Bad fanon that trumps the canon for the far to long

[Acyl]

Not too long ago, a friend and I were in the manga section of a large Japanese bookstore. And, as we're wont to do, being
fairly loud in our opinions and critique. We were talking about the sheer expense of manga, the trouble in getting an entire series in English, the pace of
releases, and so on.

We were interrupted, though, by a girl who insisted, no, that manga is /easy/ to get. And she couldn't at all grasp where
we were coming from. It transpired that she's really big in the scanlation scene, runs an IRC server, has a few hundred gigs of manga stored
away...basically, y'know, queen of piracy and everything.

And I was totally unable to convince her that...not everyone spends that much time on the 'net. Not everyone spends so
much time downloading stuff. Not everyone is so inclined or able to read stuff for that long on a computer screen - or play such merry hell with copyright
laws. Not everyone has that kinda time, period.

Or even if you are, not everyone's so immersed in that subculture. You gotta realise, this kid (she was 14) ... was talking like everyone should
have access to tons and tons of scanlations. And I'm all 'sorry, I have absolutely no idea where to find this stuff'. To which I got this absolute
look of bewilderment and pity.

Go figure.

-- Acyl