People fight viciously over various fandoms. (What’s the best way to start a fight among Tolkien fans? Say, “The Eagles should have flown Frodo to Mordor.”) Because these things are about fiction, it might seem like we could just dismiss them as unimportant. But the thing to remember is that we can sin against charity in fighting over fiction just as much as we can when we fight over real life. That’s the danger of… Ancient Geek Warfare
Preliminary Notes:
This is a comic about Catholic moral obligations in avoiding rash judgment. Iimi herself had no interest in taking sides in the lore fights. She is simply asking, “Is that really true?” in the face of blanket accusations about the motives. A universal claim can be contradicted by showing even one example of something that goes against it.
Post-Comic notes: One of the tricky parts in doing this comic was avoiding bogging it down with debates about different fandoms. That’s both irrelevant to a Catholic themed comic and going to be boring to people who don’t care about that particular fandom. For example, I don’t care about Doctor Who or Game of Thrones. I wouldn’t care to read a comic debating it. So, I mentioned a few of the most famous ones and tried to make the arguments apply to real-life moral obligations.
The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture is a reference to the manga series Genshiken.
I think the problem, in general, is that many people no longer trust Hollywood to tell a story without an agenda. Regardless of whether that fear is justified or not, if they see a race, sexuality, or gender swap, these people suspect something is being pushed.
And, as Iimi pointed out, that can be rash judgment too.
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