sense” of them, as I’ve often said, I probably mostly use Fi, which is really not all that different from Ti. INxP confusion is pretty common, especially on males, but it’s actually pretty uncommon for INTPs to mistype as INFPs according to my experience. I'm by no means an expert on these (thanks for the reads btw) but no, the P threw me off more. I would've guessed you to be a J. INFJ or possibly ISFJ/ISTJ would've been my guess, so not super far off but did that P threw me off. Is there a reason why you didn't put an -A or a -T there? Anyways, can you guess mine? (PM me your guess if you're interested in guessing). I'm curious to if you can with your seemingly very good knowledge of MBTI :) |
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Mikochondria said: I'm by no means an expert on these (thanks for the reads btw) but no, the P threw me off more. I would've guessed you to be a J. INFJ or possibly ISFJ/ISTJ would've been my guess, so not super far off but did that P threw me off. Is there a reason why you didn't put an -A or a -T there? Anyways, can you guess mine? (PM me your guess if you're interested in guessing). I'm curious to if you can with your seemingly very good knowledge of MBTI :) The P - J difference is an interesting one as it is the most common letter to raise questions when typing even though no two types that only differ by their last letter actually share even one of the functions with each others(e.g. INFP = Fi-Ne-Si-Te, INFJ = Ni-Fe-Ti-Se). Also IxxPs are actually in a sense more judging than IxxJs since Is introvert their primary function and the J-P states whether the first extraverted (and thus, the more visible) function is judging or perceiving. -A and -T are, as far as I know, mostly only included in the 16personalities’ interpretation of Myers-Briggs. I mostly read from other sources that are more tied to Jungian typology (it’s where the functions come from, MBTI is largely built on it) and focus more on how we differ cognitively and less on how our behaviour is classified. For the record, I’m INFP -T PM coming soon. |
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sytemet said: Mikochondria said: I'm by no means an expert on these (thanks for the reads btw) but no, the P threw me off more. I would've guessed you to be a J. INFJ or possibly ISFJ/ISTJ would've been my guess, so not super far off but did that P threw me off. Is there a reason why you didn't put an -A or a -T there? Anyways, can you guess mine? (PM me your guess if you're interested in guessing). I'm curious to if you can with your seemingly very good knowledge of MBTI :) The P - J difference is an interesting one as it is the most common letter to raise questions when typing even though no two types that only differ by their last letter actually share even one of the functions with each others(e.g. INFP = Fi-Ne-Si-Te, INFJ = Ni-Fe-Ti-Se). Also IxxPs are actually in a sense more judging than IxxJs since Is introvert their primary function and the J-P states whether the first extraverted (and thus, the more visible) function is judging or perceiving. -A and -T are, as far as I know, mostly only included in the 16personalities’ interpretation of Myers-Briggs. I mostly read from other sources that are more tied to Jungian typology (it’s where the functions come from, MBTI is largely built on it) and focus more on how we differ cognitively and less on how our behaviour is classified. For the record, I’m INFP -T PM coming soon. Yeah a bit of googling said the same about -A and -T. They're not as interesting as the others anyways, at least not in my opinion. |
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| I'm going to assume that you assume you're legitimately autistic by the description in your profile, and ask you a question based from that. Sorry beforehand if you don't like these type of questions, but since you had it in your profile I assume you're at least okay with talking about it. Do you dislike emoticons and/or have problems understanding them, or do you just not use them? |
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Mikochondria said: I'm going to assume that you assume you're legitimately autistic by the description in your profile, and ask you a question based from that. Sorry beforehand if you don't like these type of questions, but since you had it in your profile I assume you're at least okay with talking about it. Do you dislike emoticons and/or have problems understanding them, or do you just not use them? I was diagnosed as a child and am fine talking about it. I mostly say it in my profile so that if people talk to me and find me too idiosyncratic, they at least know what’s going on. To be specific, I have Aspergers. I believe I understand emoticons reasonably well. Autism, and especially aspergers, is usually strongly associated with the inability to read social cues and emotions, which would probably result in finding emoticons hard to understand, but that is actually alexithymia, which is common, but not necessary in autism, and isn't something I seem to have. Here’s an article about how autists with and without alexithymia differ from each other and neurotypical people in reading emotions. I just don’t use emoticons a lot. It might be related to how in real life I generally don’t like holding eye contact and usually keep a monotone voice whether I talk about work-related non-personal subjects or tell how awful my day has been. Also, I think I’ve used emoticons even less than usual talking to you, though I haven’t really paid attention to it. I probably try to distance my text from my personality as much as possible because I’m quite sensitive to criticism and you have a naturally argumentative personality. |
