Trapped Under Glass
Holy doodle! Trust Japanese fans to create a new and deeply weird fan art meme: fictional characters trapped behind cell phone screens.
Source: Crunchyroll.com.
Despite this being almost exclusively about anime characters that I know nothing about, I sorta love this odd, collective decision by fandom to embrace such a strange idea. I mean - yeah - there are some questionable impulses in this meme (I'm talking about semi-pornographic imagery as well as the not-so-subtle theme of bondage/torture/imprisonment as a form of titillation), but it's also an interesting meta conversation about how fandom 'collects' and fetishizes individuals, whether they are fictional or not. Instead of having a Pikachu cell phone case, you can actually possess him and keep him under your thumb... literally. It is both disturbing and fascinating.
But mostly the art is pretty impressive.
Source: Crunchyroll.com.
Despite this being almost exclusively about anime characters that I know nothing about, I sorta love this odd, collective decision by fandom to embrace such a strange idea. I mean - yeah - there are some questionable impulses in this meme (I'm talking about semi-pornographic imagery as well as the not-so-subtle theme of bondage/torture/imprisonment as a form of titillation), but it's also an interesting meta conversation about how fandom 'collects' and fetishizes individuals, whether they are fictional or not. Instead of having a Pikachu cell phone case, you can actually possess him and keep him under your thumb... literally. It is both disturbing and fascinating.
But mostly the art is pretty impressive.