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mmymoon ([personal profile] mmymoon) wrote2009-08-12 05:07 pm

I am no match for the FORCES OF GEEKITUDE

TRANSFORMERS FRIENDS!

I totally relayed some of our conversation below to Three -- no leading statements at all, only that I was saying how it seems everything cool comes from Japan, like flying squirrels (this all came about because of today's Cute Overload picture of the momonga) and robots and Transformers.

Completely unbidden, he begins lecturing me that, "Well, Japan just makes the toys. If they hadn't invented the stuff in America, we probably would have no story and no toys here."


....

XD

I AM SUITABLY CHASTISED, GUYS.

I'm picturing that he's going to get to go to Katsucon and everyone will start chanting, "One of us, one of us, one of us..."
twotone: A toy figure in a penguin costume is dismayed. It stands next to a mug with a penguin illustration and a broken handle. (Default)

[personal profile] twotone 2009-08-12 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Good! Good that he knows that! And I don't know if this is a Thing That Matters To Him, but most of the Transformers being made today are designed by guys who played with Transformers (and other toys), just like him.

If he continues to walk down the path of Otaku, he will inevitably encounter follow otaku who are convinced that Transformers are Japanese and Hasbro is just "making knockoffs". [Edited to note: That bit was a direct quote. OMG THAT GUY MADE ME SO MAD I am still twitching with rage] These people are wrong and stupid, and should be scorned.

EDIT AGAIN: Sorry, I know it sounds like I'm harping on this. It's weighing on my mind a lot, like a mosquito bite that won't stop itching. Until I can dislodge it from my brain, it's going to keep haunting me.

yay mixed metaphors.
Edited 2009-08-12 21:31 (UTC)

[identity profile] tikistitch.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you tell him they actually make toys in China? So, they can add the lead paint and toxic chemicals and stuff?