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sytemet said: PhKay said: Thoughts on Made in Abyss? Guess you will have to keep it spoilerfree though... I kinda wonder if you would recommend the show to me since now you got to know my tastes a bit ;) I haven’t heard anybody say they didn’t like Made in Abyss yet. It seems to have something for everybody, there are very few low ratings, and all of the reviews in the main page are 8+. I find this surprising, not because I didn’t like MiA, but because there were some aspects that I could see becoming controversial. This won’t be an easy recommendation by any means, I’ll try to keep what you might think in mind as we dive deeper into the abyss that is my experience. I’ll start with the setting. I try to keep spoilers to the minimum, but I’m going to have to open up the premise a bit and will reveal tonal directions the show takes later, though I won’t go into details as to what exactly happens. There’s just no way to say much more than that it looks and sounds brilliant if I don’t go further. If you want to avoid that, my recommendation is: Eh, I don’t know. It’s a risky one, but with potential. Without further ado: The setting is brilliant for a fantasy adventure, I’m so going to steal this for D&D. Here’s the core concept of the show: There is a massive gaping hole in the world descending downwards for nobody-knows how many kilometers. The abyss, as they call it, has its own layers of fantastic ecosystems. A town is built around it where expeditions journey downwards to excavate relics and secrets to understand the place. The most important aspect of the show is that it is relatively easy to descend the abyss, but the deeper you go, the harder it is to ascend. Our two protagonists choose to descend as low as they can in search for important answers, but it’s not a journey they will likely ever return from. And not in a typical light-hearted adventure connotation, Made in Abyss is pretty convincing when it implies that Regu and Riko are making a journey they will never come back from. You might like the mystery elements of the anime, but unfortunately this season is nowhere near the whole story of Made in Abyss. I was taken aback as well as I expected a more cohesive whole. The ending settles some drama fine and dandy and is a fine point to stop a season for a longer franchise, but I wasn’t expecting a much longer franchise, which also messed up my feel of the pacing, which I consider messed up anyways, tbf. The pacing was probably my biggest issue with the show, though I wouldn’t necessarily consider it a bad omen for others. I don’t like structural inconsistency: it makes me feel like I have no idea where this scene is leading to and makes me annoyed. There were also some loose plot-points that didn’t lead to anywhere, which contributed to that feeling of annoyance. The audiovisual presentation is stunning. The world is always absolutely gorgeous even though there are a lot of vastly different and imaginative landscapes. The OST is spot-on in bringing the world to life, and is also brilliant on its own. It’s very consistently good and has some tracks that would go very near to my all time favourite anime music. Honestly, I might recommend this anime just for its world in its audiovisual glory. As for the character art, I’m sure you can easily tell whether its up your alley yourself. I liked the chibi look. Most people who don’t like this style probably never watched MiA in the first place, which is why it had such a quiet start. There is one aspect of the show where the cutesy character art might not work anymore for some people even if it did before, which I will address now. Made in Abyss is dark. The abyss is a nihilistic world, it is indifferent towards our characters to the point where humanity seems alien to it. The deeper we journey, the darker it gets, which is why the show might betray your expectations as we start from the surface. I could see how this toneshift might make you dislike the show if you expected a more light-hearted experience based on the earlier episodes so I wanted to address it. Maybe you won’t mind that much if you know it’s coming. This is also where the cutesy character art might backfire if you do not want to see these characters in pain. By pain I don’t mean a normal distilled cartoon violence with some blood, but a detailed and personal anguish with substances like vomit and urine being very present. Personally, suffering is something I like to see expressed, but there’s a thin line in a mature or meaningful suffering, and just being edgy shock value. Luckily for me, I interpreted MiA as the former, but I cannot make that judgement for you. There was some real emotional power in Made in Abyss that arose from the search of meaningfulness and value in life in a place where there doesn't seem to be any, when return is impossible, and only more pain can be expected. The point of all the pain is not to focus on pain, but to see life, love, and emotions as beautiful things that can bloom even in the midst of hopelessness. Such reflections are important for me, as I have gone through my fair share of pain and even long periods of pretty serious suicidality, and am still worried of my mental health. This existentialist aspect isn’t something I’ve seen others talk about MiA though, so I wouldn’t count on you reaching the same conclusion. These characters are young (10 - 11 I think), and sometimes the show feels like it’s sexualizing them. This could well be a deal-breaker for some, and I wouldn’t blame them. Most of the time I don’t think it’s that bad since it’s aligned to the very detail-oriented this is what the characters are going through now, and we are not going to be round-about about it way of portraying the life of these children. However, not all scenes managed to convince me of that, and the cues I got from the timing of these scenes seem to betray trat it’s also fanservice. I don’t think it’s any worse than, say Monogatari for example, but your mileage may vary due to its atypical nature. yeah i kinda knew it was going to be dark so i did not expect any lightheartedness. Although it is true that even if you know its going to be tragic in advance the effect gets multiplied when things start out rather light rather than being dark from the beginning and the art most likely makes it feel darker as well as we humans tend to feel more for cute things...which is quite stupid but ok lol The most important things for me are your pointing out of the audiovisuals and music. When those two things are brilliant, the combination of both is usually simply stunning. It is a combination which in the past often had the power to make me cry simply because of the sheer beauty i´m witnessing. Since you critized the lack of closure, would you have waited until all seasons finished and then binge-watching it had you known? Because it is kind of the way i have in mind for myself after reading your recommendation haha I´m still furious with myself i wasn´t able to hold myself back and wait with Monogatari until the main story finished. Sorry for the long delay as i am still at the Olympics. I´ll be back on the 20th though so i´ll be back to my usual activity by then. Greetings from Korea! |
