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they stay hidden
and sowwy
We miss you!
i prey you get over your sickness soon. and that,that nasty buggie go away! >:E its like the akrid are out to get you. i have LP2 stuck in mine now.
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Sephiroth, Sephiroth.
(Ominous Latin powers gooo...)
(Anime is too broad a term to dismiss like that, I would argue, unless the concept of animated serious works is the issue. Since it's a large part of the cultural output of Japan and runs from Ghost in the Shell - very much like an animated Blade Runner series - to shonen anime - high fantasy series - through to Piano, which is a slice of life series with absolutely nothing supernatural in there at all.)
I don't think it's possible to put a definition on the term "anime", in fact. The style is very much based off western animation like Disney, historically, and the spread of genres and topics makes dismissing anime like dismissing, say, CG animation in it's entirety. It's just because the term refers to anything animated in Japan that the idea has come about of it being a coherent genre. By the standard definition, nothing related to Final Fantasy VII counts as anime at all - video game, novel, CGI film... no animated cartoon.
And if the problem is with Japan, well that's a terribly shortsighted attitude to take.
(topic switch)
Though in the video game/movie, Sephiroth IS basically an infection - just one that mainly carries emo, insanity and the tendency to use an enormous sword.
If the beef log is some kind of reference, sorry to say I don't get it.
not because it's evil, because it's boring
boring crushes the soul
it shrinks us
down
to
.
Also its nice to see someone eloquently discribe my feeling of how people block out all of a massive amount of animation including many genres and styles.
And it's nice to hear myself described as eloquent.
There. I said it. SEEL WITH IT.
His bishonen state, on the other hand, while presumably intended to add to the disturbing nature of this perfect-in-form being as a living cancer, sort of backfired spectacularly. It's probably partly a cultural difference between the west and Japan (aloofness calling back to their more recent feudal period?) and partly scary scary yaoi fangirls in the early years of the internet.
Overall, the presentation in the game and wider series is of a serious, credible villain who is utterly psychotic, talking about killing the planet in the same tone of voice as he asks his foe how the training's been going. Sure, the plot makes little sense unless you've played the game a good few times, but that's standard for Japanese games. (Xenosaga is famously hard to follow). The negative points are usually related to the fan reception and portrayal more than Sephiroth's appearance in the games themselves, but if there's a genuine complaint about his appearances, I'd be glad to hear it.
As if he's the only evil character, but OH MY GOD IT'S FINAL FANTASY 7 AND AKSLFJSDJ;JAS;DFL ALL THE FANGIRLS MUST FAP. Sheez.
I've got characters that're at least as bad in my storyline. Sephiroth still sucks. Nothing can change my mind on that. xD
And I'm certainly not claiming Sephiroth to be unique, or the best, or anything. I think he's a solid portrayal of the "quietly insane" villain stereotype - as opposed to, say, Kefka, who is a mad clown. Again, certainly a solid portrayal of the barking mad villain type, but a different approach. Sephiroth is well presented, with the end result of his journey in the first game and then the prequels exploring his descent into it, the lead up and so on. That and the way that, in the original game, every time Sephiroth shows up something horrible happens. Oh, and the fact that he drove the main character completely mental. Seriously, at one point Cloud spontaneously hallucinates meeting himself in a room in the inn they're staying at. That's not good.
Among the ways the fangirls missed the point is that Sephiroth's character design is based on the idea of being too perfect, sufficiently so that he looks somewhat alien. Oh, and he never blinks. Ever.
I'm still of the opinion though that there's a reason FFVII became popular, an that's that it was good.
And Sephiroth isn't that special. NOW IMMA GO PLAY CALL OF DUTY CUZ THAT'S SO 1337 YO, PWNAGE.
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Incredible work. Looking at the details I get this feeling of... putting the paint, and having the urge to work it in, but leaving it--- hard to explain. It just has a great sense of precise paint-application and no overworking. :) Cheers.
some wild stuff Null.. BTW Hope ya feel better soon *hugs*
Pretty wicked uh, thing, there. XD
Get well soon.