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Sep 1, 10:22 AM

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There is barely any good romance in anime tho most of it is female catered anyway so trying to get men to watch romance especially in anime isn't going to work westerners don't really believe in romance and it's society reflects that.
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@JaniSIr Nah, the whole point is that the author got to insert his fetishes into the show

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Also that comment was supposed to be a half joke...

Yes i know
@giantpudding Oh come on, it's a pretty mild show all things considered.
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@JaniSIr Nah, the whole point is that the author got to insert his fetishes into the show

JaniSIr said:
Also that comment was supposed to be a half joke...

Yes i know
giantpudding said:
@JaniSIr Nah, the whole point is that the author got to insert his fetishes into the show

...such as?
......................
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@giantpudding Oh come on, it's a pretty mild show all things considered.
@JaniSIr Compared to what, historically accurate shows? Do they have the author shoving this shit nonstop



down everyone's throat?
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@JaniSIr Compared to what, historically accurate shows? Do they have the author shoving this shit nonstop



down everyone's throat?
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What exactly is wrong with a succubus looking like that?
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Interesting, I've kind of thought about this in a way. I wasn't big into anime in high school, but I feel like if I had been and was seen reading a manga with some girly looking cover I would have been called gay and gotten beat up. But maybe you just need to open it up to the fan service part and say, "what you don't like this?"
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@JaniSIr Compared to what, historically accurate shows? Do they have the author shoving this shit nonstop



down everyone's throat?
@giantpudding For reference, the competition of Junketsu no Maria is this:

Time travel into a harem of gender swapped Japanese warlord.
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giantpudding said:
Yes yes, you can basically throw the whole historically accurate argument out the window when you add the fetish porn in


Huh? So Caligula is not historically accurate because it contains porn?
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giantpudding said:
Yes yes, you can basically throw the whole historically accurate argument out the window when you add the fetish porn in


Huh? So Caligula is not historically accurate because it contains porn?
@TransferUser If you told a historian that you believed dominatrix witches and string lingerie wearing succubi roamed the land in the late middle ages, they would tell you to seek mental help.

Hope that helps.
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@TransferUser If you told a historian that you believed dominatrix witches and string lingerie wearing succubi roamed the land in the late middle ages, they would tell you to seek mental help.

Hope that helps.
@giantpudding
Cringe and bluepilled.
"Ehrm, OP, that's not what THE SCIENCE said that happened, Professor Soyberg won't be pleased with your comments, you should stop with this and go back to the pod eat slop".
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@giantpudding
Cringe and bluepilled.
"Ehrm, OP, that's not what THE SCIENCE said that happened, Professor Soyberg won't be pleased with your comments, you should stop with this and go back to the pod eat slop".
@thewiru Yes i know, everyone keeps replying to your topics saying that you're not making sense.
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giantpudding said:
If you told a historian that you believed dominatrix witches and string lingerie wearing succubi roamed the land in the late middle ages, they would tell you to seek mental help.


You're saying this as if you never heard of witch burnings. Or what, do you think those weren't dominatrix and lingerie wearing women? Preposterous. Why else would they be burned?
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@giantpudding
Huh? Why would people have sex if they didn't love one another?
@thewiru

I would recommend reading a book on biology.
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@TransferUser If you told a historian that you believed dominatrix witches and string lingerie wearing succubi roamed the land in the late middle ages, they would tell you to seek mental help.

Hope that helps.
@giantpudding I really just think you don't know what the point of the "alternate history" subgenre is. lol
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giantpudding said:
If you told a historian that you believed dominatrix witches and string lingerie wearing succubi roamed the land in the late middle ages, they would tell you to seek mental help.


You're saying this as if you never heard of witch burnings. Or what, do you think those weren't dominatrix and lingerie wearing women? Preposterous. Why else would they be burned?
@TransferUser I think you need to lay off the porn for a bit because it's clearly rotting your brain
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@giantpudding I really just think you don't know what the point of the "alternate history" subgenre is. lol
@JaniSIr Just because some gooner author dumped a ton of his favorite porn fetishes in a historical setting doesn't mean it's alternate history.
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giantpudding said:
If you told a historian that you believed dominatrix witches and string lingerie wearing succubi roamed the land in the late middle ages, they would tell you to seek mental help.


You're saying this as if you never heard of witch burnings. Or what, do you think those weren't dominatrix and lingerie wearing women? Preposterous. Why else would they be burned?
@TransferUser I assume this is sarcastic. Regardless, usually because they were old spinsters, that no one liked. Also witch burnings weren't actually common until the Early Modern period. Witches were more older unlikeable women which is where we get the traditional image; however, anime ain't going to give you MCs that don't conform to beauty norms, nor does Japan really have the best understanding of medieval Europe.

