idk lol they should just try to enjoy story the way it is i think
I agree, realism is not nessecary for a story to be enjoyable. I want to see terrifying, hilarious or ridiculous conclusions that would never happen in real life. That’s the fun of fiction! I’m also alright with normal solutions and simple jokes, that’s the beauty of fiction. It can be whatever you want it to be but instead you want it to be a mirror of real life? This is why I’m not really a fan of live action, I just want a way to go to another world in another time where everything is a perfect bubble of indifference and ignorance to whatever is happening on the other side of the screen. When I hide under my covers and read manga or a book or even watch anime I’m not hoping to see people, I’m hoping to see a portal into another dimension where things are similar but far better or worst.
I love drawing and sculpting anime boys and everyone always tells me the same thing “you need to make it look more real or it’s not talent” or “it doesn’t look real enough, it’s not that good” This frustrates me because it doesn’t have to look real for my work to impact people, the poses and colors do not have to reflect your standards for it to be meaningful or “””””unique”””””. I think people are just dead set on killing creativity and keeping everything and everyone the same. Monotony in everything we do, which is fine by me in the real world but fiction is where I can let go. I hate being dictated in the only outlet I have to express my thoughts and feelings.
Sorry this was kinda long I am really passionate about freedom of expression.
Yes, exactly. If you spend all the time thinking “this shouldn’t happen” or “that’s not how it works” your just opening yourself up to disappointment.
Enjoy the escape. Real life is unfortunately just outside.
I got a lot to say but in too tired to write it (〜￣△￣)〜
But I agree with you fiction and reality shd be separated. Howeve, I also understand that some things are morally wrong or just plain dumb. And the fact that there are dumb people out there that use fiction as reference to reality, when in fact it's the opposite
Buddy, you said everything I was about and then some. Yes to all. Fiction had always been the best way to express freedom of speech. Many books over the years were written so the author could say what they need without back lash. Take “Animal Farm” for example, that was young adult book about farm animals (duh) but it was also about a real life revolution. At the time when it was published, the author couldn’t have out right stated the story’s meaning or they could have been killed.
It’s why I get mad when I hear about “book burnings”. Books like Harry Potter and the like are put to the tourch for their content. It drives me nuts. But that’s a whole new can of worms.
I use it to draw a line between good fictional story telling and bad fictional story telling. You can argue that anything can happen in fiction and we don’t need realistic logic, but honestly, when you really read into something and intend to enjoy the story, when things happen that doesn’t make any sense logically, it ruins the flow.
That goes with the saying that I think ppl take to seriously, “life imitates art”. It in fact goes in a circle where art imitates life just as much. It’s up to the individual how they choose to go. What ppl don’t think about is that for every 1 person that chooses wrong (taking fiction and making it real, hurting others etc) there’s at least 99 others who do it write. Unfortunately is the bad that get the attention and the good suffer for it. (That can be said about pretty much anything and not just fiction tho)
That’s fair, it’s easier reading when things make sense and you don’t have to scratch a hole through your head trying to work it out. But that usually falls down to the author explaining it properly and/or the reader understanding it.
It takes a really good writer to have something so amazingly far fetched happen in their story but still leaves the reader believing that it could really happen in our world. Those stories are rare
Well i think it’s because thay see it as « realistic » manga? Wich is problably impossible to happen in reality. Personally some times its difficult to accept immorality of caracters but as you said it’s fiction so i forget those thoughts easily
Yeah, its easier liking horrors or the like when knowing it’s all fiction. But then you get ppl forgetting there’s a soiled line and calling those who enjoy that sort of stuff monsters and sickos. Like I have my fantasies, kinks and dark sh*t I enjoy read/watching but it doesn’t mean I’m gonna do ANY of the stuff in real life or get off on real monsters and sickos doing it. Hell, I’ll hardly talk about my fantasies out loud or write them, they canstay nice and snug in my twisted little head
Why are some reader so hell bent on using real life “logic” or “laws” in manga?
So this has been plaguing me for a while now, maybe it was reading one to many oh-so serious “discussions” or I just figured “What the hey?”
In my own opinion, fiction exists as an escape from reality. A place where the real world shouldn’t have to apply. Hell the author has every right to do whatever they want in their fictional world and is our choice whether or we like the story and want to read it.
Anyway, the question stands. Any and all answers are welcome. I just want to hear other people’s thoughts and opinions on the matter.