Literary Tastes
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:47 pm
I just did a quick search for the phrase I'm using to title this thread, and since nothing came up, I'll assume that it hasn't been its own discussion yet.
Basically, I want to know what you think the different characters prefer to read. As is standard for such threads, I'll start. I’m going to go in chronological order of appearance and stick only to characters who have had sprites and dialogue in Act 1.
Hisao: A little bit of everything as far as fiction's concerned. He couldn't have been too choosy in the hospital's library, so he's probably got pretty wide tastes. I'd probably peg him as a bit of a Vonnegut fan as well. No good reason why, it just feels like it works for me.
Mutou: This one's obvious: scientific journals, old research notes, biographies, etc. He probably has stuff like Pop-Sci for "light" reading. Bet he'd also dig on Asimov and Michael Chrichton as they both applied the latest in scientific research (at the time) to their plots.
Misha: I'd guess she prefers teen magazines and comic books/manga.
Shizune: Aside from her textbooks, I'd say that Shicchan probably goes for stuff that'll keep her updated on important current events. Then, for fun she probably has stuff that's a lot less mature since she seems to have a more innocent side, too (as suggested by her playfulness at her competitions and her love for "eggplant cat" in her Act 1 ending).
Nurse: Medical journals, porn (because of his creepy smile), and really trashy flavor-of-the-month bestsellers. I bet he’s got a lot of Dean Koontz and John Grisham stuff. The choice in novels came from my own personal experience with a wide variety of medical workers including nurses and doctors. The easy readability makes that sort of thing perfect to be able to pick up and put down whenever there’s call for them, and is completely disposable, as well.
Kenji: He seems like the type to read and absorb every single fringe pamphlet and/or ‘Zine that someone gives him a copy of, thus feeding into his paranoid and warped worldview. He probably used to have a porn stash as well until he noticed that he gets tired after using that as well… making him even more paranoid of the “feminine conspiracy”.
Lilly: From her private education background, I'd guess she'd read braille translations of the classics. Everything from Dumas to Dickens, Bronte to Hemmingway, Twain to Dostoyevsky, etc.
Yuuko: She's a tough nut to crack. She's the librarian, but from her absolute terror at Lilly's suggestion that she show Hisao around the Library suggests that she might not read much at all, actually. Either that or she's just got HUGE issues with anxiety (or both).
Hanako: Well, she's explicitly shown to be reading "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, so it would seem that she's a fan of adventure books... or philosophical social commentary... or genre fiction. It's pretty hard to pin down if you only think about that particular book, actually. I read it back in middle school and I remember being bored by the overt social commentary of the first few chapters, but once Pi set off on his journey, I was completely hooked. I'd actually say, sort of like Hisao, that she likes a little bit of anything. I'd suspect that she tends toward highly escapist stuff like adventure/fantasy/sci-fi/romance novels since she's got that whole shrinking violet thing going on. It'd give her a much-needed release.
Emi: Fitness magazines. Probably other magazines as well, mostly pop culture stuff, but she'd definitely focus on fitness-related stuff.
Rin: I'm going to guess that she reads mostly philosophy books and comics. "Calvin and Hobbes" would probably be her favorite thing under this theory since it's a perfect balance of both.
Akira: Business journals for work at least, but beyond that, I haven't a clue. Haven't seen enough of her to distinguish her tastes beyond a purely superficial guess based on her clothing and informal speech patterns.
Nomiya: Porn and arts journals. Mostly porn. I'm just latching onto the current fanon surrounding the dude and running with it.
(Just a side note: I nearly made a thread about which philosophers the girls would relate to the most, but thought better of it since it would surely just devolve into a flame war over either a) the political and moral implications of various philosophies, or b) Nietzsche in general. So... I did a quick search and threw this together instead. Not that you needed to know that, I just felt like mentioning it.)
Basically, I want to know what you think the different characters prefer to read. As is standard for such threads, I'll start. I’m going to go in chronological order of appearance and stick only to characters who have had sprites and dialogue in Act 1.
Hisao: A little bit of everything as far as fiction's concerned. He couldn't have been too choosy in the hospital's library, so he's probably got pretty wide tastes. I'd probably peg him as a bit of a Vonnegut fan as well. No good reason why, it just feels like it works for me.
Mutou: This one's obvious: scientific journals, old research notes, biographies, etc. He probably has stuff like Pop-Sci for "light" reading. Bet he'd also dig on Asimov and Michael Chrichton as they both applied the latest in scientific research (at the time) to their plots.
Misha: I'd guess she prefers teen magazines and comic books/manga.
Shizune: Aside from her textbooks, I'd say that Shicchan probably goes for stuff that'll keep her updated on important current events. Then, for fun she probably has stuff that's a lot less mature since she seems to have a more innocent side, too (as suggested by her playfulness at her competitions and her love for "eggplant cat" in her Act 1 ending).
Nurse: Medical journals, porn (because of his creepy smile), and really trashy flavor-of-the-month bestsellers. I bet he’s got a lot of Dean Koontz and John Grisham stuff. The choice in novels came from my own personal experience with a wide variety of medical workers including nurses and doctors. The easy readability makes that sort of thing perfect to be able to pick up and put down whenever there’s call for them, and is completely disposable, as well.
Kenji: He seems like the type to read and absorb every single fringe pamphlet and/or ‘Zine that someone gives him a copy of, thus feeding into his paranoid and warped worldview. He probably used to have a porn stash as well until he noticed that he gets tired after using that as well… making him even more paranoid of the “feminine conspiracy”.
Lilly: From her private education background, I'd guess she'd read braille translations of the classics. Everything from Dumas to Dickens, Bronte to Hemmingway, Twain to Dostoyevsky, etc.
Yuuko: She's a tough nut to crack. She's the librarian, but from her absolute terror at Lilly's suggestion that she show Hisao around the Library suggests that she might not read much at all, actually. Either that or she's just got HUGE issues with anxiety (or both).
Hanako: Well, she's explicitly shown to be reading "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, so it would seem that she's a fan of adventure books... or philosophical social commentary... or genre fiction. It's pretty hard to pin down if you only think about that particular book, actually. I read it back in middle school and I remember being bored by the overt social commentary of the first few chapters, but once Pi set off on his journey, I was completely hooked. I'd actually say, sort of like Hisao, that she likes a little bit of anything. I'd suspect that she tends toward highly escapist stuff like adventure/fantasy/sci-fi/romance novels since she's got that whole shrinking violet thing going on. It'd give her a much-needed release.
Emi: Fitness magazines. Probably other magazines as well, mostly pop culture stuff, but she'd definitely focus on fitness-related stuff.
Rin: I'm going to guess that she reads mostly philosophy books and comics. "Calvin and Hobbes" would probably be her favorite thing under this theory since it's a perfect balance of both.
Akira: Business journals for work at least, but beyond that, I haven't a clue. Haven't seen enough of her to distinguish her tastes beyond a purely superficial guess based on her clothing and informal speech patterns.
Nomiya: Porn and arts journals. Mostly porn. I'm just latching onto the current fanon surrounding the dude and running with it.
(Just a side note: I nearly made a thread about which philosophers the girls would relate to the most, but thought better of it since it would surely just devolve into a flame war over either a) the political and moral implications of various philosophies, or b) Nietzsche in general. So... I did a quick search and threw this together instead. Not that you needed to know that, I just felt like mentioning it.)
Nothing I've read of Randian objectivism had anything to do with determinism. She just seemed like a real go-getter and would stop at nothing to get what she wants.