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Jayhosh
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 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:49 pm |
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| Rinkwolf wrote: | | Kadmos1 wrote: | | Saturn wrote: | | the dub for this show is kind of abysmal on the whole so I can't agree with you there |
A piece of advice when stating your opinion: Say things such as "I [think, feel, find] that", "To me," etc. Otherwise, you might be presenting like a fact. |
But that is just the thing, he thinks his opinion IS fact. Most elitist do anyways.
Also, I think that that comment is just bait and I ain't biting. |
Isn't the fact that your comments are always opinions kind of implied? It gets very annoying constantly putting "in my opinion" or "I think," etc. before every subjective statement. That's why I stopped doing it. We know he was only sharing his opinion, from my perspective they weren't actually doing anything that could label them as an elitist. Trust me, I've seen actual elitists on the ANN forums (in fact that's practically all there is on these things) and they are much worse.
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Miyanoai
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:49 pm |
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| Lili-Hime wrote: | | Wooooooow this just blew my mind. Isn't it entirely possible that Armin is either a crossdressing girl (or transgender)? That would be a huge twist if Armin was really a girl this whole time just cross dressing and lowering her voice for some... deep mysterious reason? Even amongst anime character guys, Armin is REALLY femme. It's already awesome Isaymaya has included canon lesbians in his manga(Ymir X Historia)
So I wouldn't put it past him. It's not like it hasn't been done in anime before.
Then there was the whole scene in the manga where Armin disguised as Historia. The attacker who molested Armin grabbed his/her chest I believe? I think it'd be obvious at this point he had to have felt 'something' or else it would've given Armin away. As flat as Historia is, there'd still be SOMETHING there. |
He was drunk, hence why he didn't notice. You don't think he would've it out after he found out Armin was a guy?
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Suena
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:23 pm |
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Of course on Tumblr I've already seen people saying CONFIRMED ARMIN IS GIRL, etc.
Given how particular I hear Isayama was about the gender of a secondary character (Hanji), I'm pretty sure he would have said something about Armin's gender earlier, if he really was a girl.
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DigitalScratch
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:58 am |
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I'm pretty sure that this is a joke- Isayama is known for having a sense of humor when talking to his fans and a lot of his answers aren't always serious.
Like the joke here is clearly addressing the fact that (1) Mikasa isn't close to ANY of the girls in the squad, and (2) Armin's the most feminine of the guys and he's Mikasa's second closet friend. So of course the best answer to the question would be Armin- he's the closest thing to a girl who Mikasa is friends with.
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Chrno2
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:51 am |
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I find this funny. It is interesting to note about Armin, that his design is very feminine. Hell, his voice is still the same from the time they were kids. I mean WTH? What happen did the other "ball" not drop or does he have high dose of estrogen? It's like never grew up. The you have the fan art community, they've been putting him in girly outfits, with pink trim and crap. His character is the only one that kind of bugs me. Mikasa went from girl to becoming (male) protector to Eren. Eren is the kid that has to be checked and Armin is the wife. All tropes that we've seen time and time again. The stoic female, the whiny male protagonist who feels useless, but manages to come through once he's able to tap in and control his hidden potential, and the level headed blonde (effeminate) male. What someone should have asked Isayama, is why does Armin still sound the same after all these years. As for Sasha, she's a beast with a hunger that cannot be stopped. So Levi doesn't cook, but he can clean a mean house. There are men like that. Hell, even some known criminals had odd quirks, like being germaphobes or neat freaks. I'd be curious to understand why someone like Levi is a neat freak and also be the most top level and dangerous fighter in the Survey Corps. But I will admit AoT is a perfect creation of a world were everyone is a equal participant.
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Miyanoai
Joined: 17 Feb 2014
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:06 am |
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| Chrno2 wrote: | | I find this funny. It is interesting to note about Armin, that his design is very feminine. Hell, his voice is still the same from the time they were kids. I mean WTH? What happen did the other "ball" not drop or does he have high dose of estrogen? It's like never grew up. The you have the fan art community, they've been putting him in girly outfits, with pink trim and crap. His character is the only one that kind of bugs me. Mikasa went from girl to becoming (male) protector to Eren. Eren is the kid that has to be checked and Armin is the wife. All tropes that we've seen time and time again. The stoic female, the whiny male protagonist who feels useless, but manages to come through once he's able to tap in and control his hidden potential, and the level headed blonde (effeminate) male. What someone should have asked Isayama, is why does Armin still sound the same after all these years. |
Just pointing out that Eren also sounds the same as when he was a kid. A bit odd for a ten year to have gone through puberty already, don't you think? And it's not like it's uncommon for shounen series to have 15 year old males with female voices. Heck it's usually the main character who has it (FMA, One Piece, KHR, Naruto). Shotas aren't that uncommon either so it's an odd thing to question at this point.