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| >I was diagnosed as a child and am fine talking about it. I mostly say it in my profile so that if people talk to me and find me too idiosyncratic, they at least know what’s going on. To be specific, I have Aspergers. I would not have guessed (I'd say I'm better at most people at guessing, but don't test me on it haha) but I think that's partially due to the nature of our conversations. We're not exactly casually talking on discord. >I believe I understand emoticons reasonably well. Autism, and especially aspergers, is usually strongly associated with the inability to read social cues and emotions, which would probably result in finding emoticons hard to understand, but that is actually alexithymia, which is common, but not necessary in autism, and isn't something I seem to have. Here’s an article about how autists with and without alexithymia differ from each other and neurotypical people in reading emotions. Yeah, fair enough. I didn't know alexithymia was a specific thing, I knew autism doesn't equal no emotion reading, but I didn't knew it was only 50% that couldn't read emotions. I just know that I've never seen a person with Aspergers use emoticons, and I've even had someone with Aspergers tell me they didn't understand what my emoticons meant. >I just don’t use emoticons a lot. It might be related to how in real life I generally don’t like holding eye contact and usually keep a monotone voice whether I talk about work-related non-personal subjects or tell how awful my day has been. Also, I think I’ve used emoticons even less than usual talking to you, though I haven’t really paid attention to it. I probably try to distance my text from my personality as much as possible because I’m quite sensitive to criticism and you have a naturally argumentative personality. Hahah, yeah I'll admit I'm guilty of that. But I use less emoticons here as well. I use a lot when say, texting, but I tend to use less when typing longer things. |
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PhKay said: yeah i kinda knew it was going to be dark so i did not expect any lightheartedness. Although it is true that even if you know its going to be tragic in advance the effect gets multiplied when things start out rather light rather than being dark from the beginning and the art most likely makes it feel darker as well as we humans tend to feel more for cute things...which is quite stupid but ok lol If you already know it, then it’s more likely you’ll like it. I recall times you have been disappointed when a series takes a turn to a new direction so I wanted to warn you about it. The most important things for me are your pointing out of the audiovisuals and music. When those two things are brilliant, the combination of both is usually simply stunning. It is a combination which in the past often had the power to make me cry simply because of the sheer beauty i´m witnessing. I’m also quilty of that. But sometimes I feel annoyed when the actual scene sucks, but the dramatic music forces a reaction (happens often in melodrama). Since you critized the lack of closure, would you have waited until all seasons finished and then binge-watching it had you known? Because it is kind of the way i have in mind for myself after reading your recommendation haha I wasn’t too bothered with it, but I figured you might be. Especially if the mysterious atmosphere grabs your attention. The manga is ongoing and releasing slowly so it would be a long wait. I dunno, I might not have watched it if I knew, but its not like I regret anything. The actual reason for watching MiA is that since I’m moving soon I wanted to watch something with a local friend and picked something I thought he would like. I´m still furious with myself i wasn´t able to hold myself back and wait with Monogatari until the main story finished. You can always watch it again :P Sorry for the long delay as i am still at the Olympics. I´ll be back on the 20th though so i´ll be back to my usual activity by then. Greetings from Korea! Have fun! Oh, wait. You’re back already. Yeah, no need for apologies, I’m not the most active thread here either. |
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Demonarion said: Thoughts on Osomatsu s2 so far? I’ve seen a lot of complaints about the season being worse than s1, but I feel like a lot of that has to do with selective memory. Season 1 had a lot of dull scenes also, but we remember the best ones and now compare the season to those. I do think s1 was slightly better, but there’s not a huge gap, they’ll likely end up with the same score at least until my rating system promotes season 1 to 8/10, which might happen at 219 anime completed. Generally, the lengthier skits range from quite good to fantastic while the short ones are anything between god-awful and I-did-not-know-I-wanted-this, but largely the former. Surprisingly, the season seems to be picking up some steam after the halfway point. |
