Has anybody ever seen your love for TMNT as a shortcoming?

[snake]

Don't worry Jeph, TMNT wouldn't have been your only "shortcoming" .

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Are you for serious right now?

Hey, it's basic human behavior. You should see my family at Thanksgiving dinner. Everybody's a neurotic mess with 0 chill.

[Prowler]

...OK is this the weekly day of "let's air dirty laundry on the forums"?

[PApagreg]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I think my addictive personality causes me more grief than whatever it is I happen to be fixated on at any given time. Be it TMNT, or anything else.

My girlfriend will often joke that she's the fifth most important person in my life, after the turtles. To which I remind her that she forgot Master Splinter and she's 6th

What about April o neal

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I get that. I could shift gears, it's two months TMNT, then shift gears again, delve two months into DC Comics, shift again, and focus on Highlander. It's not our fault, though, really.

It's a bit like a year ago, my girl reached up to get a box out of the closet and... oops, a book falls on her head. I start laughing, and she's crying. Is it my fault that I'm laughing? I don't know, I don't think so.

Yes, I go through phases like that as well. 2-3 months of anime/manga mostly, then 2-3 months of playing games only, etc.

...I don't get that second paragraph about your gf tho.

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Relationships are hell. You're better off.

Is it safe for me to say "sorry to hear about that"?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Jephael

It's all about context. Was she crying because of some hormonal imbalance brought on by PMS, or maybe she had a headache and the book aggravated the pain more? Maybe right after the book fell she started running a ridiculous scenario in her mind, like "What if that happened to the baby?" Either way, it probably was a humorous moment but yea it's very easy to wind up in the doghouse if you make too much light of your significant other's feelings.

And with that I realize, we've gone waaay off topic here.

Please, enlighten us, oh wise voice of experience with the opposite sex.

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Are you for serious right now?

Originally Posted by snake

Don't worry Jeph, TMNT wouldn't have been your only "shortcoming" .

Are you mocking his height? Don't make fun of dwarves, Snake, or they won't share the riches of Erebor with you.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Prowler

...OK is this the weekly day of "let's air dirty laundry on the forums"?

Wasn't really my intention when I started this thread, but given the fact that it's just after the holidays I'm willing to bet people are still reeling from some personal real life interactions that might have been very pleasant. Not everybody is good at holding in their problems and in most cases people tend to take their anger with one person out on somebody else.

[Prowler]

To be fair, as anecdotal as this is, it seems to me that lots of chicks "love" the Turtles. Even if casually. I mean I'm not saying that going to a club with a FW t shirt on will get you p*ssy automatically, but TMNT seems like one of those franchises that women don't find too male centric, even though there's not exactly many female characters in it. Maybe it's the lack of sexual objectification of women and such in it as compared to other franchises.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Prowler

To be fair, as anecdotal as this is, it seems to me that lots of chicks "love" the Turtles. Even if casually. I mean I'm not saying that going to a club with a FW t shirt on will get you p*ssy automatically, but TMNT seems like one of those franchises that women don't find too male centric, even though there's not exactly many female characters in it. Maybe it's the lack of sexual objectification of women and such in it as compared to other franchises.

Yea, but then what's the deal with some of the weirdo fans on Deviant Art who go around sexually objectifying the Turtles themselves?

[plastroncafe]

One way to not get judged by your love of something is to in turn not judge others for their love of something.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

One way to not get judged by your love of something is to in turn not judge others for their love of something.

Some stuff out there I just can't see the appeal of, though. But no, I wouldn't call someone who likes that stuff "stupid" or anything.

Guess we're all judgemental to some degree.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Prowler

To be fair, as anecdotal as this is, it seems to me that lots of chicks "love" the Turtles. Even if casually. I mean I'm not saying that going to a club with a FW t shirt on will get you p*ssy automatically, but TMNT seems like one of those franchises that women don't find too male centric, even though there's not exactly many female characters in it. Maybe it's the lack of sexual objectification of women and such in it as compared to other franchises.

I think it also helps that the Turtles aren't quite human. While they may be guys, they're still kind of outside the typical 'boys club' vibe that a show with a largely male cast may inevitably have. Not to mention a lovable, and at times relatable (no matter a viewer's own gender), group of brothers aren't hard to love.

