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07-23-2015, 11:39 PM | #6281 |
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But the problem is that he's bordering unlikable territory.
Children are assholes. True. Children don't break and enter a home then force them into your life. He's not acting like a child. He's acting like a sociopath.
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07-24-2015, 01:45 AM | #6282 |
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Episode 19 and 20.
So Akomaro's plan was to corrupt Kou into a Gorma. Interesting. It was also a neat execution, disguising himself as a young girl and one of the priestesses as the girl's mother to convince him that parents suck and to abandon hope of his mother loving him in the process. Shame it was stopped by the Dairangers. Anyway, Kaku shows up for a bit to reveal that he also knows Kou is Kibaranger. Makes me wonder when the titular heroes will learn now. We also learn that Kibaranger's KiDen Beast (Won Tiger? I dunno. To avoid spoilers, I'm not looking stuff up) is about to reveal itself, as well as a glimpse of the main villain (I assume), Gorma the 15th. However, going by my Sentai knowledge and the fact that I'm only 20 episodes in, I wouldn't exactly be surprised if there's another villain higher up on the food chain... As a whole, the episodes were decent. They didn't make Kou as assholish as the previous few, so it was a lot easier to feel for him this time around than when Rin tricked him about his mother coming back a few episodes ago. I want to like Kou more, but his debut had him acting so despicably that it's hard to wash that taste out of my mouth. I do hope more episodes like this, that downplay his asshole tendencies while also keeping him like he was a child, would certainly help, though. Anyway, something that's bugging me is Byakko's presence. Not because of the character, but how he's always in a hammer space sort of situation...Except when he's not. I'll accept that the changers can just spontaneously appear on the characters' wrists. But Byakko just randomly showing up to talk to Kou, then disappearing, then showing up again to Tenshin...Come on. At least when he had his backpack, that offered a plausible explanation, but when he's wearing a form fitting jacket?
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07-24-2015, 06:44 AM | #6283 |
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07-24-2015, 09:05 AM | #6284 |
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Except I'm not. I'm a teacher, I have seen how kids can act, especially towards each other. They are down right mean at times and do it intentionally. Sometimes it is going to the bathroom to text another kid in class that he is worthless and should not exist. Other times it is two girls going in the corner to talk about how much they hate the girl they are sitting next two. Then there are times where half of the class gangs up on one kid because they don't like her mom.
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07-24-2015, 09:50 AM | #6285 |
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Except I'm not. I'm a teacher, I have seen how kids can act, especially towards each other. They are down right mean at times and do it intentionally. Sometimes it is going to the bathroom to text another kid in class that he is worthless and should not exist. Other times it is two girls going in the corner to talk about how much they hate the girl they are sitting next two. Then there are times where half of the class gangs up on one kid because they don't like her mom.
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07-24-2015, 10:30 AM | #6286 |
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Also, have you ever seen a Kindergartner say to a classmate, "**** OFF YOU STUPID SLUT!!" I have. It was most shocking. As was hearing a 1st grader call a girl in line a douche bag. If all of this occurred in just one school, perhaps I am over generalizing. However, this has been the case in many schools in various areas from the poor neighborhoods to the rich ones. The point is, kids are cruel. Hell, even us a kids said and did stupid things and knew what we were doing was wrong. |
07-24-2015, 10:37 AM | #6287 |
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How much time do you actually spend with kids that are not your own?
Also, have you ever seen a Kindergartner say to a classmate, "**** OFF YOU STUPID SLUT!!" I have. It was most shocking. As was hearing a 1st grader call a girl in line a douche bag. If all of this occurred in just one school, perhaps I am over generalizing. However, this has been the case in many schools in various areas from the poor neighborhoods to the rich ones. The point is, kids are cruel. Hell, even us a kids said and did stupid things and knew what we were doing was wrong.
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07-24-2015, 11:22 AM | #6288 |
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I work retail Kain, I see children every single day of my career. Not all of them are the horrible monsters and petty little jerks you're trying to make them out to be. Yes the occasional kid screams and cries and gets pissed because their parent won't buy them this toy of this comic book from me. But that is far from what ALL children are like. Your personal experience is not indicative of children as an entire demographic. This isn't fact, so stop talking about it that way.
Obviously ALL kids are not monsters, but Kain never said ALL kids. And if we're talking about facts, the fact is that kids don't psychologically develop the capacity for empathy until they're seven, and some don't develop it until even later. They are virtually sociopaths until that point. There's a pervasive notion that all kids are sweet, precious innocents by default. They are not. This is dangerous, reductive thinking. They come in a wide variety of flavors, and many are less than savory. Having depictions of kids that don't sugarcoat the fact that many of them are less than saintly is important and, from my perspective, way more indicative of reality. Last edited by Kamen Rider Lucha; 07-24-2015 at 11:33 AM.. |
07-24-2015, 12:03 PM | #6289 |
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No one is discounting his experiences at all, all anyone has pointed out is that to say "kids are brats" is both a sweeping statement and a massive overgeneralisation.
Which, y'know, it is.
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07-24-2015, 12:43 PM | #6290 |
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... Moving on. I'm still enjoying Abaranger. Now in the bandwagon with everyone else clamoring for Aba-Figuarts.
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