Do You Want A Yandere Girlfriend?

[Big Brain City]

That statement, like a broken pencil, has no point. I believe the statement you are adressing is in fact extrememly relevant to the ongoing discussion.

I don't think so. See, we're discussing a fiction archetype, not men who have issues dating.

Fair point.
Looking back through the thread, it seems as if Tahar brought up possible reasons behind the attraction to yandere and a bunch of people created tangents of varying relevance.
I know I should reject the yandere, but she's too cute for my limbic system to resist! At least I'm not some dumb rat whose cortex is entirely superfluous to its' survival.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I don't think so. See, we're discussing a fiction archetype, not men who have issues dating.

Cloud is theft, fictional characters are oppression, Sephiroth 2016.

Who's a good FF yandere?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I don't think so. See, we're discussing a fiction archetype, not men who have issues dating.

Fair point.
Looking back through the thread, it seems as if Tahar brought up possible reasons behind the attraction to yandere and a bunch of people created tangents of varying relevance.
I know I should reject the yandere, but she's too cute for my limbic system to resist! At least I'm not some dumb rat whose cortex is entirely superfluous to its' survival.

They can be cute, but I doubt anyone, however lacking in dating skills, would like to have a yandere in their lives. I think the issue here is that the characters are endearing, at times (I am a fan of Ryuuguu Rena- from Higurashi-, but I prefer her when she's not on her yandere form), but there's no real connection with that and reality.

[Ximea]

That statement, like a broken pencil, has no point. I believe the statement you are adressing is in fact extrememly relevant to the ongoing discussion.

I don't think so. See, we're discussing a fiction archetype, not men who have issues dating.

We're also discussing whether some people would or wouldn't want to date these fictional archetypes. Seems to me that "some dudes are really insecure and find the idea of having someone totally romantically devoted to them pretty appealing" is a viable hypothesis.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I don't think so. See, we're discussing a fiction archetype, not men who have issues dating.

We're also discussing whether some people would or wouldn't want to date these fictional archetypes. Seems to me that "some dudes are really insecure and find the idea of having someone totally romantically devoted to them pretty appealing" is a viable hypothesis.

You do know that that would be akin to saying some men like their partners mentally ill, right?

[United Marxist Nations]

Anime is weird.

Where the hell are their noses?

Presumably in their own business.

[Saiwania]

They can be cute, but I doubt anyone, however lacking in dating skills, would like to have a yandere in their lives.

I'd take one, but only if I can get children from them. The bright side is that if she dies during childbirth, it is something I wouldn't need to feel sad about.
I need some heir(s) to take over the world when I die.

[Hiblaaargh]

We're also discussing whether some people would or wouldn't want to date these fictional archetypes. Seems to me that "some dudes are really insecure and find the idea of having someone totally romantically devoted to them pretty appealing" is a viable hypothesis.

You do know that that would be akin to saying some men like their partners mentally ill, right?

Perhaps the overwhelming "affection" is what they're really after, and if the giver is really a nutjob with a thing for dicing up people they don't like they won't care until she turns their mother into ground beef or worse.

[Hiblaaargh]

Anime is weird.

Where the hell are their noses?

Presumably in their own business.

Oh Shinji...

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

You do know that that would be akin to saying some men like their partners mentally ill, right?

Perhaps the overwhelming "affection" is what they're really after, and if the giver is really a nutjob with a thing for dicing up people they don't like they won't care until she turns their mother into ground beef or worse.

The yandere's devotion does turn on the object of devotion. And the turning is not pretty but rather brutal and destructive.

[United Marxist Nations]

Presumably in their own business.

Oh Shinji...

I have way too many reaction pictures of him, and I have been waiting for an opportunity to use them.

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Nah, anime isn't for me.

[Scanzian Freehold]

Fair point.
Looking back through the thread, it seems as if Tahar brought up possible reasons behind the attraction to yandere and a bunch of people created tangents of varying relevance.
I know I should reject the yandere, but she's too cute for my limbic system to resist! At least I'm not some dumb rat whose cortex is entirely superfluous to its' survival.

They can be cute, but I doubt anyone, however lacking in dating skills, would like to have a yandere in their lives. I think the issue here is that the characters are endearing, at times (I am a fan of Ryuuguu Rena- from Higurashi-, but I prefer her when she's not on her yandere form), but there's no real connection with that and reality.

I don't know about "no connection..." Rena always makes me feel weirdly nostalgic, but that could just be my Stockholm Syndrome talking.

Also, there is a sort of backhanded sexual liberation in the idea of female Yandere characters, given the (unfortunately very valid) stereotype of the 'male stalker' or 'abusive male psychopath' are a culturally accepted norm, for better or worse. I am not championing this mindset, or even agreeing with it; it's ugly on every level. Just stating that that is an additional way to look at the Yandere phenom, and its popularity across gender lines.

[Imperializt Russia]

That statement, like a broken pencil, has no point. I believe the statement you are adressing is in fact extrememly relevant to the ongoing discussion.

I don't think so. See, we're discussing a fiction archetype, not men who have issues dating.

We're discussing why that archetype exists.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

They can be cute, but I doubt anyone, however lacking in dating skills, would like to have a yandere in their lives. I think the issue here is that the characters are endearing, at times (I am a fan of Ryuuguu Rena- from Higurashi-, but I prefer her when she's not on her yandere form), but there's no real connection with that and reality.

I don't know about "no connection..." Rena always makes me feel weirdly nostalgic, but that could just be my Stockholm Syndrome talking.

