Nobody must break @isaacsapphire‘s innocence by saying the reason why mecha manga/anime might have casts that are mostly women.
Women are lower mass (thus requiring less reactant/fuel) and have lower calorie requirements (less mass in food the ship has to carry), duh.
There are only two genders: human and transhuman.
assigned human at birth, but determined to change that.
“I will die immortal.”
- Eliezer T. Yudkowsky, possibly, maybe (Rotterdam Timeline)
There are only two genders: human and transhuman.
assigned human at birth, but determined to change that.
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Anonymous asked:
diarrheaworldstarhiphop answered:
what’s right about it? If it were such a beneficial, sustainable and lauded system of civic management, you’d think it’d result in stability and mutual flourishment rather than misery and insurrection.
If you’re gonna do “no ethnic groups allowed to mix” (not rate-limited mixing or frictional mixing or some-characteristics-but-not-others mixing, etc), then the way to do it is to give each group their own sovereign polity. Then they don’t have to fight you for control of “your” polity.
Of course, if one is planning to conquer stuff this isn’t really a suitable approach, but that conquest thing is not exactly a whole basket of ethics, itself.
There are only two genders: human and transhuman.
@jellypumpkin @funereal-disease so I don’t want to hijack the other thread completely but I gotta show you what I mean
These are some ads for it
This is one of their job ads
And here’s how their restaurants look like:
It’s hard to convey via just the photos just how hard they are trying to jam in as much 50s MURICA!!!! imagery and atmosphere as they can
like seriously
Bonus view from the outside:
Ok you might think, but what about the food?
well:
“Muricans like Hamburgers right? And they gotta be HYUGE”.
“They also like french fries. And big breakfasts. So french fries are for sure a breakfast meal in America. Trust me bro”.
“So we’re gonna make spaghetti too, but like, not normal spaghetti. We’re gonna make spaghetti like we think they make spaghetti like they think we make spaghetti, so you can have Italian spaghetti made to imitate American spaghetti which are made to imitate Italian spaghetti.”
“Speaking of pasta, know what else we should make? Mac and cheese! Muricans love Mac and cheese. Ditch the tiny maccheroni tho GOTTA GO BIG”
“Then you can end your meal with a nice milkshake for dessert!”
“…ok but I feel like this isn’t quite American enough. It must be bigger. It’s gotta have like 3000 more calories also. It is known that Americans thrive on like a 8000 daily calories diet”
“Ok so like a banana peanut butter milkshake with vanilla ice cream, oh and of course you pour liquid chocolate on the bottom of the glass before serving it”
“Much better!”
Bonus: it’s also a take-away and in some places you can get your food delivered by an Elvis cosplayer
The closest one is about a 6 hours 30 minutes drive from here …
… tomorrow’s a public holiday in Germany …
this is SO ADORABLE!
eeeeeee!
@ranma-official: Argumentative girl thought to be flirting with protagonist in comedy filler episode 17, actually interested in protagonist’s love interest. Side plot is dropped entirely once she becomes member of ship’s crew.
@isaacsapphire: The ship’s no-nonsense mechanic.
@mitigatedchaos: Loyal officer of the season 1 main antagonist and mobile suit knightmare frame mech pilot. Actually believes in main antagonist’s plans to bring about World Revolution, and the Hard Choices this requires. Thought to have been defeated and killed by the protagonist ¾ through season 1, returns to investigate/fight the Mysterious Organization behind the World State in season 2.
@slartibartfastibast: Ship’s lab-coated biologist. Secretly working against the Mysterious Organization, as hinted in season 1.
@the-grey-tribe: Ship’s engineer. Keeps the protagonist’s Super Prototype Mech Discourse Suit functioning in between combat engagements.
@collapsedsquid: Journalist investigating the true motives of the season 1 main antagonist, thought to have been killed by the Mysterious Organization near the end of season 1, but revealed to be alive in season 2.
@kontextmaschine: Esoteric ‘hipster’ gets little screen-time, revealed as former member of the Mysterious Organization currently in hiding in season 2, annoying viewers as an underwhelming use of foreshadowing in season 1.
