In that scene where Yuki was sleeping, and Tahei says something like "The one that pics the shortest straw dissapears for a while". I mean, I realize they were really horny for Yuki, but I don't get what he means with that sentence.
shareIf you draw the short straw, you leave while the guy who drew the long straw gets to get freaky with miss princess.
shareSubtlety is really lost on many audiences today.
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wait, I'm sorry.... is anybody NOT being sarcastic here? or is nobody being sarcastic and you're all serious?
shareNobody is being sarcastic. It is extremely obvious that they are "playing" for the "right" to rape the princess. It is only subtle in the sense that they don't explain to each other the blatantly obvious for the purpose of exposition.
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maybe I'm especailly smart compared to this person, but I got that comment immediately, and I'm pretty sure the rest of my classmates did too. who ever one, got freaky deaky
shareI didn't find the drawing of the straws to be subtle at all. I was actually quite surprised... no, shocked would be a better word, to find that these two peasants were drawing straws and the loser would go away for some time while the winner would rape the princess. I realize the two peasants were comedic foils, and the film is even told through their point of view, but they really were two scumbags. No sense of loyalty, no sense of honor, willing to rape a sleeping woman.... these guys were just scumbags.
shareYeah, but if the General discovered that they wanted to do this he would've seriously killed them because he didn't want them laying a hand on Princess Yuki. They were becoming a bit too desperate at that time.
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I thought it was pretty obvious.
and the peasant girl who the Princess rescued also didn't have any trouble understanding their intentions... and holding a big rock over her head for what hours (?) to protect her princess was such a touching display of loyalty.
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