Kuudere: Difference between revisions

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One of the newer neologisms, a kuudere rounds out the ''dere'' family in a rather basic way. Allegorically speaking, a kuudere is like snow: it may be [[Snow Means Death|cold and harsh]] at first glance but it is also what keeps autumn's seeds warm and safe until spring.

Similarly, while she may appear [[Emotionless Girl|apathetic]] and [[The Spock|awfully pragmatic]], it is but a [[Ice Queen|frosty]] [[Beneath the Mask|mask that protects her tender, delicate feelings deep underneath the facade]], [[Defrosting Ice Queen|waiting for someone to melt the snow]] and allow them to spring. A subtrope of the [[Tsundere]], the kuudere avoids combative and immature demeanor;

rather, she employs more subtle tactics:

# '''The Silent Treatment''': Sometimes this can be used as a blunt and open form of punishment. "I'm not speaking to you anymore." More commonly it's as simple as the recognition that silence is a conversational weapon. Responding to some foolishness with dead silence, perhaps with a [[Fascinating Eyebrow|slightly raised eyebrow]], can be far more effective a putdown than some harsh insult. Occasionally this will be combined with tactic 2.

Obviously these variations aren't always used pure, and often are mixed together in different characters. Again using Raven as an example, while she fits the first variation best, she certainly has elements of the other two.