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What exactly is wrong with a succubus looking like that?
Well if you are going off how medieval people saw succubus/incubuses, they weren't depicted attractive at all. I mean they are demons dude, less sexy and more creatures from hell. Granted of course Lucifer is supposed to be an Angel of Light however, the traditional depiction of demons is the typical horns and grotesque faces thing, especially in the High/Late Middle Ages. They might disguise themselves, however, they should be abhorrent deep down. That would be an interesting concept though.....I doubt you will see it in Japan isekai fantasy land.

giantpudding said:
Just because some gooner author dumped a ton of his favorite porn fetishes in a historical setting doesn't mean it's alternate history.
......I mean yeah it is lol. You can do whatever you want with alternate history in theory. Historical erotica is pretty popular.
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BilboBaggins365 said:
Well if you are going off how medieval people saw succubus/incubuses, they weren't depicted attractive at all. I mean they are demons dude, less sexy and more creatures from hell. Granted of course Lucifer is supposed to be an Angel of Light however, the traditional depiction of demons is the typical horns and grotesque faces thing, especially in the High/Late Middle Ages. They might disguise themselves, however, they should be abhorrent deep down. That would be an interesting concept though.....I doubt you will see it in Japan isekai fantasy land.

Sexy Satan is not exactly a modern concept, that was in Paradise Lost too.
Although I suppose the 100 years war was like 200 years before that.
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BilboBaggins365 said:
Well if you are going off how medieval people saw succubus/incubuses, they weren't depicted attractive at all. I mean they are demons dude, less sexy and more creatures from hell. Granted of course Lucifer is supposed to be an Angel of Light however, the traditional depiction of demons is the typical horns and grotesque faces thing, especially in the High/Late Middle Ages. They might disguise themselves, however, they should be abhorrent deep down. That would be an interesting concept though.....I doubt you will see it in Japan isekai fantasy land.

Sexy Satan is not exactly a modern concept, that was in Paradise Lost too.
Although I suppose the 100 years war was like 200 years before that.
@JaniSIr Well my point is Sexy Satan is literally in the bible lol. You don't have to go to Paradise Lost. That said, how people depicted these creatures in the medieval period tended to not be flattering.
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BilboBaggins365 said:
traditional depiction of demons is the typical horns
Traditional is a flexible word.

As far as my understanding goes, originally horns were associated with with pagan creatures of the good alignment. For example Pan.
Christianity then demonified those pagan beliefs and adopted the horns for their demons.

It's a fairly adaptable religion.


BilboBaggins365 said:
succubus/incubuses, they weren't depicted attractive at all
Wasn't that also a kind of revisionism? I seem to recall that originally they were very sexy.
Not sure about the exact origin, but Lilith might have been among the first batch and I don't recall her ever being portrayed as unattractive.
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BilboBaggins365 said:
traditional depiction of demons is the typical horns
Traditional is a flexible word.

As far as my understanding goes, originally horns were associated with with pagan creatures of the good alignment. For example Pan.
Christianity then demonified those pagan beliefs and adopted the horns for their demons.

It's a fairly adaptable religion.


BilboBaggins365 said:
succubus/incubuses, they weren't depicted attractive at all
Wasn't that also a kind of revisionism? I seem to recall that originally they were very sexy.
Not sure about the exact origin, but Lilith might have been among the first batch and I don't recall her ever being portrayed as unattractive.
TransferUser said:
As far as my understanding goes, originally horns were associated with with pagan creatures of the good alignment. For example Pan.
Christianity then demonified those pagan beliefs and adopted the horns for their demons.
Yeah we are talking about Christianity.

TransferUser said:
Wasn't that also a kind of revisionism? I seem to recall that originally they were very sexy.
I am talking about how they are depicted in art from the period.
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BilboBaggins365 said:
I am talking about how they are depicted in art from the period.


Come to think of it, did that period even have any art that was good looking? As far as I recall all people in art during that time look fugly as well.
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BilboBaggins365 said:
I am talking about how they are depicted in art from the period.


Come to think of it, did that period even have any art that was good looking? As far as I recall all people in art during that time look fugly as well.
@TransferUser If you don't like the art of medieval illuminated manuscripts we can't be friends lol.
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@TransferUser If you don't like the art of medieval illuminated manuscripts we can't be friends lol.
@BilboBaggins365 Which of them is your favorite waifu?

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