Warm Light.

I was kinda hesitant about uploading this here, since it's just a doodle- But I guess since I coloured it to look somewhat complete I'll just go ahead and submit.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love Hikari? Especially her 02 self, she was kinda like an idol to me when I was 10 years old. Kind, gentle, sensitive and caring- to the kid me who used to be so shy to the point of being friendless, and the me then who also had problems expressing myself and often got into physical fights, and the me who was always too blunt with my words to the point of hurting others- Hikari was truly a role model for me.

It was because of Hikari that I'm motivated to change myself, to be a more open, cheerful person, to be someone more caring and sensitive of other people's feelings; a person who is less self centered and is loved by the people around her. Of course, she wasn't my only motivation for change, I had people in my life who encouraged me in different ways; which resulted in me becoming the person I am now. But she was the only fictional character that had that much of an impact on me during that crucial period, especially in that friendless phase of mine. She has been a strong mental support, and role model to the young me at that time. And through all that did I become the person I am now.

Some people might say she's a Mary Sue, and let's just say I'll go along with that and agree with those people for now. A simple question; what's wrong with that? As people, even though none of us are perfect, we are beings who seek perfection, do we not? As people, many of us seek to improve ourselves, and become better people than we were before- so what's wrong with liking someone who is supposedly perfect, when it's someone you want to be?

I'm not saying that it's wrong to like flawed characters; on the contrary, I feel that I can empathize better with flawed characters, and bonus if they seek to improve themselves (aka character development); I personally also have quite a few characters I love who are flawed, or are characters who learn along the way. And I personally feel that characters who are so called perfect just belongs to another category; and there is nothing degrading about characters like that. It is society and common pop culture trends that makes people so afraid to create so called Mary Sue characters. When in the end, it all boils down to the different character types and personal taste.

Also, perfect character hatred is commonly targeted at girls rather than boys. Possibly because a large population in the active community are girls rather than boys (notice how the term fangirls are more common than fanboys). When a male character is perfect; chances of him being hated are slimmer in comparison to girls. Take batman for instance, take rancho (3 idiots) for instance, take kudou taiki (digimon) for instance, heck; even take Kai (beyblade) for instance. Idealistic boys are welcomed and loved in the community, why can't girls be too?

Woah that is one long rant for a small picture like this.

Granted, I think there are quite a few Hikari lovers out there, but a lot of them like Hikari in a "I ship her with Takeru/Daisuke/Ken" kinda way. I do too, and I don't deny it; but I think I'm one of those rare few fans who really just loves Hikari for who she is, pairing or not.

And if anyone wants to criticize, bear in mind that I am referring to the original Japanese version of Hikari here, not the saban dub version. Even though I don't think that Kari (notice, dub name) is bad or anything; in comparison to Hikari, I think she's a little more sharp tongued and insensitive. Some might say it makes her character less bland/boring though, up to you to decide. I personally don't think of Hikari as boring, but it might be just me.

But all in all, everything boils down to personal preference. So if you still don't like her, it's fine. It's a matter of taste.

And Hikari does have her flaws; she can be over reliant on other people, and tend to bottle up her feelings a lot. I know that, but I still love and accept her for who she is.

I accidentally ranted extra-- oops okay stopping now.

edit: You see, this is why I avoid talking deeply about my favorite characters, I end up typing so much and it really takes up a lot of time._.;;