That's about it, so no reason to act all douchey because I dared to criticize your favourite series.
I wouldn't mind you criticizing anything but that is if it is backed up by a valid evidence not mere emotions! Story and character development is what made Claymore survive for ages and you are saying it is boring?? Plz..
I was referring to the usual fanboys/fangirls, usually coming from one of the shounen sections on MH and praising/voting for a character of the series they fanboy over, no matter who they are up against
LOL? Proven in? I voted and nominated many characters and stuff from many animes other than Claymore.. And that applies to all who nominated in this award and other ones.. Just look at Utsune.. He nominated many others from different animes and still call us biased only to Claymore..
I probably phrased it badly, but I think such behaviour comes either from very little knowledge (like reading 5 manga, usually big three + 2 other shounen and only having watched their anime adaptions, at best having watched some extremely popular stuff like FMA, SAO or Shingeki) or because of said blind fanboyism.
Oh plz.. Jumping to conclusions based on??? I have spent more than 140 days on anime based on animelist and 40 days on manga reading.. And called like never watched anything except for the three?? Well I dropped the three ages ago because they are too stupid and feel like losing IQ with every episode! So at least get a good background before you argue about something that does not exist.. And BTW this applies to all Claymore fans in this forum and other forums.. We just find Claymore one of the best because of the two things I keep mentioning.
There's a difference between liking a character but knowing he/she just is inferior in writing/portrayal than another
Exactly.. Clare over all got a better personality and character development than any of the other nominations.. You feel her grow in you not just yeah this girl is op and that's it..
n. If Claymore did not have a subforum, Clare would not have earned enough nominations to reach the first voting round, let alone a tiebreaker.
We have seen the votes and only 5 were from the Claymore forum.. So 4 voted from outside! Even if you take Teresa same thing I bet.. So plz don't say a block movement because even in the best days we barely have a number.. All these posts are made by 20 members and that's it! But what makes it alive is that we really debate not just crap talk like other subforums.
Winners should reflect overall popularity among the wider community of anime fans.
This is bias by itself and you thinking like that makes me a little rethink even continuing this debate.. I thought this was about the best female lead not the most popular female lead! So voting should be one what you felt demonstrated this category at best not what you feel was too cool to exist!
but the presence of a large number of Claymore fans able to act as a voting block.
I didn't know that 5 fans could be that scary.. You live to learn..
the Claymore anime was neither popular nor well-done.
If only the last couple of episodes followed the manga it would've been.. Even the change wasn't that bad, it just us the fans disliked it compared to the manga but for those who never read it, never said a thing like that and truly enjoyed it.. So your argument is based on your opinion not a statistical data like what I have seen from me being active in Claymore community since 2006.
We're lucky the Naruto and Bleach fans haven't figured they can vote in a group, or don't care.
I thought voting was opened for everyone.. Not to mention we only voted on two things from the very start of all these awards.. So just two things we did made you never forget it.. I wonder if we did more what would happen?? Don't worry we wont because we know the potentials of Claymore and we don't cross it.
Even if Clare wins, I fully expect Mikasa to crush her in the finals.
You do realize that by the start of the final round Claymore forum will be active again?? #JustSaying
Shingeki really was the most popular (not my favorite) anime this year.
True and same here.. But still what it lacked was one thing, and that is making an attachment between the reader and the character to feel that there is a connection between these two.. But this would make the mystery element around the characters decrease and that is one of the main reasons people liked it.. So for regular fans, it would be bad ,but for true fans it would be perfect.
Between anime fans and Shingeki fans, Claymore fans would not stand a chance.
LOL you never know.. FT fans were crushed in badass voting.. Even FMA's too.. So yeah we do have a chance and like I said half of the votes were from outside the Claymore community, meaning we barely did it.
And last thing:
I bet it wouldn't matter if it's Clare or Miria or Priscilla or whatever
LOL you never know the Claymore community at all.. We do care who is nominated, and if she was unworthy, we wouldn't vote.. Like Miria as the best lead would be a meh for me although she is my 4th fav character and Clare is not even a fav of mine.. But doesn't mean that Clare doesn't deserve it while Miria IMO don't.. Anything with Priscilla would fail too because she was never that polished in any direction.. She was developed in almost all paths without focusing on one, so many others would deserve the win over her on any nomination she is in.