First off, there is absolutely nothing weird about finding a cartoon attractive. Not only is it instinctual to find certain characteristics (clear skin, symmetric faces) naturally attractive, but I can't think of a single person that is honest to themselves that hasn't thought it at some point or another for some character.LobsterFeng said:So you see a girl or a boy from a western cartoon or an anime. You then think "Hmm, he/she is pretty cute/hot/attractive/whatever. Would you say this is normal? Or do you think this qualifies as a weird fetish or something?
I realize that like any attraction being attracted to animated characters can be taken to weird levels (Rule 34 is evidence of that) but I'm not really asking if you think that kind of stuff is weird I'm just asking if you think finding an animated character attractive is something most people do or if it's just some weird exclusive trait that only the weirdest of geeks posses.
Anyway I'm getting kind of redundant now so I'll just sit in the corner and wait.
EDIT: I just now noticed that there's a fetish thread floating around right now. I swear this has nothing to do with it...not intentionally anyway...
Second off, who cares? Even if only 1 percent of the population exhibits a certain kind of sexual attraction, that still means that 3 million other people in your country exhibit the same attraction (assuming you live in the US). But on the internet, a significant chunk, perhaps even a majority, have jerked it to cartoon images before, or otherwise looked at them in a sexual manner.
Here's what the internet says about it: http://isitnormal.com/story/cartoon-crush-25441/
And I might as well take this time to post what my biggest cartoon crush was, back when I watched cartoons frequently.
Naw dude, you've nothing to worry about. You don't even need to worry about jerking it to some character you find absolutely hot. It's normal, and nothing to be ashamed about. If you're looking to be popular, don't go bragging about it, just like you wouldn't brag about jerking it to normal porn, and don't otherwise be "weird" about sex, and there is little conceivable way for this to affect your life in the slightest. In fact, you can even MAKE friends over discussions on who you would, say, marry if you could pick a cartoon universe to live in.