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Chrno2
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:34 am |
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| Miyanoai wrote: | | Chrno2 wrote: | | I find this funny. It is interesting to note about Armin, that his design is very feminine. Hell, his voice is still the same from the time they were kids. I mean WTH? What happen did the other "ball" not drop or does he have high dose of estrogen? It's like never grew up. The you have the fan art community, they've been putting him in girly outfits, with pink trim and crap. His character is the only one that kind of bugs me. Mikasa went from girl to becoming (male) protector to Eren. Eren is the kid that has to be checked and Armin is the wife. All tropes that we've seen time and time again. The stoic female, the whiny male protagonist who feels useless, but manages to come through once he's able to tap in and control his hidden potential, and the level headed blonde (effeminate) male. What someone should have asked Isayama, is why does Armin still sound the same after all these years. |
Just pointing out that Eren also sounds the same as when he was a kid. A bit odd for a ten year to have gone through puberty already, don't you think? And it's not like it's uncommon for shounen series to have 15 year old males with female voices. Heck it's usually the main character who has it (FMA, One Piece, KHR, Naruto). Shotas aren't that uncommon either so it's an odd thing to question at this point. |
Y'know I did think about that. But yeah, I did know about that considering that the majority of V.A.s for certain male characters are often done by females, especially if they are young. But I have heard older characters with female voices. And then there are some male V.A.s who also have higher sounding voices do female roles and male roles. Thing is that it's like can almost give Eren a pass at this later age, but I already had an issue with it when he was a kid. But again that's something you always see. So I'm used to it. But I guess with Armin he always just seemed right until he hit puberty. His image is just so sweet. Of course when they did the dub they had to give him some extra "man snacks". Now it sounds ok. 
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Rederoin
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:11 pm |
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| Chrno2 wrote: | | I find this funny. It is interesting to note about Armin, that his design is very feminine. Hell, his voice is still the same from the time they were kids. I mean WTH? What happen did the other "ball" not drop or does he have high dose of estrogen? It's like never grew up. The you have the fan art community, they've been putting him in girly outfits, with pink trim and crap. His character is the only one that kind of bugs me. Mikasa went from girl to becoming (male) protector to Eren. Eren is the kid that has to be checked and Armin is the wife. All tropes that we've seen time and time again. The stoic female, the whiny male protagonist who feels useless, but manages to come through once he's able to tap in and control his hidden potential, and the level headed blonde (effeminate) male. What someone should have asked Isayama, is why does Armin still sound the same after all these years. As for Sasha, she's a beast with a hunger that cannot be stopped. So Levi doesn't cook, but he can clean a mean house. There are men like that. Hell, even some known criminals had odd quirks, like being germaphobes or neat freaks. I'd be curious to understand why someone like Levi is a neat freak and also be the most top level and dangerous fighter in the Survey Corps. But I will admit AoT is a perfect creation of a world were everyone is a equal participant. |
I fail to see the problem.
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Chrno2
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:41 pm |
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| Rederoin wrote: | | Chrno2 wrote: | | I find this funny. It is interesting to note about Armin, that his design is very feminine. Hell, his voice is still the same from the time they were kids. I mean WTH? What happen did the other "ball" not drop or does he have high dose of estrogen? It's like never grew up. The you have the fan art community, they've been putting him in girly outfits, with pink trim and crap. His character is the only one that kind of bugs me. Mikasa went from girl to becoming (male) protector to Eren. Eren is the kid that has to be checked and Armin is the wife. All tropes that we've seen time and time again. The stoic female, the whiny male protagonist who feels useless, but manages to come through once he's able to tap in and control his hidden potential, and the level headed blonde (effeminate) male. What someone should have asked Isayama, is why does Armin still sound the same after all these years. As for Sasha, she's a beast with a hunger that cannot be stopped. So Levi doesn't cook, but he can clean a mean house. There are men like that. Hell, even some known criminals had odd quirks, like being germaphobes or neat freaks. I'd be curious to understand why someone like Levi is a neat freak and also be the most top level and dangerous fighter in the Survey Corps. But I will admit AoT is a perfect creation of a world were everyone is a equal participant. |
I fail to see the problem.
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You can't help that he's cute as I've said.
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