"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it"-George Santayana
Bit of a topic on the mind as an order-er of anime goods...
It's probably really not fair to judge a series based on the fans... However, for series I don't have much emotional investment -most series I'm neutral or reckless when ordering goods- if I hear negative stuff I get passive (=3=).
then once I do get into a series apologize to the love fairies
--Not going to name the series so as not to offend anyone.--
(hey, I don't like it when my love series are dissed either)
One series,.... fan reputation is reaallllly bad. Like they gang up and hound non-fans. -Not just rival series fans, even people who know nothing :/
Personal reason is, it's a series with a group unit as the main characters, and there are 2-sets of 2-characters that LOOK ALIKE. I truly can't tell them apart.... (*face-palm). And this gets.... quite frankly annoying.
Face the fact, lots of anime series have characters that look like. (and gets ridiculed for it) Example: as much as Hirai Hisashi's art is popular, his characters are hard to tell apart, frankly impossible if they have the same hair style and coloring. (GSD used the EXACT same image for multiple characters-just changed the eye color) (I used this as an amusement in my other journal's mood theme :P) (on the other hand this also means you can tell right away a Hirai character).
→(back to topic at hand) So with these 2-sets they have the same color hair, EXACT same facial expressions (personalities are probably very different but I can't tell that by looking), same clothes, same height. Once when a figure came in I panicked because I thought I'd accidentally doubled the ordered (=_=;). Then read the character names and was bummed out I couldn't tell anime characters apart.
I know I'm not being fair. As long as fans can tell the characters apart that's what counts. And it's not fair to say the actions of just a percentage of fans affects my impression of a series. I haven't given a chance to the series.
Yet, when you don't know anything about something you can only remember what others have said.
Another series has an absolute horrible reputation. First off, when there was a scandal the official apology was basically "eh, the lower-ranked staff did it". Really?...
And it's notorious there are VERY disrespectful fans. So much that the stereotype of history-liking girls is turning as selfish-bitch know-it-alls. They push into historical places where people work, hoard into historical sites that are off limits. (visiting seichi -anime phenomenon of fans visiting actual sites where scenes played out (*TERM "Seichi Junrei" OUTSIDE THE ANIME WORLD IS A FOR RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGES. DO NOT GET THAT MIXED UP)). As a history buff, I find it it VERY irritating they they're invading historical and real-life functioning places just to squee.
Our favorite series exist only thanks to history. What that means is RESPECT those in the past. History inspired anime/game serious characters are DIFFERENT THAN PEOPLE AND OBJECTS THAT HAVE EXISTED IN HISTORY. They are inspired, not factual representations of recorded history.
You wanna write a book that King Arthur was a girl? (mind you, "her" story is originally in an eroge). And Tokugawa Ieyasu was not a big-boobed girl nor ride on the shoulders of Honda Tatakatsu(Honda Tadakatsu was actually younger than Ieyasu) and later become a very nice-toned boy that beat Toyotomi Hideyoshi with his fists. Date Masamune unfortunately did not fight with 6 swords and speak English (*heavy gif) nor was he a blond girl (the eye-patch is always consistent tho--based on historical fact). Cao Cao (Sousou) was not a lesbian. You get my drift?
(leave my Basara bias alone)
(hm? stage Basara? yes, what of it?)
(okay I had too much fun doing that last paragraph (=∇=))
↑**Reference links are not the series I'm eluding to in this post.
History inspired series are fun because of historical references in fictional characters. They often inspire you to study and get into actual history --even more fun!!
However, the characters are different than history. You respect historical humans, workshops, sites, artifacts. That is the way you enjoy. Respect means admire that workshops passed down through generations have been cared for, given to others as reverence of what those in past have created. Historical sites where were actual lives lived and died.
I consider history-THEMED series different. They don't crash into actual sites, force their self-serving images onto history. History-themed takes images and changes them into something different.
(okay, I admit, I love history+classic rendition themed stuff♡ it's so fun!!)(*cough)('scuse me)
Girl-history-buffs are not taken seriously as is. Stop ruining our reputation.
--Again, I'm not going to name the actual series to as not offend anyone.--
....Well gee, I'm using a stereotyped views to judge a series, then saying being stereotyped by others is unfair....
.....um, oops? ouch? ☆\(・ｗ・)/☆
ah tis my mind, can't be helped (((((((☆\(=∇=)/☆
On the other side of this paradox tho, I do tend to order excess for series I do like. Not like HUGE excess, just maybe "2 boxes instead of 1" level. Then when they sell out rejoice. When they remain some time as stock, either get asked why the number or feel a little guilty and buy the items XXD
NO REGRETS!!
In summary:
1.Let me admit that my inability to tell characters apart I do not know lets myself down -thus I am unfair
2.Certain series fans, respect history. You're giving everyone a bad wrap.
3.I need to stop letting my emotions decipher work decisions.
