Really, I love the woman, but decrying slash for being OOC and then writing such OOC comics... Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh. *Headdesk* What's worse is that I know she can write boyish friendships well, because back in the Jak & Daxter fandom she did. It's just that... now, she doesn't. ;-;
Yeah, I know who you're talking about, too. D: (It seems everyone does...) I never saw her old Jak & Daxter comics 'cause I've never played that game, but I thought her art style was quite cute. And I agree with a lot of what she has to say...yet the chibi comics pretty much do the exact same things that most KH OOC-yaoi comics do? I don't get it at all. Even completely ignoring the whole OOC bit, those sorts of things have been done so often they're just not funny anymore.
That said, I will never understand where the whole Axel-Demyx-Roxas-as-pranksters thing came from, except maybe as a combination of most fans' favorite characters/couples and Hay Guyz, Let's Defy Authority Because That's What Cool Kids Do.
I think I know who you're talking about as well. *shrug* It's her prerogative to dislike yaoi or not, but making the characters horrifically OOC in the very same way you criticize others for doing in their yaoi stuff is pretty lame and a bit hypocritical.
About Demyx... I agree that he's definitely not a "retard", as some people so graciously put it. He strikes me as one of those characters who have a sort of goofy and relaxed personality until the moment they get serious. I don't think he's 100% conniving or serious, but he's definitely not some weird stereotype of a teenager in a garage band either.
As I disclaimed, it was most certainly an opinion rant. I could certainly see coming away with that impression, as well, and I can accept it in fics. But... yeah. Not an idiot, nutcase, or stereotype. That's all I can really ask, and what I can never get. *Sigh*
I think my final thoughts on it are if you really hate yaoi, its fangirls, and their mauling of characters, then don't draw the characters sleeping together in bed acting OOC either. It's just common sense, if you really don't like something and have to be vocal about how much you dislike it every other minute, then just avoid it and ignore it.
It's like if I spent years talking about how much I dislike eggplants, but I constantly make eggplant flavored dishes and then rant about how I hate eggplant and that this isn't eggplant, it's merely eggplant flavored.
Yeah, either way, Demyx is a lot smarter than he is given credit for. No one in the Organization strikes me as a drooling moron, so I don't know why poor Demyx's character has to be abused so badly 6_6 He's not stupid nor a scene kid, so I dunno what's going on in people's heads when they write him as such.
You know what, I had a dream just the other night that corresponds perfectly with your Demyx characterization rant. In it, Demyx was talking to Sora and Co., refering to Organization XIII in the third person as if he were no longer associated with them, chalking up the sympathy points and acting pretty much as if were now a good guy. Lo and behold, as Sora turns around to talk with Donald and Goofy, Demyx turns to another hooded Org. member who just showed up (revealed to be Roxas with this hideously evil expression) and says something to the effect to "Heh, they're falling for it!" T'was all an elaborate act by our favorite sitarist to lure the heroes into his trap. So yes, my subconsious completely agrees with your theory.
(course, by the end of the dream it turns out that all of the neophytes minus Saix were in a full out rebellion against the orignial memebers. Commense nifty kung fu poses, street fights with Luxord, and Xigbar whipping out the guns via dramatic enterance. Dreams are so fun ^_^)
That needs to be written, somehow. VIII through XIII going AWOL on the Organization sounds like a plot that could really work with a good writer. It might be an AU, but, damn. It could be a good one.
(I'll use the icon even though your Demyx pic is better. :P)
1. Oh god, I saw that this afternoon and I just facepalmed. Axel's public service announcement about yaoi fangirls also made me want to throttle something.
2. THANK YOU. I think I made a rant about this once before, myself. I have not once seen "the trio" (WTF?) written well, and until I do, I'm going to continue on shaking my head and thinking that it's probably one of the most out-of-left-field concepts in fanon. Even more than Zexion/Demyx (because anything can technically work as a pairing, but Axel/Demyx/Roxas as pranksters? makes no sense).
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I don't mind her stance on yaoi, but God! Everyone's becoming such pussies, so OOC, which means STILL BAD. :\
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That said, I will never understand where the whole Axel-Demyx-Roxas-as-pranksters thing came from, except maybe as a combination of most fans' favorite characters/couples and Hay Guyz, Let's Defy Authority Because That's What Cool Kids Do.
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I love your Demyx rant and word and <3 and stuff I can't think of when it's getting late at night. =D
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About Demyx... I agree that he's definitely not a "retard", as some people so graciously put it. He strikes me as one of those characters who have a sort of goofy and relaxed personality until the moment they get serious. I don't think he's 100% conniving or serious, but he's definitely not some weird stereotype of a teenager in a garage band either.
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As I disclaimed, it was most certainly an opinion rant. I could certainly see coming away with that impression, as well, and I can accept it in fics.
But... yeah. Not an idiot, nutcase, or stereotype. That's all I can really ask, and what I can never get. *Sigh*
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It's like if I spent years talking about how much I dislike eggplants, but I constantly make eggplant flavored dishes and then rant about how I hate eggplant and that this isn't eggplant, it's merely eggplant flavored.
Yeah, either way, Demyx is a lot smarter than he is given credit for. No one in the Organization strikes me as a drooling moron, so I don't know why poor Demyx's character has to be abused so badly 6_6 He's not stupid nor a scene kid, so I dunno what's going on in people's heads when they write him as such.
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(course, by the end of the dream it turns out that all of the neophytes minus Saix were in a full out rebellion against the orignial memebers. Commense nifty kung fu poses, street fights with Luxord, and Xigbar whipping out the guns via dramatic enterance. Dreams are so fun ^_^)
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I've already been plotbunny'd dammit!
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1. Oh god, I saw that this afternoon and I just facepalmed. Axel's public service announcement about yaoi fangirls also made me want to throttle something.
2. THANK YOU. I think I made a rant about this once before, myself. I have not once seen "the trio" (WTF?) written well, and until I do, I'm going to continue on shaking my head and thinking that it's probably one of the most out-of-left-field concepts in fanon. Even more than Zexion/Demyx (because anything can technically work as a pairing, but Axel/Demyx/Roxas as pranksters? makes no sense).
3. Can't say that I can help you, there. :/
4. Word.
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Yeah. I just-- yeah. Oh, Keysha... *sigh* At least Axel booting... Demyx... out was fairly IC? Kinda?
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But lol demyx iz so kawaii!!!! leik axel n roxy-kins!!! & kawaii guys do funny things rite? :DDD
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Pity. *Sigh* It works so well in my head, but I can't write pairing/threesomefic worth a damn...
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Thanks! :D
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