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uofr.net>, S.t.A.n.L.e.E
UofR.SlamSpam.net> wrote:
> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:05am-0700, Lee Ratner
gmail.com>:
> >> On Sep 15, 10:02Ýam, Invid Fan
loclanet.com> wrote:>>>> On Sep 14, 9:44Ýpm, Captain Nerd
nerdwatch.com> wrote:>>>>> In article
registered.motzarella.org>,
>>>>> Ý"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:>>>
>>>>>> Ý ÝAnd looks very Nordic. Yes, he's not the image that the NORSE
>>>>>> had of
>>>>>> Thor (and in fact they've acknowledged that several times in the
>>>>>> comics), but at least he makes sense as an image of Thor.
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>>>>> Ý ÝCould be worse, look what they did to King Arthur in that one
>>>>> Ý Ýanime...
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>>>> Ý Ý Ý If you are talking about Fate/Stay Night, that is really bad.
>>>> Not only was the change only made for fan-service purposes, it was
>>>> justified with the worse faux-feminism.
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>>> Given I saw Fate/Stay Night and don't remember an Arthur connection, it
>>> must really be bad :)
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>> Saber the main character is really King Arthur. In the Fate/Stay
>> Night universe, King Arthur was a young woman who had to pretend to be
>> a man to lead her sexist subjects. This make the decision seem
>> feminist. The real reason was of couse because they needed a lead
>> woman for the lead man to get together with and for some reason they
>> decided not to use one of the myriad of heroines from Western
>> mythology. A really stupid choice IMO.
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> My first guess was Joan of Arc myself.
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Like I said, it was non-Arthur enough for me not to make the
connection. Or I didn't get far enough in the show (always possible
^_^)
--
Chris Mack *quote under construction*
'Invid Fan'
