Everything But Your Jak

I really needed to get this image quickly out of the way in time for my departure for University on Monday. And this goes to express every single pet peeve I have relating to Jak fandom.<br />
The reason why I gave it its title was because most of the pet peeves link to the huge excess of fanart for Jak the character. This fatal action is seen most especially around this very site, where only images of that one character seem to be the only ones getting comments around there.<br />
Trust me, I've even tried submitting art of other characters, but I've been struggling for comments lately. :(<br />
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And so, I'll link you towards the characters in the image and the pet peeve relations one by one.<br />
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[DAXTER - "I'm more adorable!!!"]<br />
Personally, I see Daxter as the cuter character of the heroic duo. Why? Because he's got a lot of character within him, a lot of charm and wit within every comment he makes, and he knows how to lighten up the darker of situations. I'm surprised on the total lack of artwork for him, aside from images as submitted by Yoshi Dream Knight and MandyPandaa to name but a few.<br />
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[TESS - "Don't diss me 'cause I'm blonde!"]<br />
While going around the Jak fandom area, I've noticed that people hate Tess because she's been recognised as either a "slut", a "Daxter-pincher" and/or a "stupid blonde". I'm probably wasting typing space on this, but I see her as a sweet character, and a nice way to give Daxter a little bit of respect for him. I'm also interested on her role in Jak 3 if anything. ^^<br />
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[KEIRA - "Leave my Jak alone, fangirls!"]<br />
This is probably the angriest panel I've layered down, which is shown by the sloppy nature I've ended up applying to her face. I've heard that every single Jak fan I know (most if not that) created a fan character of their own to pinch Jak from Keira and make them fall in love with him in the end. I would point out from those characteristics that those are "Mary-Sues", and you know how much the fandom area really hates that. I just think that Jak and Keira are meant to be. ^^<br />
Alongside with the Tess panel, Keira's expression also shows another peeve of mine - Jak yaoi. I find that totally unbearable to take in, whether it's through imagery or fanfiction, and that totally takes away the strong nature of the characters. I'm sorry, but bishie-to-bishie is really not my thing, and it reallly does not work well in the context of a strong backdrop like the Jak set.<br />
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[BARON PRAXIS - "At least credit me for his Dark Jak form!"]<br />
A friend of mine passed me a valid statement in an MSN conversation once. During replies, she passed over a message saying on the lines of "without the Baron's input, Dark Jak would never exist". And you know how much some people have fallen in love with Dark Jak, AD especially. But what shocked me the most was that there's barely any fanart for him out there. I even wrote a tutorial on how to draw him, but... nothing followed on. (The tutorial's in my deviantART archive if you're interested - my pen name is rexrock69.) So therefore, it's shown that a lot of Jak fans hate him for just that one Dark Eco experiment. And that's what bothered me more than anything. -_-<br />
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[KREW - "I have an inner character, you know!"]<br />
I know that Krew isn't the most likeable of characters, but what I hated to see in fanfics is that he get picked on due to his outside appearance and eating habits. Being a victim of such things myself, that is a case of true harassment on a harmless character!!! I know how his attitude was reflected near the end of the game, but he has to be appreciated by the inner sly character we see for him, just like that.<br />
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[VIN - "What are you looking at?"]<br />
This was originally meant to be Kor, but I would have thought Vin managed to fit the bill that little bit better. It was partially made to be there for entertainment's sake, but after looking on at his fanbase, he too seems to have too little respect. I know he gets fanart every now and again, but I am so shocked to see that he hasn't got enough already.<br />
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And so thus ends this more rant-esque image. I shall conclude my description by saying this one statement - <br />
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"There is too much art for Jak the character around the site. I missed the days when people like Weasel, MandyPandaa, DazedPink and that stayed around the site and added more original artwork to this part of the site, giving a strong emphasis to other characters relating to Jak. I want that moment to live again, to keep the people interested in Jak art. Otherwise, this section will be long dead before Jak 3 comes out."<br />
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"Please, for the love of the Jak fanbase, provide some art for other characters. Don't create Mary-Sues - let the chosen relationships (JakXKeira, DaxXTess) be. Be creative with your artwork instead of drawing the same thing."<br />
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"Support the other characters today - they deserve just as much love as Jak himself."<br />
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(DISCLAIMER: All chars here are from the skilful hands of those Naughty Dogs, but I did the image ^^)