#1577: “i'm sick so this is all you get”

[13:55] *** Sat Jan 20th 2007 - LOGGING START ***
[13:55] *** Now talking in #suburbansenshi
[13:55] *** Topic is - Oh god I'm in pain -
[15:35] <@Dr. X> I'm sick so here you go.
[15:35] <@Dr. X> Enjoy this CANON Suburbansenshi map of Azabu-Juuban and Roppongi
[15:36] <@Dr. X> http://suburbansenshi.com/daizenshuu/ssjuubanmap_small.gif
[15:36] <@Dr. X> http://suburbansenshi.com/daizenshuu/ssjuubanmap.png
[15:37] <@Dr. X> (yes the 10-ban shopping district sign was torn down. Aino Minako rebuilt it after she took over Ginga TV and had money to play with. It's why there's a Venus statute in Ichinohashi park)
[15:39] <@Dr. X> Secondly, my condolences to the family of Bam Bam Bigelow, oh god another great one is gone.
[15:40] <@Dr. X> And starcat had found this ages ago on some mailing list, enjoy it. Because it's on par with what I'd be putting out right now if I tried to write.

Darrion, we have to hurry! okay serena. okay! hahahahaha! WHAT WAS
THAT?!!! look! serenas here!! yeah! woo-hoo! rei? ami? where are you?
we cant see you! we! darrions here? ANYWAY where up here? where? in
the airrrrrrrrrrrrr argggggggggg! huh? (darrion) ah! ughn. my head.
darrion? what happended? are you ok? huh? dont move sailormoon! if
you do your boy and friends are history! who are you ? why do you
have my friends? im known as darkangel. and i want you serenity. its
time you come back.... to rule. wait! me? rule? darkangel i think my
friends nocked you out before you caught them. im not
serenity-serena.. but not a serenity. of course you are!!! dont you
rember? wait! no you dont- you dont remember. then let me refresh
your memory. hanaskeeteryenyang-ooooooooooooooooooooooo!
where...where are we? were in time. where at your home along time
ago. princess serenity. this is the end of chapter two.


[15:42] <@Dr. X> And on a final note, Shaldra Darkness I owe you one (1) Hot Canadian Udon upon my recovery.

#1576: “Afro Samurai: American English (Nihongrish?)”

[13:55] *** Sun Jan 14 2007 - LOGGING START ***
[13:55] *** Now talking in #suburbansenshi
[13:55] *** Topic is - What are your thoughts -
[13:55] *** Set by @Dr. X on Sun Jan 14 13:55 2007
[13:57] <@Dr. X> ♦ Taking a break from the usual sub.sen for today, this is a conversation I had this morning, and as a fan of Japanese culture and cross-cultural iconography I'd thought I'd share-- feel free to weigh in in the comments
[12:55] <@Shaldra Darkness> I shouldn't have watched Afro Samurai again D:
[12:55] <@Shaldra Darkness> It's confusing me more because now there are robot ninja D:
[13:11] <@Shaldra Darkness> Yet the ninja were in a shinto temple on the outskirts of a small village in the middle of nowhere
[13:12] <@Shaldra Darkness> And I was like WTF is going on here
[13:12] <@Dr. X> welcome to the american version of syncretic cross cultural borrowing
[13:12] * @Dr. X had written about this in WoL regarding Japanese appropriation fo japanese cultural stereotypes
[13:12] <@Shaldra Darkness> The miko had a cellphone while bathing under a waterfall
[13:13] <@Shaldra Darkness> [insert random sex scene here]
[13:13] <@Dr. X> Japanese have been appropriating american stereotypes and culture for ages
[13:13] <@Dr. X> I think we're finally seeing the exact opposite
[13:13] <@Dr. X> Americans making a mashup of japanese anime stereotypes
[13:13] <@Shaldra Darkness> But when the Japanese do it it's funny, when Afro Samurai does it it's confusing
[13:14] <@Dr. X> only because you're looking at it through the lens of someone very versed in the parent culture these icons are coming from
[13:14] <@Dr. X> to to casual fan, this show is a distillation of all the "cool" elements they have been exposed to
[13:15] <@Dr. X> from Japanese anime and movies and such
[13:15] <@Shaldra Darkness> It still makes me go o_o D:
[13:15] <@Dr. X> ninjas, samurais, miko, temples, random sex etc
[13:15] <@Shaldra Darkness> The SECOND EPISODE had a RANDOM SEX SCENE BETWEEN A MIKO AND A SAMURAI
[13:15] <@Shaldra Darkness> I was like WTF is THIS~~~
[13:16] <@Dr. X> i told you XD
[13:16] <@Shaldra Darkness> And they all smoke weed for some apparent reason!
[13:17] <@Shaldra Darkness> Instead of TEA they serve LEMONADE
[13:17] <@Dr. X> this is remix culture finally hitting the mainstream
[13:57] *** Disconnected
[13:57] *** Sun Jan 14 2007 - LOGGING END ***