Every once in a while, two lines of inquiry collide in my head, and the resultant reaction inevitably takes some sensitive tissue with it. The questions that led to today’s post were: 1. if fandom is socially constructed like the rest of our personalities — if fandom is indeed part of one’s personality, and not [...]
All posts for the month May, 2010
The many Minmays to my Hikaru (but who is the Minmay here, and who the Hikaru?): A selfish reading of that one love triangle
Posted by Pontifus on 27 May 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/05/27/the-many-minmays-to-my-hikaru-but-who-is-the-minmay-here-and-who-the-hikaru-a-selfish-reading-of-that-one-love-triangle/
Further thoughts on re-reading Genshiken: Madarame’s fetishes, Ogiue’s hangups, and never the twain shall meet
Ogiue’s appearance marks a shift in Genshiken from loosely organized slice of otaku life to something a little more like a recognizable romance plot — but, I emphasize, only a little more like a recognizable romance plot, as Genshiken has that fantastic way of maintaining absolute subtlety, subverting every trope in the book, and hitting [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 23 May 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/05/23/further-thoughts-on-re-reading-genshiken-madarames-fetishes-ogiues-hangups-and-never-the-twain-shall-meet/
Complex feelings about moral complexity (or, A paean to Paptimus-sama)
I got the idea for this post while reading John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War, but knowledge thereof isn’t required, and I’ll try not to spoil it too badly. Suffice to say that I’ll mostly deal with that Japanese stuff I’m always on about, as it’s full of counterexamples to things Scalzi does that I don’t [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 20 May 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/05/20/complex-feelings-about-moral-complexity-or-a-paean-to-paptimus-sama/
Thoughts on re-reading Genshiken and taking a few levels in otaku
A few months ago I took the first volume of Genshiken from my shelf, thinking the series deserved a re-read, and that I’d go through it at my leisure. As of now, I’m somewhere in the middle of the third volume. That’s leisurely enough, I think. I picked up Genshiken for the first time back [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 13 May 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/05/13/thoughts-on-re-reading-genshiken-and-taking-a-few-levels-in-otaku/
Octave’s uncomfortable aesthetic
Here’s some like/(enjoy/appreciate) for you: I’m still reading Octave (a recommendation via TheBigN) even though it makes me feel terribly uncomfortable. So it must be doing something right. But what might that be?
Posted by Pontifus on 6 May 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/05/06/octaves-uncomfortable-aesthetic/
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