i have found a new obsession and it is Naruto. I blame my kids entirely and MomaMonty for lending me the DVDs. Have been making daily trips to Kino to buy new editions of the comicbook.
Signs of hook-dom:
#1 Am reading it while walking on the streets, looking like a total nerd. So far have not hit any lamp-posts or missed any buses.
#2 Am reading it in Chinese and loving it. Despite my brilliant C6 at A levels. Now I know the cheem chinese translations of ninjutsu and chakra. whoowhoo!
#3 Have started to become an unabashed fangirl, debating with MomaMonty about the brilliant plotlines, strange subtext and cool characters.
Speaking of which....am gonna totally expose my floozy fantasy fan-girl roots and theorise on the pattern of fantasy characters I find...er... yummy.
sigh. so losing credibility here.
'Cos I am so floozily crushing on the 2 characters above, was studying the pic and thinking of the male archetypes in fantasy sneakily designed to appeal to the female audience:
Exhibit #1: Kakashi the MIrror NInja
(guy with funky white hair and mask)
He typifies the Cool Dude archetype: edgy, slick, laid-back, mysterious, independent, individual sense of humour, very sharp fashion sense, possible womaniser or may not care
about women. Usually angular featured or drawn with sharp lines.
Will have scenes of brilliant, absolute fantastic fighting moves, designed to show off how bad-assingly cool he is. His appeal is obvious: He is kind of like a repackaged, metrosexualised Bad Boy
other examples:
Legolas, Captain Jack Sparrow, Raistlin Majeure, Wolverine, Han Solo, Indiana Jones
Exhibit #2: Iruka
(the sweet looking one)
He is the Nice Boy Next Door: warm, giving, less angular features, sweet smiling, more staid dressing style Usually drawn with softer lines, slightly curved strokes.
Will have scenes where he will suffer, cry, bleed, die or make assorted big sacrifices to melt hearts of a million floozies.
Other examples: Aragorn, Faramir, Tanis Half-Elven, Luke Skywalker
At this moment, my allegiance is with Iruka although given how much cooler Kakashi's powers are. He is a higher level ninja after all...wa lau....tough choice, man. : ) For the record, I have fan-girl crushed on Aragorn, Han Solo, Indy Jones. So am not sure where my floozy allegiances lie.
Okay. Enough bimbo-ing around over 2D men. Back to writing cheem political stuff. Ahem.
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