How far is too far?

[RobinStarwing]

I saw this listed in Yahoo and read it. Sharing it with you guys. Put it here in General as I felt it was the safest place to put it.

Real-life Anime Girl: Anastasiya Shpagina’s Bizarre Make-up Tutorial

I think this: While I adore anime and yes, I have anime girl crushes...this girl is down right creepy and ugly to me. It's a good makeup job, don't get me wrong. But the problem is the body modification she has had done already and wants done in the future. I'm betting Moka and Kurumu don't weigh in at 90 lbs nor are their waists that small.

So seriously guys, tell me what you think.

[Flarecobra]

There are fans, and then there are the zealots.

This person, I think surpasses the "Zealot" factor.

[Tev]

That's a pretty impressive makeup job. As for body modification, if I start down the trans-humanism rabbit-hole, we'll be here forever. Suffice to say, that's not the oddest thing I've seen or heard of people doing to modify their bodies.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

Fire is the cure.

It is the only way.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Burn them witches, yo. Why'd they stop doing that anyway? Burning people for no reason is the best thing to do.

Well okay, we could burn them for being different. That's almost as great.

[Aerozord]

welcome to the uncanny valley. We hope you enjoy your stay

[pochercoaster]

I don't really see what the problem is. Yeah, it looks strange, but what does it matter to me?

She does not look like an unhealthy weight. Check google images search- in every photo she looks like she's simply lean, but not unhealthily skinny. Here is a good example. That's not someone with a (visible) illness. 90 pounds -is- light, but if you're a short person that might be within a normal weight range for you. She's wearing a waist cincher in the article you linked, which may cause problems IF worn constantly, but she's not even wearing the cincher in the majority of her photos.

That does not mean she might not have an eating disorder, since EDs can vary in their intensity depending on how strict the person is with themselves. However there is no reason to assume by simply looking at her that there's a problem. You cannot know what someone's health is like by simply looking at them. I know no one brought up EDs specifically but it seems like they were gonna come up eventually so.

I poked around for articles about her surgery and nothing turned up except that she wants surgery in the future but hasn't had any so far. Anyways, if she does want to have surgery why aren't we blaming the cosmetic surgery industry? If she wants eye surgery why aren't we talking about how western standards of beauty are used throughout the world to shame women about their bodies if they're not thin and white and have european features in order to sell them unnecessary products and procedures?

[RobinStarwing]

Originally Posted by pocheros

I don't really see what the problem is. Yeah, it looks strange, but what does it matter to me?

She does not look like an unhealthy weight. Check google images search- in every photo she looks like she's simply lean, but not unhealthily skinny. Here is a good example. That's not someone with a (visible) illness. 90 pounds -is- light, but if you're a short person that might be within a normal weight range for you. She's wearing a waist cincher in the article you linked, which may cause problems IF worn constantly, but she's not even wearing the cincher in the majority of her photos.

That does not mean she might not have an eating disorder, since EDs can vary in their intensity depending on how strict the person is with themselves. However there is no reason to assume by simply looking at her that there's a problem. You cannot know what someone's health is like by simply looking at them. I know no one brought up EDs specifically but it seems like they were gonna come up eventually so.

I poked around for articles about her surgery and nothing turned up except that she wants surgery in the future but hasn't had any so far. Anyways, if she does want to have surgery why aren't we blaming the cosmetic surgery industry? If she wants eye surgery why aren't we talking about how western standards of beauty are used throughout the world to shame women about their bodies if they're not thin and white and have european features in order to sell them unnecessary products and procedures?

I think you miss my point Poch.

My issue is that she seems addicted to wanting to look like this. It doesn't look healthy or right. It has nothing to do with my standards on how a woman should look.

Also, she wants to look like a girl out of an anime, that is a far cry from anything European.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Originally Posted by RobinStarwing

My issue is that she seems addicted to wanting to look like this. It doesn't look healthy or right.

Define healthy.
Define right.

I don't like how she looks, but if that's the way she wants to look I see no reason to judge her for that.

[Meister]

Originally Posted by RobinStarwing

It has nothing to do with my standards on how a woman should look.

It doesn't look [...] right.

And I don't think a yahoo blog entry with highly questionable sourcing standards is quite the right foundation to determine whether someone's addicted to anything.