Preface: let's not discard anything said about "animecels" or "anti-animecels" as false simply because "OH BUT THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO ME" and etc. It's obvious that every blanket statement has an exception. With that being said, this is my issue about the general posting habits of "animecels"...
The problem with "animecels" is that the worst offenders seem to lack any sort of identity that isn't inextricably tied to their favorite anime. What I mean is, every post has to be followed up with a gif or picture from an anime that they see as just flavor or I guess their "self-expression" but in reality that shit gets old even for people who like anime like myself but aren't wholly consumed by it. Not every discussion requires a screen cap of an anime or a reaction gif, but they seem to push anime into every discussion, period. It often dilutes their message and they often have shitty low content posts. Think about it this way, if I were to write a post that is well thought-out and multiple paragraphs, are there many anime gifs that can encapsulate the meaning or intention behind such a content-rich message? No. The contrapositive of this is that when you can summarize your whole post with one cutesy 2 second animation, you aren't really saying much of value and are just visual pollution in the discussion.
If we go deeper into the matter, from my personal perspective when I see someone who relates everything back to anime, it gives me the impression that this person doesn't have a very rich background outside of anime. Why is it that everything is a parallel of this anime character or this anime motif, etc.? It's because that this is the majority of what this person consumes and knows. It's like the people who only talk in /b/-inese or the shorthand of the aughts like "lol ok xD if dats how u want 2 play" which lost all tangible purpose after the age of 13 and the inclusion of adult-oriented literature into the average literate person's life. In other words, I look down upon them because as a result of what I said in the first paragraph, they simply come off as bumbling idiots who rely on visual images for self-expression when words suffice and convey the necessary message just as well, if used appropriately. It begs the question, how do these people function without their gif folders IRL? It creates the image of a shallow and superficial being with low IQ and an addiction to escapist media that delivers unearned dopamine to the brain. The fact that they fit a certain definable archetype of character makes it seem cultish and their memes and typing mannerisms make those who appreciate anime but don't let it dictate their life or their online persona ashamed to associate with these weebs and otaku. This is a very haughty stance to take as an incel, but I'd never put myself on the same level as the Naruto headband-wearing, greasy, pimple-covered weeb who fucks his bodypillow and speaks broken wapanese. There is an element of personal failing there - a lack of respect and understanding, I guess. However, that doesn't mean that this feeling is unjustified or unique to just me.
This is all without even getting into the thinly-veiled true pedophilia (as opposed to ephebophilia) that is loli. I have watched shows with little female characters in them and I've never felt any sort of attraction to them that wasn't brotherly or fatherly, whereas it seems almost a prerequisite that anime is tied to sexuality for many of the "animecels" who are the most blatant in their sharing of loli pictures, hentai, busty anime chicks, etc. I can understand the arousing elements of hentai and I guess for people who have habituated themselves with animated figures eliciting real emotions over hundreds of hours spent invested in anime, hentai is a natural source of sexual stimulation. But for god's sake, let's stop pretending that loli porn and infatuation is anything but a slightly more socially acceptable pedophilia. That to me is distasteful at best and any person who is overly obsessed with loli, pictures of little anime girls with no sexual dimorphism, and their cutesy reaction gifs is going to elicit in me a feeling of disgust every time.
I recognize that this might seem hypocritical given my signature and my profile picture, but as I said, I appreciate anime and enjoy watching it. However, I don't sprinkle it everywhere on this damn board which has nothing to do with anime at all. I love beer, does that mean I should include pictures of beer in every one on my posts? What if I liked cars, should I end each post with a picture of a favorite vehicle and car driving memes, even when they are unrelated? Imagine if I answered this and every other thread like this:
blickpall wrote:
haha vroom vroom animecels r a-ok with me bcuz there are animes about cars!!! I love cars a lot, have you guys seen the new turbo charged Lamborgini Diablo II?!
Omg OwO <333
Even then, I have already contributed more than the average anime moron does to threads where they spam their shitty lolicon gifs.
TL;DR: Most of the animecels I've encountered on messageboards give off the impression of poorly educated, weeby, intellectually shallow, and sometimes perverse individuals that I don't respect or want to associate with, both IRL and online. There is more to life than anime and when you start injecting anime into every discussion, then you've crossed the line.
