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tetradecimal (tetradecimal) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2010-09-30 11:47:00


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One word: Hetalia.
A warning beforehand: This wank is a desert landscape of triggers.

Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

Oh, my fucking god.

Translation: User palereverie posts in hetalia_wank, victim-blaming, trolling, and generally spewing massive, triggery bile all over the place. Massive wank occurs. Palereverie is banned for their conduct by mod kiokushitakaa ... for two weeks, because there's a three strikes rule, and everyone deserves a second chance! Response is so negative kiokushitakaa steps down as mod, but not before issuing a Heidipology to end Heidipologies.

ETA: "All the times I insulted you? Don't take it personally. I don't even know who most of you are. Even if you logged in, I still don't know who you are. It's not a personal attack. I was just being cynical and/or my own perception of humorous. I do not notice when things shift in atmosphere at all, and hadn't realized that the conversation had turned serious. I thought it was still just trolling around, so I continued."

palereveries is permabanned.

Pantsu volunteers to mod.


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[info]tokaikko
2010-10-02 09:46 am UTC (link)
Is the extent of the racism in Hetalia that it plays on stereotypes and, you know, calls Italy fail, or is there more to it than that? I've only seen a bit of it, so I'm wondering what I should be expecting when I watch more. I've enjoyed it enough so far.

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[info]chikane
2010-10-02 11:03 am UTC (link)
There's more than that - for example, it portrays other asian nations in ways that are quite racist, especially when coming from a japanese story.

The equivalent is a story by an US-American author that portrays mexicans as useless sloths. Not very funny in the context of already existing stereotypes against hispanics, no?


Not saying people are bad for liking Hetalia, but the arguments against parts of it are sound. And the dub trying to be edgy isn't really helping.

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[info]america
2010-10-02 08:09 pm UTC (link)
and for a lot of western viewers the racism won't be apparent-I remember hearing in the main comm that Shinatty-chan's name is based off a racist slur against Chinese :/

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[info]digigirl132
2010-10-03 08:03 am UTC (link)
There's quite a bit of racism and fail in the series in general, but when you're dumbing down history to make a comedy cartoon then you should really expect that in the first place.

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[info]the_sun_is_up
2010-10-04 08:46 am UTC (link)
Most of the racism in Hetalia is of the "haha Italians like pasta and French people are perverts and Americans are hamburger-munching pompous windbags" variety. However, the strips about the Asian nations are quite uncomfortable if you're familiar with the actual history, especially the stuff about Korea. Himaruya's Japanese bias shows pretty glaringly in those strips.

On the other hand, the English dub is a WHOLE OTHER level of DO NOT WANT.

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[info]phosfate
2010-10-05 04:55 am UTC (link)
I'm still boggling over the bit in vol 1 where the mangaka apparently thinks that the buckets of ice cream you can buy in North America are single-serving.

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