Talk:Rin (InuYasha)

message: Rin (Inuyasha) should be merged into Rin (InuYasha). -User:Dark Magician
:Nice title/message differtiation :p Yes, I agree! Has it yet? Tyciol 09:04, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rin (Inuyasha) should be merged into Rin (InuYasha)

message: I've just added a bunch of sections to make the previously cluttered information in the article more easily navigatable. I'd like to thank 69.166.48.213 for helping clean up after me, as well as adding some great info. Tyciol 09:04, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Err, actually I did read over one change you made to the Rin/Jakken relations here. I didn't have much info to go on (as I don't currently contribute much original, not considering myself a good enough fan of IY), but I notice that the addition replaced without including again some info from the original statement. It also seems to have information about Jaken that is not relevant to his relationship with Rin, it goes a bit too much into it. I'd like to consider changing this, and may in the future after further discussion hopefully with other Rin fans on this wiki Tyciol 09:09, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem, Tyciol.  I altered the section about Jaken and Rin to remove the commentary about Jaken; it was really just a bit of 'he's one to talk' tossed in for perspective.  As far as the original statement, I've never understood why people describe Jaken as lecturing Rin on the 'evils of InuYasha' or the 'greatness of Sesshomaru'.  I've watched the series ever since it began its run on adultswim, and I've never seen Jaken talk to Rin about InuYasha, and his 'lectures' about Sesshomaru amount to a few ranted exclamations before someone interrupts him.  So I feel that it misrepresents Jaken's relationship with Rin to leave that information in the article.  Or is this something from the manga that isn't demonstrated very well in the anime run?69.166.48.213 01:26, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, to be honest I'm basing it more on memory too, and while I have memory of him lecturing on Sesshomaru being better than Inu Yasha, I'm not sure if it was actually Rin he was doing it to. It's probably more pro-sess than anti-inu. Tyciol 05:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rin Resectioning

message: Should it me mentioned about the time that like when the sounga possesed inuyasha that sesshumaru was running to save her and jaken? --"P-Machine" 04:42, 27 November 
2006 (UTC)
:No. That doesn't really have anything to do with Rin's characters, but you could put it in the Sesshomaru article instead. --Sango4ever 23:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hey 

message: Please be mindful as you edit of the English Wikipedia's guidelines on writing about fiction, and what Wikipedia is not. User:scbomber (only bombs in netrek) 18:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  in-universe perspective 

message: Her name is never written in kanji only hiragana, so it doesn't have a meaning. It isn't necessary to write every possible meaning of the word rin. Rin only means cold if its written  凛 --Slotedpig 23:31, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: Please discuss the relevance of that information while the protection stands. Thanks. -- ReyBrujo 03:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Rin being barefoot is irrelevant to the character. Rin is not a barefooter and doesn't need a link to the barefoot page. Being barefoot in Sengoku Jidai is not a defining characteristic. 
--Slotedpig 04:46, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree, being a barefooter requires the conscious choice to not wear shoes in a social context where shoes are mandated, or at least customary. Even the Wikipedia definition states that barefooters tend to live in developed countries. A minor in this particular setting cannot possibly be a barefooter, unless the show were to have that philosophy as an explicit or implicit theme. I don't have any objections to simply stating that she is always barefoot, but I don't think it's something particularly notable for any anime character. 
--Lindentree 07:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Any fictional character must have distinguishing characteristics so that one can recognize him/her. The fact that one of them for Rin is being barefoot is LESS important than the small pony-tail in her hair. It is not worthy of a link to another article. Nor should there be any words of emphasis like "perpetually", "continually" or "always". Nor should you say that she hates footware or any such thing. There is no evidence for any such claims. The same applies to Kagura (InuYasha) and InuYasha (character) himself. Clearly, the author does not mean to promote barefootedness since she never mentions it explicitly and the main character, Kagome Higurashi, wears shoes. JRSpriggs 11:20, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barefoot 

message: Shouldn't a manga picture be used for Rin? Not only does it portray the original Rin, but with the anime series being over, it's not necessary or really relevant anymore. 74.70.7.38 22:38, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Reasons for keeping this picture: (1) a color picture is more attractive and informative than a black and white picture; (2) most people know the series from the anime rather than the manga; and (3) any change in a picture runs the risk of ending up with no picture at all because the gnomes who delete pictures will wipe out the one which is no longer being used and may also decide they do not like the new one. JRSpriggs 04:47, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Those are purely superficial reasons. Yes, having an anime picture doesn't necessarily hurt the article, but it no longer portrays the most accurate Rin. Wikipedia is all about accuracy. 74.70.7.38 17:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Concerning Rin's age, and that repeated citation:
Wikipedia does NOT support fan speculation. And that is EXACTLY what it is. That's a fan profile, same as any other. I can make a fan profile over the internet as well, saying she's 30. And that's just as reliable. We've never been given a specific age for Rin, and it's fair to say that she's no younger than 7 and no older than 10, but appears about 8 or maybe 9. Being "better than my guess" isn't true at all... 74.70.7.38 17:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with anon 74.70.7.38.  I don't see how 7 is a better guess than 8 for Rin's age.  That particular fan site keeps being linked to for various Inuyasha characters' ages, what makes it any more official than other fan sites?  I thought it was fine when this page had 7-8 as the estimated age for Rin, since her exact age hasn't been given. 134.84.5.84 03:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rin's Age