Isnt this basically what the Catholic Church did in Dogma when they introduced Buddy Christ? Like down to the motivations and everything?
The Vatican randomly dropped their new anime mascot and it is polarizing the internet
Submitted 2 weeks ago by mo_lave@reddthat.com to anime@ani.social
https://www.dailydot.com/memes/luce-mascot-vatican/
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uis@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
There is r34(porn) of it, there is r63(genderswapped version) of it and r85(pony) of it.
Also, pony:
spiderman@ani.social 2 weeks ago
I wish those part of internet just doesn’t exist.
RedStrider@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
really? cause i feel like i’ve seen nothing but people liking them the character?
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
cause i feel like i’ve seen nothing but people liking the character
Especially the rule 34 weebs.
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s fucking weird. The characters are fine and cute. Its just the old pedo priests behind it that creep me out.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I have no opinion on this except that it immediately brings to mind the “lightbringer” in Christian mythology.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah what next? Sam and Lily?
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
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.
Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
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.
mo_lave@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
That counts as a caricature-criticism of the church tbf
pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Getting to work? There are already hundreds of pictures on sites ;).
recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The polarization and criticism isn’t unfounded as it comes off as 3 parts:
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?
domdanial@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
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.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
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.
Archer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A more accurate mascot would be the anthropomorphization of centuries of murder, rape, genocide, and sexism. Wonder what that would be
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It’s like a Buddy Christ moment from Dogma