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[alimdia]

i can't believe people in the "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn" general forums are shittalking anime

I'm not shittalking anime, the person I'm quoting seems to be confusing real life with anime

[ariaandkia]

I'm not shittalking anime, the person I'm quoting seems to be confusing real life with anime

No, I was saying that anime has similarities to my life, not the other way around. It is more like, something happens in my life, a few months/years down the road, I see an anime and go: Oh hey, this character reminds me of myself (either right now or at one point). Or oh hey, this situation reminds me of my own at one point.

Is it wrong to go: Oh hey, this character in this anime can do the same thing I can?

Or: Oh hey, this character in this anime can do something pretty amazing. Why don't I take what they can do and make it my own ability? Such as Largo? from Megatokyo's ability to make full use of their body like some disabled artists can. I simply took the idea and actually trained myself to be able to do it. It is like if I see someone being able to lift a 400 pound weight and go: Hey, I want to be able to do that! And then go train to lift a 400 pound weight (I wouldn't train to do that, but that isn't my point, my point is why is it that I cannot see something I want to do and train myself to do it).

Then later after training myself to do various things based on stuff I've seen, I later see an anime and go: Oh hey, this person can do the same thing.

Or perhaps I see in an anime where the person knew when their family would die (for whatever reason) but decided not to tell their family members and then I go, oh hey, this happened in my life.

Because you know what? A lot of anime is based at least partially on real life. They tend to be exaggerated or take some of the most extreme cases, but does that mean that stuff that happens in anime can't happen? Or that people in anime can't do what they do in the real world?

So that character who likes to read books and reads all day couldn't possibly exist in real life? Sorry, but that is what I used to do. I spent most of my time in the library. It was safe there, I wouldn't have people trying to kill me. I wouldn't have to worry about being hit by a car. I wouldn't have to worry about being beaten up or worse. I could stay there safely and enjoy what I liked because I could read books right in front of the library staff.

So when I see a character who reads all day, I tend to go: Oh hey, this character is just like me. And sometimes: Oh hey, this character is in the same situation I was in.

Take a character that gets beaten up constantly, abused, tortured, etc. Not so fun fact? It has happened before in real life.

Fun fact: One of my characters ended up getting made into an anime character. I was surprised. Then I got harassed because people thought that the anime version was the original. Even when I showed proof that my character was made first, they kept harassing me. I love 07th expansion one way or another though.

My point? Anime is anime. Real life is real life. Even if they aren't similar at all, don't mix them up. Even if they are so similar that you could swear that one was based on the other, don't mix them up. Just because someone else's life reminds you of an anime (to be fair, I did mention that my life resembles certain animes to various extents), don't mix up their life and anime.