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Hey, Answerman: Rainbows 'n Kittens!

Ya hit the nail on the head right there. The majority of teenage boys are not so bright. These are the people axe is targeted at.

Now that said, quite a few moe characters do exhibit traditional woman's roles. Is this necessarily the appeal of moe characters? In my opinion, no. The appeal of moe characters personality wise, especially to slightly geeky types like a lot of anime fans (myself included), is that moe girls are generally "nicer" then the girls we know in real life (not to imply that real girls can't be nice, but moe girls tend to be a little warmer to strangers than real people). In general, humans want to love and be loved, and nerdy single guys generally don't get much of that in real life, even ones like me who are perfectly capable of talking to girls in non-intimate situations.

And I wasn't saying you're whipped, I'm saying that even "back in the day" that you guys keep talking about, the women who appeared "ideal" and presented themselves as demure and obedient were at times actually anything but. Many of them were actually quite wily and cunning and so were the true masters of the household. I would almost hazard that men back then were more likely to be "whipped" as we say than any guy is in this age where everything is on the table.

Ya hit the nail on the head right there. The majority of teenage boys are not so bright. These are the people axe is targeted at.

ikillchicken wrote:

Ya hit the nail on the head right there. The majority of teenage boys are not so bright. These are the people axe is targeted at.

Say religion or ethnicity A is selling to people of their culture books. In their commericals they make comments about religion or ethnicity B that are offensive. They may be satire, but it offeneded a lot of people. Religion or ethnicity B isn't their target audience, yet they were offended. Wouldn't one say that they should change their marketing that way it isn't offensive? Women may not be the target audience to Axe (like religion or ethnicity B) but that doesn't mean they should be degrated. Sometimes they do buy the product for their son, boyfriend or husband etc. so even though they aren't the target audience they still buy the product.

I would submit that high school kids are equal-opportunity b-words.
I think a lot of "geeky" type guys find it hard to believe, but the girls who were mean to you in high school were mean to everyone else, too. That includes their so-called friends. There's a reason movies with titles like "Mean Girls" exist.

I would say your right about moe characters appealing to geeky fans because they are nice but i would also say that fact that they show show traditional roles helps too. Like you said "humans want to love and be loved, and nerdy single guys generally don't get much of that in real life" so when you have geeky fans like me who have had girls turn us down or be mean too us through out middle school and high school it is nice to watch something where there is a pretty girl who is very nice and doing nice things for the male character such as cooking for him, wanting to be around him, telling him he is really cool, etc.

Ichigo, if you keep living in a moé maid world instead of facing reality you will be hurt in the long run. There are nice girls out there that aren't the stereotypical moé girl, but if you have confidence in yourself girls would see that. People are immature, even if they are over 30 some are still immature. Maybe it isn't the moé maid you want, but recongnition. Good things happen to those who wait. Even nerds find love.