Schemer, Tricksters and Chess Playersss

Uhm...this is one of those posts where I ramble around for a while thinking things through at you, and probably come to no conclusion and make sense to no one but myself.

But basically, there's this whole massive character type of characters who are always up to something and have something up their sleeve and 50 times more things going on in their heads than anyone knows about, and are often crazy levels of smart.  Western stuff tends to cast these characters more as villains, but anime and manga often has them as supporting (or lead) characters, running the gamut from evil villain to the hero's best friend.  They also tend to be massively popular in the anime and manga fandom.  For me, liking them is all over the place...there are some I adore, and others I want to strangle.

(Obviously, I'm thinking mostly in the anime/manga fan mindset here.)

I've been thinking a lot recently about that: why I love some of the type, and want to strangle others, and I've noticed that, for me at least, they seem to boil down to three types:  schemers, tricksters, and plotters/planners.

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And again, mostly thinking "out loud" and talking to myself in front of everyone.  No idea if all that'll make sense to anyone but me.

Schemer, Tricksters and Chess Playersss

Uhm...this is one of those posts where I ramble around for a while thinking things through at you, and probably come to no conclusion and make sense to no one but myself.

But basically, there's this whole massive character type of characters who are always up to something and have something up their sleeve and 50 times more things going on in their heads than anyone knows about, and are often crazy levels of smart.  Western stuff tends to cast these characters more as villains, but anime and manga often has them as supporting (or lead) characters, running the gamut from evil villain to the hero's best friend.  They also tend to be massively popular in the anime and manga fandom.  For me, liking them is all over the place...there are some I adore, and others I want to strangle.

(Obviously, I'm thinking mostly in the anime/manga fan mindset here.)

I've been thinking a lot recently about that: why I love some of the type, and want to strangle others, and I've noticed that, for me at least, they seem to boil down to three types:  schemers, tricksters, and plotters/planners.

( cut for length )

And again, mostly thinking "out loud" and talking to myself in front of everyone.  No idea if all that'll make sense to anyone but me.

bah

The "s" key on my keyboard is acting up again.  I think it's protesting all the screencaps of Ergo Proxy I'm taking, because I have VLC set up to take caps using just that.  (Look, keyboard, the existential babble drives me nuts-though it never did in GITS-but it's till cool, ok?  Quit whining...)

bah

The "s" key on my keyboard is acting up again.  I think it's protesting all the screencaps of Ergo Proxy I'm taking, because I have VLC set up to take caps using just that.  (Look, keyboard, the existential babble drives me nuts-though it never did in GITS-but it's till cool, ok?  Quit whining...)

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Guys...Ergo Proxy completely just went to the "giving a girl back her gun that someone stole means true love" place.

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It's like the series knows when it's about to make someone scream  from all the pretentious existential stuff and goes "OH HAI! MUST CATER TO KINKS NOW!"

(In other news, I just renewed my paid account and can now have 5 more icons than I could before.  Uhm...yay...*will so use them up in nothing flat*)

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Guys...Ergo Proxy completely just went to the "giving a girl back her gun that someone stole means true love" place.

...

It's like the series knows when it's about to make someone scream  from all the pretentious existential stuff and goes "OH HAI! MUST CATER TO KINKS NOW!"

(In other news, I just renewed my paid account and can now have 5 more icons than I could before.  Uhm...yay...*will so use them up in nothing flat*)

some heroes should not be allowed to groom themselves

It has been asked whether or not it's a bad thing that Vincent in Ergo Proxy is sometimes allowed to do his own hair.  I shall post evidence for you to decide with.

Vincent with access to hairbrush and hairgel:



Vincent when deprived of hairbrush and hairgel:

some heroes should not be allowed to groom themselves

It has been asked whether or not it's a bad thing that Vincent in Ergo Proxy is sometimes allowed to do his own hair.  I shall post evidence for you to decide with.

Vincent with access to hairbrush and hairgel:



Vincent when deprived of hairbrush and hairgel: