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sub_dividedAs a side note to various discussions on racism in American media, Entertainment Weekly's list of The 50 Greatest Sidekicks of All Time includes a handful of black sidekicks to white main characters -- including one where the two were originally billed equally -- but nothing the other way around.
On that anon meme: OMG YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I mean, intellectually, I knew that already, but it's always nice to be reminded of these things. There are still a few I haven't gotten, but I haven't given up! The problem is I'm no good at identify writing styles. ^^ In all but two cases, what really gave it away were fandoms and commenting styles, with maybe a liiiiiittle bit of help from the writing.
Another thing I learned from this meme is that almost exactly one-third of my flist is also friened to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
obakesan. Nevertheless! Passing along an announcement for the other two-thirds:
RABU
Kristin Mandigma is trying to raise money for The Cabuyao Literary Society, a cultural enrichment group for Cabuyao, Laguna, the Philippines. She's had ridiculous amounts of trouble getting the municipal government to pay for anything despite the fact that they have a fund set up for exactly this purpose, and has resorted to selling digital copies of (her own) original fiction. Currently, you can buy a novel (The Miracle Merchant) for $10 or a short story (A Murder in D, a Sherlock Holmes mystery) for $2. This is for charity! But even if it weren't, I'd still recommend that you buy them purely because they are worth it. Tin's an accomplished and published writer. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
team7, if you're reading this, I am eagerly awaiting the second half of Esme *g*.)
What else? You know that handheld fighting game, Shounen Jump Superstars? Where Light Yagami can beat up Ryouma Echizen with help from L and Misa? It works on a One Fighter, Two Supporting Characters system and the character support cominations are endlessly amusing. XD Dio-Hao-Butterfly, the Evil Overlord team! Son Goku plus sons, awwwwww. Tenipuri fans will have a field day, Ryouma is paired with Tezuka and Momoshiro while Fuji is paired with Tezuka and...Inui?! Meanshile Tezuka ignores Ryouma in favor of Atobe. The Golden Pair is a single character, LOL.
More snubs:
Naruto supports Sasuke but Sasuke does not support Naruto ;_;. He does support Sakura though. Yoh and Anna support Hao, not vice-versa. Hiei and Kurma each have each other and Yuusuke, leaving Kuwabara out in the cold hahaha (though he does support Yuusuke). Gon and Bisuke support Killua, while Gon's supporters are Bisuke and...Hisoka. -_-;;;;;;;;
Wouldn't it have made more sense to make Naruto trios out of the teams? I mean, Rock Lee/Sakura is cute and all, but...
More Pairings:
Hiruma/Mamori OTP!! (with Cerebus).
Kenshin/Kaoru (with Sanosuke)
Kurapika/Leorio (with Gon)
OT3s
Hinata can choose between Naruto and Neji
Neji can choose between Naruto and Hinata
Haruko Akagi supports both Sakuragi and Rukawa
The One Piece pirates are a giant polyhedral mess
Rukia can choose between Renji and Ichigo XD
Not an OT3, but Anna can choose between Yoh and Manta XD;; she also does not support Yoh. Ichigo is supported by women (Rukia and Yoruichi XD).
I have worked out the logic to the crossover support characters, what happens is that when a character does not have enough in-series friends, characters who are similar to them are pulled in as support. According to Jump, similar characters are
The aformentioned Evil Overlord Team
Another evil trio composed of Dr. Mashirito, Hiruma, and Butterfly
Gyro Zapeli and Naruto (???)
Jotaro and Yuusuke (delinquents)
L and Shikamaru (geniuses)
Momoshiro and Sakuragi (big dumb friendly shounen heroes?!)
Rukawa and Ryouma (bratty shounen rivals XD)
Sanosuke and Yuusuke (more delinquents)
Hikaru-Sai and Tsuma-Reborn (possessed)
Ven Volfield and Kakashi (????)
Tekoro Tennosuke and L (???)
Chopper and Tsunade (doctors)
Yusuke and Ichigo (YET MORE delinquents, except haha, Ichigo is not really a delinquent now is he)
Yugi Muto+Gon Freaks+Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo...I got nothin' (one commenter to this post suggested bad hair).
