One thing that I see done in anime all the time that never happened in my core group of friends as a teen was this competition or "friends despite rivalry."
Hmmm, you're right; it's a trope we see in anime but don't really find nearly as frequently in Western media. One of my best friends and I did meet each other this way; I wouldn't have called it "rivalry," but when we first met, we knew we disliked each other and that was that (I was a goody-two-shoes back then, and she was a bully.) We were thrown together enough times, though, that we bonded despite our initial feelings, and at that point, we realized how compatible we are. "Catfights" or "bitchfights" - ugh, I hate how what can be considered a complex relationship between guys is suddenly phrased so offensively when it refers to women, as if we're all wild, irrational beings. I can assure you that she and I didn't have "bitchfights" nor use gossip behind one another's backs as a weapon; if I didn't like her, I told her. Nothing particularly "feminine" and wily about that.
re: Princess Tutu
To be fair, the guys did a tremendous amount of dancing in leotards. :P But yes, yes, yes to everything you said! Kraehe and Tutu would fulfill the role of "knights" and Mytho would, of course, be the moral center, as the princesses tend to be, and Fakir the dude would continue being one of the jealous and clingy characters, and in this case, I'm so relieved that these flaws aren't restricted to women because, in reality, they're not.
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Date: 2009-06-09 04:11 pm (UTC)Hmmm, you're right; it's a trope we see in anime but don't really find nearly as frequently in Western media. One of my best friends and I did meet each other this way; I wouldn't have called it "rivalry," but when we first met, we knew we disliked each other and that was that (I was a goody-two-shoes back then, and she was a bully.) We were thrown together enough times, though, that we bonded despite our initial feelings, and at that point, we realized how compatible we are. "Catfights" or "bitchfights" - ugh, I hate how what can be considered a complex relationship between guys is suddenly phrased so offensively when it refers to women, as if we're all wild, irrational beings. I can assure you that she and I didn't have "bitchfights" nor use gossip behind one another's backs as a weapon; if I didn't like her, I told her. Nothing particularly "feminine" and wily about that.
re: Princess Tutu
To be fair, the guys did a tremendous amount of dancing in leotards. :P But yes, yes, yes to everything you said! Kraehe and Tutu would fulfill the role of "knights" and Mytho would, of course, be the moral center, as the princesses tend to be, and Fakir the dude would continue being one of the jealous and clingy characters, and in this case, I'm so relieved that these flaws aren't restricted to women because, in reality, they're not.