The religious connotation was entirely intentional, as Chambers has violated the tenets of his own self-professed religion as well as a rather more important general "don't hurt people" tenet that everyone ought to follow. Worse will always happen. Waving away and minimizing suffering by the fact that someone,…

No, that's just an anecdote... Anecdotal evidence is trying to back up a claim with an anecdote. I didn't make any claims.

What "anecdotal evidence?" Evidence toward what? I'm not trying to prove anything. I'm stating why I think that we shouldn't, as a queer community, be pressured to forgive this scar on the skin of the world or allow people to just mass-absolve Chambers of his own failings, as Kristine so kindly did for basically the…

Anytime!

It's both the stories and the animation - part of what I enjoyed about what we think is Gankutsuou was the animation style, which was really unique and well done and and stood out from the masses of pretty-similarly-styled anime that my friends consumed at the time. It's strange because I enjoy comics and graphic…

I'm not appropriating! I'm appreciating. Plus as a Lust-Drunk Witch (TM) I totally have sexual congress with the Dark One all the time, so that makes it okay.

I experienced almost exactly this when my great-uncle started losing it (dementia, assorted health problems.) He wasn't brought up the absolute greatest, but apparently throughout the odyssey of his life he'd turned around about age 20. He was a good, kind man all the time I'd known him, never said anything nasty to…

The last two generations (parents, grandparents) of my family are pretty decent... but if you go further back than that, hoo boy. I found out about how awful the oldest members of my mom's side are when my biological great-grandmother was pitching a fit about a caretaker in her assisted-living home who had the last…

Bacon jam? Excuse me, is this legitimate?

The thing is, I tried to get into it! It's just not my thing. Not all of it is BAD, I just don't care for it. The only anime I'd actually consider watching again was some space-themed-takeoff of the Count of Monte Christo. Also Hellgirl was okay.

I was obsessed with Pokemon as a child (anime and games) and we bonded over that, so she was kind of disappointed to find that I was... not a devotee. But, in good faith, I did watch it anyway!

Look at those gorgeous horns. Now I want them. Can we all start wearing horns? We can have small, muted-tone-colored sets for the daytime, and larger, more elaborately painted/carved ones at night. Pair some with flowers, others with fabric shreds and things of the sort. Why not?

Looks to be yarn or something, I think. Gorgeous.

I am, LaComtesse, promise! Though wearing all that on my head for just a three-hour eventpartything was... a mistake.

Sat through four hours of really terrible anime. Now, I don't like anime at all (no offense to those who do, just never got into it) but this was all the lady in question wanted to do for a date. She did not want to go to dinner, she did not want to go to a movie or hiking or paintballing or any of the other go-tos.…

Ugh. I'm sorry, that must've been a time full of bad experiences. How the hell does a snob "look," anyway? Does bitchy face automatically mean that you're a snob? I don't know.

Though, unfortunately, probably not far smaller than the number of decent absinthe drinkers.

Your woman/ant comparison is remarkably telling.

My Bitchy Resting Face isn't just a face. It's an unintentional lifestyle. I don't know what it is - I'm generally nice/polite if you interact with me on the street or something like that - but apparently I give off a "Don't Fuck With This I'll Cash Your Check" vibe (TM, courtesy of the best friend) and it intimidates…

I keep forgetting about my pesky victim privilege.