Originally Posted by Jephael

If I had a girlfriend I'd probably put the TMNT on the back-burner indefinitely!!!

Eh, why though. A person shouldn't stop enjoying what they're into or lose who they are for someone else. I wouldn't want a guy doing that, if I became his sole focus it would not take long to start feeling clingy and needing some space...

And as for the reverse - love me, love tolerate my Turtles.


Regarding the actual thread topic... There's that other old thread from a while back that I'd posted about my own issues long ago. I haven't really had much issue these days though after coming back to it and my mom got over her prejudice she had against it when I was in my teens. I think that they've been around as long as they have now, adults fans being plenty, and just the fact that "geek" fan stuff is kind of 'in' these days, I think it does help. Adulthood no longer has to be boring and void of this fun stuff. And anyone who can't deal needs to get with the times.

Really I otherwise don't talk about it much. I only have one coworker who knows I'm into them, but then it turned out he's got his own interest in superhero stuff and likes the Turtles well enough, so that's cool.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

One way to not get judged by your love of something is to in turn not judge others for their love of something.

Then why do we allow people on here to bash each other for liking certain versions of the Ninja Turtles? Hell, even the Michael Bay films, as crazy as they were, still gave people some enjoyment, yet "certain haters" (not naming names) in the movie section constantly go about picking on the ones who actually enjoy those movies.

[Prowler]

Yeah, Jeph, ofc you should give your gf attention but your life shouldnt' just revovle around her. Just like you wouldn't like if all she did was hang out with you all the tiem and nothing else. Think abotu that for asecond.

Past a certain age, people don't care much about peoples' tastes in tv, games, etc, I think. This isn't HS anymore where many girls will consider you childish for liking DBZ and many guys will consider you an uncool nerd for still watching cartoons.

[Candy Kappa]

Women and their PMS, and free-roaming uterus causing mood swings and not playing correctly with their toys, amirite?

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Jephael

Then why do we allow people on here to bash each other for liking certain versions of the Ninja Turtles? Hell, even the Michael Bay films, as crazy as they were, still gave people some enjoyment, yet "certain haters" (not naming names) in the movie section constantly go about picking on the ones who actually enjoy those movies.

Because sometimes people are jerks, and we can't control the behavior of jerks.
We can, however, control our own behavior.

So when you make a thread bemoaning how people made you feel like a weirdo because you like to play with dolls one way, the wrong thing to do is use that thread to bemoan how weird someone else is for how they play with their own dolls.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Women and their PMS, and free-roaming uterus causing mood swings and not playing correctly with their toys, amirite?

If a woman finds my a ocuple of my classmates hot but not me then she's a ho. A HOE!

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

A person shouldn't stop enjoying what they're into or lose who they are for someone else. I wouldn't want a guy doing that, if I became his sole focus it would not take long to start feeling clingy and needing some space...

And as for the reverse - love me, tolerate my Turtles.

Originally Posted by Prowler

Yeah, Jeph, ofc you should give your gf attention but your life shouldnt' just revovle around her. Just like you wouldn't like if all she did was hang out with you all the tiem and nothing else. Think abotu that for asecond.

Past a certain age, people don't care much about peoples' tastes in tv, games, etc, I think. This isn't HS anymore where many girls will consider you childish for liking DBZ and many guys will consider you an uncool nerd for still watching cartoons.

Good points indeed, though I guess it's just my way of saying I'd like to make real life relationships (not just with significant others) more of a priority.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Yeah, Jeph, ofc you should give your gf attention but your life shouldnt' just revovle around her. Just like you wouldn't like if all she did was hang out with you all the tiem and nothing else. Think abotu that for asecond.

Past a certain age, people don't care much about peoples' tastes in tv, games, etc, I think. This isn't HS anymore where many girls will consider you childish for liking DBZ and many guys will consider you an uncool nerd for still watching cartoons.

I recall watching cartoons in secret from the age of circa 12 and later.

[IndigoErth]

It has long given me a small laugh when I've occasionally seen kids around middle school/junior high school age asking online if it's okay to still like cartoons. That age group gets so concerned with what is or isn't a "grown up" thing to be interested in, with cartoons being a big one.

And then you get older and realize it's harmless to enjoy these things and that there would be no cartoons if there were no adults who like them and choose to have a career making them.