Hello all! You’ve likely seen me making a few stray comments here & there on the site, but, well, what follows became too much to put in any comment (& what post could I put it in?). Pontifus was gracious enough to let me take over…er, I mean, to let me post here. So today we’ll be taking a look at Cardcaptor Sakura.
Or, Whence the Urge to Burn and Protect?
I’ve been having odd thoughts lately, mostly when I walk to and from class — but also in the shower (both places from which ideas emerge). Where does moe come from? That’s the question underlying our work here today. I’m not going to quibble about the definitions of what moe is, I’m going to try to examine where it comes from.
Here I shall finish what I began — namely, the listing of things that might’ve made my cadre of moments, but did not, for whatever reason. And then I shall rest, satisfied in my yearly contribution to the grand ambitions of Master CCY (or is it Master Canon these days?).
Augh. Obviously, if you bothered paying attention to my efforts to engage in the now-traditional “12 moments” project, you know I failed. Mostly I blame my too-busy semester, during which I watched almost no anime. As my professor (who sometimes reads my blogs — hello, if you’re reading this one!) said, it was indeed true that I had to put my anime blogging aside for the semester. I’m going to try not to take four full classes like that again… it’s, uh, a little extreme.
But you’re not here to listen to me whine (or are you? Maybe we’d get more hits if I just whined about things). I’m going on an adventure through an essay by Robert Scholes called “The Roots of Science Fiction.”
[Read the previous moment here or start at the beginning]
Charming, really.
By the time you read this, I’ll be on a plane to Texas. I’ll be out of town until the 30th, and mostly absent from the internet, so if I fail to address your comments in a timely fashion, that would be why. But keep an eye on this blog and pontif.us; I’ll have posts scheduled through the end of December.
With that said, today’s title references one of Schneider’s moments, which, if you’ve read it, may act as a kind of complement to this post. Though, as a Minori fan, he may not be too thrilled that I’m pointing to his moment as complementary to this one.
Oh Lord, you’re probably thinking. This again.
Sorry I am late with my first 12 Days post. I had to spend yesterday studying for my final exam, which I took this morning. So here I am, hat in hand, to do two posts in one day — as Pontifus and I are alternating, the even days I’ll be posting here and Pontifus at his site, then the odd days I’ll be at my site and Pontifus here.
So anyway. Rideback.
