Animanga

So this is a list of the animes and mangas that I enjoy, and recommend. For some I've seen both anime and manga (if both exist) so I'm putting my preferred format. Some of these series I'm still in the middle of, others I've finished.

Just wanted to do a thing and get them all in one place, really.

Manga

• Sailor Moon

• Yu-Gi-Oh
• Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist
• Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z

• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Attack on Titan

• Akira
• Death: At Death's Door

Anime

• Seven Deadly Sins
• Death Note
• One Punch Man
• Soul Eater

• Fullmetal Alchemist
• Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 

•  Puella Magi Madoka Magica/ Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion
• My Bride is a Mermaid!
• Marvel Disk Wars

I'm currently in the middle of  Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist, Akira, Attack on Titan, Cardcaptor Sakura, My Bride is a Mermaid! and Marvel Disk Wars (more or less). The Animes are hard to find (off netflix, and subbed, not dubbed). Soon I'll start Black Butler, or Ouran Host Club, or one of the other series queued on my netflix.

...I was gone for THREE DAYS internet

So, I was on vacation this last weekend, with no internet access. And in that time, The Babadook became a LGBT icon.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the top-hatted entity, The Babadook is the titular character from an Australian horror film; he moves into the home of a grieving wife and mother, tormenting her and her son. He also may be a physical embodiment of depression. Or not exist at all.

It's a really good, intense horror movie, with pretty much no gay over or undertones that I recall.

So why all of this?

For some reason, Netflix shuffled this into their LGBT category, and the internet ran with it. So, if you see a goth-looking specter at your local pride rally, that's why.

I'm not really sure how to feel about this. I've never seen a horror icon embraced so wholeheartedly by the LGBT community. Not even when Freddy Krueger was in the gayest horror movie of all time.

Seriously, there's a scene in a leather bar,  a guy is whipped to death, Freddy is trying to get into a young man's body, and the lead actress looks like Meryl Streep.

I'm not offended or displeased as a horror fan. My only worry is when people actually go watch the film. They are in for one hell of a shock. The Babadook is REALLY hardcore. It is not a loving, supportive entity. But if you want him for that, hey, more power too you.

Plus, I'd love to go to a rally and get a picture with some cosplayer...