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* In ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', right in the beginning, Miaka has a ''huge'' [[What an Idiot!]] moment. After travelling into Ancient China and meeting Tamahome, they both witness a procession for the Emperor. Tamahome comments jokingly that in exchange for his help, he wants her to get him a jewel from the Emperor's crown.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' That she'd either 1. realize he's [["Just Joking" Justification|joking]], or 2. try to think up a plan to help him steal it.<br />'''Instead:''' She runs up to the Emperor's palanquin and yells at him to give her a jewel from his crown, grabbing onto his palanquin and ripping and breaking part of it. This has the expected result of the guards seizing her and attempting to execute her. This is especially ridiculous when one considers that, even ''without'' [[Culture Blind|ignorance of culture differences]], this action would pretty much be the equivalent of running up to the President of her country while he's in his car, tugging on the car door and breaking part of it, while screaming at him to give her 5000 bucks. And this is all played as if Miaka is an "average junior high school student" who has a reasonable education, instead of someone with a high amount of brain damage. |
* In ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', right in the beginning, Miaka has a ''huge'' [[What an Idiot!]] moment. After travelling into Ancient China and meeting Tamahome, they both witness a procession for the Emperor. Tamahome comments jokingly that in exchange for his help, he wants her to get him a jewel from the Emperor's crown.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' That she'd either 1. realize he's [["Just Joking" Justification|joking]], or 2. try to think up a plan to help him steal it.<br />'''Instead:''' She runs up to the Emperor's palanquin and yells at him to give her a jewel from his crown, grabbing onto his palanquin and ripping and breaking part of it. This has the expected result of the guards seizing her and attempting to execute her. This is especially ridiculous when one considers that, even ''without'' [[Culture Blind|ignorance of culture differences]], this action would pretty much be the equivalent of running up to the President of her country while he's in his car, tugging on the car door and breaking part of it, while screaming at him to give her 5000 bucks. And this is all played as if Miaka is an "average junior high school student" who has a reasonable education, instead of someone with a high amount of brain damage. |
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** Also in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Yui and Miaka both spend some time unconscious, with their last memories being men trying to attack them.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' That both, despite their understandable distress, would take a moment to assess their physical situation. For example, the fact that they were still wearing exactly what they were wearing when they passed out, including intact underwear. That they had no bruises, no cuts, no bumps, and maybe going so far as to check and find that their hymens were still perfectly intact. Or if they were too shy to check themselves, Miaka at least was a highly honored priestess in a civilized nation, and could have had a midwife from the Emperor's harem check her out and assure her of her virginity.<br />'''Instead:''' Both immediately assume that they were brutally raped, and now have nothing but revenge and misery and deep, deep shame left to them. Presumably they both know by this point about the mechanics of sex, including ejaculation... or they could just ask why on Earth their rapists bothered to put clean panties back on them when they were done. |
** Also in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Yui and Miaka both spend some time unconscious, with their last memories being men trying to attack them.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' That both, despite their understandable distress, would take a moment to assess their physical situation. For example, the fact that they were still wearing exactly what they were wearing when they passed out, including intact underwear. That they had no bruises, no cuts, no bumps, and maybe going so far as to check and find that their hymens were still perfectly intact. Or if they were too shy to check themselves, Miaka at least was a highly honored priestess in a civilized nation, and could have had a midwife from the Emperor's harem check her out and assure her of her virginity.<br />'''Instead:''' Both immediately assume that they were brutally raped, and now have nothing but revenge and misery and deep, deep shame left to them. Presumably they both know by this point about the mechanics of sex, including ejaculation... or they could just ask why on Earth their rapists bothered to put clean panties back on them when they were done. |
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** A bunch of people ate mystical fruit that gave them superpowers but made them unable to swim.<br />'''You'd Expect:''' Them to immediately take a sturdy merchant ship to the nearest continent and live out their lives in a low-moisture area. This is, in fact, exactly what Crocodile does initially, being an [[Evil Genius]].<br />'''Instead:''' Most Devil Fruit users aren't as savvy as Crocodile; they keep living on a string of islands, and half of them work as ''sailors''. |
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*** Eating a devil fruit has the potential to give the eater ''insane'' powers, which can be useful when everyone's searching for a [[MacGuffin|legendary treasure]]. Historically, many [[Truth in Television|real life]] pirates also can't swim. |
*** Eating a devil fruit has the potential to give the eater ''insane'' powers, which can be useful when everyone's searching for a [[MacGuffin|legendary treasure]]. Historically, many [[Truth in Television|real life]] pirates also can't swim. |
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*** It's also worth noting that except for the Red Line, the One Piece world seems to consist mostly of islands. |
*** It's also worth noting that except for the Red Line, the One Piece world seems to consist mostly of islands. |
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