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Mikochondria said: I would not have guessed (I'd say I'm better at most people at guessing, but don't test me on it haha) but I think that's partially due to the nature of our conversations. We're not exactly casually talking on discord. Most people I tell irl are also surprised. It’s not too visible if I don’t build up what I like to call “burger stress” and start to slip into the awkwardness. Yeah, fair enough. I didn't know alexithymia was a specific thing, I knew autism doesn't equal no emotion reading, but I didn't knew it was only 50% that couldn't read emotions. I just know that I've never seen a person with Aspergers use emoticons, and I've even had someone with Aspergers tell me they didn't understand what my emoticons meant. I was also surprised from the 50%. I think I’ve seen different numbers somewhere. I’ve met a lot of other high functioning autists through group-sessions and such though, and many blend well into the neurotypical mass. We don’t often hear about or notice autism on people (especially adults) who don’t seem to have problems blending into the mass compared to the harder cases, so it probably skews perspective. Now you’ve seen one :P |
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| > Most people I tell irl are also surprised. It’s not too visible if I don’t build up what I like to call “burger stress” and start to slip into the awkwardness. If you can read emotions you're missing out on the most common association which is probably why. I know the bigger picture (based on talking to people with Autism) but it's explanatory to why someone wouldn't guess it. > I was also surprised from the 50%. I think I’ve seen different numbers somewhere. I’ve met a lot of other high functioning autists through group-sessions and such though, and many blend well into the neurotypical mass. We don’t often hear about or notice autism on people (especially adults) who don’t seem to have problems blending into the mass compared to the harder cases, so it probably skews perspective. Now you’ve seen one :P Yeah, it makes a lot of sense because you wouldn't suspect those people of being autistic. It's not like I can say I've only met poorly functioning autists, but it also depends on where the line of poorly functioning is, do you mostly mean people who can't do work at all or also people do it poorly? |
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| so did your friend like MiA? ;) Do you handle watching anime alone and in company differently? Are you talking about stuff oon screen as they happen or were you watching sitting quietly side by side? I think i feel convinced not to wait. You are right, the wait would be super long. I make room for this one in April most likely. btw one could argue melodrama sucks anyway haha but i get what you mean. You see something awful but your brain forces you to react positively to it as 2/3 senses to notice were pleased if that makes sense lol |
Mikochondria said: It's not like I can say I've only met poorly functioning autists, but it also depends on where the line of poorly functioning is, do you mostly mean people who can't do work at all or also people do it poorly? High and low functionin autism are both pretty common, though somewhat controversial terms. There’s no exact point of separation, but usually low functioning autists are nonverbal and/or with IQ less than 70, but this was actually news to me too: I expected the point to “pass as high-functioning” to be much higher. What I meant in my original message was something like “autists who can pretty much survive everyday life without substantial problems”. |
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PhKay said: so did your friend like MiA? ;) Do you handle watching anime alone and in company differently? Are you talking about stuff on screen as they happen or were you watching sitting quietly side by side? My friend liked MiA very much. I do handle watching alone and with friends differently, both have their pros and cons. Since I’m usually the one who forces suggests that we should watch a specific anime, I like sharing the experience if I’ve seen the show myself. If I’m rewatching (which I often am in these situations) it almost feels like watching the anime for the first time, but with the benefits of knowing what is going on, since I sort of try to experience the viewing through their lens. We also get discussions, which is juicy, though I’m not as expressive when I’m speaking compared to writing. A negative point in watching in company is that I can’t focus on my own experience as well as when alone. If I have an inkling that my company do not enjoy the anime as much as I do my experience drags down as well. My emotional connection and responses are also not as strong or as authentic as when watching alone because I’m more self-conscious. On the flip side it’s easier to suffer through poor anime if either the company likes it more than me, or just if I have some peers to suffer with me. It’s not like I watch bad anime with others often though. Talking while watching depends on the company. One guy is quick to ask questions, theorize, and analyze while the show is going, and with one we often throw quick comments with but then focus on the show again. The rest I mostly shut up with. I think I’ve probably watched anime with 10 different people, which is somewhat equal to the number of times I’ve watched FLCL. |
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sytemet said: Mikochondria said: It's not like I can say I've only met poorly functioning autists, but it also depends on where the line of poorly functioning is, do you mostly mean people who can't do work at all or also people do it poorly? High and low functionin autism are both pretty common, though somewhat controversial terms. There’s no exact point of separation, but usually low functioning autists are nonverbal and/or with IQ less than 70, but this was actually news to me too: I expected the point to “pass as high-functioning” to be much higher. What I meant in my original message was something like “autists who can pretty much survive everyday life without substantial problems”. Fair enough. Is there any jobs or other life aspects that you think is impossible to do at an acceptable level for most, if not all, autists including well functioning ones? (If you ever don't want to answer my questions regarding this, don't worry btw) |
