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Tenshi-no-Hikari — Fandom vs. Reality
Published: 2011-02-25 16:52:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 329071; Favourites: 17568; Downloads: 3564
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Description
I made this comic to show a strange observation (and because this theme is very personal to me...and I guess to some of you, too).Characters like the ones mentioned in this comic are extremely loved in the fandom while real people like that aren't. They often even have their lives made hell by fellow humans. Because, as sad as it is, society hates the ones who are different. They are picked on and become social outcasts.
I think, especially L is a typical example, since he shows signs of the asperger's syndrome. (Those who know what that is will know what I’m talking about…)
I guess, this is because in fiction, people get to know the characters from the inside and learn to appreciate them 'as a whole' but in real life, people often see only the outer side and label them as 'strange', 'freaks', etc.
Btw, the guys in panel 5 are supposed to be (young) Snape's and L's 'real life equivalents'.
And the shallow and hypocritical behaviour of the bitches girls in this comic is meant to represent the 'offending side' (I know it’s still very harmless here compared to what often happens IRL.)
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The funny thing is, that this also applies to girls.
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True this, I agree with it. Also, they weren't fugly ;_; They were so adorable...
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this is true, but i don't judge on appearance i judge people on their actions towards me and others or at least i try to
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This is so true! I'm a little weird and people treat me like crap, while fictional character get all the love. I like nerds!
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*Dies laughing*
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(might wana read the description of the art before reading this) Being different is nohing to be ashamed of but something to be proud of and cherish, because you are different, you are a completely new kind,like nothing else in the world, I personally like to take those " weird, freak, or oddball" as a compiment tho most of them will never accept it, you have to be a " proud outcast".....
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I have the same philosophy, now I don't that different XD
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somehow snapelooking nerd looks a bit like sauske from naruto
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In a way I know how that feels.
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is that the expression from soul eater when people meet excalibur in the last panel or is that just me? XD
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I'd be like the blonde, except about Ichigo Kurosaki. (:
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I feel hitten x''DDDDD (( just its with Undy
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Not only is this comic stupid, but you acknowledge the reason it is stupid in your description. The reason why so many people like L and Snape is that they know the characters' backstories. Like the comic says: the girls think L and Snape are cool. Not handsome. Not sexy. Cool. This is because of what they know about the characters that cannot be seen at a glance. It is knowledge of what they are like that fuels the attraction. Thus it is completely understandable that simply looking at boys who happen to be superficially (that is, physically) similar to L and Snape would not cause the girls to feel deep waves of attraction.
Indeed, it's your own comic that is suggesting the girls should be making judgments about the boys on the basis of looks by implying that the girls are somehow mistaken for not assuming that the boys are exactly like L and Snape merely because they look similar. Yet isn't this the opposite of what you should be arguing? Most people don't like L or Snape at first either, only coming to like them as they come to understand them. As such, you haven't shown the girls' behavior to be strange at all. Nor should we be surprised by it. When all you know of a person is how they look, then of course you have nothing else on which to base your opinion of them.
No one looks across a dance hall and says "wow, look at the deep thoughts on that one!" We act on the information we have, which means taking looks as a preliminary indicator of whether or not we might want to get with someone until further information leads us to either confirm or revise that judgment. It's how any rational human being works, and in fact there is no other option. This is just the setup for a pity party where everyone can pretend that they are secretly just like these awesome characters, which then turns into an excuse not to better themselves or go out and show other people that there is more to them than what's on the surface.
So yeah, way to add to the problem.
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Wow, delete your account please cause you obviously don't know how to use it. Thx
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dude you need to chill out. It's just a comic.
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Bro, settle down. It's just a comic. No need to get so angry and deep. Also, the girls did think that Snape and L were sexy and handsome. Didn't you see them fantasizing in the second panel?
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this is so true...and it is very sad how people act....
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oh, You are so right..!
people can be really Idiot by judging others without knowing them and just because they're different...
I am really Proud of being different, I feel pity for that persons who are just like all the others, I mean, we all are only but there's people who wants 'be like ----'...
I love being Different and I admire Different and Special people...
while I was reading this, when I saw 5th panel I thought 'oh! O.O They are Real...Real!! >///< I would like to meet them! Nyoh! I Love Them!!' and I really though that Girls would think that they could make their Dreams come true, but I was really surprised by their reaction...I think They're such superficial girls and They don't really Love L-Sama or Snape-Sama...
well n.n Good Work, as usual..! jiji the Girls' appearance reminded me of Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki as Teenagers! n///n
♥puri~!♥
This Otaku FanGirl says MATANA!
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you just know that somewhee this is realy happening
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reality L…. I'd most likely be friends with him =A=''' and reality Snape too…. *cries in corner* I'm an awkward person with awkward friends! OAQ
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I personally try my best not to judge anyone just by looking at them.
It's hard since everyone I know does it. My looks get judged all the time.
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whoa hey there if i saw someone who looked like L i would marry him. RIGHT THEN AND THERE
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Then you would have loved me a few years ago xP
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Same ^^ (first I would give him cake though.... just to be sure)
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Yes. With lots of straberryies.
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If only L was real eh?
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*fantasies* Erm..... maybe it's better that he's not (the poor boy would suffocate in a sea of women!)
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Ah yes. I forgot everyone loves him.
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That would be terrifing for L
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