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

[mangaka-chan.livejournal.com]

I donno, I mean, I was brought up in a family, in a culture where respect is very important. Being raised in the US has made me a little more rebellious yes, I do back-talk my parents sometimes but I try to be courteous and polite to everyone I meet. The sad part is, I've noticed that even people in China these days aren't as respectful as they use to be. You'd think with all the Confucian belief about respect and politeness people would be more courteous, but that's not always the case. When my grandparents and I take the bus a lot of the times the ticket attendant has to ask for someone to yield a seat for my grandparents instead of someone doing so voluntarily.

And from what I've heard about fandom secrets I think I'll stand away from it with a 9 foot pole. There seems to be a lot of wank there and all the negativity just turns me off.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

There's a difference between talking back to your parents and telling someone to F*ck off on the street for asking to sit down. I saw that earlier this week. People get angry, and it's normal to have fights. But to be downright agressive and disrespectful is just bleh.

I try to ignore the comments. The secret themselves are kinda entertaining. Less as of late. Too much trolling.