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sytemet said: Wow, that's definitely an excellent answer indeed :OWhatever the narrative needs is what the villain should be. Sometimes it makes more sense to make the villain a symbol or a foil to the protagonist, though that unfortunately also makes them uninteresting as characters. Since I like character-driven stories, I’m a sucker for villains who can be sympathised with. I also like when the villains have character arcs that bring nuance to their reasons. A shounen villain turning good after the protag kicks their ass doesn't count by the way. Villain is a term used to classify characters. To “fail” as an archetype and emerge as a fleshed-out character is a victory. Speaking of villain, do you agree with the opinion that anime/manga tend to made a better villain compare to western media of entertainment? (especially in a movie) |
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Mikochondria said: Is there any jobs or other life aspects that you think is impossible to do at an acceptable level for most, if not all, autists including well functioning ones? (If you ever don't want to answer my questions regarding this, don't worry btw) This is a hard question. The spectrum is quite diverse and the saying that “if you have met one person with autism, you have only met one person with autism” holds true. At least high functioning should be able to learn any aspect of life an average neurotypical person can, even if it comes with more difficulty, so I’m hesitant to say it’s impossible. I wouldn’t exactly recommend people to seek employment in areas where they have to learn the hard way what comes naturally to most people though. I think a job demanding a lot of social subtlety, a marriage counselor for example, is impossible for most autists, but only because it would take a lot of work to get there and most autists aren’t interested enough to put that much effort into learning all the layers of neurotypical social behaviour and relationship dynamics when they are already handicapped in that area. If we’re talking about low functioning autism, surviving everyday life alone can already be impossible or very challenging for many, so there are a lot of areas impossible for them. A nonverbal person is obviously not going to become a public speaker. This is all just from my perspective though. |
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Felix-san said: Some visual novel do you plan to read? When it comes to novels, visual or not, I like binge-reading, but due to the time it takes to read a lot of VNs, and the exhaustion that comes from reading potentially ten of hours at time for several days, I rarely have the time or or energy to read large works, while I’m interested in many on varying levels, but the following a nudge above the rest I guess. The rest of Higurashi Kai (read 2/4) The rest of Umineko + Chiru (read 2/8) The rest of Clannad (read everything except the main route and After Story) Fate/Stay Night Steins;Gate Little Busters Muv-luv + alternative No idea if I ever will read them all. I also might spontaneously read something else when I could read some of them... |
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PhKay said: What is the most awesome place you´ve ever been to? We went to Orlando, Florida to tour all the amusement and theme parks while I was a teenager. Specifically I wanted to go to Universal Studios, which held “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” and I had long forgotten how many times I had read the books at that age (I started binging them before elementary school.) so what kind of places would you like to explore in your life? I’m not sure. Potentially many, but I don’t have a burning passion for traveling or sight-seeing. I think I’d be most interested in seeing places where there are interesting cultures although I’d probably be considered quite rude by the natives. I have enough problems adapting to our own... What culture(s) fascinate you? Small, independent cultures. Their societies are based on completely different principles than ours and it’s interesting to see how that reflects to their worldview and values. I don’t have anything specific in mind though. On a side note, I'm now done moving. |
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Demonarion said: Favorite Susumu Hirasawa anime soundtrack? Paprika puts up a good fight, but I’m going for Berserk. Not because of Forces, which is the most recognized track, more so than the more atmospheric tracks like Earth and Guts. |
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Izanagi777 said: Speaking of villain, do you agree with the opinion that anime/manga tend to made a better villain compare to western media of entertainment? (especially in a movie) I don’t have much experience in western series (especially those that feature villains) so I’ll have to go with just movies, but many of the differences may not be so much related to western vs. Japanese writing than the differences between movies and series, though I can also take anime movies into consideration. In fact, let’s start with them. I’ve seen 43 anime movies, only a few of which features a villain. If they do, the villains aren’t good. 43 isn’t an incredible number so I might make some conjectures, but it seems to me that anime isn’t interested in telling the same kind of stories at all through movies, as western cinema is, which isn’t exactly on topic, but fairly interesting nevertheless. In Japan, structures similar to how movies are in the west seem to be used in series instead, so maybe comparing western film and Japanese animated series isn’t too irrelevant afterall. To the comparisons then: There are mediocre and poor executions no matter what medium we look so I’m going to focus more on what I believe to be good villains in anime vs. good villains in western cinema. Villains in films seem to