SPIRIT OF THE DECADE: I’m so fuckin’ jaded I can make a ROYAL WARSTRIDER OUT OF MYSELF

Bit of explanation about the title: White Wolf’s Exalted (Yes, a fantasy pen and paper RPG that’s not D&D) has this material called jade. Like it’s real Earth counterpart, it’s a precious stone that can be used to make jewelry and has been used as money. However, in White Wolf’s Exalted, jade is also something to make magical swords and magical giant robots out of. Basically, I’m saying I’m a giant hunk of magical stone, enough to make GAOGAIGAR. Fuck yes I just ruined the joke. And yes, this is what I do when I’m not being an animé geek or BEING HYPERRELIGIOUS (No Rights Reserved).

No thanks to omo and wah for pointing it out.

If omo and wah are to be believed, the decade marks a significant number of writers who are, to put it bluntly, sick and tired of animé, and seriously want everyone to stop watching it and do something else. Of course, this is just me bullshitting on something no one gives stats about, but let’s just assume omo and wah are right about this trend.

There’s a slew of cynical, sarcastic reviews about Code Geass and Gundam 00, most of them written by “respectable” members of the community, stating in a cynical, sarcastic, bitter and dick manner why these shows suck. (Of course, when you break them down to funny 4koma, memes and porn, suddenly, the suck disappears, but I’m weird like that) There’s also what wah calls “often uninformed and cynical viewpoints” that these people tend to rattle off. And of course, there’s everyone’s favorite punching bags, the (two) douches who run Anime News Network.

Though I’d like to redefine the meaning of jaded.

From dictionary.com:

1. dulled or satiated by overindulgence.
2. worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse.

From the above definition, a jaded fan is just someone who may have seen it all, and not much would impress him or her. The jaded fan may or may not try to dissuade people from the hobby, and in most cases, they usually don’t.

HOWEVER. You don’t have to be jaded to be a terrible person. Being burnt out does NOT give one the moral high ground or the so-called “experience” to give an informed opinion (then again, who can you trust?).

You don’t even have to be jaded to either sound like an annoying prick, overbearing, or a straight-up jerk who thinks everyone is either WOMEN AND CHILDREN (Yes, I think Gil did say that.) or retards for not following your line of thought.

And one more salvo before I sound off.

While this in itself is enough for one more post, I just gotta ask anyone who is reading this. If there are any even reading this.

What fuels your desire, your need to blog, the purpose of even watching these shows for manchildren? Is it a desire to know more about it’s country of origin, to see traces of the Big Guy up there, or is it something a lot more sinister or mundane? Before you even start to burn out, think deep and hard (hurr hurr hurr) about why do you blog about cartoons for manchildren.