Here I can add the criticism, hinted at above, but important to my approach, that no artwork ever truly reflects a social situation this would deny what I established earlier, that they always build a fantasy of the social reality they inhabit but rather intervenes in it, which means that no matter how faint, there is indeed a point being made, a social anxiety that is activated, no matter how thinly, and no matter how facile the resolution provided is. Communicative capitalism refers to the form of late capitalism in which values heralded as central to democracy materialize in networked communications technologies.
Ideals of access, inclusion, discussion and participation are realized through expansions, intensifications and interconnections of global telecommunications. In communicative capitalism, capitalist productivity derives from its expropriation and exploitation of communicative processes. This does not mean that information technologies have replaced manufacturing; in fact, they drive a wide variety of mining, chemical, and biotechnological industries.
Nor does it mean that networked computing has enhanced productivity outside the production of networked computing itself. Rather, it means that capitalism has subsumed communication such that communication does not provide a critical outside. Dean, This, I think, provides an important finale note in why so many on the left—which, it should go without saying, includes many marginalized spectatorships—love moe so much.
In its essentially fantasized world there is not a mere lack of political awareness, but also an essentially utopian vision, in which the restless alienation of productive forces is halted, and the time to build a new togetherness is taken; in which communication happens face-to-face, in which it is not shared for any kind of capitalist recuperation or larger mission, but rather for itself: this may have seemed very inconspicuous in another context, but in ours, the desire for such an outside to public modes of communication resonates with the viewer in a very particular way.
And finally, in seeing this, we have moved beyond the individualized and in this liberal problem of representation and into the much more politically powerful realm of new collective fantasies. Representation is often based on the entirely acceptable, but slightly off-the-mark, acceptation that the issue of much media is with its inclusion of diverse character types along gender and sexuality lines. This is a symptom of the chief failure of such criticism, which is to comprehend why people—beyond the dirty figure of the male consumer—are attracted to moe.
The acceptation that the best we can have is necessarily a confrontational worldview, and that the vision of a simple daily life—let me not quote Adorno again—is necessarily a degraded one, is not only deeply Western in that it does not render the subcultural rendition of the political, which is often, as the name would indicate, below the surface, hence the non-confrontational appearance , but also a base form of capitalist realism itself, in that it betrays a blatant incapacity to imagine new collective fantasies in its incapacity to appreciate the simple utopian propositions that often emerge from moe series.
To this, let me end on a quote by the late Mark Fisher may you rest in peace :. The whole deep-level assumption here is that we all know, basically, what the world is… i. All that is required is a little tweaking, making things a little nicer…. One consequence of this of course is the development of absurd lifestyle so-called feminism. In the same way that Marxism, as I said in the last post, is about the production of a collective subjectivity, so Feminism, if it is to have any meaningful sense, must be about women as a collectivity, not individual women getting ahead, still less, surely, about representational tinkering.
Fisher, Adorno, T. Minima moralia: reflections on a damaged life. Jephcott, Trans. Anan, N. TDR , 55 4 , 96— Auerbach, E. Trask Trans. Azuma, H. Dean, J. Communicative Capitalism and Class Struggle [Text].
Deleuze, G. In Pourparlers, Paris: Editions de Minuit. Fisher, M. Jameson, F. Reification and utopia in mass culture. In Signatures of the visible pp. New York: Routledge Classics. The political unconscious: narrative as a socially symbolic act. London: Routledge. Marcuse, H. Eros and civilization: a philosophical inquiry in to Freud. Galbraith, T. Kamm Eds. Uno, T. So my point was rather that this desire was something to be taken seriously, and that a type of criticism which values certain representations of women and brushes others aside will inevitably be limited.
In order to avoid this, she decides to warn everyone as soon as possible. And it gets worse. In Volume 10, she literally points a gun at Sonya while smiling. Sure, she snaps out of it quickly, but the simple fact of having done something like that should raise some alarms. However, these are a few of so many moments like these. Thank you for this info! And thanks for the encouragement! Can confirm.
The variation is, as I said, specially pronounced in the later chapters of the manga. Also, memes. Note: Always is a generalization. Unused Character deserves justice. Moe is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Thank you for this fascinating article! Friday the 13th : Jenna is humble, caring, innocent, quick to help someone in need, and has a dazzling smile.
Glory Adams, the severely autistic girl from the movie Jack of the Red Hearts has her own way of being adorable throughout the film.
Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings. More so than the book, in which he seems slightly more composed and more mature than his younger Hobbit friends, film Frodo is every bit the doe-eyed, plucky little train-that-could. Whenever action goes down, even the other Hobbits manage to get some licks in. But not our Frodo, who whimpers and faints and plays the Ill Boy throughout. He's so in over his head it's absurd It's just a good job Sam went with him David Bowie 's character from The Man Who Fell to Earth is a fragile, if stoic, alien who proves highly, tragically vulnerable to the pitfalls of the human world.
In his human disguise, he's one of the older examples of this trope his true form is that of a Rubber-Forehead Alien. It's telling that Bowie fangirls usually refer to Thomas Jerome Newton via his in-story nickname of "Tommy". Star Trek : Chekov. He's developed quite the female following. He's practically a live-action anime character with his enormous greenish-blue eyes; no wonder he's a Moe! That and his positively adorable accent especially when the computer acts like a bitch to him.
I can do zat! She is a lot cuter when seen in full color light in the bonus DVD features than in the black and white of the movie. Raven in Cecil B. Demented falls into this category in a weird way, but then, considering the actress Both used straight and subverted when Wednesday Addams turns on the charm at summer camp in Addams Family Values. In just a few moments she blossoms from her usual drawn and dour self into a charming doe-eyed lovable little girl.
The other children are visibly shocked. One remarks, "She's scaring me! Big girly eyes, cheeks, innocence, he's just so adorable. Transformers Film Series Bumblebee fills this, despite being a mechanical life form. Due to being the most humanoid of the robot cast, his movements modelled after Marty McFly , the fact his horns are replaced with little bug antennae, he's given Prowl's door wings which act like dog ears, and his childlike enthusiasm at times.
There's a reason many cried when he was injured in the first film and when it looks like he's about to be executed by Soundwave in the third. Possibly lampshading this, Laserbeak uses his apparent ability to change into anything to become a human child sized pink version of him to trick a small girl into letting him inside so he can kill her family. Carly in the third film also acts as this, due to being more emotional than Megan Fox's character Mikaela in the first film and more playful.
The Reboot Bumblebee portrays the aforementioned Bumbleebee as this once again, and plays it up even more by making him scared and vulnerable due to his memory loss, yet still upbeat and curious.
Charlie from Bumblebee is considered this too for being quirky, Adorkable , klutzy, and often ending up in embarrassing situations, which makes her very huggable. Child's Play : Chucky. Yes, he is a psychotic mass murderer, but he just looks so adorable in his doll body.
Come on look at those big adorable eyes. Doesn't hurt that she's a sweet vulnerable non-murdering mermaid. Barbra from Night of the Living Dead After all of the horrible things that happen to her, she becomes a nervous wreck. And it's adorable! Just about anyone played by Mr. Buster Keaton. Poor guy. Halloweentown : Sophie, given her Cheerful Child moments, sense of eagerness about exploring Halloweentown, innocent use of magic, and how she gets along with all of her family members pretty well while the others have more frequent disagreements.
He's feisty and determined very rather than innocent and vulnerable, but he is a short, kind of delicate-looking with big blue Disney princess eyes , romantically inexperienced, Adorkable Ill Boy who gets beat up a lot.
Post-serum, he's still cute, but in more of a Dork Knight - Iron Woobie way. She's a reasonably kind person with a non-violent power set being The Empath in a film full of stab-happy Jerks With Hearts Of Gold and worse. She's socially awkward in a terribly endearing way due to her isolated upbringing, which also gives her Woobie points because she's terribly lonely and in need of friends. And her Cuteness Proximity reaction to Rocket and baby Groot is adorable.
Much emphasis is placed on this Spider-Man's youth and inexperience compared to previous versions. He acts like a geeky fanboy and is constantly stuttering and running his mouth in battle. He defaults to being the youngster when placed against much older heroes. The writers and actor deliberately invoke trope as it makes both his death in Avengers: Infinity War and his mentor Tony Stark's death in Avengers: Endgame all the more heartbreaking as he reacts like a scared , frightened child instead of a more stoic, hardened hero Janie in Another Time, Another Place , especially when she gets the chance to smile.
Aurora in Maleficent. Innocent, Friend to All Living Things , and spends many of her scenes full of nothing but joy. The spell did say she'd be beloved by all that meet her. Being played by Elle Fanning definitely helps. She eventually forms a Moe Couplet with the title character. Like in the book series, Prim from The Hunger Games. Katniss as her older sister would do anything to protect her and the citizens of Panem fall head over heels for her when Katniss volunteers to take her place as the Hunger Games tribute.
