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  1. 2 hours ago, Ryuk211 said:

    I think this really is the heart of the matter right here. Despite being portrayed as absurdly strong,  modern tsunderes somehow lack the mental capacity to think rationally about awkward situations.  this indicates that no matter how 'strong' these characters are, they still fear the male protagonist on some level.

     

    we can take this analysis a step further by seeing that in this case, the tsunderes are actually being portrayed as weak. i think there's another key aspect to this in that the brutalization is always portrayed as a joke-their "abuse" actually isn't a big deal or worth taking seriously. there are a lot of reasons why this could be the case (e.g., double standards with gender in regards to abuse), but regardless of these reasons, we can see a trend in which the focus is on the tsundere's violence being "broken down" and revealing her deredere side due to the mc's influence over her. the satisfaction comes from the fact that the tsundere's development is entirely based around pleasing the ego of the mc (for being nice) and fulfilling the fantasy of a girl who hates you secretly being deeply in love with you. in a way, the physical violence could be a flanderized way of representing that. essentially, no matter how vicious the tsundere is, she will always be "tamed" by the mc in the end. this also isn't just a thing in japanese media btw, the idea of an aggressive or defensive woman eventually being made submissive due to the influence of a male mc is a pretty common trope throughout the world (hence my use of the word "taming", like in shakespeare's taming of the shrew).

    this is is mostly an aside, but i also think it's curious how yanderes rarely ever get the same flak despite being just as, if not more abusive. a part of me thinks it has to do with the fact that the more visibly unpleasant aspects seen in tsunderes (violence towards the mc for example) are not as readily apparent. yanderes are automatically said to construct their entire egos and motivations around the mc, so they do more to immediately serve the mc's interests.

    this video does a pretty good job analyzing the narrative roles of tsunderes imo:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBtu5oEM1Tg

  2. so i got the game, unfortunately i can't install: "the application was unable to start 0xc00007b". tried a number of things such as restarting, running as admin, running in all available compatibility modes, updating, reinstalling and updating directx (including 9c), scanning the disk (no errors), installing aio package, installing all versions of microsoft visual c++, reinstalling the net framework. still doesn't work. i might be fucked at this point, but i'll keep trying.

  3. i look forward to the fact that nothing will change. i will wake up on january 1 and look at myself in the mirror. i will observe my hideously lovecraftian form before i leave my house. i will disappoint everyone around me, ruin all my new friendships, and procrastinate my time away. i will look back and wonder why i cant make a change before repeating the cycle over and over again. i will become more and more at peace with the fact that i will never live a happy life. i look forward to the fact that nothing, absolutely nothing, will change

  4. thank you vizualfan, very cool

    your system of determining who deserves the title of "man" is utterly arbitrary. there is no objective goodness within the world of meatsuits, and fictional characters are mere abstractions with the verisimilitude of meatsuits

  5. mine is kinda cringe but ok

    Hair-Blonde, Shoulder Length

    Eyes-Blue, Hosome

    Body-Pale, Slim, Young-adult, Average Height

    Clothes-T-shirt, Tank Top, Blouse, Sweater, Turtleneck Sweater, Shorts, Jeans, Leggings, Glasses

    Personality-Secretive, Curious, Misanthrope, Eccentric, Slutty, Relaxed, Insightful, Low Self-esteem, Pervert, Reserved, Airhead

    Role-Based on a Real Person, Scientist, Video Game Developer, Student, American, Not A Virgin

    Engages In-Driving, Gambling, Investigation, Learning A Foreign Language, Sadism, Stalking, Flirting, Job Hunting, Suicide Attempt, Self Harm, Computering, Consensual Porn Production, Drawing, Music Learning, Singing

    Subject of-Headache, Weight Loss, Delusion, Mental Breakdown, Clinical Depression, Human Subject Research, Nightmares, Stalking, Turndown, Teasing, Disappointment

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