un: Owen

[sicklysweet]

a quick question about some of the equipment, after a rather intense encounter with a mr. punisher at the party

what, exactly, is yaoi? the fact i had a hardcore encounter where i'm not even sure what happened to me leaves me wondering if i should be concerned.

[This might not be the first time this question appears on the forums - as it's quickly deleted for being posted in the wrong topic, and then reposted to a different topic... and then deleted again.

And reposted, again, out of no small measure of spite for the head admin.]

Comments

[sicklysweet]

...a blight on what's name?

[Man, Owen really feels both Old and like he is not nearly enough of a neckbeard to be in this beta...]

[trashtier]

Otaku! Diehard fans of anime, manga, and games! There's a whole subculture around the term. Naturally the otaku population is biggest in Japan, but there are a lot of us all around the world. You'd be hard-pressed to find people more passionate about their hobby than otakus!

[sicklysweet]

what the hell

[trashtier]

What kind of response is that?

[sicklysweet]

a genuine question to that nonsense you just described to me. what's even the point to that otaku stuff?

[trashtier]

NONSENSE?!

What's the POINT?????

The POINT is that it makes me happy! It lets me connect with people in ways I couldn't before! I'd be nothing without my otaku identity!

[sicklysweet]

isn't it just liking stuff and talking to people about the stuff you like? how is that any different from just... having regular hobbies?

[It's hard to imagine even having that much passion for something, for Owen, but that's... Well. He's all fucked up and bad.]

[trashtier]

I don't know what better way to explain it but it's more than just having a hobby for me. A lot more.

[sicklysweet]

so it’s hobby+ and everyone is on the same page.





but what does this have to do with yaoi oars being cringy? how is that not an otaku thing?

[trashtier]

Fine, sure. Hobby+ works.

Anyway, yaoi paddles were conjured up in the otaku communtiy, but not everyone agrees with them. It was something stupid and fun at first, but people keep bringing them to cons and actually injuring others with them.

It's all super cringe. I hope they get banned from cons sooner rather than later.

[sicklysweet]

[This is a lot to take in. None of Owen's life experience has prepared him for this conversation. He feels like he's losing his mind.]

why would a convention let someone with a wooden oar into begin with? that sounds so stupid.

[trashtier]

[This is, unfortunately, completely normal conversation for Levi.]

USUALLY these kinds of things are brought in as harmless cosplay props. That's why no one thought much of it at first.

[sicklysweet]

who's stupid enough to look at a piece of wood and go "yeah, that's not dangerous! totally cool!"?? who is running these conventions

[trashtier]

That's the thing. They WEREN'T. IDK what kind of fight club you think these cons are but they're peaceful 90% of the time. The other 10% is people taking things WAY too far like with the paddles.

[sicklysweet]

exactly how bad are the injuries from these morons with the paddles?