Rhapsodies

When I was mulling around Sakura-Con this weekend.I picked up a flyer for a new anime called Vividred Operation. having not seen any new Anime for a while I decided to check it out when I got home expecting what looked like a science fiction version of magical girls. What I got was the most blatant example of fanservice and objectification in the first minute alone. After watching it for another five minutes where we are introduced to the main characters… er assets I lost interest.

I have to confess I’m probably a complete hypocrite on this subject. I am not blind and since I’ve been single for a little too long I will not deny that I enjoy sexy pictures. But when it’s like every  franchise thinks everyone thinks with their glands and  makes their product nothing but pinups it just annoys me.

The most blatant example I’ve found (after the one I’m showing) Is in the current Catwoman run which had a cover that tried to show both Selina’s chest and ass at the same time making it look like she had broken her back. The list goes on.

I think what sums it up the best is from one of my favorite quote from Terry Pratchett.

“And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”
“It’s a lot more complicated than that–”
“No it ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”
“Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes-”
“But they Starts with thinking about people as things…”

And just showing a woman as a package of parts sums that up perfectly.