Whitetragedy 23 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Good for you. Personally I tend to have very little patience or appreciation for horror and angst as dominant themes of fiction, in all likelihood because my optimistic, cheerful, and fearless personality traits leave me very little ground to emphatize with them. They bore me to tears or annoy me to ragequit. Comedy, heroic action-adventure, fantasy wonder, cheerful slice-of-life, and optimistic personal growth stories resonate much better with my tastes and personality. I also struggle to remember a serious loss in my life I could not bounce back from in a few weeks to months at most, so I'm instinctively driven to regard characters that let such a loss ruin their lives (unless something beyond one's self-control, such as medical depression, joins the picture), such the MC in Kira's route, as pathetic losers. And I don't really enjoy playing pathetic losers. This is also a problem I have when the VN makes the MC too much of a wuss, doormat, or coward. Reminds me of a college application essay XD Link to post Share on other sites
Wanderer 10 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 This just about covers roughly 80% of all known VNs. Sadly true, to varying degrees. I had to lower my standards, when I got enamored with eroges. I still have serious trouble finishing really bad examples (I am looking at you, Heart de Roommate) and competent/proactive MC are a much welcome surprise (hello, Majikoi and G-Senjou no Maou). The only case passivity/incompetence does not bother me is when I play feminization or 'corruption into sluthood' female PoV nukiges (hello, X-Change series), because it then becomes part of the fetish I fancy. Link to post Share on other sites
Wanderer 10 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Reminds me of a college application essay XD I'm a verbose college-educated guy. And before I got into eroges, I was a regular at certain forums where being very precise in your arguments was a partial protection against flamewars, the biased whimsy of the administrators, and their Banhammer. Old habits die hard. Link to post Share on other sites
OneManArmy 82 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 And I don't really enjoy playing pathetic losers. This is also a problem I have when the VN makes the MC too much of a wuss, doormat, or coward. I totally know what you're talking about. Finding great protagonists is like walking on water, nearly impossible. =\ Link to post Share on other sites
Harlequin 17 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I totally know what you're talking about. Finding great protagonists is like walking on water, nearly impossible. =\ At least SOMETIMES we get awesome ones. http://i.imgur.com/g0DhkTl.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
radiantmadness 11 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 At least SOMETIMES we get awesome ones. yep, sometimes http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2n92asFT81rq7t23o1_500.gif Link to post Share on other sites
battlerrules 10 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 yep, sometimes http://s.vndb.org/sf/92/14692.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
Kirai Aizuren 10 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 lol, badass protags.. the VN industry really need to make this Link to post Share on other sites
ultimecea 22 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 lol, badass protags.. the VN industry really need to make this nope/..... we only need more rance Link to post Share on other sites
Kirai Aizuren 10 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 nope/..... we only need more rance that is... well, as long we have more badass protag, everything works Link to post Share on other sites
Whitetragedy 23 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 http://s.vndb.org/sf/92/14692.jpg What visual novel is this from? Link to post Share on other sites
desi 53 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 What visual novel is this from? Hanachirasu Link to post Share on other sites
OneManArmy 82 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 nope/..... we only need more rance Nah. I mean sure, Rance is definitely badass but it's impossible to combine his character/personality with a serious plot. Link to post Share on other sites
ultimecea 22 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Nah. I mean sure, Rance is definitely badass but it's impossible to combine his character/personality with a serious plot. but..but... Rance without that personality is a Lame-o~ Link to post Share on other sites
OneManArmy 82 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 but..but... Rance without that personality is a Lame-o~ I didn't say anything against his personality, it's just the he doesn't fit a serious plot. Link to post Share on other sites
ultimecea 22 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I didn't say anything against his personality, it's just the he doesn't fit a serious plot. I GET WHAT YOU MEAN... BUT...RANCE IS DEAD SERIOUS ENOUGH IN SR FOR ME.. ESPECIALLY WITH Kou-hime plot~ Link to post Share on other sites
lucifer193 12 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 To me, being a glitch in Planner's system enough to make Rance a real badass... I mean...He's beyond a God's calculation in managing Rance's Universe...(Well...At least in Kichikuou Rance...) Link to post Share on other sites
ultimecea 22 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 he gets his last wish fulfill though..by praying to his ERO-kami Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard the Lone Wolf 10 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Rance...serious......hahahahaha XD Link to post Share on other sites
Ryu 15 Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) Rance...serious......hahahahaha XD [spoiler=Suzume spoiler]Well, he did had a serious moment when suzume told him she was going to die for the poison in her body. Edited April 25, 2013 by Ryu Link to post Share on other sites
ultimecea 22 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) urm..spoiler??? XD but..Kou-hime part show the world why he's the man Edited April 25, 2013 by ultimecea Link to post Share on other sites
Kirai Aizuren 10 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 some bad news i think? the 2 translator for Mashiro Iro Symphony project are gone missing.. the project leader said that they'll find a new translator if those 2 of the missing person don't respond to them at the end of this month.. Link to post Share on other sites
killerinsidee 14 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 some bad news i think? the 2 translator for Mashiro Iro Symphony project are gone missing.. the project leader said that they'll find a new translator if those 2 of the missing person don't respond to them at the end of this month.. Not a big surprise to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites
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