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Trap characters in Mecha anime
At this point it seems that almost every other anime has a trap character in it, but I can't really think of a mecha anime with one.
BTW with "trap character" I mean more specifically someone who consistently look like a girl or that can be mistaken for a girl even when they aren't crossdressing. Characters like Alto from Macross Frontier, Belmont from Mospeada or Touga\Eiji from Gravion don't quite fit the bill of what I'm looking for. Hideyoshi, Astolfo, Felix or Ruka are good examples of that kind of character, but none of them are from a mecha anime. Oh and by mecha anime I mean something with robots, just to be clear.
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Thanks for the suggestion btw.
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"Otokonoko trope" is literally used in English, as such. The word you used has been included in Glaad's advisory for good reason. The connotations indicated should prompt a change in word usage. Just because something has been used before doesn't mean its usage must continue. That too can be acknowledged. There are also other words in the English language, besides the perfectly acceptable loan word Otokonoko, to describe people and/or characters as you defined them. |
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2018-05-12, 01:48 | Link #8 |
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Yea, that's a separate issue-- of course anime is simply not the medium where these issues are handled in anything close to a mature manner. I can think of Steins;Gate and Wandering Son, and maybe Hunter x Hunter, but often times traps just seem like the stock fan appeal character and mostly cringeworthy because it has little to do with the character's own thought processes but rather how the viewer views them (mostly for ridicule unfortunately)
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2018-05-15, 11:30 | Link #9 | |
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If we were to use that expression in English I'd say it would be better to use the other reading "otoko no musume" instead. At any rate your claim that "otoko no ko" is commonly used is dubious. For instance vndb doesn't have an "otoko no ko" tag at all, but it has several "trap" tags. There's also an enormous difference in agreement with the definition of "trap" in the urban dictionary (7000+) vs otokonoko (51)
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In the thread title and OP you used a word you subsequently defined. You can do the same with alternative terms, which are available. The words can all be cause for misunderstanding but while Otokonoko may be unfamiliar and the potential misunderstanding from its usage may stem from uncertainty about its meaning and/or similarity with its homophone, “trap” can be “misunderstood” for a slur, its usage can be seen as defamatory. Usage of that word also has real consequences for people described in a derogatory fashion with that word. There are good reasons to change and forego using that term for those reasons. It is logical to do so. As you note alternatives do exist. Not as widespread but still common enough to be used instead and these alternatives come without the negative connotations. Change must also start somewhere.
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Just 'cause some American transgender lobby that's clueless about our culture says it is a defamatory term does not make it so.
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2018-05-16, 15:12 | Link #13 | |
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There are several others that I could name but are mostly joke characters, so I don't think they really count. Yeah someone mentioned him before, I actually never heard of that anime, I might check it out.
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Androgyny is not in itself well understood and/or accepted in anime fandom either, nor in societies at large. The word trap has also been used as an insult to malign people "who consistently look like a girl or that can be mistaken for a girl even when they aren't cross dressing", to go by the descriptive clarifying the sense in which the word was used this time, in this specific thread. Briefly defined to be clear and to avoid possible confusion - since other interpretations do exist. So called effeminate boys and men are also targets of derision against whom this specific English word is also used - in real world scenarios with actual people as well as in commentary on fictional characters and stories in which the people appear apparently fitting the OPs criteria. This in addition to being used as a derogatory term for transgender people and/or characters as well. Whenever this topic comes up in a thread there are frequently people who indicate not being aware -previously- that the English language word trap has negative connotations as well. People who come to realise with explanation that its roots in the English language stem from the verb "to trap" - in the sense of “to entrap” - and can therefore be problematic. People who then stop using this word to describe other people for that reason. Glaad exists and issues such English language advisories in part because of past experiences reported by and about the people this organisation represents. Guides issued and spread in the hope that the situation can be improved. There are those among us who understand the term to be a slur and use it for precisely that reason. I’d rather not quote examples of threads where this happened and thereby give such people who use it as an insult another platform but can cite examples if you truly believe such incidents -of the word being used in a derogatory way- don’t occur. |
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Jesus Christ, lighten the F up. Jan-Poo never meant harm, the term itself was first meant in a tongue-in-cheek. In a majority of case among anime fans, it was also meant in that way. All you ever manage to accomplish with that militant and vigilante attitude is to make people more defensive. Reading the context is important, no need to bring identity politics mumbo jumbo in conversations that dont call for it.
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The behaviour of such mangaka, no matter how outrageous, is often condoned, excused and at times agreed with and/or encouraged by fans of Japanese media. Some people are apparently optimistic about fandom at large but I often see little reason for such optimism. I don’t think Japanese media are particularly good at dealing with androgynous people or the depiction of same in fiction. I don’t think Japanese media fandom is particularly good at dealing with that reality either. Not in the country itself and not overseas either. Matters of conformity... Last edited by Verso Sciolto; 2018-05-20 at 01:06. |
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Some people only started to suspect him as a "girl in disguise" after he shows affection to Shino. But then it's revealed that he's just gay.
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