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Yeah Yeah Beebiss I ([info]harrylovesron) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2011-07-02 14:16:00


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I'm putting this behind a cut due to anti-semitic and Nazi imagery and apologism for said anti-semitic imagery.

I am completely unfamiliar with the series myself, but in short, Axis Powers Hetalia is a webcomic/manga/anime series that depicts history in the form of personified countries. Here's The TVTropes page.

The fandom has been in the unfunny spotlight several times (see: a group of Hetalia cosplayers doing a Nazi salute at Anime Boston), and here's another mindblowing example.

I am not sure which character(s) these folks are cosplaying, but that's irrelevant in the face of the fact that they were photographed POINTING GUNS AT a depiction of a Star of David.

Let that sink in for a moment.

A Tumblr user named yumikarp, who has since deleted their entire Tumblr, has been quoted in reblogs defending said cosplayers:

This is called art.
I see nothing wrong in it, they are just living into their roles and doing what history has told. I have nothing against Jews, not at all, but I see nothing wrong in this because there is nothing wrong of it.
Sheesh, it’s like the over-religious people being all against that photographer woman who made pictures of Jesus being gay and having group sex. She didn’t do it without a meaning, and it wasn’t a racist meaning of any kind. It’s called art.
This is just the same.
These two people might actually be Jews themselves, who knows.
All they’re doing is making a scene of what history has told in the past.
The end.
Why take it so personal?
Why so serious?


One of the Cosplayers also tries to defend the photo as a "joke".

Hello, I’m Prussia in this photo.

This was just for a joke and very casual, because that place isn’t a church or anything related… just toilets’s park. LOL

The ORIGINAL pic is in Deviantart and mature CENSORED for obvious reasons. The other place is Photobucket, an album made for the ones that were in this photoshot. We didn’t want to offend anyone.


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Impossible is nothing xDD Really I don’t care about what can people say about a photo that supposely we offense Jews, my mind is clear, since beginning that photo was just a joke, nothing serious and in a non-sacred place (oh well, maybe park’s toilets are sacred after a “bad meal” <33) Anyway <333 Relax yourself, if we have to be this point almost all hetalia’s fandom is historycally offensive. xDDD

Finally, and advertisment <333 ~ Use copyright in photos, because you’ll never expect who wants to fight or be a jerk <33


Because adding hearts and "XD" faces totally makes it better amirite?


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[info]t_boy
2011-07-03 04:50 am UTC (link)
As someone who has middling-to-terrible skills in photography, and has to cover for his photographers when they're not around, and appreciates the work they do, off and on work, your friend is an idiot.

It takes talent to figure out how to composition stuff. It takes talent to pick the time to capture the best moment. There are certain things you cannot even fix, even in post, and yes, digital cameras and Photoshop makes certain things easier, but seriously? Photography is still a matter of skill and luck, and sometimes you need the skill to make your luck, and that's a talent.

Specifically, it takes talent that I don't really have. Anyone who denies that it does is denying the obvious. And is an idiot.

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[info]sandglass
2011-07-03 06:08 pm UTC (link)
Not to mention the equipment! I wanted to buy a new camera to take better cat pictures, and the details involved for finding something that could take good action shots blew my mind. You need knowledge and skill to properly work a camera!

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