The polarization and criticism isn’t unfounded as it comes off as 3 parts:
- Hey there fellow kids!
- Have you heard about our lord and savior jesus, totally not a sponsored ad.
- We totally have no perception of reality with the infamous history of kids and churches.
This just reminds me of When Art Restoration Goes South in that the Vatican REALLY should’ve asked people and perhaps professionals in the Anime sphere before going all in on this idea, although with the blowup in free publicity maybe this would still be considered a win for the Vatican?
Yep, I can’t believe it is (according to the article) kind of working for some people. It’s just a mascot for one of the most powerful religious organizations that’s ever existed.
You don’t get to be cute now to appeal to the kids. To me, this is blue raspberry flavored cigarettes, just as calculated and insidious.
I seen a suspicious white cargo van parked outside an elementary school near my house. Someone had spray painted “Free Anime’s” on the side, in an apparent attempt to lure children. I called the police but they said it was fine; it was just the local priest.
A more accurate mascot would be the anthropomorphization of centuries of murder, rape, genocide, and sexism. Wonder what that would be
An old fat guy with orange skin and a toupee?
Naw, that lacks any semblance of religion.
Give him a Bible to hold upside down.
It’s like a Buddy Christ moment from Dogma
Isnt this basically what the Catholic Church did in Dogma when they introduced Buddy Christ? Like down to the motivations and everything?
Life imitates art, as they say.
Kevin Smith is a Catholic. Its more of “dude knew what he was talking about”. These rejuvenations happen every 25 years per this article.
You’re thinking about Ligma
really? cause i feel like i’ve seen nothing but people liking the character?
It’s fucking weird. The characters are fine and cute. Its just the old pedo priests behind it that creep me out.
cause i feel like i’ve seen nothing but people liking the character
Especially the rule 34 weebs.
There is r34(porn) of it, there is r63(genderswapped version) of it and r85(pony) of it.
Also, pony:
I want version of it with Starlight’s staffI wish those part of internet just doesn’t exist.
I have no opinion on this except that it immediately brings to mind the “lightbringer” in Christian mythology.
Yeah what next? Sam and Lily?
I hope the internet is promptly getting to work “rule 34ing” this mascot. Personally I would like to see Luce getting railed by the pope.
That counts as a caricature-criticism of the church tbf
Getting to work? There are already hundreds of pictures on sites ;).
What’s to understand? Euphoric fedora tippers will shit themselves to death about anything connected to religion as a point of principle and papists will defend anything Catholic to the death, usually other peoples’ deaths.
