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helterskelter Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#51: Jan 26th 2011 at 12:29:56 PM

Yeah, dogs don't have those kind of tails. Neither do foxes. There's no confusing them. Not to mention the name of the trope is Cat Girl. Sometimes I think Image Pickin' tries way too hard to see flaws.

edited 26th Jan '11 12:30:05 PM by helterskelter

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#52: Jan 26th 2011 at 12:51:09 PM

With that tail I can't see how you could possibly get dog. It just seems very strange to me.

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CBanana Tall, Dark and Bishoujo Since: Jan, 2001
#53: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:29:01 PM

Provided it's not a fandom trope, does it actually have to be an actual canonical example? The picture we have on A-Cup Angst for instance isn't a canonical example either.

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#54: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:31:11 PM

^I'd say it's better for it to be canonical than not. And with something as commonly depicted as Cat Girl, we can find plenty of canonical examples.

edited 26th Jan '11 2:31:46 PM by INUH

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#55: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:34:14 PM

[up][up]That's a little different because the line between Touhou Fanon and Canon is blurred to the point that basically Fanon = Canon unless ZUN specifically contradicts it. That and it's entirely possible that she is an example; with ZUN's art style it's kinda hard to tell. And on that page it was more a matter of that being the best picture by a long shot anyway. Image clarity trumps being an actual example, but if all other things are equal, we should use the picture that's an example.

Anyway, I don't think there's anything truly wrong with the current image, although there's no reason to use a picture that isn't an example when there are tons of pictures out there that are. So far, I like the Lethe picture the best.

edited 26th Jan '11 2:35:40 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#56: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:34:48 PM

[up][up][up] What, she's not canonically flat or she's not canonically depressed about it?

If the latter, then it's still better than converting a non-Cat Girl into a Cat Girl.

edited 26th Jan '11 2:37:59 PM by ThePope

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#57: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:36:47 PM

[up]We don't know if she's canonically flat or not because ZUN is incapable of drawing the characters in non-loli style. It's technically fanon, but it's near universally accepted, and in the Touhou fandom Fanon carries a lot of weight.

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#58: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:38:48 PM

Touhou's canon/fanon distinction is just too trippy for that to be grounds for disqualifying an image.

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#59: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:39:55 PM

At any rate, let's get back on topic.

If there are acceptable canon Cat Girls then we don't need to stick with a fanon version.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#60: Jan 26th 2011 at 3:16:54 PM

[up]My point exactly.

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#61: Jan 27th 2011 at 8:23:43 AM

Lethe has a pretty large lead. Want to run with her?

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#63: Jan 27th 2011 at 10:15:23 AM

Duly noted.

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