corwin_black
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- Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:06:37 +0000
So I was discussing post-apocalyptic settings for fiction with a friend of mine the other day, and he said...
"I totally wish all of this would blow up, so that I could shoot people and take their valuables!"
While this was hilarious at the time, I found it surprisingly accurate as to the mentality of many people my age. O! if we could just life the lives of our favorite characters, life would be just grand!
right? I mean, how many times have you read someone say "I wish my life was just like Trigun/Naruto/Hellsing/Inuyasha!!!1rockzorlol domokun domokun "
And how many people have you observed complaining that "real girlz arnt liek anime girlzz crying crying !!" or saying "OMG INU IS MINE YU CANNT HAVE HIM scream stressed !!!"
Frankly... I think that living an anime, any anime, or any part of the aforementioned fantasies, would suck. I think it would suck <i>hardcore</i>. And I am going to tell you <i>why</i> I think that.
<b>Let me start with the horny boys who like anime girls</b>
Frankly... eventually you'll reach an age where you WILL find real girls much, much more attractive than cartoon girls. There are TRULY obvious reasons that cartoons are inferior to flesh and blood, such as:
1. You can touch, smell, and taste real girls. And believe me, smell is a thing I would miss a lot if I lost it.
2. Real girls can respond to these things, and even carry on <i> actual conversations!</I>
3. Real girls actually look <b>better</b> than anime girls. What? Don't believe me? You haven't met some of the girls I know. By the time you're 20, you will have met girls that are hotter than a person can draw.
4. Anthropomorphic parts would actually just get in the way. While cat ears and tails are cute on a drawing, they would be problems on a person.
and then there's a much less obvious reason that's too often ignored...
*Real girls have <i>flaws</i>.*
Perfect people are annoying and boring. Fortunately, most real people are pretty ******** up. You'll learn to love this.
<b> All of that above applies to fangirls, too. With a little bit extra...</b>
I'm not going to say anything to flame you here. Just that if you're obsessed with a character, you had better grow out of it someday. I can't think of a single boy who finds saying "I want to have Inuyasha's babie!" attractive.
Obsession will hinder your social life. It isn't cool. And these characters will never, ever have feelings for you... or any feelings. because they're cartoons.
Unless loneliness or dementia is your thing. Then by all means...
<b> And, before I get off of my soapbox, for the people who would like their life to actually be anime...</b>
Please, look around you. Since you have internet, you probably have a reasonably good life. Maybe it isn't great, and maybe it's less exciting than you'd like... but do you really want bullets shot at you?
These stories are entertaining because they contain exactly the things that we *don't* want in our life. Constant danger. Extreme self-sacrifice. Pain. Emotional distress. Talking animals (I, for one, would have a big problem if my cat started talking to me and I wasn't doing psychedelic drugs). Planetary explosions. LIFE CHANGING PROBLEMS.
Sure, there's glory in some of them too, and excitement, but remember that the exciting music would probably NOT be playing when you're living it.
Also, someone pointed something insightful out to me recently. If you were "in an anime", you would NOT make the same choices that the protagonists had, and you'd probably die.
Or your life would be boring still.
BECAUSE of the choices you'd make. So unless you'd say that you completely wanted to leave yourself behind and *be* the anime character, in every way, then your fantasy would not be as you'd expect it to.
And if you did leave yourself behind totally, you'd cease to exist. You wouldn't remember yourself, and no vestige of you would remain. You'd be, for all intents and purposes, dead.
It's entertaining to WATCH. Perhaps to DREAM. But not to live.
<b>So.</b>
Anyone want to tell me why anime is, in fact better than real life? I welcome the attempt.
Just don't post in on how Inu is your baby's daddy. That's creepy.
"I totally wish all of this would blow up, so that I could shoot people and take their valuables!"
While this was hilarious at the time, I found it surprisingly accurate as to the mentality of many people my age. O! if we could just life the lives of our favorite characters, life would be just grand!
right? I mean, how many times have you read someone say "I wish my life was just like Trigun/Naruto/Hellsing/Inuyasha!!!1rockzorlol domokun domokun "
And how many people have you observed complaining that "real girlz arnt liek anime girlzz crying crying !!" or saying "OMG INU IS MINE YU CANNT HAVE HIM scream stressed !!!"
Frankly... I think that living an anime, any anime, or any part of the aforementioned fantasies, would suck. I think it would suck <i>hardcore</i>. And I am going to tell you <i>why</i> I think that.
<b>Let me start with the horny boys who like anime girls</b>
Frankly... eventually you'll reach an age where you WILL find real girls much, much more attractive than cartoon girls. There are TRULY obvious reasons that cartoons are inferior to flesh and blood, such as:
1. You can touch, smell, and taste real girls. And believe me, smell is a thing I would miss a lot if I lost it.
2. Real girls can respond to these things, and even carry on <i> actual conversations!</I>
3. Real girls actually look <b>better</b> than anime girls. What? Don't believe me? You haven't met some of the girls I know. By the time you're 20, you will have met girls that are hotter than a person can draw.
4. Anthropomorphic parts would actually just get in the way. While cat ears and tails are cute on a drawing, they would be problems on a person.
and then there's a much less obvious reason that's too often ignored...
*Real girls have <i>flaws</i>.*
Perfect people are annoying and boring. Fortunately, most real people are pretty ******** up. You'll learn to love this.
<b> All of that above applies to fangirls, too. With a little bit extra...</b>
I'm not going to say anything to flame you here. Just that if you're obsessed with a character, you had better grow out of it someday. I can't think of a single boy who finds saying "I want to have Inuyasha's babie!" attractive.
Obsession will hinder your social life. It isn't cool. And these characters will never, ever have feelings for you... or any feelings. because they're cartoons.
Unless loneliness or dementia is your thing. Then by all means...
<b> And, before I get off of my soapbox, for the people who would like their life to actually be anime...</b>
Please, look around you. Since you have internet, you probably have a reasonably good life. Maybe it isn't great, and maybe it's less exciting than you'd like... but do you really want bullets shot at you?
These stories are entertaining because they contain exactly the things that we *don't* want in our life. Constant danger. Extreme self-sacrifice. Pain. Emotional distress. Talking animals (I, for one, would have a big problem if my cat started talking to me and I wasn't doing psychedelic drugs). Planetary explosions. LIFE CHANGING PROBLEMS.
Sure, there's glory in some of them too, and excitement, but remember that the exciting music would probably NOT be playing when you're living it.
Also, someone pointed something insightful out to me recently. If you were "in an anime", you would NOT make the same choices that the protagonists had, and you'd probably die.
Or your life would be boring still.
BECAUSE of the choices you'd make. So unless you'd say that you completely wanted to leave yourself behind and *be* the anime character, in every way, then your fantasy would not be as you'd expect it to.
And if you did leave yourself behind totally, you'd cease to exist. You wouldn't remember yourself, and no vestige of you would remain. You'd be, for all intents and purposes, dead.
It's entertaining to WATCH. Perhaps to DREAM. But not to live.
<b>So.</b>
Anyone want to tell me why anime is, in fact better than real life? I welcome the attempt.
Just don't post in on how Inu is your baby's daddy. That's creepy.
