How could you…
When you’re walking in the hall and you see your friends sitting in their class..
You’re all like
They see you and are all like
Then the teacher sees you and they’re all like
So you’re just all like
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NO.
YOU’RE WRONG.
DON’T TRY TO CORRECT ME YOU ILLITERATE MACHINE.No, it wants you to spell the right way
THE AMERICAN WAY
THERE’S NO U IN FREEDOM.
I’m dying.
Excuse the fuck out of me.
Some of us live in places where the only place you can buy comics is Barnes and Noble.
Some of us don’t like comics because of the decades of continuity, complicated multiple universes, and the fact that, while there is a huge amount of talent in the industry, there are countless comics that have been tainted by poor writing and artwork.
Some of us prefer films because it is more relevant to our interests.
Some of us don’t have the income or time to spare to enjoy comics.
You don’t need to have read the comics to appreciate or be a fan of a character.
This attitude of superiority from people who are “real fans” because they read the comics makes me rage so hard.
Maybe people would be more eager to read comics if comic fans were more inclusive.
Oh, you wanna throw in “You can’t like Loki because you never read the old Norse runes.”, too?
It’s a matter of taste. Personally, I’ve never enjoyed reading comic books because I find them to be a) too expensive, b) hard to come by, and c) too complicated for me to understand what with all the new timelines, multiverses etcetera. It’s just not my cup of tea. I try to read as much as I can, but when I do, it’s usually stand alone graphic novels that exist in “their own universe”.
Saying “you’re not a real fan because you haven’t read the comics” is like telling someone “you can’t like banana ice cream because you’ve never tried bananas”. Oh, I’m sorry, never mind then, I’ll just stop liking this character, because clearly you’re much better than me since you’ve read the comic books. Do you want a parade, too? Maybe a monument? A T-shirt that says “I LIKED IT FIRST”? It’s just silly, and this kind of behaviour angers me so much. There’s no prize, you don’t win or gain anything by putting others down, so please, just don’t. It will only make you look silly in front of millions of fans who appreciate the character and story. Plus make you look like a huge ass.
Where I grew up, there were no comic book shops, nor could I find any at the local library. But I liked to read Belgian and French bande dessinée (comics), like Astérix, Tintin and Les Schtroumpfs. Some of you elitist comic book fans probably enjoyed the Smurfs as kids, right? Or liked to read Tintin’s adventures? Well, if you didn’t read those comics in French, clearly you aren’t real fans, because the original is in French, and only those who read the original are true fans, and those who like adaptations better are not, right? There. Have some of your bullshit.
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as far as I’m concerned the two are separate entities. They take a lot of liberties in adapting the comic to the film. Its sort of its own thing.
That being said I have read a lot of the comics (Fiance is a collector). Totally not the same animal.
This is the whole cock-swinging superiority shit that pisses me off in adaptation fandoms. To accrue all of the comics featuring Loki would take a shit load of time, money, and resources that are hard to come by. Ridiculing a fanbase under this pretense qualifies you as a fucking asshole.
Can I just add that, living in Brazil, not only do I not have access to comic books but I don’t have the money nor the permission to get any.
But at the same time I have done my research. I know events in Norse mythology (which is actually a bit more valid than the comics), know the storyline of the comics. I may not have read them, but I know much about Loki and the sorts of things he’s done. Don’t judge wether I’m a true fan or not by reading a comic book. That’s like saying I’m a huge Harry Potter fan from reading the books. Let’s not be stupid here and label people for doing certain things.
Thank GOD I wasn’t the only one bothered by this meme.
same here man
