I would qualify myself like a moderate shipper. I like it, I find it very enjoyable and even funny and I think it is the canon couple. However I would not go to the extreme lengths some rabid shippers go. And if it does not happen... So it's life.
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i put anime and cartoons on the same level. sometimes anime is better sometimes cartoons are, just depends.
Well, anime is like Japanese refer to animation -including cartoons- so it has sense put them on the same level.
I like anime and there are many Western cartoons I like, althought I do not watch many TV shows nowadays.
I do not see Legend of Korra because I didn't watch Avatar so I think I would have not get many things. And because there are many Japanese and Western cartoons I would like watching first.
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No, not weakens the resolve, just takes a lot of the joy out of it.
I agree. I do not find it funny or invigorating, I find it frustrating. And yes, it ruins the experience. Arguing with rabid fanboys -especially haters or bashers- is a very frustrating, tiresome chore because the most rabid prefers to stick to their preconceived ideas, biases and hatred and refuse to hear to any difering point of view.
And character bashers are the worst of the lot. Especially the ones bash a character for any real or imaginary offense and at the same time turn another character into a perfect, pure Mary Sue.
So I stopped arguing with them. I can not care less about that they think; I KNOW what I read/watched.
And Ciardha is right about the character-bashing becoming gradually and increasingly virulent. Back in the late nineties I checked fanworks of some series and ocassionally I lurked in some boards. Eventually other shows caught my interest and I left for a while.
However I don't stop liking one show only because other things draw my attention and I put the former show aside for a while. I keep liking it and every so often I return to it. So several years later I began checking again fanfiction and other things... and I found some characters -mainly female Tsunderes- were constantly bashed and hatred -whereas other flawed characters were turned into perfect Mary Sues-.
Back when the Ranma 1/2 fandom was active, I never found so many Akane haters how I do now. Neither them were so virulent. Everybody understood the concept of violence used like a comedic relief, and most people at the very least respected the fact Ranma/Akane were the official couple.
And I have found that same situation with a lot of shows were the rage in Western fandom back in the nineties. The Tsundere, strong-willed female character is hated, and the submisive, soft-spoken female character is turned into a perfect, nice, warm, considerate, compasionate Mary Sue, and her flaws are disregarded.