be more tools of the narrative than characters that have their own stories in a more broad picture. This is likely due to films being more limited in screentime, more concise and focused on the central plot. My favourite villain in movies is Joker from the Dark Knight, but he is really just a crazy and charismatic personification of ideals, and the ideals themselves are interesting in the movie because of how they force the other characters to react. He’s not much of a character at all. I’d have no interest whatsoever to watch a movie like “Joker: The Origins” that was about this character whose strengths are how he affects everything around him. Another favourite of mine is Hannibal Lecter, who is easily the most effective in the Silence of the Lambs where he is a side character and not the main focus. For these types of villains, who are very good, but not my favourite, western films have an advantage in my opinion. Series, especially longer series, are often comparatively less focused on just going through the main plot effectively and more interested in getting invested in the characters so we feel their arcs stronger. If we are privileged enough to have an interesting villain with an actual arc, it’s likely only found here, and I’m probably going to like them more than the more common villains the movies are good at. Meruem is my favourite fictional character. |
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sytemet said: PhKay said: What is the most awesome place you´ve ever been to? We went to Orlando, Florida to tour all the amusement and theme parks while I was a teenager. Specifically I wanted to go to Universal Studios, which held “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” and I had long forgotten how many times I had read the books at that age (I started binging them before elementary school.) so what kind of places would you like to explore in your life? I’m not sure. Potentially many, but I don’t have a burning passion for traveling or sight-seeing. I think I’d be most interested in seeing places where there are interesting cultures although I’d probably be considered quite rude by the natives. I have enough problems adapting to our own... What culture(s) fascinate you? Small, independent cultures. Their societies are based on completely different principles than ours and it’s interesting to see how that reflects to their worldview and values. I don’t have anything specific in mind though. On a side note, I'm now done moving. How about small, independent cultures on remote islands who never got in contact with the globalized world? They may even practise cannibalism and it probably feels like an entirely normal thing to them...incredible such places still exist. Good you´ve settled into your new home for good. I hope you will enjoy it. Thoughts on the Oscars tonight? Or are you indifferent about them? I might boycott them for not nominating a single anime for Best Animated Film despite Your Name and Silent Voice argh -.- on a sidenote: Made in Abyss indeed did win the CR Award for Anime of the Year. |
Akaraed said: Favourite Yuki Kajiura soundtrack? What are examples of her compositions that you like? My favourite Kajiura OST is from Madoka Magica. Decretum kills me everytime. Her stuff from Kara no Kyokai is also very beautiful. |
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PhKay said: How about small, independent cultures on remote islands who never got in contact with the globalized world? They may even practise cannibalism and it probably feels like an entirely normal thing to them...incredible such places still exist. I think they are particularly interesting because their isolated ideology can offer new perspectives to life. I also don’t have to agree with what they do to find them interesting. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with cannibalism though, as long as the eaten humans aren’t killed for food. It’s our ideas about the corpse being somehow sacred that are weird :P Thoughts on the Oscars tonight? Or are you indifferent about them? I might boycott them for not nominating a single anime for Best Animated Film despite Your Name and Silent Voice argh -.- I’m indifferent and haven’t seen any good live-action movies from 2017 anyways. Kizu 3 and Night is Short ended up being some of my favourite all-time movies though. on a sidenote: Made in Abyss indeed did win the CR Award for Anime of the Year. Yea I checked the results to see how my predictions went (I got half). I didn’t expect MiA to win BokuHero though. |
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| So i guess the Spring season question is obligatory and needs to be returned ;) also i agree we are weird about our opinions and treatment of human corpses. However i do think cannibals would kill in order to eat the human. We don´t eat animals after they die naturally as well usually...it´s all about meat quality i guess! |
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| How did you feel about the ending to Panty and Stocking? (I feel like I've asked you this before, but I am not sure anymore...) |
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| Do you pay attention toward any anime staff aside from the voice actor (such as director, story writer, composers etc) when it comes to picking an anime that you want to watch? |
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Demonarion said: What kind of vidya games do you play? I’m generally not a huge fan of games that challenge dexterity, hand-eye coordination, or other kinesthetic abilities though there are exceptions in even some of the best games. I’m also not interested in most of the major AAA titles, especially from America. They tend to be too, how should I put it, built on calculations and data and lacking in creative vision. I enjoy RPGs a lot and tactical games to some extent. I like to see video games utilize its features as a storytelling experience, though I feel we haven’t come very far in that department. I want to feel emotions when I play, but don’t want the narrative to progress via cutscenes and whatnot. I like a lot of indie games for I feel like they have managed to capture the essence of what they want to tell in their game rather than pouring millions into the superficials. Some of my favourite games include Morrowind, Baldur’s Gate, Undertale, Shadow of the Colossus, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Final Fantasy Tactics, and my favourite game of all times, Dark Souls. |
