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Post subject: Some more inane questions from yours truly...
1) Why is Kilala's(the transforming cat demon in Inu Yasha) spelled Kirara, when it's pronounced Ki-La-La by every character in the show?
2) Why does The Major in GitS:SAC wear nothing but that purple, strapless thong one piece unless she's going into heavy combat?
Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:54 am
Fodder
Joined: Apr 02, 2003
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In answer to 2)
In the orignal Ghost in the Machine OVA she had to be naked to go invisable. Since a TV show couldnt have that this is the closest thing.
Oh yeah and fanbois get off on that shit
Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:17 am
dougisfunny
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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she is a robot, losing an arm ain't that big a deal _________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:42 am
AngelHedgie
Joined: Feb 06, 2005
Post subject: Re: Some more inane questions from yours truly...
liberator wrote:
1) Why is Kilala's(the transforming cat demon in Inu Yasha) spelled Kirara, when it's pronounced Ki-La-La by every character in the show?
Because the Japanese don't really have what we would consider an "r-" or "l-" consonant sound, but instead something inbetween. However, the romanization of that set of characters is usually stated as "ra, ru, ri, re, ro", hence Kirara.
liberator wrote:
2) Why does The Major in GitS:SAC wear nothing but that purple, strapless thong one piece unless she's going into heavy combat?
Well, Motoko's been a cyborg since she was a young girl, so the concept of her body as a sexual thing is somewhat alien to her, as is any need for thermal protection. So, she tends to view clothing more on a utilitarian basis. _________________ Proud creator of the Wikipedia RX-78 mobile suit series article.
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:37 am
Fodder
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BTW concerning number 1. For those who are Iron Chef fans there is an argument over whether Iron Chef Chineses's name is Chen or Chin.
Its all in how you say it I guess
Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:53 pm
liberator
Joined: Jan 30, 2005
Post subject: Re: Some more inane questions from yours truly...
liberator wrote:
2) Why does The Major in GitS:SAC wear nothing but that purple, strapless thong one piece unless she's going into heavy combat?
Well, Motoko's been a cyborg since she was a young girl, so the concept of her body as a sexual thing is somewhat alien to her, as is any need for thermal protection. So, she tends to view clothing more on a utilitarian basis.[/quote]
But so much of our brains is centered around sex...she has no sexual identity at all other than identifying that her organic components came from a human female? That kind of hard to believe.
As far as the Iron Chef I've always heard it as Chen Kenichi. The Japanese put surname before first name right?
Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:02 pm
Nobuyuki
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
Post subject: Re: Some more inane questions from yours truly...
liberator wrote:
AngelHedgie wrote:
liberator wrote:
2) Why does The Major in GitS:SAC wear nothing but that purple, strapless thong one piece unless she's going into heavy combat?
Well, Motoko's been a cyborg since she was a young girl, so the concept of her body as a sexual thing is somewhat alien to her, as is any need for thermal protection. So, she tends to view clothing more on a utilitarian basis.
But so much of our brains is centered around sex...she has no sexual identity at all other than identifying that her organic components came from a human female? That kind of hard to believe.
But how much of the human consciousness do the cyberbrains carry over from their organic counterparts? If "sexual identity" is a part that got omitted because of "inefficiency" or "difficult to abstract into 1's and 0's", then it makes sense that she wouldn't feel she has to act "feminine" or "masculine"; she wouldn't know the difference.
Considering the way she's rumored to swing, I'm betting she doesn't. _________________ "When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."- C.S. Lewis
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