@xhxhxhx: Reasonable Authority Figure of World State District 11, origin point of the protagonist’s ship.
@wrathofgnon: Even more war-hawkish general of the main antagonist.
@silver-and-ivory: Handsome Mech Discourse Suit pilot from other battlegroup rescues protagonist twice in season 1, once in season 2. A fan favorite but doesn’t get much screentime.
@theunitofcaring: Peace activist focused on by plot but brushed aside by ludicrously destructive Discourse Suit war. Finally achieves goal in end of season 2.
@yudkowsky: Thought to be the secret identity of the main antagonist, turns out to be just a philosopher in one of the space colonies.
@bambamramfan: Additional philosopher on Earth. Encountered by the protagonist in season 1 to impart some wisdom with a few other philosophers before departing.
@wirehead-wannabe: Bridge bunny. (Sorry.)
@slatestarscratchpad: Another space colony philosopher. Explains the goals of the Mysterious Organization in season 2 when Yudkowsky is found, but not actually a member of the Mysterious Organization.
@argumate: Generic owl-themed harem protagonist of the spin-off series.
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@mailadreapta Is a gruff father, and an honorable loyalist colonel of the season 1 main antagonist. He is killed by a shady and corrupt member of the protagonist’s faction during the battle of Space Colony Alpha halfway through season 1, when the protagonist attempts to take him prisoner.
@thathopeyetlives is Col. Dreapta’s lieutenant, and somehow survives until the end of the second season, only to bravely die fighting alien invaders in the follow-up movie.
@brazenautomaton is the ship’s shy, stressed and anxious gynoid AI. The sideplot to fix her permanently burned-in pessimistic Personality Template is sadly dropped during season 2 due to budget cuts. ( :< )
silver-and-ivory asked:
mitigatedchaos answered:
The very fact that you don’t understand why you’re a fan favorite that saves the protagonist in the middle of Discourse Suit combat is part of why you’re suitable for the part of fan favorite that saves the protagonist in the middle of Discourse Suit combat. ☆ ★
…thank you?
what are the other parts
Okay, I’ll answer this more seriously.
I recall reading that selfie post where you asked about looking male-sexed but visibly femme. Also, said selfie had long hair. So, not so far off from a bishounen!
Now, in a space mech war anime, there sometimes is a bishounen or maybe biseinen character with long hair. Usually, he is a capable mech pilot, as you don’t want to spend that characterization on an unimportant side character.
Now, you’re more SJish than I am, and I am read as right-wing. The goal of the main antagonist in the first season is not so dissimilar from various Gundam antagonist factions - Space Nationalism - or just plain opposition to the World State. So since I’m on that side and I’m a villain, you of course are on the protagonist’s side.
It makes sense for the protagonist (since this is being hinted at as being harem genre) not to be upstaged by such a guy on his ship! So the logical thing is to place him on another ship. And since the two ships often won’t be together to avoid loss of narrative focus, they will encounter each other several times.
Now then, since the director would want this pretty male character to bring cross-demographic female interest, it makes sense for him to be an ace pilot that rescues the protagonist and maybe gets rescued by the protagonist again later to drive fandom shipping (and thus viewership and merchandise sales).
Fan favorite because this combination of factors leads to shipping wars and conservation of screen-time ninjutsu, but also you have a very earnest personality.
(Note that I’m not a proper mecha otaku. Sorry @rocketverliden!)
@wirehead-wannabe doesn’t seem like the type to pilot a mech in a space war, and also is not a Nationalist/Traditionalist/etc, and also this is an anime, and thus ends up as one of the bridge bunnies.
@brazenautomaton I like but left out on the first round because I couldn’t figure out a good one and also didn’t want to accidentally come off harshly.
silver-and-ivory asked:
The very fact that you don’t understand why you’re a fan favorite that saves the protagonist in the middle of Discourse Suit combat is part of why you’re suitable for the part of fan favorite that saves the protagonist in the middle of Discourse Suit combat. ☆ ★