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PhKay said: So i guess the Spring season question is obligatory and needs to be returned ;) I was very much against having a sequel to FLCL, but when all 6 episodes have aired I’ll be binging it come hell or high water. Aside from that, I might watch S;G 0 immediately once it’s finished airing, but will probably skip on the rest for the time being. There are a few things that look interesting though. I want to check out how the remake of Legend of the Galactic Heroes look at some point for sure. It’s only 12 eps though... Layton Mystery Tanteisha looks charming, but its based on a game so I’m a bit worried. Also it’s 50 episodes long… Maybe if I would watch it weekly (an managed to stick to watching an episode a week, which is the hardest part) I could manage it better. I have a feeling it’s going to be episodic. I’ll be damned if AOTY 2018 isn’t Oshiri Tantei. |
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Mikochondria said: Do you have a fun fact for me? There is a practice in Tibetan Buddhism where monks create mental entities out of concepts using imagination and concentration. These entities serve part as mental exercise and expression and part as a tool for overcoming attachments, fobias, or whatnot. This description is vague as hell because I am not a person with thorough understanding of Tibetan religion, but it doesn’t matter since the existence of this practice is only the premise for the fun fact. Eventually, a westerner, namely Alexandra David-Neel, wrote a book about her experience of Tibetan Buddhism (Magic and Mystery in Tibet) where she claimed to have created a thought-form that acted outside of her consciousness and will, and which became practically indistinguishable from reality. She even claimed that others could see this thought-form, or “tulpa” as she called it. Fast forward almost a hundred years, and who else would pick up the book if not 4chan? Briefly arriving in /x/ (paranormal), it got some people speculating and trying things out themselves, but the topic died shortly, until it got revived in /mlp/ (My Little Pony) where users would practice making their favourite ponies into (their subjective) reality (well, I haven’t been on the threads, but I assume they were mostly about ponies considering the place and fandom). A subculture was born around tulpas that eventually found its own place around the internet and was quite disconnected from both MLP and Tibetan Buddhism, though the influence of both is quite visible. Nowadays, tulpamancers, as they often call themselves, create a sort of self-induced hallucination or split-personality of a person inside their heads and essentially feed them with attention and details until they act in such a subconscious level that the creator can no longer consider them a part of themselves, and treat them as a separate, semi-autonomous, sentient entity. Whether this was fun or not I’ll leave to your judgement. |
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Felix-san said: What is the meaning of your signature? The Monogatari franchise uses frames filled with a single colour such as these, usually when the main character blinks. There’s not a lot of meaning. The kanji says “purple frame” unless I’m horribly mistaken. Murasaki also means purple. As for the 039, I would guess it corresponds to the chapter of the light novel, or the index of the “color frame”, but that’s just a wild guess. As for why I chose to have it as my signature, I can theorize: I had my avatar picked, and I needed a signature, but didn’t know what to go for. I didn’t want to have another Panty & Stocking related picture to disassociate myself from the series a bit, and was drawing a blank. From blank I got to a minimalist aesthetic approach and went for a frame that is quite as blank as my ideas for what the signature should say. Then I kind of naturally drew towards the Monogatari frames, as it is my favourite anime, and went with purple as it went well with the avatar. |
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vinroy11 said: How did you feel about the ending to Panty and Stocking? (I feel like I've asked you this before, but I am not sure anymore...) I don’t think Gainax ever intended to make a second season (and if they did, they might just ignore the ending os s1.) They just trolled, which is fine as P&S is such a non-serious show in the first place. I mean, there was an episode in the middle of the series where |
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Izanagi777 said: Do you pay attention toward any anime staff aside from the voice actor (such as director, story writer, composers etc) when it comes to picking an anime that you want to watch? I pay very little attention to VAs, but am always interested to see a director whose work and style I recognize and enjoy. I am much more likely to watch something if it’s by Shinbo, Imaishi or Yuasa than a show from a director I don’t know. There’s also a few composers I like. |
