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[smileyfaced]

I'm disappointed to see a lack of diversity in our entertainment. Given the work we're doing, I thought there'd be a greater selection to choose from.

Therefore, I propose we use this space to bring URSULA's attention to any media she should have in her databases. We clearly can't accept whatever people suggest willy-nilly, so I will preside as a judge to help filter submissions.

Here is my contribution:

Top 5 Animes of All Time (Not Up For Debate)
1. Death Diary
2. Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 2
3. F8/Magical Future Dream
4. Hellchorus
5. Neon Elfen Tales: Nightmare Fall Reloaded

Discuss the merits of your top five shows. Provide a short synopsis so I know exactly what I'm to judge.

Comments

[smileyfaced]

Hope seems a rather important concept to you.
What would a hopeful ending have been?
It's not as though the Black Lizard could be allowed to roam freely. She was beyond redemption.

[despairing_hope]

Perhaps if she hadn't simply poisoned herself in the end. It was giving up. Though, at the same time and for the era I can't really think of a better way to have ended the story.

[smileyfaced]

Not to mention the subjectivity of "hope." It's an unreliable construct.

[despairing_hope]

Not really, you just have to consider the context.

[smileyfaced]

Are you saying you can draw hope from any situation?

[despairing_hope]

Of course you can. Even the most despairing of situations will only be stepping stones for an even greater hope!

[smileyfaced]

For those who can afford to obtain hope, perhaps. But those who are bereft by fate and of the means to gain hope are merely buying into a delusion. That's poison.

[despairing_hope]

No one is beyond hope, unless they've been consumed by despair. But that's someone giving up if they desired hope to begin with. That's a person not strong enough to fight for it. A person lacking enough hope to see their own future. Or those sorts of people who simply embrace despair.

[smileyfaced]

So, what? Those who hope are strong and those who fall into despair are weak?

[despairing_hope]

No, Hope favors the weak after all. The strong don't need it as much. Those who are strong are more likely not to fight their all for it. Their hope wasn't strong enough for them to fight against despair is all.

To lose to despair, it's the worst. It's unforgivable.

[smileyfaced]

Says the person who loves Ero Guro works. Don't you think that's hypocritical?

[despairing_hope]

I wouldn't say I love them, but I can appreciate their literary artistry. But my enjoyment of those sorts of themes in fiction have nothing to do with my opinions on hope.

There's genres I like way more, like mysteries, supernatural suspence.

[smileyfaced]

If you say so. You do seem the sort to enjoy a gruesome murder case, however.

[despairing_hope]

Only the hope inspired from it! Though getting to solve complex murders is fun. There's also something to be said about aranging a perfect murder as well!

[smileyfaced]

Oh? How can hope be inspired from arranging a murder? Do elaborate.

[despairing_hope]

It depends on the situation. On one hand perhaps the person murdered was one who brought despair. Or, perhaps the one doing the murder must do it in order to achieve their hopes. Perhaps murder is the only choice given to a group and engaging in it is the way to strive forward towards their desires. There's also using murder to make it so others must work hard and struggle over adversity and thus strengthening their hope.