I have been trying and failing to write LoGH fic all day, instead I have been spamming livejournal -_-;;.
EDIT. Mushishi's been liscenced! The manga, not the anime.
On that anon meme: OMG YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I mean, intellectually, I knew that already, but it's always nice to be reminded of these things. There are still a few I haven't gotten, but I haven't given up! The problem is I'm no good at identify writing styles. ^^ In all but two cases, what really gave it away were fandoms and commenting styles, with maybe a liiiiiittle bit of help from the writing.
Another thing I learned from this meme is that almost exactly one-third of my flist is also friened to
obakesan. Nevertheless! Passing along an announcement for the other two-thirds:RABU
Kristin Mandigma is trying to raise money for The Cabuyao Literary Society, a cultural enrichment group for Cabuyao, Laguna, the Philippines. She's had ridiculous amounts of trouble getting the municipal government to pay for anything despite the fact that they have a fund set up for exactly this purpose, and has resorted to selling digital copies of (her own) original fiction. Currently, you can buy a novel (The Miracle Merchant) for $10 or a short story (A Murder in D, a Sherlock Holmes mystery) for $2. This is for charity! But even if it weren't, I'd still recommend that you buy them purely because they are worth it. Tin's an accomplished and published writer. (
team7, if you're reading this, I am eagerly awaiting the second half of Esme *g*.) What else? You know that handheld fighting game, Shounen Jump Superstars? Where Light Yagami can beat up Ryouma Echizen with help from L and Misa? It works on a One Fighter, Two Supporting Characters system and the character support cominations are endlessly amusing. XD Dio-Hao-Butterfly, the Evil Overlord team! Son Goku plus sons, awwwwww. Tenipuri fans will have a field day, Ryouma is paired with Tezuka and Momoshiro while Fuji is paired with Tezuka and...Inui?! Meanshile Tezuka ignores Ryouma in favor of Atobe. The Golden Pair is a single character, LOL.
More snubs:
Naruto supports Sasuke but Sasuke does not support Naruto ;_;. He does support Sakura though. Yoh and Anna support Hao, not vice-versa. Hiei and Kurma each have each other and Yuusuke, leaving Kuwabara out in the cold hahaha (though he does support Yuusuke). Gon and Bisuke support Killua, while Gon's supporters are Bisuke and...Hisoka. -_-;;;;;;;;
Wouldn't it have made more sense to make Naruto trios out of the teams? I mean, Rock Lee/Sakura is cute and all, but...
More Pairings:
Hiruma/Mamori OTP!! (with Cerebus).
Kenshin/Kaoru (with Sanosuke)
Kurapika/Leorio (with Gon)
OT3s
Hinata can choose between Naruto and Neji
Neji can choose between Naruto and Hinata
Haruko Akagi supports both Sakuragi and Rukawa
The One Piece pirates are a giant polyhedral mess
Rukia can choose between Renji and Ichigo XD
Not an OT3, but Anna can choose between Yoh and Manta XD;; she also does not support Yoh. Ichigo is supported by women (Rukia and Yoruichi XD).
I have worked out the logic to the crossover support characters, what happens is that when a character does not have enough in-series friends, characters who are similar to them are pulled in as support. According to Jump, similar characters are
The aformentioned Evil Overlord Team
Another evil trio composed of Dr. Mashirito, Hiruma, and Butterfly
Gyro Zapeli and Naruto (???)
Jotaro and Yuusuke (delinquents)
L and Shikamaru (geniuses)
Momoshiro and Sakuragi (big dumb friendly shounen heroes?!)
Rukawa and Ryouma (bratty shounen rivals XD)
Sanosuke and Yuusuke (more delinquents)
Hikaru-Sai and Tsuma-Reborn (possessed)
Ven Volfield and Kakashi (????)
Tekoro Tennosuke and L (???)
Chopper and Tsunade (doctors)
Yusuke and Ichigo (YET MORE delinquents, except haha, Ichigo is not really a delinquent now is he)
Yugi Muto+Gon Freaks+Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo...I got nothin' (one commenter to this post suggested bad hair).
I have been trying and failing to write LoGH fic all day, instead I have been spamming livejournal -_-;;.
EDIT. Mushishi's been liscenced! The manga, not the anime.