The second film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire lampshades this after one of gimmicks in the Games arena tricks Katniss into believing Prim had been tortured; fellow tribute Johanna points out that Panem loves Prim so much that if it were real, the Capitol citizens the prime audience that regularly enjoys seeing children of the Games slaughtered would riot against the gamemakers and President Snow.
Prim becomes less of a Moe from Catching Fire onward, as she takes up to helping their nurse mother treat starving and injured patients, and thus has to grow up too quickly. Katniss also sees her Hunger Games competitor Rue as this, as, aside from being black instead of white, she reminds Katniss of Prim in every way, including being around the same age.
Rue gets killed in front of Katniss and all of Panem and dies in her arms, and Katniss decorates her body with flowers to show she actually cared about Rue. She remains a driving force throughout the series behind some of Katniss' motivations to fight against the Capitol. The film also adds an extra scene showing people in Rue's district District 11 rioting against the Captiol soliders after she gets killed. Short Circuit Johnny Five.
The robot's deep respect for life, loyalty to his friends, and fondness for movie quotes all make him pretty lovable. Toy company purchasing agent Sandy, from the sequel. Her enthusiasm for novelty toys that her boss dislikes and the way she's eventually charmed by Ben's awkward flirting are pretty cute.
You think it stops there? Wait 'till she opens her mouth. Possibly something of a Woobie as well; the band's webpage states that she's a Shrinking Violet to the nth degree. Just look at him. He's definitely more Ugly Cute than anything, but his advanced Woobiehood and ditzy, laid-back demeanor make him Car cass in their heyday were quite cute for people making Gorny Grind Core. Ringo Starr guessed that his fanbase in the '60s consisted mainly of girls who wanted to mother him.
He was absolutely right. In-universe example. Sally Shapiro Jazz vocalist and pianist Blossom Dearie had this as a big part of her appeal, often described as having a girlish appearance and an innocent "baby-doll" voice.
Ben Howard has been known to have this effect on some. Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy has always had this effect on people to the point where even Pete Wentz has joked about it. Pete : patrick doesnt do gross things. Commenter on a tribute video of him : He's so pure, we must protect him at all costs. The caricatures of the two hosts of Fat, French and Fabulous have a distinct, cutesy animesque art style that belies the dark, disturbing comedy of the podcast itself.
About the best way to describe why Hailey Solomanari of Kakos Industries is so well liked among fans. Even with only her voice to convey her character, she's so damn naive and bubbly it's borderline infectious. She's especially this compared to the other characters who tend to carry a more obvious sense of intimidation while she keeps her own Evil capabilities under a pretty pink gauze of innocence which makes her both incredibly "moe" with plenty of Cute and Psycho to boot.
Pro Wrestling. AJ Lee is of the Genki Girl variety. Randy Savage 's valet Wrestling. Miss Elizabeth could also count.
It's Bayley! Genki Girl , check, Adorkable , check, weaponized glomper, check, one of the most "wholesome" Divas on WWE programming, check. Her opening even features a drawing of her as an anime character! Survival of the Fittest : Sierra Manning in , a cute emotional girl whose cuteness is only amplified by her lisp. This trope could also easily explain why Orn "Dutchy" Ayers is so popular on the board. Dutchy is an Icelandic , free-loving comic book nerd who watches soccer and cries Tender Tears over the plight of third-world countries among other things.
Add in his in-game posts, which makes many handlers see him as The Woobie , and his habit of wearing a Pointless Band-Aid over his nose, and you have a character who most of the board adores. The Doomy Adventures of Irken Doominess : Melissa as a smeet was a total Moe being shy and withdraw, often having others feel the need to protect her. Tabletop Games. The Warhammer 40, fan-character Cultist-chan turned into this once she got de-aged.
Yes, a cultist of Chaos. She's so cute she'll cahptoor your heart! The there's the Land Raider Spartan Eberron 's female religious leaders are adorable. Jaela Daran has been mentioned many times. Erandis Vol also practices knitting. Something about you makes people pity you and want to take care of you.
Taken in conjunction with above-average looks, Pitiable means you are "cute" instead of "sexy"; in combination with below-average looks, it means you are "appealingly homely," like a basset hound.
The Phantom of the Opera Christine is a perfect example of a Moe done well. Meg Giry could also qualify for this. Visual Novels. Danganronpa : Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc : Chihiro Fujisaki serves as this In-Universe , having a sizable fanbase due to looking like a "small, frightened animal". Even before her secret is revealed, she serves as the Token Mini-Moe to both the boys and girls.
