>>4344472>it's who they could've been in a different world, which you don't seem to have an issue withYeah, I'd say that's about true. I think if it's in-line with their character/personality/behavior/values, then it seems fine to me.
>A distortion of the representation of the character I love is my favorite partTwo things on this
1: Would you say that holds true across a variety of distortions, or are there some distortions you wouldn't like because of their nature? Like an extremely graphic, realistic doujin of Bocchi murdering and cannibalizing Nako and Aru that looks like it was traced from actual cannibalism videos. Not a silly 1-panel comic that's crudely drawn and depicts it in a ridiculous way. Or an otherwise pacifist character brutally tortuting and dismembering Nazis. The point that I'm trying to get at is, are all extreme distortions interesting to you, or just the ones where you like/agree with the subject matter. If it's the former, then you're just built different, and I'll defer more to point 2. If it's more of the latter, then I think you could see how some people wouldn't want to see their beloved characters distorted to an extreme that they find reprehensible.
2: When you say they're characters you love, what do you mean by that? Do you value them strictly as entertainment? Or do you feel empathetic towards them? Laughing, crying, everything in between along with them. Growing with them as you spend years with them. Almost like a familial presence. Someone who you wouldn't want to see bad things happen to, someone you want the best for, to support and be there for. I think the average person falls into the former, and I think that's what's normal. I think most people view fictional characters as largely meaningless beyond their entertainment value. I'm in the latter, and much like how I wouldn't want to see a family member join an extreme political group associated with atrocities, I wouldn't want to see the characters I love do the same.
