I am the bone of my sword.

>>69584
>>69587
This seems pretty odd to me. How are you guys getting these impressions from the text? The whole point of that backstory interlude for Kirei was that he never chose to be that way. He very adamantly wanted NOT to be, and that point is made pretty clearly in his other interlude.

Regardless of whether you believe that people choose to become evil in real life, it is very apparent from the text that Kirei did not choose that, and resisted it with all of his power. To deny that is basically to deny the whole point of his character.

>>69640
Interpretations Rika~ Interpratations~

>>69640
People who have evil natures but are raised religious face a very odd conundrum. Especially if they were raised in a very staunchly Catholic (oppressively so) setting. This propensity for evil causes nothing but suffering for the individual. His only means of relief would be schadenfreude, something I can easily meet by writing mysteries.

Kinjo_and_I_cosplaying.jpg

>>69640
Are you embracing your final fate, a fate/streamcat?

>>69611
I'm a little late to the discussion but this post brings up an interesting point I hadn't thought of before.

Remember in EP5 Battler uncovered the truth. This means he also uncovered the whole Beatrice = Yasu thing. I suspect that the moment he figured out Beatrice wasn't this great witch he thought she was, THAT is when she died, and thus Battler did technically kill her. And that is why he couldn't revive her again. Battler has this mental picture of Yasu, a delusional servant, in his head, not the Golden Witch. So that witch can't possibly come back.

In other words, all variations of meta-Beatrice are in fact the same Beatrice, just acting differently depending on Battler's perception of who Beatrice is. You can't forget things (lol amnesia) so once you remember, that mental image can't go away. Hence why the pre-answer Beatrice can never revive. Her image was tainted by Yasu, not just for us (the readers), but for Battler as well.

The government defunded my initiative, now I'm constantly flat-footed!

The question of the "evil nature" is an incredibly thorny one. Abnormal or antisocial behavior is not in and of itself necessarily evil. One can imagine a compulsive sadist living alone on a deserted island who has no potential to do evil because there is no one upon whom to inflict intentional pain for no readily justifiable reason.

Moreover, there is the question of whether such things are truly "nature" at all, or whether those behaviors are simply socialized.

And none of that quite gets into the moral question of whether a person who believes themselves subject to influences or compulsions they believe to be immoral is obligated not to act upon those compulsions. One would perhaps argue that not acting upon immoral influences is rather the point of morality in the first place, as morality exists to restrain behavior and create an acceptable social framework.

Given that, one could even cynically argue that morality is solely social, and antisocial behavior is "evil," even if there does not appear to be anything individually unethical about it. But that starts trampling on our concept of individuality and personal rights, and advances the notion that a person is obligated to commit personally unethical acts that are considered socially acceptable, which has justified countless atrocities. So most people are understandably inclined to reject that idea.

The opposing view would be to say that where a society is not morally in concert with a derived system of individual ethics, then it's society that is evil. But then you run right back into the initial problem that people may or may not be psychologically the same on a fundamental biological level, meaning the system of ethics that I derive may not appear ethical to you.

Some philosophers get us part of the way there but obviously this is an issue that may never be settled.

I liked Nox. He did horrible, irredeemable evil things, but he justified it with "it's okay, I can fix this!" right up until the end. And when he found out he couldn't fix what he broke...

>>69646
>not japanese

>>69647
What?

Oha.

mfw everyone wants to make a ripoff of Katawa shoujo

Seriously.

>>69650
forgot your face

>>69650
>mfw none of you are praising my very presence

>>69652
...Who are you again?

>>69653
E-excuse me!?

>>69654
Who. Are. You?

>>69654
You are not worthy of any praise. Begone foul being.

>>69655
I'm the witch of making walls THIS wide!!

>>69656
semi colon dash semi colon

hhnngh dat psyduck

>>69657

>>69657
Oh. Nice to meet you.

>>69652

gj for exist

Seriously, who has a "release all the captive monsters" button? Right when I saw that, I paused the movie and debated it with my sister to death about it. In addition, who has said button next to a set of elevators where the monsters can be released at anyways? It's an awesome movie, Mr. Whedon, but come on. That's one piss poor plot device to get such a scene going.