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sytemet said: Mikochondria said: Do you have a fun fact for me? There is a practice in Tibetan Buddhism where monks create mental entities out of concepts using imagination and concentration. These entities serve part as mental exercise and expression and part as a tool for overcoming attachments, fobias, or whatnot. This description is vague as hell because I am not a person with thorough understanding of Tibetan religion, but it doesn’t matter since the existence of this practice is only the premise for the fun fact. Eventually, a westerner, namely Alexandra David-Neel, wrote a book about her experience of Tibetan Buddhism (Magic and Mystery in Tibet) where she claimed to have created a thought-form that acted outside of her consciousness and will, and which became practically indistinguishable from reality. She even claimed that others could see this thought-form, or “tulpa” as she called it. Fast forward almost a hundred years, and who else would pick up the book if not 4chan? Briefly arriving in /x/ (paranormal), it got some people speculating and trying things out themselves, but the topic died shortly, until it got revived in /mlp/ (My Little Pony) where users would practice making their favourite ponies into (their subjective) reality (well, I haven’t been on the threads, but I assume they were mostly about ponies considering the place and fandom). A subculture was born around tulpas that eventually found its own place around the internet and was quite disconnected from both MLP and Tibetan Buddhism, though the influence of both is quite visible. Nowadays, tulpamancers, as they often call themselves, create a sort of self-induced hallucination or split-personality of a person inside their heads and essentially feed them with attention and details until they act in such a subconscious level that the creator can no longer consider them a part of themselves, and treat them as a separate, semi-autonomous, sentient entity. Whether this was fun or not I’ll leave to your judgement. That was a fun fact indeed. Thanks! |
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sytemet said: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Darn it. You just made me re-install VTMB. Who's your favorite char in VTMB and what clan do you like the most? Also what do you like about VTMB in general? |
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Demonarion said: Have fun!sytemet said: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Darn it. You just made me re-install VTMB. Who's your favorite char in VTMB and what clan do you like the most? Also what do you like about VTMB in general? Who doesn’t love Jack? I also quite liked the Voerman sisters, they made Santa Monica Santa Monica and had a fun plotline. Clanwise, I have to pick Malks. The devs really seemed to love them as they poured a ton of fluff to really make them stand out from the rest. I especially love how they are actually super insightful and intelligent despite because of their lunacy. First time I played the game (which is not that long ago, actually) I played with Toreadors. The idea of vampires that hide within social circles, sip their blood from wine classes (that’s just my head-canon) and are snobby about fine art just really sits with me. In general, VTMB really manages to bring its world to life unlike almost any other game, and what a world it is! The night-life itself is astonishing even without any gameplay (which frankly, is not the strength of Bloodlines) especially with the soundtrack and the voice acting of even very minor characters being spot on. Source engine facial expressions also help a lot with the characters, which is super important, as the game mainly progresses with dialogue. That and gameplay… but I’m not going back there. All the rich vampire lore with its clans and their social agendas are intriguing and relatively complex, but the great writing makes it pretty easy to intuitively piece together a general idea of what is going on in the world, and unnecessary exposition which could have easily pulled the player out of the rich world was left out leaving the player both more invested in the world and more interested in the narrative. I absolutely love dialogue, and that is probably where VTMB shines the most. I already commented on the amazing delivery, but the content is just as great. Everything you as a player hear is from the mouth of somebody, and that somebody always has their own agenda and world-view, giving the player no unbiased narration whatsoever. This is great almost always, but what makes it especially thrilling is that the player is then required to choose who they can and cannot trust, who is right, and what are people hiding from you, how much of all the critique the characters have of their enemies actually holds true, and how these decisions impact the ending of the game.´ |
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PhKay said: So after learning about your rating system i guess the Ito Junji Collection must have had some redeeming points at least. What were the better stories and which were absolutely forgettable? Its biggest redeeming factor for me was that the stories were about 10 minutes of screen time, which I tend to find really comfortable to watch as opposed to 20 minutes like most episodic shows. Episodic anime with 20 minute long segments easily becomes torture and the is biggest reason why eg. Cowboy Bebop shares its rating with Junji Ito’s. Even though the manga version is much better at telling the stories, I found the anime version just so easy to consume that I just couldn’t hate it too much. Whether horror should be easy to consume is a completely separate story. I mentioned it already in the answer about winter season, but the only reason I watched the anime is to see how stories that are so well built upon the medium of manga are totally butchered could possibly be translated into anime with the expectation that it would horribly fail, which it did. Then again, it is still based on Junji Ito’s manga, which means there’s not really anything remotely similar in the medium. I’d actually recommend this series to you since you’re not going to read the source anyways just because you’re a horror fan and Ito is simply too important to miss. Just don’t expect it to be well executed, and it also isn’t scary. I dunno what to do with the good and bad stories, the names of them won’t say you much, should I spoil them? Most of Ito’s work revolves around bizarre and insane imagery which you might want to not know in advance if you are still interested in potentially watching this. |
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