/lit/ - Literature

Waifu. A divisive term. I hazard to say that its definition is as varied as it is held to be true and thus discussions regarding waifuism have a tendency to go nowhere fast. In any case, we should also define love which is multifaceted. Plato tells us that love in itself isn't a good but requires good intention to be differentiated from lower forms (i.e. lust). In this regard, true love is directed not towards the appearance of the person or his status but rather towards the inward self and virtue; moreover, it tends towards the divine: a clearly intangible being. It seems to me that insofar as your love is true and thereby differentiated explicitly from lust and the constraints of physicality, it is closer to the ideal of love. I ask you: does the waifu, necessarily intangible, and dimensionally perfect, not more readily allow for the cultivation what might be termed divine eros? What's more, can the waifu, necessarily an unreachable ideal, not only more readily manifest virtuous behavior but also drive those whose hearts have been pierced by this 2D arrow to attempt to develope such virtue?

To me, the answer appears yes, but I am writing this whilst eating toast and shitposting on other boards.

I must add: that one can love something intangible is incontrovertible; the better question is whether or not you, anon, can even love at all