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Just to throw my two cents here, both sides of whatever 'this' is are generalizing both of these very fine mediums of art. Anime and Comics may have their differing values and storytelling techniques, but both have a wide range of genres to work with. I don't think either side of'this' really appreciates how far the two differing subjects have grown. In fact, there ARE superhero anime and manga, and there is a wide variety of comic books that don't deal with just heroes and villains and their associated tropes. All in all though, it's about if the subject inspires someone to actually get on here and write up a CS, get involved in whatever universe they make up. And most importantly, enjoy themselves. Also just to rage about something, when your GM goes MIA on you. X_X
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I'm not dismissing it at all. I just do not generally prefer these concepts for the reasons I've outlined. I thoroughly enjoy both mediums for their storytelling techniques and frequently many of the superhero genre's movies. I do not, however, like roleplaying in a majority of their universes.

[quote=Yog Sothoth]Wow a lot of you made really generalizing statements about superheroes and it tells me none of you read a lot of comics. Superheroes can be written in any fictional genre. There are magic and fantasy heroes, aliens and sci-fi heroes, mystery and anti heroes.@ Innue, the x men are superheroes, most superheroes deal with social problems of many different types, superheroes are among some of the most relevant kinds of fiction outside of realistic fiction in the history of storytelling. Most people dismiss superheroes because they're American and have never really picked up a comic.
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Apparently the specificity of my wording is still being missed.

I am STILL not arguing against the merit of the genre because of them not being relevant kinds of fiction. I very much enjoy the genre, but NOT in the instance of roleplaying. It has a wide range of avenues it can explore. I've explained this fairly well too for why [b]I[/b] don't enjoy it.

I feel you are missing the overarching point in response to your commentary made by Vanq and others.