Comments on: Moment the Second: Would he?

By: Brocast 5/16/2010: Editorial control « Pontifus

Brocast 5/16/2010: Editorial control « Pontifus — Sun, 16 May 2010 22:05:17 +0000

[...] Said post is here. Yes, I still feel sort of guilty about all that. There’s a Genshiken spoiler around here, [...]

By: The process revised; observations on slow/fast blogging « Pontifus

The process revised; observations on slow/fast blogging « Pontifus — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:19:22 +0000

[...] I’m pleased enough with some of my forays into the technique, even if things like this and this are so personal as to be difficult to read now (I still can’t believe I actually wrote the [...]

By: ghostlightning

ghostlightning — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:52:39 +0000

I had just finished reading Genshiken. I wanted to write a comment immediately after finishing chapter 53, but I held off and finished the whole thing first.

This moment to me is even more precious if I considered the absolute pathos of the succeeding chapter, that is interesting on its own because it was done entirely without dialogue.

This is for Cuchlann too, *SYMMETRICAL DOCKING*

I had my own experiences of these, where I acted on them – only that I got turned down one way or another.

Except ONE TIME, at university, eerily similar to your scenario because the girl used to date my best friend.

We didn’t last a year, and while we’re civil now we never keep in touch. Miraculously my best friend is still my best friend and stood as my best man at my wedding.

Unlike Madarame, we had alcohol going for us. And unlike Madarame, there was a lot of mutual attraction going on. I had thought she’d be an Ohno, but she ended up being more like Kuasakabe. I’m not sure if I have as good a handle on Madarame’s character the way you and Cuchlann do, but I think he would be like me to pine for that girl for then next five years of my life.

By: ubiquitial

ubiquitial — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:25:26 +0000

Splendid

Love the D&D allegories

By: anitations - CCY’s 12 Days of Christmas [Day 11]

anitations - CCY’s 12 Days of Christmas [Day 11] — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:32:17 +0000

[...] Cuchlann & Pontifus: Madarame revealment via Kasukabe [...]

By: PK

PK — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:40:07 +0000

Bravo, and well done. My favorite in the series, and not just because of a distinct sense of self-centeredness.

By: Cuchlann

Cuchlann — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:04:54 +0000

Really nice. Probably a better post than mine, I would say. The only reason I didn’t start bitching about my ex was force of will, and it still happened. Your post made me think of her even more. Thanks, douche. ; )

Actually, something I didn’t put in my post that it helped me realize is that like the characters — or the versions I was writing about — my ex-girlfriend wasn’t ready for the kind of relationship we proposed having. She’s supposedly still discovering how to deal with her intellectualism, and so apparently it made her uncomfortable that I’ve integrated it with every part of my life, basically.

And I don’t think it was “way too goddamn much about” yourself. Honestly, I envy your ability to do what you did. My latent fear of creative non-fiction keeps me from doing more than the odd embellishment as I go along.

Again, really good post. I’m jealous. And you already have like 10,000 percent more comments than I do.

By: lolikitsune

lolikitsune — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:01:28 +0000

I was on the edge of my seat throughout this post. It rocked. You rock. Well done, sir.

Well. Done.