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calculus_of_destructions) wrote2011-03-06 08:09 pm
calculus_of_destructions) wrote2011-03-06 08:09 pm
Another typical conversation
We were discussing rewatching Escaflowne since it had been almost a decade since I'd seen it, and we speculated that I'd like it better now. We discussed a few of the characters and that's where this conversation occurred
Me: "Y'know who I liked? Dilandu."
K: "Oh, yeah...but you still like Dilandu? You don't feel weird about it now?"
Me: "Umm...she's a girl who was artificially forced to be a boy and went completely insane."
*both start laughing*
Me: "So, yeah, I have no problem with this portrayal."
This is the intersection of dorky anime nerds with queer and trans issues. Well, along with our fangirl freakouts over Kaoru...and Sailors Uranus and Neptune...and the Nanas hooking up...and...
Me: "Y'know who I liked? Dilandu."
K: "Oh, yeah...but you still like Dilandu? You don't feel weird about it now?"
Me: "Umm...she's a girl who was artificially forced to be a boy and went completely insane."
*both start laughing*
Me: "So, yeah, I have no problem with this portrayal."
This is the intersection of dorky anime nerds with queer and trans issues. Well, along with our fangirl freakouts over Kaoru...and Sailors Uranus and Neptune...and the Nanas hooking up...and...