>>1206962archetypes can reveal themselves through anime and cartoons, yes. to call one a favorite, tho, wouldn't make much sense from a jungian perspective -- archetypes are merely psychic projections onto another person or anime/cartoon character of qualities you perceive yourself to lack; as this is a state of suffering, it wouldn't make sense to say you that have a favorite state of suffering (unless perhaps you're projecting suffering)
...of course, it would make sense to say that you have a favorite anime or character from an anime or cartoon, etc. in terms of preferences, which is how a lot of people, particularly older generations, view cartoons - not in terms of archetypes but in terms of preferences, or other psychological phenomena (i.e.: wanting to connect with their child who watches a particular cartoons and likes a character) .....
so if i were adore the unicorn known as twilight sparkle (and particularly in her original colors --somepony will use ai to recolor season 1 in her original colors one day...), well... it is because i feel as though i lack something that the unicorn represents to my mind ....
cute,
sexy, innocent, pure-hearted, magical, very smart to name a few ....yet, this is just my mind projecting onto the character these qualities. in reality, i have all of these qualities -- i just think i don't
what would it feel like to look at the unicorn known as twilight sparkle, i wonder, and to just see a unicorn? would it be any different than seeing a mule? surely, it would be ...yet, this is a question that only those who have achieved full integration can know the answer to ...
(of course, i have other anime archetypes as well, and twilight sparkle could be said to be a sort-of combination of several other ones.... ..)
