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Schemer, Tricksters and Chess Playersss
May. 7th, 2008 02:29 pmUhm...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.
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.
