And it came to my attention ever since my reaction to certain elements of the current arc of Bleach. I can tell you about the most number of Ishida + stomach puns I can drop, and the number of censors they have put in versus the manga, but something struck us so shockingly that we failed to realize it until today...
It was right in front of me that there was already a stereotype that deserves ranting about!
See it?
No? Not yet? Look closer.
There we go.
As I watched Bleach and see through Orihime's transformation as a character of an ironic damsel in distress (since she has the ability to end it all with her undisputed ability, but... I have no idea why she's still going ditzy and continue to say "Kurosaki-kun" irritatingly so), I cannot help but cringe at the typical view towards women with...
Big Bazonkers
Twin Peaks
Menos Grande's (or Grande Grande)
Oval-tine's
Sailor Moons
Gigantus Granadus
Balloonbas
Major Guns
Huge Hollows
Above-waist Buoys
Jimminy Jambalaya's
Marshmallow Mountain
Voluptuous Valleys
Ginormous Melon Grenades
BIG BANKAI
Corporal Commodities
Dangling Duds
Bumping Buns
Push-up Pillows
Loaded Boxing Gloves
Cow Substitutes
Ching Chong Ding Dongs (thank you Stephen Colbert!)
Mammoth Mammaries
Lamb Chops
The Hills from the Highlands
Tifa's Lockhearts
Me Bouncy's (for Mai Shiranui)
Palin's Pumped-up Plumps (if she took breast-enchancements)
And I'll be stopping right there. Don't want to be a bad influence or whatnot. =P (Yes, they all popped up in my head just now)
But the point is, truth be told, sex sells. Since Mai Shiranui came to the picture, the depiction of the standard bearer of video-game femme icons have always been associated with the circles of life. Soul Caliber and Dead or Alive are certainly no exceptions. Japanese anime, series, movies, direct-to-DVD/Blue Ray movies, whatever your preference is, more likely than not, you'd find at least one big bazonkered character. And seriously, somewhere along the way, this pattern will have to exhaust itself in the long run. Yes, they are delightful. But the way we see women in the media will have to change sooner or later, and go beyond the chest-giftedness of women. I know we're already taking slow steps, but this is something we'll have to live by for a while. But you have to agree with me on the fact that characters like Orihime (ditzy + biggie) should pave way to other characters with more substance. Take that for what it's worth.
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The world is doomed when it's all kawaii and bossomness. And i'm the first on the plank. =.="
Funny post though, "Above-waist Buoys" cracked me up. XD
LOL! I would have given more nicknames, but kids might view me as a bad influence, so I stopped when I knew to stop. Haha =P
I like the bazonkers one. Whenever I read it, I hear the guy from the Max X series (Video Zonkers, Dumbest Criminals, etc.)
Sex sells since its teh hot sauce that a lot of the younger generation wants. However, I think were reaching the point in which sex is so readily available that people are going to get tired of it. Too much of a good thing ends up being a bad thing.
What with the interwebs being a supreme medium to sex, pr0n, and all things kinky and naughty, it's hard to see the value of these things these days. That's got to be a huge spike (the bad kind of spike) to the reputation of sex today. And since sex has become somewhat of a standard as it is, one cannot help but wonder what the future holds for it in general. =P
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