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[i2amroy]

And I think there should be a one-word maximum per name segment. If you want to name someone Mary Jane or whatever, just make their first name Mary and their middle name Jane.

Of course they could always just stick them together with capitals (i.e. MaryJane). While it's uncommon it does happen, I know someone who's first name is "EmmaLee", complete with the double capital.

[Leafsnail]

Surely a space would just make it two separate names.  And hyphens otherwise.

[IronyOwl]

Like here. The solution was not to give the parents a two-word maximum or something. The solution was for the girl in question to tell said parents to go fuck themselves.

But she'd still be forced to use that name in all official documents until she got it legally changed.

Then the issue is red tape regarding her ability to change her name, not the nature of names in general.

And I think there should be a one-word maximum per name segment. If you want to name someone Mary Jane or whatever, just make their first name Mary and their middle name Jane.

This seems needlessly arbitrary to me. If you want a two-part first name, just have a two-part first name. It doesn't seem obnoxious enough to anyone else to make a big deal out of it to me.

[Scelly9]

Heh, I don't even have a middle name. Hehehe

[Flying Dice]

My middle name was originally going to be my first name, but my parents changed their minds the day I was born. And thank goodness, because I have an awesome name with some history and jokes behind it instead of that bleh one.

Oh, yeah, this is the anime thread. Started Moretsu Pirates, and it's decent enough, but I was expecting more "Arrgh space pirates!" and less "We're a mobile nature preserve for the nearly extinct space pirate!" I honestly can't find a logical explanation for the Letters of Marque, unless it just plain hasn't been mentioned. It's not comparable to privateers, as there's no hostile power to pirate from. It's not like there are any explicit "deals" within it; no "Don't prey on government shipping and try to refrain from killing people, and we'll let you pirate", not even a hint of government officials with shares in pirate ships. Hence how I arrived at my "mobile nature preserve" theory.

Though on the bright side there are at least a few Firefly/Bebop-esque moments when they're out in the black with nothing going on and only one or two characters around. Meh, I won't turn down a lightish series that might eventually turn into something like Outlaw Star.

[Neonivek]

Has anyone ever tried to name a child with a number? Like 10702 Johnson?

No because the law prevents certain names that don't work for clerical reasons.

[Neonivek]

So I finally returned to Prince of Tennis (the long break actually improved my disposition to it) and has this ever happened to you?

I completely forgot about two characters (the female lead and her friend) and when I saw them I was like "Ohh yeah they are in this!"

And yet they aren't obscure characters they are in most of the anime... They are just extremely unimportant to the narrative in everyway (Honestly I never seen a more useless female lead from a narrative perspective.)

Have you ever forgot a character who was actually in most of the anime you watched?

[Culise]

My middle name was originally going to be my first name, but my parents changed their minds the day I was born. And thank goodness, because I have an awesome name with some history and jokes behind it instead of that bleh one.

Oh, yeah, this is the anime thread. Started Moretsu Pirates, and it's decent enough, but I was expecting more "Arrgh space pirates!" and less "We're a mobile nature preserve for the nearly extinct space pirate!" I honestly can't find a logical explanation for the Letters of Marque, unless it just plain hasn't been mentioned. It's not comparable to privateers, as there's no hostile power to pirate from. It's not like there are any explicit "deals" within it; no "Don't prey on government shipping and try to refrain from killing people, and we'll let you pirate", not even a hint of government officials with shares in pirate ships. Hence how I arrived at my "mobile nature preserve" theory.

Though on the bright side there are at least a few Firefly/Bebop-esque moments when they're out in the black with nothing going on and only one or two characters around. Meh, I won't turn down a lightish series that might eventually turn into something like Outlaw Star.

There used to be a hostile power to pirate from; it's mentioned in that blurb about that (Earth-based, I believe) empire their home planet had declared independence from originally.  Basically, since they didn't have a proper space force to start with, they gave everyone letters of marque and let them go hog-wild to buy time.  They won that war quite some time before the start of the series, though, which is why new letters of marque are no longer issued and why it was such a big deal that they get the mandatory plucky teenage protagonist to sign on as their new captain instead of getting someone who was already qualified for the position.  Of course, normally at the end of a war, letters of marque simply lapse outright instead of becoming hereditary positions, which is all sorts of weird.  The series wasn't bad, and I started it mostly because of recommendations from other people, but it was somewhat unmemorable to me.  I probably went into it expecting too much in the way of actual pirates and not enough in the way of high school anime antics, though.  And yet, here I am, watching Girls und Panzer (yet again, on the recommendations of others), which feels like it's shaping up to be the same thing.  That one, at least, is a little less surprising, since I went into it knowing Panzerfahren was a school club.

