Hiro Protagonist is much better.
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She just butthurt for her own name
I mean, this is one where you don't have to make up an example. The only Asian character in the books is named Cho Chang.
That's the joke.
The joke is that JK Rowling names her characters offensively.
I've seen this done before with multiple non-existent examples.
This one also uses a Japanese example.
My point is that JK Rowling already named an Asian character offensively. She also has an Irish kid named Seamus that loves blowing stuff up, and a black man named Shacklebolt.
All I'm saying is the joke is now distracting from the source, because there is a real example of using her naming conventions on Asian characters. I'll also say that we don't actually know Cho's nationality, yet I don't have faith in JK Rowling to distinguish between non-European nationalities.
Of course, the longer I talk about it the less funny everything becomes.
Sergay Lovecock would make for a badass porn name though
Anthony Goldstein Can someone explain this one?
Just kinda fits with the stereotypical naming convention. Like John White for an American.
At least he's not named Longnoz or Beageers Goldstein...
I struggle to imagine a world where magic and religion cohexist. I am normally used to high fantasy where the worldbuilding makes sense, but harry potter just flows like she thought of what could come next, and that's it. Worldbuilding Babe, that's how we add lore. Make stuff up.
I am normally used to high fantasy where the worldbuilding makes sense, but harry potter just flows like she thought of what could come next, and that’s it.
Just a quick reminder that she designed Quidditch specifically in a way that would infuriate any person even remotely familiar with how sports games work, because she wanted to "bet back at" a guy who dumped her.
I am not aware of this, I just know that it's the most potentially deadly fantasy sport out there. The mayan ball game had less casualitÃ
By far, the most popular of all Mayan sports was the Mayan ball game which was played in the Mesoamerican religion from about 1,400 BC. The game had various variations over different places and rules also varied to some extent. The common form of this game consisted of players striking the ball with their hips. In some other variations, they were also allowed the use of forearms, rackets, or bats. Solid rubber was the material of the ball and it had a weight of about 4 kg. A lot of these ball games were accompanied with grand events which sometimes even included the ritual of human sacrifice. Heavy betting was also involved in the game but it was also played as a simple recreation game by children and even women. https://mayansandtikal.com/mayan-games/mayan-sports/
Some fantasy is heightened by that, though.
I think CS Lewis employed a similar strategy, and Narnia is all the more fantastical for it. I mean what the fuck is going on in The Horse and His Boy and The Silver Chair?
JK Rowling's strategy of adding lore via halfassed Twitter replies may have a bit less thought involved, though.
Funnily there is an actual Italian football player named Kevin Lasagna
Rowling is a diverse writer who can make multiple offensive asian characters. Yes she has a generic asian character but get ready for hiro and their friends Walla Greataru (China), pungeen Pitt (vietnam), and Ima Eatdog (Korea) who will be diversifying the bigotry in fun new ways along with their rivals Rege Sheepfucker (Wales), Maple Beaverlodge (Canada), and Gitmo Castro (Colombia)
Omg I didn't realize her writing had grown so much! I'll be paying much attention to the inclusion of Cheeseburger Slurman (American).
Don't forget his cousin obe seschoolshooting
And the movie portrayal was character assassination implying she was the one who ratted out Dumbledore’s Army.
Wasn't she possessed or something and that was the reason she ratted out Dumbledore's Army?
In the movie Dolores Umbridge had Snape administer truth serum to Cho.
Fuck I forgot about that. Those movies kinda suck ass past the first two.
Are you kidding? The first two films were shot in the most boring way possible, which is a bit odd considering the director Chris Columbus had previously made the two ‘Home Alones’ and ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’. I still regret that I didn't know of VLC's playback speed adjustment when I watched ‘HP’.
Then they got proper good director Alfonso Cuarón, who shown how a fantasy film could actually look and feel. After which of course he wasn't hired again, and instead in one more iteration they found David Yates, who churned out the remaining four films like it was a factory job for him.
Nope, not kidding. Clearly we disagree. It seems Mr. Cuarón's look for a good fantasy film was a washed-out blue.
That said, I still think PoA is still the best non-Columbus movie - I just enjoy the coziness of the first two. It's what Hogwarts felt like to me when reading the books, so I naturally like seeing that brought to screen.
yea same, the first two are whimsical which is completely in line with the vibe of the books they're based on. The third one is also very cool, and I think the rest are entirely forgettable
I call the first two "unoffical Christmas movies"
I mean, the themes of ‘PoA’ are somewhat more mature, so the noirish look was warranted. And from what I remember, it wasn't just a blue-and-orange palette, like in many modern films, but a pretty colorful one inside that noir feel.
Cuarón also doesn't do such palettes everywhere. ‘Y tu mamá también’ is very colorful, while the dystopian ‘Children of Men’ is accordingly subdued. So it was a choice appropriate to the events in the film, just like the installments later in the ‘HP’ series also get darker.
Order of the Phoenix is brutal but I think Half Blood Prince from a cinematography perspective is the best in the series. Prisoner of Azkaban was also really well done.
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And their cousin Naga Saki.
Queer roommate Anola Gay.
The stoner roommate Tokey O.
His familiar is lighter with a blackened and burnt feet
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In the book snowcrash by Neil Stephenson the main character is named "Hiro Protagonist". Yes it's a real book, and one of my favorites, by a real author.
Fantastic book, line a comics but in text.
He also invented "the metaverse" that moron zuckerberg just stole, poured billions into just to get legs to the avatars.
BTW The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon are masterpieces too IMO.
The protagonist from one of the mortal Kombat was Shujinko. Which means protagonist.
I just looked that up and it says Shujinko was fooled by someone named Damashi, which means trick.
Pretty much all anime names are stupid as hell too. Dragon Ball famously names all characters around foods (and sometimes other themes like underwear, for example). In other anime, every character has a name that just so happens to be related to their special ability or personality. Yusuke Urameshi from Yuyuhakusho basically is "Boo Ghost-boy".
In Dragon Ball's case, this is because Akira Toriyama would always write before dinner, so he would always have food on the brain. He was kinda quirky like that.
So he was eating bloomers, panties, briefs, and trunks (boxer briefs)?
What, you don't?
The difference is that's trying to be stupid and funny. Rowling is just, I don't know, lazy, or uncreative, or racist. One, or multiple, of those at least.
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I like it, as a person who doesn't really pay attention to most names in fiction, and primarily focuses on the story it's trying to tell.
Don't make it too obvious like "Busty LoveInterest" and "Villain McMustashface".
Die Hardman
Heartman
Fragile
Revolver Ocelott
Snake Eater
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Kojima you beautiful bastard
You guys ever heard of JoJo's?
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