Ramble time! I think one reason I find animation easier to get immersed in than live action is because there aren't any actors or actresses standing there. Animation cuts out the middle man and goes straight to the characters. One reason I like Buffy is cause they're very animation style characters. Their personality comes first and quality acting comes second. The characters have their own way of talking that's separate from how good acting is supposed to work. Nicolas Brendan looks like a hunk but it doesn't matter. He's a dork; he acts like a dork, and that's what I see. In later seasons when Willow evolves into a more confident, outgoing person, her appearance evolves to match it. I like that. Some people complained that in Spider-Man 3, when Peter went emo, his appearance changed alongside his personality, but I like that. I like blunt, expressive visuals. In MLP, you can figure out character traits just by looking at their hair. Rainbow Dash's mane is wild and unkempt because she cares about soaring through the wind and not so much about looking pretty. Rarity's mane is stylized and she wears eyeliner because she cares about her looks. Pinkie Pie's big poofy cotton candy mane is a hint that she's kooky. Applejack's cowboy hat tells you she's tough. When I glance at a show or movie and all I see is a bunch of actors and actresses standing around, I feel bored because I don't care about celebrities. When I see a music video and there's a celebrity dancing around I feel annoyed because I don't come to music for that. One reason I love The Decemberists is because the protagonist or point of view of the songs can feel so drastically different from song to song. The singer isn't providing the same type of attitude from song to song to have an image all his own. His image doesn't matter. Death of the author. Just immersion. If I cared about reality, I wouldn't be a nerd.