[Flying Dice]

No, see, I understand all of that. But the way it was described, anyone can apply for a Letter of Marque and maintain it as long as they fill their pirating quota. It's the command position on the pirate ships that are hereditary, not the Letters (something like Rogue Trader vessels, now that I think about it), and the Bentenmaru is a big deal because it's an ancient and venerable ship (essentially the equivalent to a long-standing house of nobility), not because it has a letter of marque. And my point still stands: there is absolutely no reason present for the nebulous galactic empire to tolerate the continued existence of piracy, much less officially sanction it. The faction that employed pirates, and the faction that they were used against, are both explicitly no longer extant entities, and it has been so long that most people don't even know that pirates are still around. Except, that is, if they're keeping them around as tourist attractions, which seems to be the case.


And hey, at least with Girls und Panzer you get plenty of tank battles. I think there were maybe two episodes (barring the recap/Meet the Cast ones) that didn't have at least part of their time dedicated to armored combat. Meanwhile I've watched up to episode 9 of Moretsu and there has yet to be a single real battle. A long period of waiting followed by a brief, ineffective exchange of fire, two touristy boarding attempts (with one staged swordfight), and one short period of trading warning shots as part of the show for the tourists. Meh.

[Leafsnail]

Seems like the Ankh-Morpork Thieves' Guild.

[Boksi]

I only remember it vaguely, but I think the phrase "insurance fraud" cropped up in discussions over on /m/, back when the show was airing.

[Chaoswizkid]

Welp, got a 100 and the compliment of "Brilliant, and I rarely use that term at all" on an essay that answers the question of

Spoiler: Neon Genesis Evangelion/End of Evangelion ending spoiler (click to show/hide)

Out of all of the females in Shinji's life, why does he end up with Asuka after the events of End of Evangelion?

for my Japanese Animation class. This especially means a lot because the professor is an accomplished author on the subject of Japanese Animation and a die-hard NGE fan.
Got a final paper to write now for the class, probably about the theme of "transformation" (No, Leeron, no) in all senses present in anime and the shows we watched in class.

After this semester, likely going to finish Fate/Zero because I'll finally have time.

[Leafsnail]

Spoiler: "Neon Genesis Evangelion/End of Evangelion ending spoiler" (click to show/hide)

Out of all of the females in Shinji's life, why does he end up with Asuka after the events of End of Evangelion?

This is a pretty interesting question.

So uh, what is the answer?

[Chaoswizkid]

Spoiler: Neon Genesis Evangelion/End of Evangelion ending spoiler (click to show/hide)

Out of all of the females in Shinji's life, why does he end up with Asuka after the events of End of Evangelion?

This is a pretty interesting question.

So uh, what is the answer?

I could PM you my 1400 word essay if you'd really like to know (offer goes out to anyone who asks for it). I also look at all of the other characters, not just her, as to why things are the way they are.

For just her, though, I can post this excerpt:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

When she’s introduced, Asuka attempts to impress Shinji with her beauty and piloting skills. When they had to sleep in the same house, she sent him a very conflicting message, implying that she’d like to grow closer to him. This message was lost on Shinji, but Asuka sought out his comfort anyway. She offered Shinji a kiss under the pretense of “practice” despite her intense dislike of him. They lived together, they trained together and they fought together. The bond that Asuka and Shinji share is marred by Asuka’s lack of respect for Shinji due to his inability to fight for himself and Shinji’s inability to understand Asuka at all. Despite that, the bond that they share is the strongest out of the other bonds present, for they have grown so close that they can’t ever ignore the prickling of the other’s spines.
   Because of that, Shinji may have wished for Asuka to remain, as she is the only one he may be able to come to understand, being as close as they are. Asuka may have chosen to stay for the same reason, desperately seeking out the presence of someone else in her life and knowing only Shinji to have grown that close. The women in Shinji’s life might be missing or their representations converted into symbols of the world post-Impact, but Asuka remains as herself because she, like Shinji, is a person who wants so badly to connect to someone else.

[Leafsnail]

A brief summary would be ok.