Holy crap. Have you been time-sharing my brain or something? ... am I time-sharing your brain?!
This: Dubs; kids; popular fandoms that everyone gets elitist about; fandom in general; the Daily Life arc; Wendy's; the new Indiana Jones movie; manners; Third Eye Blind; Tsuna as a character as opposed to the fandom bicycle; having a sense of humor; solitude; siblings; gen; and the phenomenon known as "wasting time." I know very little Third Eye Blind, but given this list and how deeply I agree with each of these, I'm sort of compelled to go give a listen.
+ I love that you asked if shounen was a genre. I would probably respond to that the same way. Everything I really, strongly like could probably be encompassed by that label, at the very least. + Completely agree with every word of the following: Anime stereotypes, Dino, Gokudera (shocking, I know), L and Light/Raito, and Zuko. The last one particularly because I live in a family of Zuko fans. Every single member of my family (mother and both sisters, that is) loooves Zuko. And me, I do too. + Love your choices for twists/surprise endings. Except Lost, as I've not seen that far? I've only finished season two. Same for the characters you wish you created (though I'm not aware of the canon for Ben and Jayne and I'm a bit ambivalent about Inu-Yasha?). Once more, holy crap. Indiana Jones. Clara has huge Indiana Jones weakness.
Lastly, I'm totally impressed/amused/curious by/about the fact that you've only played on Nintendo systems! I was the same, actually. Then I got into Final Fantasy and my favorite Gamecube game went out of print, thus causing me to go get the Xbox version (I still have no Xbox though). My faaaavorite console/system/etc is my DS. I love it. :3
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This: Dubs; kids; popular fandoms that everyone gets elitist about; fandom in general; the Daily Life arc; Wendy's; the new Indiana Jones movie; manners; Third Eye Blind; Tsuna as a character as opposed to the fandom bicycle; having a sense of humor; solitude; siblings; gen; and the phenomenon known as "wasting time." I know very little Third Eye Blind, but given this list and how deeply I agree with each of these, I'm sort of compelled to go give a listen.
+ I love that you asked if shounen was a genre. I would probably respond to that the same way. Everything I really, strongly like could probably be encompassed by that label, at the very least.
+ Completely agree with every word of the following: Anime stereotypes, Dino, Gokudera (shocking, I know), L and Light/Raito, and Zuko. The last one particularly because I live in a family of Zuko fans. Every single member of my family (mother and both sisters, that is) loooves Zuko. And me, I do too.
+ Love your choices for twists/surprise endings. Except Lost, as I've not seen that far? I've only finished season two. Same for the characters you wish you created (though I'm not aware of the canon for Ben and Jayne and I'm a bit ambivalent about Inu-Yasha?). Once more, holy crap. Indiana Jones. Clara has huge Indiana Jones weakness.
Lastly, I'm totally impressed/amused/curious by/about the fact that you've only played on Nintendo systems! I was the same, actually. Then I got into Final Fantasy and my favorite Gamecube game went out of print, thus causing me to go get the Xbox version (I still have no Xbox though). My faaaavorite console/system/etc is my DS. I love it. :3
And now this looong comment is finally done!