LONG POST AHEAD! Kinda bias if you think of it The Flandre is portrayed as sweet and innocent (even though they are portrayed to BULLY other yukkuri!), while the Reimu is portrayed as annoying and got punished for being annoying.Please note that it's not impossible to behavior train something in a humane way, as even the most vicious dogs can be turned into the sweetest dogs you've ever seen (trust me, this happened to my dog). So this must mean, that if said yukkuri is a common type (that isn't remilia or Flandre) they must be annoying and be killed in the most brutal way possible. Plus, abyuse stories almost always have a reimu, marisa or alice as the victim, and they are most likely shithead, thus people think all reimus\marisas\alices are evil and stupid and must be punished and is portrayed as a good thing. However, yukkuri like Flandre,are portrayed as angels (like I said are known to bully others!) and any using them is bad and immoral. Unforante Implications indeed (though flans can and have been portrayed as evil hunters which is also kinda biased, even though it is part of their nature to eat other yukkuri. Bullying is a different matter, in which not all flans do it, like how not all commons are shithead. The problem is portraying either side as innocent creatures who would never do anything wrong, which is impossible for any person, animal, or this case, yukkuri) TL;DR: Abyuse is kinda bias
Extra Notes: *I made some grammar\spelling mistakes, please forgive *My theory is Rare shitheads are just as common as common shitheads *The post was not meant to say what I think abyuse storie writers think, it was meant to show the how bias portraying ANY yukkuri as all pure or all shithead *It was not an attack on (titan) the creators of abyuse pictures. It was showing the messed up world of the yukkuri world *I like flan yukkuri is, do not kill me please
A lot of the recent stuff have almost been exclusively abyuse oriented. The bulk of it revolves around common types since they often mishandle their situations with humans and their personality flaws make them punching bags.
Predators are easy to slot into a mary sue role since they don't have any real reason to bother humans. A lot of authors and artists like to conveniently ignore the fact that predator types would be a nuisance if left unchecked. No owner wants to find their gold badged pet wrinkled and drained at the park. Check out some of the older works with predator types, those were more than happy to give them plenty of character flaws that made them undesirable to both yukkuri and humans.
The mass bulk of posts as of late have been exclusively abyuse. Makes me curious as to the fact that all those who like to portray yukkuri as decent/nice pets have moved on to other pastures.
Hitosura said: The mass bulk of posts as of late have been exclusively abyuse. Makes me curious as to the fact that all those who like to portray yukkuri as decent/nice pets have moved on to other pastures.
1) The majority of non-abuse pictures are likely staying on Pixiv/2ch/[add Japanese venue here]. 2) Most tastes on OYP trend towards abyuse. 3) Most people aren't receptive towards what they might perceive as "anti-abyuse" (i.e. something like "Strive for Easiness").
Also, the sheer abundance of Marisa and Reimu-types combined with their glaring character flaws and unrelenting propensity for bringing the worst out of humans makes them prime targets for all sorts of shenanigans. The rarer the yukkuri, the less likely it'll be abyused or, at the very least, behave in a shitheaded manner.
boom said: The rarer the yukkuri, the less likely it'll be abyused or, at the very least, behave in a shitheaded manner.
Agreed. And it all comes back to intelligence. I think uncommon and rare types have higher raw intellect. Because of that, they either know their place or make themslves useful. Aya, Yuuka, Sanae and Reisen are examples of well-behaved and co-operative yukkuri. And they are smart enough to know having lots of babies really isn't easy, like Reimu and Marisa think. I also think they'll cull shithead kids, where common types spoil their shitheads.
Patchouli is smarter than Alice, Reimu, Youmu, Marisa and Chen. But they're far too common and sickly to be that interesting or useful to humans. Cirno are uncommon, but probably on intellectual par with common types. I think the rare ones are equally intelligent as uncommon types, just less trusting of humans. And I agree Remi and Flan are Mary Sues.
My personal headcanon is that common types tend to be shitheads because they're common types. They're common because of their main survival instinct - pump out kids fast enough and some of them will make it. The other types are only "rare" because they avoid the dangers of overpopulation (and humans).
It's the same for urban yukkuri versus wild yukkuri. In the city there's lots of food and lots of danger, so they guzzle food and breed as soon as they can. In the wild food is hard to find, and most of the dangers can be avoided with careful planning. A group of smart, co-operating yukkuri have a much better chance of survival than a bunch of idiots fighting each other over breadcrumbs.
As for pet yukkuri, they have all the food they need and no danger at all. It's small wonder the opportunistic "breed like flies" instinct kicks in.
Out-of-universe, I don't get the abyuse/anti-abuse arguments at all. I like them both! I've got notes on stories involving everything from Flandre abuse to a smart, nicehead "gutter trash" Reimu taking in an accessoryless Kogasa.
mad hatter said: Cirno are ... probably on intellectual par with common types.
boom said: 1) The majority of non-abuse pictures are likely staying on Pixiv/2ch/[add Japanese venue here]. 2) Most tastes on OYP trend towards abyuse. 3) Most people aren't receptive towards what they might perceive as "anti-abyuse" (i.e. something like "Strive for Easiness").
I'm not really anti-abyuse. You like what you like, and they're imaginary creatures.
It just gets a bit gratuitous. It'd be nice to see a story that doesn't end with the yukkuri dying some horrible death to an anon that usually kills them because of one little thing.
I know that's how the yuverse works, but it's nice to see the out-of-the-ordinary from time-to-time.
BaronMind said: My personal headcanon is that common types tend to be shitheads because they're common types. They're common because of their main survival instinct - pump out kids fast enough and some of them will make it. The other types are only "rare" because they avoid the dangers of overpopulation (and humans).
It's the same for urban yukkuri versus wild yukkuri. In the city there's lots of food and lots of danger, so they guzzle food and breed as soon as they can. In the wild food is hard to find, and most of the dangers can be avoided with careful planning. A group of smart, co-operating yukkuri have a much better chance of survival than a bunch of idiots fighting each other over breadcrumbs.
As for pet yukkuri, they have all the food they need and no danger at all. It's small wonder the opportunistic "breed like flies" instinct kicks in.
Out-of-universe, I don't get the abyuse/anti-abuse arguments at all. I like them both! I've got notes on stories involving everything from Flandre abuse to a smart, nicehead "gutter trash" Reimu taking in an accessoryless Kogasa.
Yu... yunyaaaa!
So just cuz its a Reimu, that means its a shithead? Cirno is a Racist.