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Don’t dumb down the level of discourse for my sake. It’ll bring me up to speed faster if I hear you talking the argot like veteran pirates.

Besides, all the research has lead to interesting tangents I would not have otherwise seen.

* Lolicon
* Fanservice
* Cosplay
* Catgirls/Foxgirls
* Ecchi

Every time somebody adds some salacious new topic I trigger alarms in the IT room housing the company firewall whilst I research it.

Awesome.

The two most important things I’ve learned as a result of this thread is 1. the definition of the word Hentai and 2. the creeping realization that I might be one.

@blauereiter, it is indeed mind boggling how so many men, and I’m sure, some women demand moe. I don’t know why men think that in order to have a protective feeling for a woman, that she should be in a weak and vulnerable position. I don’t think that speaks as much to wanting to cherish someone as perhaps to know that they’re in a dominant position to either cherish and protect or, otherwise…

@BustahWolf99, It’d be interesting to know why some people consider a pantyshot or jiggly boobs porn. I mean, that’s what fanservice is. Personally, I’d ask if they’d ever seen porn and why they’d consider a fanservice heavy anime porn.

@Chris, Aha! Now I know what super rats was talking about: Thanks for clearing that up!

Once again, maybe this is because I’m a girl, but I don’t think I could ever have protective or cherishing feelings towards a highly moe character. I’d be more apt to push her in front of a school bus than protect her. She’d be too much of a nuisance. I’d be more likely to protect someone who actually has brain cells and is having a weak moment than the stereotypical moe girl. Darwinism; gotta love it.

@Andrew, filler episodes and recap episodes should never have been invented.

@McE, so crappy mecha fight scenes ruin your day? Or is it the zero dialog in the fight scenes?

@David, Wolf’s Rain owes us an entire DVD for that!

@Chris Nelson, I’m all for creative license and freedom of speech, but we’re talking pet peeves that we could live without. C’mon, there’s gotta be something that gets your goat.

I’m not sure I would banish anything, for the simple fact that even the most trite and annoying genre or convention can be reworked into something amazing in the right hands. All you need are smart and innovative people. I guess, in that sense, if I did banish anything, it would be artists and storytellers happy to play it safe and adhere to convention/expectations/$$$/etc.