>>69660
its someone you already know astaroth~

>>69664

>>69665
hi wat u streming

>>69666
Final Fantasy IX.

livestream.com/LionMusicRoom

So many lies etc.

>>69565
>like Piece
libel

>>69605
>It's a long story actually. It started with...
wtf you weren't even there. Did you make this up on the spot?

>>69610
>Firstly, Bern doesn't want to know what I sound like, or what I look like.
entirely untrue

>>69619
>I don't know much about Bern
More like way too much.

>Even if her character is to be my fan

>>69621
>I thought it was the reverse considering Meta and Bern
Even knowing it's a troll, I feel insulted.

>>69624
>I think she stopped herself from knowing things because of respect for the illusion.
OOC

Also,
>>69619
>even less now that we haven't spoken in depth for a long time
I'm still willing, ok.

>>69628
Coin toss.

>>69640
What impression? Obviously with how he turned out, he didn't fight it hard enough. Besides, it didn't look to me like he "adamantly didn't want it," all he was doing was following what his daddy did. Sure, he tried a few things, but even if the text tries to claim a person can be born evil I won't buy it, and I'm not convinced that's what Nasu was trying to claim.

In any case, Kotomine Kirei is morally reprehensible, despicable, and utterly irredeemable. There's no room for pity in the character. He chooses to do evil things because they bring him pleasure. Nobody has forced that upon him. Trying to claim otherwise is just lunacy.

>>69672
In the end nobody understood Kotomine Kirei. Not his father, nor his teacher. To struggle against one's morals, to do it over and over, and to find no fitting answer is to suffer. One does not simply struggle with this propensity for a short time. You feel it every day of your life, you fight it every time you are annoyed by someone, every time you make a decision, every time you contemplate morality. Alone, with a friend, at a party, you struggle with it.

Kotomine couldn't bring himself to feel anything other than regret at losing a potential victim when his wife died. The same was for the death of his father. He would not let the third slip by.

Call it a first world problem, call it a choice towards evil, but it is the blame of this accursed human condition. That inescapable nature that we all feel, we all experience, that which binds us all.

>>69671
bren-sama you're the best

>>69673

wat about gilgamesh

>>69673
>Call it a first world problem, call it a choice towards evil, but it is the blame of this accursed human condition.

No, I'll blame the person responsible for the actions: Kotomine Kirei. To do otherwise is to avert one's eyes from the truth: that he did have a choice. He just chose to commit evil.

>>69677
What about villains who use a flimsy justification that come off as condescending while knowing full well that it's a bunch of crap?

>>69678
What about them?

>>69675

>>69680
dus is pt qt

tired

>>69601
No I don't.

>>69608
Leash? I'll GIFT WRAP the guy for ya!

>>69683
pffft

>>69671
Well now, I didn't expect you to disagree that much. How troublesome.

It's perfectly true that you held off from information in the past, and though perhaps it was not for reasons of the illusion, those were the reasons you gave. From the same events we can reason that you don't want to know of those forbidden things, even if it is out of character, because you will only carry that character so far. By the way, one's character doesn't have to be far off from the truth, it can just be an exaggeration of it. After all, seacats have a responsibility to live up to their roles for dramatic effect. Though those from later generations may not understand this notion. Please refer to the precedent set by Piece vs Belphe.

If you have any further complaints then I have a Skype. Yoroshiku.

>>69684
I wouldn't be so sure about that.

WE ARE THE CARTOON HEEEEROESS WOOOOOAA OHHHHHHHHHH

>>69686
crazyneko 2spooky

Trello is amazing for project management, or just management in general.

>Kara no Kyoukai entire collection
>Gankutsuou gold box
>Trigun gold box

Why can't I hold all these animes ?
next time I have enough money, Samurai Champloo and Paranoia Agent will be mine ! If only Fate-Zero didn't cost an arm I'd buy it too.

>>69690

>>69679
Are they any good?

Apparently this is the "Teaparty of Let's Respond to Day-Old Posts From The Previous Thread", so

>>69593
>>69596
>>69601
I was part of no such plotting, stop trying to make me look bad okay.

yesssss finally, I managed to get the old sprites!!