Also, there is a sort of backhanded sexual liberation in the idea of female Yandere characters, given the (unfortunately very valid) stereotype of the 'male stalker' or 'abusive male psychopath' are a culturally accepted norm, for better or worse. I am not championing this mindset, or even agreeing with it; it's ugly on every level. Just stating that that is an additional way to look at the Yandere phenom, and its popularity across gender lines.

The ''male stalker'' stereotype is accepted? I think the ''female stalker'' stereotype is far more accepted than the male one.

Not trying to sound pedantic but now I am curious on what you based that assertion.

[The Great state of Atlantis]

No, just no.

The voice of experience: apart from the manga/anime associations on this thread I've had a real-life GF with Borderline syndrome about a decade ago. She was truly insane and constantly either craved attention or threatened to dump me. Which I subsequently did. She kept stalking me for a month. Another one was genuinely paranoid and suffered from delusions of ex-boyfriends stalking her, so by the time we hooked up she was already damaged goods. Every time I merely texted her or called her up she thought I was stalking her. It got so bad that she accused me of waiting for her in the alleyway of her parents' house when in reality I was on my way to my job. So I don't know what kind of person you are that anyone even contemplates the idea of picking up or hooking up with a girl which is indeed either emotionally damaged or sincerely crazy in one way or another. DON'T DO IT!!!!! It may start off nicely but you will end up in a heap of trouble as these girls can and will string you along and you will end up heartbroken. A sincere warning to all those out there who think of such a relationship, perhaps in a romantic "Knight in Shining Armour" kind of light, in the sence that you will be there to comfort them and provide (emotional) stability. Trust me, unless you are a trained professional and even when you are, you shouldn't even contemplate it as it wouldn't be ethical to begin with but it would also not be a relationship based on equality. Trust me.

[Scanzian Freehold]

They can be cute, but I doubt anyone, however lacking in dating skills, would like to have a yandere in their lives.

I'd take one, but only if I can get children from them. The bright side is that if she dies during childbirth, it is something I wouldn't need to feel sad about.
I need some heir(s) to take over the world when I die.

(...I now feel like a complete tit for defending your right to speak in the "Wake Up Liberals" thread. Please become enlightened immediately.)

[UIJ]

Why is this a topic of discussion? I personally wouldn't mind really, but hey, I won't have anything to really worry about anyways.

[Scanzian Freehold]

I don't know about "no connection..." Rena always makes me feel weirdly nostalgic, but that could just be my Stockholm Syndrome talking.

Also, there is a sort of backhanded sexual liberation in the idea of female Yandere characters, given the (unfortunately very valid) stereotype of the 'male stalker' or 'abusive male psychopath' are a culturally accepted norm, for better or worse. I am not championing this mindset, or even agreeing with it; it's ugly on every level. Just stating that that is an additional way to look at the Yandere phenom, and its popularity across gender lines.

The ''male stalker'' stereotype is accepted? I think the ''female stalker'' stereotype is far more accepted than the male one.

Not trying to sound pedantic but now I am curious on what you based that assertion.

I don't mean "Accepted," as in it is considered acceptable behavior, I mean it as taken for granted in society, and boring for storytelling purposes because it's too "Dog Bites Man."

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

The ''male stalker'' stereotype is accepted? I think the ''female stalker'' stereotype is far more accepted than the male one.

Not trying to sound pedantic but now I am curious on what you based that assertion.

I don't mean "Accepted," as in it is considered acceptable behavior, I mean it as taken for granted in society, and boring for storytelling purposes because it's too "Dog Bites Man."

Honestly, yandere has become such a thing in moe anime that there's nothing interesting about them anymore. Just, expected. Although I find the Yandere Sim funny as heck, in anime, it's kind of boring now.

[Galloism]

I don't mean "Accepted," as in it is considered acceptable behavior, I mean it as taken for granted in society, and boring for storytelling purposes because it's too "Dog Bites Man."

Honestly, yandere has become such a thing in moe anime that there's nothing interesting about them anymore. Just, expected. Although I find the Yandere Sim funny as heck, in anime, it's kind of boring now.

I honestly can't wait for him to get further in building it. He's barely started, and it is already tragically hilarious.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Honestly, yandere has become such a thing in moe anime that there's nothing interesting about them anymore. Just, expected. Although I find the Yandere Sim funny as heck, in anime, it's kind of boring now.

I honestly can't wait for him to get further in building it. He's barely started, and it is already tragically hilarious.

Those Christmas videos were quite funny, I must say.

[Ximea]

We're also discussing whether some people would or wouldn't want to date these fictional archetypes. Seems to me that "some dudes are really insecure and find the idea of having someone totally romantically devoted to them pretty appealing" is a viable hypothesis.

You do know that that would be akin to saying some men like their partners mentally ill, right?

Some men do, believe it or not. I'm not saying it's right - only that it's true.

[Scanzian Freehold]

I don't mean "Accepted," as in it is considered acceptable behavior, I mean it as taken for granted in society, and boring for storytelling purposes because it's too "Dog Bites Man."

Honestly, yandere has become such a thing in moe anime that there's nothing interesting about them anymore. Just, expected. Although I find the Yandere Sim funny as heck, in anime, it's kind of boring now.

Wait- are we Yandere Hipsters?
"Yandere characters were more fun before they went mainstream, man. Don't you agree, Ken-Kun?"

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

You do know that that would be akin to saying some men like their partners mentally ill, right?

Some men do, believe it or not. I'm not saying it's right - only that it's true.

They should have themselves checked, really. A woman who is like the anime yandere is bad shit.