I disagree. I think it's perfect. The idea people are buying a factory made shirt, obviously capitalism, of a communist figure is quite brilliant. I wonder if it helps that the original was taken a funeral.
Any image will need a degree of explaining but I think this one does it rather well. Then again I know about Che so I can't pretend to not understand the reference.
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Here is the last thread on this read that.
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In that case, it wasn't misaimed fandom, it was simply fandom hypocrisy.
edited 7th Aug '11 1:12:21 PM by Kexruct
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I'm good with the current pic.
I LOL'd at the current pic.
I think the current picture's perfect. Even if you don't know who Che Guevara is, it says, "Only $9 authentic Communist Tee!" From there, it's easy to connect the dots that Che Guevara is important to Communism in some way.
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Voting to keep current image.
Please.
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Okay, now I understand what it is, but it still isn't a fitting image.
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I don't think it should be taken off entirely, I just think it should be moved to another article. The definition of Misaimed Fandom is the fandom misinterpreting an aspect of a work, be it a character, or a character's motives, or anything like that. This just shows the fandom entirely missing the point of Che Guevara and communism in general, which isn't misaiming, it's just stupid.
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The picture is funny, but I definitely think it's confusing. It works for the trope if you consider Che Guevara as the writer, and the people buying the shirts as fans who are ignoring what he actually believed in. But my first reaction was that the shop selling the T-shirts is the "writer", but the only thing the shop believes in is getting money.
I only worked out what the picture was illustrating after reading and understanding the description, and spending a couple of minutes thinking about it. So for me, the picture isn't doing its job.
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What would you suggest as an alternative, though? I think the current one is fine. It's clear that the fandom (or at least some of it) towards Che Guevara is misaimed, so long as you know both who he is and the kind of fandom he has. (And one should; it's telling in terms of so much about society.)
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Clock is set; consensus is to keep the current pic.
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Clock's up; locking up.
The picture doesn't really make any sense. It only serves to make the article itself more confusing.
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