Oha.

>1/1 scale Stone Mask
>14,350 JPY
>mid Jun-2013
I want to reject my humanity. Red Stone of Aja where.

>>69695
Hi, how was your day etc.

>>69695

>>69696
Random depression etc. Don't even know why.

>>69698
I've been like that for the past few days myself, sucks when that happens. Then I had a dentist appointment yesterday, threw up when I got home, slept for a day, and I'm starting to feel a bit better now.

>>69697
Hi.

>>69699
Yeah it sucks. It's good that you're starting to feel better though.

I got invited to go out tonight and play mahjong, should I go?

>>69700
I tried learning how to play mahjong a couple of times before, but I only ever got far enough to understand what was going on in Akagi or Saki and why it was so crazy.
That sounds like fun, though. If it was me then I'd probably go, if I didn't have anything better to do.

>>69700
Mahjong is the best, you should play and invite me.

>>69701
I guess it might be okay.. I'll think about it more later. I think the people that will be playing are fairly decent.

>>69702
Good tiles feel really nice to play with and you can come play any time.

>>69703
do want http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Riichi-Mahjong-White-Tiles/dp/B003UU129U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362167019&sr=8-1&keywords=japanese+mahjong

ohaaaaaa

>>69705
Hi.

>>69707

Lion, why u no answer!! lol

>>69704
Dats prett chip

Rejoice, Sonozaki Mion

>>69638
wat

OH WOW, brand new eps of Whose Line is it Anyway are coming, with the same cast as before!

>>69712
yssssss

>>69713
This is the best thing ever!

im dling thomb raider :OOO

>>69716

u gonna strm slat raider???

>>69717
Horseslap!

hi i woke up early so I'm already here

>>69719
Hi other me anon~

>>69720
hi

>>69722
Ohayou.

>>69724
Hey there. You forgot to change the filename.

>>69725
What do you mean change the filename?

>>69727
That picture was originally posted by me, I said you forgot to replace the random name by the name I used originally.

>>69728
Who said anything about pretending to be someone else?

>>69729
Didn't you post as me the other day?

>>69730
I don't remember anything like that! If I was to pretend to be you, why would I use pictures like these? I would have to be talking to myself.

>>69731
It happened like some hours before someone else tried to impersonate you, but apparently his attempt was so very unprofessional.

>>69732
I don't know. trying to follow what you're talking about is making me dizzy. I'm going to lie down. Oyasumi.

>>69733
Sleep well.

>>69736

http://anime.about.com/b/2013/02/19/cast-your-vote-in-the-2013-anime-about-com-readers-choice-awards.htm?fun

>>69738
There's something very wrong with that list.

>>69739
What's 2012 best animay anyway?

>>69740
that one with the girl named riri(chiyo)

>>69741
whats that

>>69742
The one you didn't watch since the cute girls scared you off.

>>69743
Scared? But I watch plenty shows with cute girls.

>>69740

>>69744
You only happen to watch them if you see enough strong men to protect you from the cute.

>>69746
>strong men to protect you from the cute.
You lost me.

>>69747
You need more love~!

>>69745
lol that anime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6XnL6bKqT0
please comment rate like and tell everyone on facebook twitter reddit /a/ /b/ and 9gag

>>69750
>9gag

>>69750
As a software developer I can tell you that's wrong. Also Steve Jobs is dead lol
>>69751
>Herramienta Pincel copia.png

>>69752
but a software development is a different field

>>69753
>a software development
lol try that in /g/

>>69754
??

>>69740

>>69756
I right, that thing got out in 2012.

>>69738
Guyyysss, just vote for steins gate okay?

>>69751

>>69758
right because that is a 2012 anime

it must mean the dub, in that case I will vote for banning you

>>69761
what I'm trying to say is this: reported

>>69760
>>69762
He didn't know the vote was considering the dub ok, I'm assuming he watched it subbed like civilized people.

>>69760
No need to ban me, I didn't mean the dub at all.

>>69762
Just think of it like this, which one of those do you like the most and vote for it. That is how I do it.

>>69763
then I am changing my report to having a facebook account / about.com account which is just as bad probably. luckily I didn't submit it yet

>>69765
Am I supposed to be scared?

