Zealous

[secondlina]

There's a lot of jerks in the world. What's up with that?

Maybe i'm too much of an idealist, but I expect people to get up on the bus for old ladies and children. I expect people to hold doors for each other, to discuss things politely, to be honest, to respect animals. Why doesn't anybody respect the animals? Where's the respect in general?  I saw a really beaten up dog this morning on the way to work. I emptied my water bottle in his bowl. Hopefully he won't be dehydrated.

Am I just too nice? Or stupid? Am I one of the last gallant idealists in the world? Where's D'Artagnan and Cyrano de Bergerac and Don Quixotte, men who were knights when no one else wanted to be? When I was a kid, I wanted to be a knight or a musketeer or a samourai. Someone with honor and pride.

At least fictional characters still make nice role models for people. Fanart of Fullmetal alchemist and Hellboy characters on top. The Hellboy characters aren't really good role models, but Nuada does present an interesting debate about honor and respect. I wish people would talk more about how fiction inspires them to be great. Places like "fandom secrets" only seems to have negative secrets these days.

I'm proud to say that I adore fictional characters, they are precious friends, just like people are. Fiction is in my blood. Or rather, I have ink in my blood? Hahahah!

- Isa

EDIT : I'm going to see if I can't make positive "Fandom secrets" messages. I just need to think of stuff to post. Who's with me!

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

I think it really just depends on where you happen to live. I've been fortunate to live in a place where people are generally honorable toward other people and animals, and such traits are not frowned upon at all..unless the person happens to be from out of state and just doesn't understand, but so it goes.

Actually, while my parents were in Victoria, B.C. recently they encountered a family visiting from Denmark. The husband was talking to my mom and told her how much he loved the Pacific Northwest because of just how kind people were to each other. Where he's from it's much more common not to aid people in need and to even mock them behind their back, but since coming to the Northwest it's made him see that there are still good people out there, and it's made him change his behavior when he's back home now. I found it really great that he continues to return with his wife and kids so his children can be exposed to a different way of life than what is the norm for them.

(Call me weird, but I've never looked to fictional characters as role models. I've had so many in my personal life and in the scriptures that I didn't need that, but I am glad it is there for people. I do tend to prefer real people since they're flawed though. It makes it easier to accept that none of us will ever be the perfect role model, but we should never stop being the best we can be.)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I guess Montréal is full of jerks then. Maybe it's like that in big cities.

I lacked role models as a kid. I guess that's why fictionnal characters are so important to me. :D