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dbrandon
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53. "RE: Addendum: Condition Red"
In response to message #52
 
   >Circumstances had primed me almost perfectly to appreciate
>K-On!'s sweetness and non-hostility-to-its-cast when I
>discovered it... others' mileage may vary. I won't be so absurd as to
>claim that it is of great consequence, but it is very charming and it
>so happens that I really, really needed that at exactly that moment.

I started watching it on Hulu a week or two back as a direct result of their appearance in this setting, and IMO-- the show manages to hit an 11 on the "adorableness" scale, while still managing to keep the "saccharine" quotient near zero. Which is to say that the cast manages to be adorable etc. because they are written as legitimately adorable characters, as opposed to sketchy frames upon which are hung artificial quirks and catchphrases designed specifically to appeal to a target demographic's hindbrain. Not that they don't have quirks (I don't think I've noticed any catchphrases yet), natch, but it doesn't seem to rely as overwhelmingly on them the way a worse/lazier show would.

Anyway, even if it's not One's Thing, is still a pretty impressive feat.

--dbrandon


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 Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time [View All] Gryphonadmin Aug-24-14 TOP
   RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Verbena Aug-24-14 1
      RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time BobSchroeck Aug-24-14 7
          RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Aug-26-14 26
   RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Matrix Dragon Aug-24-14 2
   RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time BZArchermoderator Aug-24-14 3
      RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time The Traitor Aug-24-14 4
          RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Aug-24-14 6
              RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time The Traitor Aug-25-14 16
                  RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Pasha Aug-25-14 18
                      RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Aug-25-14 19
      RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Aug-24-14 5
          RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time SpottedKitty Aug-25-14 9
              RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Aug-25-14 10
   out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes Gryphonadmin Aug-24-14 8
      RE: out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes Gryphonadmin Aug-26-14 27
      RE: out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes cyberpagan Aug-28-14 33
          RE: out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes Gryphonadmin Aug-28-14 34
              RE: out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes laudre Aug-28-14 35
                  RE: out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes BobSchroeck Aug-28-14 36
                      RE: out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes JeanneHedge Sep-21-14 40
                  RE: out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes Gryphonadmin Aug-28-14 37
          RE: out-of-band (uh, as it were) notes JeanneHedge Sep-21-14 39
   Addendum: Photographic Evidence Gryphonadmin Aug-25-14 11
      RE: Addendum: Photographic Evidence Gryphonadmin Aug-26-14 28
   Addendum: Correspondence Chain Gryphonadmin Aug-25-14 12
      RE: Addendum: Correspondence Chain Meridias Aug-25-14 13
          RE: Addendum: Correspondence Chain Gryphonadmin Aug-25-14 14
      RE: Addendum: Correspondence Chain Droken Aug-25-14 22
          RE: Addendum: Correspondence Chain Gryphonadmin Aug-25-14 23
   RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Meagen Aug-25-14 15
      RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Verbena Aug-25-14 17
          RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Nova Floresca Aug-25-14 20
          RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Aug-25-14 21
              RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time SpottedKitty Aug-25-14 24
                  RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Aug-25-14 25
   Addendum: Further Persons of Interest Gryphonadmin Aug-27-14 29
   RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time laudre Aug-27-14 30
      RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Aug-27-14 31
          RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time laudre Aug-28-14 32
   Addendum: Condition Red Gryphonadmin Sep-21-14 38
      RE: Addendum: Condition Red BobSchroeck Sep-22-14 41
          RE: Addendum: Condition Red Gryphonadmin Sep-22-14 42
              RE: Addendum: Condition Red Verbena Sep-22-14 43
                  RE: Addendum: Condition Red Arashi Sep-22-14 44
                      RE: Addendum: Condition Red Gryphonadmin Sep-22-14 45
                          RE: Addendum: Condition Red Croaker Sep-22-14 46
                              RE: Addendum: Condition Red Gryphonadmin Sep-22-14 47
                                  RE: Addendum: Condition Red Croaker Sep-24-14 49
                                      RE: Addendum: Condition Red Gryphonadmin Sep-24-14 50
                                          RE: Addendum: Condition Red Croaker Sep-24-14 51
                                              RE: Addendum: Condition Red Gryphonadmin Sep-24-14 52
                                             RE: Addendum: Condition Red dbrandon Sep-26-14 53
                                              RE: Addendum: Condition Red Croaker Sep-26-14 54
                  RE: Addendum: Condition Red Gryphonadmin Sep-22-14 48
   RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Gryphonadmin Sep-28-14 55
      RE: Art of Noise intel report: Hōkago Tea Time Peter Eng Sep-29-14 56


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