Forum: Umineko
2011-06-08, 18:17
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-30, 00:55
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I've heard somewhere (the Higurashi DVD's, I...
I've heard somewhere (the Higurashi DVD's, I think?) that, much like the word "cry" in English, "なく" can mean either "crying with tears" or "crying as in making noise". Convenient how the languages...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-29, 16:07
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-29, 14:16
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-29, 14:04
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Kinzo's the only one who's super-sexist. And...
Kinzo's the only one who's super-sexist. And considering he didn't know about the baby, I don't think he was the one who got to decide. The people to decide would have been Genji, Nanjo, and Beatrice...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-29, 01:42
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-29, 01:02
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To be fair to Van Dine... he was a literary...
To be fair to Van Dine... he was a literary critic. He was used to reading the absolute best in literature, and Mystery was just a fledgling genre with a lot of inexperienced writers who couldn't...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-29, 00:13
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-28, 17:23
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Okay, it might not be an accident (since...
Okay, it might not be an accident (since "accident" implies a lack of intent, as you say), but it still does not fit the definition of murder.
I don't know what it is called, technically, or even...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-28, 17:12
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-28, 16:54
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-28, 16:47
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A tagged on pro-gay statement would be kind of...
A tagged on pro-gay statement would be kind of dumb. It would be fine to have them both be males, but not to make a statement. That would be kind manipulative, and doesn't have much to do with the...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-28, 16:02
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-28, 14:57
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-27, 17:35
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-27, 02:42
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Replies: 169
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Sounds like Detective Kun-Kun.
Technically...
Sounds like Detective Kun-Kun.
Technically speaking, the very first detective mystery did have an animal as the culprit.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
So maybe that's why Van Dine didn't feel...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-26, 13:28
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-26, 02:41
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-25, 16:56
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Don't forget that amongst Van Dine's 20...
Don't forget that amongst Van Dine's 20 commandments are gems like:
"16. A detective novel should contain no long descriptive passages, no literary dallying with side-issues, no subtly worked-out...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-24, 20:55
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Replies: 169
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They very fact that he wrote a book about a...
They very fact that he wrote a book about a British conspiracy to subvert the American intelligentsia speaks volumes about how obsessed the dude was with Britain. :D
It's like someone writing an...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-23, 20:54
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-20, 17:28
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Replies: 498
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-20, 16:57
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Replies: 498
Views: 110,797
I don't see why it "should" be? Who says it...
I don't see why it "should" be? Who says it should be?
Do you not see the purpose behind my hypothetical, though? There are situations where revealing the truth can only lead to bad consequences....
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-20, 16:43
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Replies: 498
Views: 110,797
Agreed. But from the perspective of the victim,...
Agreed. But from the perspective of the victim, it is still better to forgive than to condemn (not mandatory - just better). One can still let justice do its work, and forgive.
What justice can be...
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Forum: Umineko
2011-03-20, 16:28
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Replies: 498
Views: 110,797
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