tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post573271776758295883..comments2024-02-06T07:55:24.303+00:00Comments on Pai: Things I love about (superhero) comicsSarangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-23678035703159246392009-07-24T09:09:44.735+01:002009-07-24T09:09:44.735+01:00@ Anonymous: Fair enough! I can see your point, b...@ Anonymous: Fair enough! I can see your point, but right now I'm loving the fun stuff about fandom. Sure, there are nit picky jerks out there who feel like they are entitled to their 'perfect' story and have a fit if something isn't quite right, and that is very annoying. I try not to read those sites, instead I try to read the positive ones where people are celebrating the medium.<br />I try not to get too negative on here too, althugh I'm not sure how successful I am.<br />Anyway, thanks for the comment!Sarangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-16622885698704355322009-07-24T03:31:43.950+01:002009-07-24T03:31:43.950+01:005) Fandom
Comics fans are so obsessive about what ...<b><i>5) Fandom</i><br />Comics fans are so obsessive about what happens, why it happens, what it means and why it's wrong. Or right, if the individual is in an optimistic mood. I love it, we get so immersed in our fandoms it all becomes so important. I love having a community I can talk to about this stuff.</b><br /><br />You know, there was a time when I'd have agreed with this. A time that might be as long ago as you think. But, honestly, today I feel fandom is one of the things that is most WRONG with comics (superhero or otherwise) today.<br /><br />You rerasoning on why they are so obsessive over it, eespcially the last two parts (i.e. what it means and why it's wrong), have so poisoned the well of enjoyment for me, that I'm not sure it could even be untainted again. The Internet has a lot to do with this, allowing all opinions an equal platform (when said opinions are anything but) and giving folk "false courage," to badmouth people without fear of the reprocussions that doing so normally would entail, but when you get to the heart of it, while the Internet has certainly tapped into this cesspool of humanity's vile natures, it didn't create them. It had to exist before, underneath the surface. The Internet just gave it a very easy outlet.<br /><br />Seeing supposed "fans" who do nothing more but rip apart creator and fellow fans, over what is nothing but a difference in opinions of works of fiction, or worse, letting their own petty-minded and infantile scoio-political agendas and personal axes to grind dominate how they choose to express themselves, has just soured me on comic fandom as a whole. I know not every fan is that way, but those who are certainly are loud and obnoxious enough that I don't care about that.<br /><br />Comic fandom seems to have forgetten it's place. It has gotten bigger than it's britches. And it really needs to die. That would mean the end of comics, too, but at this point, I think that would be a sacrifice worth making. Anything that can bring out some of the nasty and vile things I've seen folks say, to people they don't even know, probably needs to be put down. <br /><br />Comic fandom, you fucking suck! You are a destroyer of joy and a demon of hatred. You deserve to have your toys taken away from you. At least then you'd have something to really bitch about, if nothing else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-11647619835181836422009-07-20T17:42:56.121+01:002009-07-20T17:42:56.121+01:00Oh and welcome to John M and thanks for the commen...Oh and welcome to John M and thanks for the comment both :)Sarangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-76935480695267654632009-07-20T17:42:40.579+01:002009-07-20T17:42:40.579+01:00@ Cerebus: I don't think you're being pre...@ Cerebus: I don't think you're being prententious, I agree about the mythology angle. However when I've mentioned this to non comics folks they've looked at me oddly...<br />Re Wolverine, his claws are cool but they'd be nothgin without the physicality of him. I'm not too familiar with the X-Men comics but I reckon Hugh Jackman did a great portrayal with the hunching over, the crazy look and the jumping and the stabbing. Specifically I'm thinking of the scene in X2 where the army folks turn up at the house and then Logan gets rather angry.Sarangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-77884813917341767942009-07-20T17:39:37.736+01:002009-07-20T17:39:37.736+01:00@ John M: You can have a lot of fun with secret i...@ John M: You can have a lot of fun with secret identities. From the suspension of disbelief of Clark's glasses to Ollie Queen getting called out by Mia about how his mask hides nothing, to wondering how non masked folks like Dinah Lance manage to live any sort of normal life without a secret identity. And that's even before you get into the fun of the dual personalities that can develop. I love the phycial stuff of how Clark and Kal stand differently and hold themselves differently.Sarangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545162612237984546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-28813535181020253112009-07-20T00:10:21.636+01:002009-07-20T00:10:21.636+01:00At the risk of coming across as too pretentious, I...At the risk of coming across as too pretentious, I love the idea of comics as mythologies. Superheroes are the modern-day equivalent of the heroes and gods of ancient legends, when handled correctly. Writers like Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Warren Ellis are experts at myth-building, often revealing just enough of their characters' worlds to suggest a lot more.<br />Hmmm.. maybe I should have just said "Wolverine's claws are cooool!"Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471698.post-16608266779376360142009-07-19T07:34:10.544+01:002009-07-19T07:34:10.544+01:00I love secret identities!I love secret identities!hhghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434899477662067857noreply@blogger.com