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[salinea]

Comic strips tellings some China earthquake stories

Completely broke my heart.

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[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Are they true?

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

as far as I know, that's how they're presented.

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

I hope so. Some hope is always good.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

yes.

[catrionamacnair.livejournal.com]

There are no words for art like this.

Thanks for sharing.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

it's interesting how it's a medium that really works to tell that kind of stories.

[arboretum]

mine too.

and something that got me thinking re: a comment further up on the page... for me, personally, it doesn't even matter whether these particular stories are true or not. as human beings, don't we all relate to the emotion in them? somewhere, amongst the thousands upon thousands of casualties and tragedies caused by this disaster, many people have undoubtedly done a lot of amazing and selfless things. I guess it doesn't really matter to me whether these eleven stories actually number among them... they represent them. :|

thanks for sharing this, btw. ♥

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

you make a good point.

I admit I tend to look at a true story in a different way than I do a fictional way, especially if it happened (relatively) recently. The fact that they involved real people means that the respect I owe those people influence how I view the stories. It's not just an artefact, it's a part of their soul.

I'm also very suspicious of "inspired by a true story" adaptations because that often feel very disrespectful to me.

But in terms of being a true testimony of humanity, you're absolutely right. True doesn't have to be real to be true, in a way.

[rebbe]

This.

This.

I don't have any words for how touching and heartbreaking this is

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly.

[ontogenesis.livejournal.com]

Those made me tear up.

I would think they are true, since in several s/he mentions names and places, which can easily be checked.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I think so too.

[shiinabambi.livejournal.com]

I consider myself one of those people who Does Not Cry Easily, but these made me cry with a single page. Holy wow.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Yes, it does have that effect.