Mikan Tsumiki too, at least before The Reveal and even then, people still tend to feel bad for her. Ibuki Mioda is pretty cute as well, especially with her energetic nature and hilarious dialogue. His unmasked appearance especially. Komaru herself is quite the cutie, which is why the game seems to make an active effort to break her. Even Kotoko thinks so. Monaka plays it up for deceptive purposes , so she arguably subverts this trope. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony : Himiko has that "Cute Little Sister" aura to her, not to mention sharing some similar quirks and Christine Marie Cabanos 's voice in the dub, which also helps with the above Chiaki Nanami.
Doki Doki Literature Club! Shiki from Tsukihime tends to have a love of moe traits among the girls in the games. The doujins take this to whole new levels, creating his infamous line "So moe Akiha, Arcueid, Hisui, Satsuki, and Len; arguably the most moe characters out of the lot.
However, it's worth noting that despite fandom's treatment of Hanako as moe, her route in the game actually deconstructs the concept. Hanako becomes well aware that Hisao feels sorry for her and sees her as The Woobie , and she greatly resents it. In her Bad End, she calls Hisao out on this, yelling that she hates him for this behaviour. With the way she's facing the screen, however, it doesn't seem that she's yelling at Hisao so much as she's yelling at the player.
In her H-scene, the reason she has sex with Hisao in the first place is so that he'll stop seeing her as someone to be pitied and protected.
Check out one of her animation cycles if you want proof. Really, any of your female companions fall into this in some way. Maya with her childish naivete, Pearl's innocent ignorance of the world outside Kurain Village and just being the one little girl in general , and Trucy Wright just all around.
The entire premise is never really just 'girls being cute', there's always something to it, some kind of location or activity the girls center around. They're always doing 'something' and the cuteness is just a side effect of them existing and doing whatever they do.
I like moe because it makes me feel comfy and peaceful. At least for me, the older I get, the closer those feelings approach to something like happiness or bliss. This is coming from someone who dislikes these kind of shows,I understand the purpose they serve and also the fact that I don't belong to the audience it's meant to appeal to. It's the same thing with Iyashikei, I don't get why people would actively watch something extremely slow and atmospheric to relax themselves, but I understand that for other people it works.
It's a subgenre of slice of life in my opinion. Not much happens, but at least its cute right, known what I'm saying. Because it cures cancer 30characterlimit. I sometime watch it to heal my body from all the work. Really helps. I'm using fictional girls to help myself recover from fatigues In my case, it's simply because it makes me happy. Seeing cute girls I would want to hug eg. Moe can be good as a stress reliever, too. Because many people don't watch anime for complexity and great story, i know that sounds shocking lol, don't worry , even I don't understand why tho :D.
Because sometimes you just want to escape for a while from the problems of real life and watch people who are cute, innocent, and guileless, unlike the often cynical and scheming people you have to deal with irl. Moe anime are like a detox treatment for the soul. I remember reading in SZS that moe fans in Japan consider the term outdated and replaced it with another, meaning "flower" or something. I'm indifferent to moe and don't like it often, but sometimes it contradicts very well with dark stories.
Or it adds very well to a pretty calm atmosphere. Just being cute is not enough to be good. Most of moe anime is crap, because authors just play on watchers' primitive instincts and don't bother about actual quality.
Although some very few "worthy" moe exists, too. I'm level on mal-badges. View my badges. For me, it's not the moe part that I like. But there are surely some anime that have moe caharacters that I really really like. These which I enjoy are mostly because their relaxing vibe.
I like things that are cute and make me laugh. Pure moe isn't fun to watch. If there is comedy thrown in there like something like K-On or Acchi Kocchi, I will enjoy it to no end, but if the show is moe for the sake of being moe like Gocchuumon wa usagi desu ka, I will drop it before episode 5.
Moe needs to be accompanied by comedy or something else to draw me in before I will watch it. A show like Yuru Camp for me is pretty therapeutic. It seriously helped me relax so I could go to sleep. I would call them less people and more deviants with questionable deviations. But only the history will judge them. Because it's good fun. Just don't non-thematically blend some imbecile moe into some tryhard serious anime for the sake of cheap services.
That's exactly where the line should never be crossed. That's why everyone like moe Degenerates Ignore this part just adding up shit to get comment posted. If you like real women you may not like moe, since their behavior is to be how usually we will find people adorable or ideal. Same with Otome games I will say. In this personal No, It is But well Because fun things are fun, that's one of the reasons. Because its cute and wholesome , heartwarming and nice and often funny.
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