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flemmings ([personal profile] flemmings) wrote2005-08-09 09:19 pm
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Names for things that need names

And because I'm a suck for puns, all hail bifauxnen. Wikipedia doesn't mention Oniisama e at all, which is a puzzling oversight.

[identity profile] marici.livejournal.com 2005-08-09 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
So fix it. That's the point of a wiki, right?

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2005-08-09 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea. I only see wikipedia mentioned when it sparks religious wars over whose version of Da Troot shall prevail, or when someone warns that wikipedia can't be cited as an objective unbiased source. Personally I'd rather have gotten the word from an individual's website, precisely because there's all those caveats about wikipedia as source.

[identity profile] marici.livejournal.com 2005-08-09 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
On re-reading, I said that in a way that was much too harsh. Thank you for taking my words charitably. Wikipedia is edited and created by the users -- I'd say it's informative and unbiased on 99% of all topics, which is as much as you can say for any source, really. Clicking the edit button at the top of the screen takes you to a page where you can edit content.

[identity profile] marici.livejournal.com 2005-08-09 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Is this better now? I added the show, and Kaoru is the bifauxnen in question, right?

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2005-08-09 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaoru fits all the criteria, but I'd argue that Saint-Just does too, in that she looks like a real bishounen: minus the rough male language, but then many bishounen are well-spoken and use polite Japanese at the same level as St Juste's. (Once again, as when reviewing that Belne manga (http://www.aestheticism.com/visitors/manga/silver_bow/index.htm), I find myself unsure as to how Saint-Just is actually spelled. I use the spelling I used there which I think is the one that showed up most often on webpages.)

bifauxnen......

[identity profile] joasakura.livejournal.com 2005-08-10 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
that's.. an awesome word.

All hail the portmanteau!