Just kidding, very much impossible for me ((((((-∇-)
It's probably really not fair to judge a series based on the fans... However, for series I don't have much emotional investment -most series I'm neutral or reckless when ordering goods- if I hear negative stuff I get passive (=3=).
then once I do get into a series apologize to the love fairies
--Not going to name the series so as not to offend anyone.--
(hey, I don't like it when my love series are dissed either)
One series,.... fan reputation is reaallllly bad. Like they gang up and hound non-fans. -Not just rival series fans, even people who know nothing :/
Personal reason is, it's a series with a group unit as the main characters, and there are 2-sets of 2-characters that LOOK ALIKE. I truly can't tell them apart.... (*face-palm). And this gets.... quite frankly annoying.
Face the fact, lots of anime series have characters that look like. (and gets ridiculed for it) Example: as much as Hirai Hisashi's art is popular, his characters are hard to tell apart, frankly impossible if they have the same hair style and coloring. (GSD used the EXACT same image for multiple characters-just changed the eye color) (I used this as an amusement in my other journal's mood theme :P) (on the other hand this also means you can tell right away a Hirai character).
→(back to topic at hand) So with these 2-sets they have the same color hair, EXACT same facial expressions (personalities are probably very different but I can't tell that by looking), same clothes, same height. Once when a figure came in I panicked because I thought I'd accidentally doubled the ordered (=_=;). Then read the character names and was bummed out I couldn't tell anime characters apart.
I know I'm not being fair. As long as fans can tell the characters apart that's what counts. And it's not fair to say the actions of just a percentage of fans affects my impression of a series. I haven't given a chance to the series.
Yet, when you don't know anything about something you can only remember what others have said.
Another series has an absolute horrible reputation. First off, when there was a scandal the official apology was basically "eh, the lower-ranked staff did it". Really?...
And it's notorious there are VERY disrespectful fans. So much that the stereotype of history-liking girls is turning as selfish-bitch know-it-alls. They push into historical places where people work, hoard into historical sites that are off limits. (visiting seichi -anime phenomenon of fans visiting actual sites where scenes played out (*TERM "Seichi Junrei" OUTSIDE THE ANIME WORLD IS A FOR RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGES. DO NOT GET THAT MIXED UP)). As a history buff, I find it it VERY irritating they they're invading historical and real-life functioning places just to squee.
Our favorite series exist only thanks to history. What that means is RESPECT those in the past. History inspired anime/game serious characters are DIFFERENT THAN PEOPLE AND OBJECTS THAT HAVE EXISTED IN HISTORY. They are inspired, not factual representations of recorded history.
You wanna write a book that King Arthur was a girl? (mind you, "her" story is originally in an eroge). And Tokugawa Ieyasu was not a big-boobed girl nor ride on the shoulders of Honda Tatakatsu(Honda Tadakatsu was actually younger than Ieyasu) and later become a very nice-toned boy that beat Toyotomi Hideyoshi with his fists. Date Masamune unfortunately did not fight with 6 swords and speak English (*heavy gif) nor was he a blond girl (the eye-patch is always consistent tho--based on historical fact). Cao Cao (Sousou) was not a lesbian. You get my drift?
(leave my Basara bias alone)
(hm? stage Basara? yes, what of it?)
(okay I had too much fun doing that last paragraph (=∇=))
↑**Reference links are not the series I'm eluding to in this post.
History inspired series are fun because of historical references in fictional characters. They often inspire you to study and get into actual history --even more fun!!
However, the characters are different than history. You respect historical humans, workshops, sites, artifacts. That is the way you enjoy. Respect means admire that workshops passed down through generations have been cared for, given to others as reverence of what those in past have created. Historical sites where were actual lives lived and died.
I consider history-THEMED series different. They don't crash into actual sites, force their self-serving images onto history. History-themed takes images and changes them into something different.
(okay, I admit, I love history+classic rendition themed stuff♡ it's so fun!!)(*cough)('scuse me)
Girl-history-buffs are not taken seriously as is. Stop ruining our reputation.
--Again, I'm not going to name the actual series to as not offend anyone.--
....Well gee, I'm using a stereotyped views to judge a series, then saying being stereotyped by others is unfair....
.....um, oops? ouch? ☆\(・ｗ・)/☆
ah tis my mind, can't be helped (((((((☆\(=∇=)/☆
On the other side of this paradox tho, I do tend to order excess for series I do like. Not like HUGE excess, just maybe "2 boxes instead of 1" level. Then when they sell out rejoice. When they remain some time as stock, either get asked why the number or feel a little guilty and buy the items XXD
NO REGRETS!!
In summary:
1.Let me admit that my inability to tell characters apart I do not know lets myself down -thus I am unfair
2.Certain series fans, respect history. You're giving everyone a bad wrap.
3.I need to stop letting my emotions decipher work decisions.
Just kidding, very much impossible for me ((((((-∇-)