>dem chicken tenders

>>69766
that depends on if you think the mods will take your side or not

>>69768
>implying reports aren't just for fun

>>69768
Then do it, I am confident and tired about this threat.

It's always by the same 1-2 person anyway,
If you think I should be banned because I have an about.com account, this is fucked up.

>>69759

>>69770
>banned because I have an about.com account
why not? refer to image. and now you are using foul language. you are going down, my friend.

and I will get to make another one of these comics

>>69770
Sarcasm Mion, sarcasm.

>>69770
Calm down, this anonymous user is obviously trying to tease you, but there's no reason to give him what he wants.

Yeah..., im still not used to this "concept" of imageboards.

I am not mad against him, just tired about the abusive report idea.
There is no way for me to understand the "hidden" rules, except when I make the mistakes, and learn when people report me. That fact is frustrating.

Ok that's a little too much. Please be excellent to each other.

>>69777
I will not follow a usurper's unapproved rules

>>69778
Say whatever you want to me, but stop bullying Mion.

Well I guess I should update parlor now and-
>new episode of Too Cute

>>69777
Stop being so moe anon, I might fall in love with you.

Also good night everyone

>>69779

I can't respond you know. so stop that.

>>69775
Don't worry about it. You haven't been breaking any rules. It's just the elitist mentality these people carry around.

Really, there are only two people who can ban you here:
Meta-Ushiromiya George, who is super admin of this place, but hasn't banned anyone in years. Not to mention always trying to give away his position or people trying to usurp him for it.
And Shiina "Misha" Mikado, a beloved friend of mine who usually just bans people for NWSM (Not Work Safe Material), so usually people like the Kuroneko poster gets banned on occasion. But usually that's rare as well, and those images just get deleted as well.

Case in point, don't worry about the rules that aren't posted in front, or the hidden rules. It's just some made up shit that comes from the mentality of being chained to 4chan comes from.

>>69784
Or me, except I have no reason to ban anybody and would likely be overstepping my boundaries if I did so.

>>69784
>It's just the elitist mentality these people carry around.
Isn't it just one big running joke? That's how I've always thought of it, anyway.

>>69785
Because of me, if you step out of line once, and we are taking away your powers.

>>69787
Yes ma'am...

>>69788
Good boy.

>>69786
It's more of a running troll. But I don't like those kinds of things anyways, since they'll be around for so long, they stop being a joke and start becoming this idea people follow. Examples are waifus. It was a joke, but more and more people do set their hearts onto one particular anime character.

In any case, more stream here:
>>69736

I will stream at 8:00~

>>69790
>Examples are waifus.
I really don't want to have this discussion yet once more, so I will simply direct your attention to the story of Pygmalion and point out that the idea of falling in love with a fictional character/abstract concept has been around since the age of cave paintings and loincloths. It's not exactly difficult to believe that same thing happens these days on a larger scale, in the modern age of escapism where fictional characters are becoming more and more idealized to the point of being caricatures of all the perceived perfections of the human race, while at the same time stripping away any negative or undesirable qualities from them.
You can call it what you want, but to claim that it ever started as a joke when the idea has been around for hundreds of years at the very least, is a little insulting and also just a tad ignorant. If anything, those who take the idea seriously and those who laugh at the ones who take it seriously have been around for equally as long as each other, because people always do love to laugh at things that they themselves do not completely understand.

>>69790

>>69793
I'm okay with it, but it seems his point was that it kinda started as a joke in /jp/ and /a/, but later it stoped looking as a laughing matter.

I will be streaming Nostalgia in 10 minutes
www.livestream.com/LionMusicRoom

>>69795
I'm not sure why two imageboards should be particularly different from the rest of the world, though. I'm not trying to say that there weren't people who treated it as a joke back then (hell, I'd bet money on the fact that more than half of the people who talk about it these days still treat it as a joke and something to laugh at), only that to say it started completely as a joke with people only beginning to take it seriously recently is pretty silly.
Now, if you mean to say that the term “waifu” itself started as a joke, then I'd have to be stupid to disagree. The idea of loving an anime character has been around long before Azumanga Daioh, but it just happened that a joke word born from that show evolved into a convenient tongue-in-cheek way of referring to the idea without seeming like a crazy person.

