So much irrationality! I don't understand how anyone could be that "dedicated" to a form of entertainment. Sure, anime can be more than mere entertainment (which is why I enjoy it!) but I know not to take it too seriously.
If only there were a way to channel all that dedicated energy into social movements. Then again, maybe not: they seem like they'd be the ones on the front lines of a riot smashing windows - for justice!!!
Edit: ignore the missing comment if ones shows up; Firefox was acting weeaboo on me, haha.
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Then there's a lot that come from the Hetalia and Homestuck fandoms too. Don't get me wrong, I love Hetalia and Homestuck both, but I have seen some of the worse sides of the fandom that makes me feel slightly ashamed, and feel for the rest of the rational people within those fandoms. It gives the anime and web comic a bad name.
I'm pretty sure though, for every 1 psycho, there's probably 10 good people who wouldn't put up with shit like this, haha!
Good God, some people take their anime/manga/all-things-Japanese a tad too seriously, haha.
I'm willing to argue some finer points on certain anime, but I'm not willing to insult/harass/slap people because they happen to hold HERETICAL view other than mine. Oh man, I wish I never run into anyone who takes it a bit too far.
Pleiades Rising
Otaku Idol (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/21/12 | Reply
@corn:
So much irrationality! I don't understand how anyone could be that "dedicated" to a form of entertainment. Sure, anime can be more than mere entertainment (which is why I enjoy it!) but I know not to take it too seriously.
If only there were a way to channel all that dedicated energy into social movements. Then again, maybe not: they seem like they'd be the ones on the front lines of a riot smashing windows - for justice!!!
Edit: ignore the missing comment if ones shows up; Firefox was acting weeaboo on me, haha.
Last edited by Pleiades Rising at 10:16:39 PM EDT on May 21, 2012.
corn
I'm a veggie, dawg (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/21/12 | Reply
@Pleiades Rising:
I agree whole-heartedly. I'm glad I haven't ran into some of horrors described there, and trust me, when you scroll through some of these stories, some of them are god-awful. Particularly this one: http://weebstories.tumblr.com/post/17825670278/high-school-weeaboo-perverted-paparazzo
and this one: http://weebstories.tumblr.com/post/18553694131/anon-crazy-train-weeb
Then there's a lot that come from the Hetalia and Homestuck fandoms too. Don't get me wrong, I love Hetalia and Homestuck both, but I have seen some of the worse sides of the fandom that makes me feel slightly ashamed, and feel for the rest of the rational people within those fandoms. It gives the anime and web comic a bad name.
I'm pretty sure though, for every 1 psycho, there's probably 10 good people who wouldn't put up with shit like this, haha!
Pleiades Rising
Otaku Idol (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/20/12 | Reply
Good God, some people take their anime/manga/all-things-Japanese a tad too seriously, haha.
I'm willing to argue some finer points on certain anime, but I'm not willing to insult/harass/slap people because they happen to hold HERETICAL view other than mine. Oh man, I wish I never run into anyone who takes it a bit too far.