translation of a statement about the nature of art meant to cheer on victims of the Tohoku quake

[minako134]

This will probably be edited as I get more help translating some of the stuff I couldn't figure out well.

There have been quite a lot of art submitted at Pixiv with things like "Hang in there, Japan!!" included in them. Some of them are great to see, but others, it feels like it's bordering on being out-right insensitive. I realized I wasn't the

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[minako134]

Okay, thanks for spelling it out; as intelligent as I'm trying to sound with this post and the one at hetalia, I'm actually kind of a dumbass and need help sometimes..

In which case!

Even if the art is supportive from the perspective of the artist, this poll seems to indicate that there's a large, LARGE amount of people (6,000+ !!) that think many of the earthquake-related art requires more restraint and respect for the victims who are dealing with all this, as long as the disaster is still happening and the stress is still so high. In my opinion, it comes down to the victims' wishes and those closest to the victims, and considering Pixiv's large Japanese population (naturally), it seems a valid enough reference for giving this one to them.

I do get the feeling, though, that Pixiv users are responding positively to works that are meant to encourage but don't actually include anything in the artwork that have to do with the disaster or have direct "Hang in there!!" statements in them, the title, or the tags. An example I'm bringing up with people is someone's yuri fanart of two girls from K-ON!. It's meant to encourage and cheer up the victims, according to the description, but the key is that it is sensitive to the stress a lot of Pixiv viewers have right now, and is giving them some peace and an escape from all the suffering they're seeing on the news. I think that's the best and most awesome way we can use fanart in a positive way right now.