It's more about people who treat waifus as a joke, only to later on to love them, yet may still go along with the joke.
But this is digressing to something completely different.
In conclusion, jokes can transform into something people actually believe in.

>>69790
>>69800
I agree with Lambda here. Waifus probably aren't the best example to use, but from experience I know that something that starts out as a joke can quickly get out of hand and become real.

>>69770
So Mion, you won't really get banned or anything. It's just a running joke that would be pretty confusing to anyone new. No need to worry about anything. Some people here are just hard to read.

>>69800
Oh, that was what you meant. In that case, I agree completely. I don't think that it's necessarily a bad thing, however.

Actually what happened was what was originally serious became a joke over time XD /TROLL

REPORTED!

>>69803
Yeah, I don't think anyone ever got banned for using emotes or social networking.

>>69804
But they did get ridiculed. You reported them to let them know that it is only okay to have fun in the accepted manner. Now it's just a joke where you can even report yourself ;)

reported!

Astaroth-kun no touching non-parlor stuff ok.

>>69806
"Ridiculed," right~ Did anyone at any point ever take that seriously either~?

>>69806

I agree, reporting has degenerated into a mere farce and should be abolished completely P:>>69806
>>69806

>>69808
I can tell you that the ones doing the reporting did. Even Kinjo's fangame chronicles this. Perhaps we should have made sure it was taken more seriously so that it could not be adopted by the worst offenders as a way to excuse their despicable behavior.

Please no history revisionism.

>>69810
So I guess everyone else was just laughing at them then...~?

>>69810
pls no history revisionism

>>69811
It wasn't serious enough to warrant banning* but it was serious in the sense that it responded (mostly) to unacceptable activity. It wasn't today's full-blown joke of "reported! (haha, just say that whenever you use an emoticon, just sort of a in-joke, us seacats eh?)

Geez, you people don't trust me at all, do you?

>>69812
moe

Oha.

Are you people blowing out of proportions some minor issue again ?

>>69818
Like always!

>>69818
Look at this place. Do you think we have anything better to do around here?

>>69818
The whole idea of /teaparty/, perhaps of this entire site, is making much ado about nothing.

hi

>>69822
Oha.

>>69823
hi im a little dizzy

>>69824
Whys that?

>>69825
Because I drank a bit yesterday.

>>69826
Silly anon. Just make sure you drink lots of water and you should be fine~

>>69827
Bacanora is quite strong ok, be careful if you ever drink it.

>>69828
I'll be careful ne.

>>69828
Don't drink too much at any fiestas, okay?

>>69829
I'm reheating pizza and lasagna, life is wonderful.
>>69830
Sorry... I already did.

>>69827
You should follow your own advice.

>>69831
Just wash it down with some juice.

>>69831
I hate you.

>>69834
Don't. Italian food makes you fat and criminal.

>>69832
Did cake drank yesterday?
>>69833
I have no juice, will tea help me?
>>69834
;_;

I miss when Disney was marketed toward Children
and not slutty teenagers..

>>69836
It has to be juice.

>>69837
Your face is a teenager.
>>69838
But store is too far and I'm feeling lazy...

>>69837
>>69837
At least Japan still markets their animation toward children and pure teenagers lacking sluttiness in their lives.

>>69840
Having big bazongas, doesn't make slat.

>>69841
Yes it does. If she doesn't want to be a slut then maybe she should try not being so sexual.

>>69842

>>69841
>bazongas
I think he's talking about this whole servant love thing.
>>69842
That's silly, but lol, that picture.

>>69844
Why would you screencap that?

>>69845
Oh man, I miss those sprites.

imouto is the moest screencaps

http://livestream.com/macktheknife

>>69846
Crimes coming to light huh. Do you have the date/time created?

>>69849
The creation date of the picture says 2/27/2013 1:00 AM
>>69847
I agree

>>69846
>Gapgap-chan

>>69845
I hate you ;_;

>>69852

I bring to everyone a gift; the best screencap ever.

>>69853
>close

>>69854
what a weeaboo!

>>69816

new thread
>>69861