71.218.238.247
Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 7th 2010 at 10:14:17 PM
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Is it just me, or does this trope seem it could also be related to Standard Female Grab Area? Maybe its opposite-sex counterpart?
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AnonymousMcCartneyfan
Since: Jan, 2001
Jun 7th 2010 at 10:26:11 PM
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Yes, it could be an opposite-sex counterpart — seeing as grabbing a guy's guy-specific parts is either painful or not fit for mixed viewerships...
In theory, one could grab a gal by the sleeve. But in practice, it'll be a scarf, a purse, or the arm itself.
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71.218.238.247
Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 8th 2010 at 5:38:38 PM
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Standard Female Grab Area is her upper arm, and grabbing it subdues her. Caught the Heart on His Sleeve is when a male character is immobilized by grabbing his arm. They're different in that SFGA uses physical force while CTHOHS uses emotion, but they both involve grabbing an arm to stop someone. That's why I'm thinking they could be related tropes.
So most of the "romantic" examples, for anime at least, don't seem to be romantic, at least not at that moment. It might play into the Ship Tease the couple has in general, but that doesn't make the context for this specific instance romantic. I don't know if the people posting those examples are trying to push a ship, or afraid of denying the ship, or what, but the division between romantic and non-romantic examples doesn't seem to be working.
There are also a lot of zero context examples.
Edited by lavendermintrose I made this Idolized Julius Kingsley icon back when Akito first came out, and now that the crossover is actually happening, I don't care.