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[meganbmoore]

[Poll #1115911][Poll #1115911] ETA: And before everyone instinctively answers, I would just like to ask: How many fandoms like to write about teenaged boys getting it on with 30 foot tall robots? Don't answer, just ponder before clicking.

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[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

HP is...every time a person tries to shock me with something HP, I have to stop myself from saying that they obviously don't read much magic-laden fantasy. Not in a "look down on" way, but because I've never heard of anything HP canon that's much different from normal Tolkein/Gaiman-riff fantasy, and I've never heard anything about the fandom-aside from size-that's worse than the anime/manga fandom.

I may regret this, but what's guro manga?(I probably know the type but have forgotten the term)

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

*nods* I've certainly seen some pretty batshit insane behavior from HP fans, but for all the bad reputation it's never struck me as wankier or crazier overall than other fandoms, it was just so big and so high-profile that the crazy was likelier to get epic, and spill out from the dark corners to where other people could easily point and laugh, while similar nutjobs in tinier fandoms toil away in relative obscurity.

And ero guro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ero_guro) are "erotic grotesque", basically sexualized (up to and including flat-out hardcore pornographic) horror manga; link is to a safely non-illustrated brief Wiki article, but follow the links therein to artist's sites and imageboards at your own risk.