I have been trying to find inspiration for the novel. So I have turned on the TV and the first thing to pop on screen was Ben 10. I watched an episode and realized something:
When the novels are finished and so are the movie(s) I am going to write children's TV shows. Why? Because it is ridiculously easy. American cartoons are far to fluffy. I'm not saying that is a bad thing, but in my option they are not showing how smart you actually have to be to be a "hero."
For example, in this episode, what I can only describe as a half-mech half-illithid, attacked the boy named Ben. He used his watch thingie to change into a "hero" and saved his father, after his house was UTTERLY decimated. They then move into the center of the city were all hell brakes lose and a bunch of people are shot... at... none of the precision bullets fired from the percision weapons hit anyone, except this one guy who I think got shot, then flew into the air like a bad video game. Well Ben and and his family take some super guns and kill the flying robots, really, really, easy. Then the Mech-Squid shows up and, standing in plain-sight starts to monolog (although in his defense he is invincible and can't be killed, but I didn't know that at this point) Well, long story short, the kids stand around and let him monolog, not even pointing the guns at him. So after he is done a girl comes in and blows up the corner of the building he is on with her super powers and he falls into some ruble. No one bothers rushing over and OPENING FIRE ON THE RUBBLE! For gods sake, I don't care that no one can die but the bad guy, but come on! Point the damn gun at him and start shooting. He is there to F***ING KILL YOU!?!? SHOT HIM FIRST!
That is why I love anime. Sure a lot of it is hilariously over the top, but at least in the more "adult" cartoons, people don't stand around like idiots.
I mean "adult" as in more mature hero's like Full Metal Alchemist not Shin-Chan.
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