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    Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
    It's because every explanation you gave is not a rationale people use when applied to real life. If your neighbor is a boy killing sister fucker, you're not going to care how charismatic or interesting his life choices are; you're just gonna hate him as is.
    Hey, wuf. Fiction isn't reality.

    That's why we call reality

    wait for it

    non-fiction.

    Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
    Bridging that divide is what my question is about.
    Dude, this took less than 30 seconds to find:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestheticization_of_violence


    EDIT: 30 seconds later

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartmentalization_%28psychology%29

    re-EDIT: The gift that keeps on giving

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideali...nd_devaluation
    Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 03-30-2016 at 10:12 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
    Hey, wuf. Fiction isn't reality.

    That's why we call reality

    wait for it

    non-fiction.


    Dude, this took less than 30 seconds to find:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestheticization_of_violence


    EDIT: 30 seconds later

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartmentalization_%28psychology%29

    re-EDIT: The gift that keeps on giving

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideali...nd_devaluation
    The compartmentalization link is the closest is decent for this issue, but it's still about a technique used to deal with dissonance; whereas my concern is about why that dissonance exists in the first place.

    Why do you think it is common for people to root for heroes in fiction that they would denounce and be horrified by in fact?
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    Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
    The compartmentalization link is the closest is decent for this issue, but it's still about a technique used to deal with dissonance; whereas my concern is about why that dissonance exists in the first place.

    Why do you think it is common for people to root for heroes in fiction that they would denounce and be horrified by in fact?
    'Cause it's a story and the plot tells you who are the good guys and the bad guys and you go with it, 'cause otherwise the story is lame.

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