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You and your fandoms are constructs (and that’s okay!)

Martin wrote a post on K-ON! that may warrant some consideration. This is not a criticism of Martin’s way of doing things; I quite enjoy his Mono no Aware, generally. This is, rather, an examination of certain assumptions in Martin’s post which may apply to many (particularly western) fans, an attempt to reveal these assumptions [...]

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by Pontifus on 29 April 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Pontifus on 29 April 2010

http://superfani.com/2010/04/29/you-and-your-fandoms-are-constructs-and-thats-okay/

Enjoyment/appreciation

No doubt you’ve encountered the disconnect between art one likes and art one enjoys; I mentioned it myself last Thursday. The basic principle here is that we might like something for its depth and complexity, but not enjoy it on a visceral level, or we might enjoy something viscerally without lauding its inherent structural mastery [...]

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by Pontifus on 27 April 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Pontifus on 27 April 2010

http://superfani.com/2010/04/27/enjoymentappreciation/

Who is an otaku?

I have not forgotten about pontif.us again. In fact, I redesigned it; see? Marvel at the simplicity! Anyway, I’ve been reading Bakuman — I’ve read all that’s currently available, actually. It is, in a word, good, and it stands out in its self-referentiality in terms of art itself more than fandom. I could talk about [...]

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by Pontifus on 2 September 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by Pontifus on 2 September 2009

http://superfani.com/2009/09/02/who-is-an-otaku/

The process revised; observations on slow/fast blogging

A while back, I conceived of my semitransparent internet writing process as such: Twitter (brainstorming) –> pontif.us (drafting and annotating) –> Super Fanicom (relatively polished final products) If a comment is too long for Twitter, or seems to warrant elaboration, I’ll go into more detail here; if I’m working on a post here that goes [...]

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by Pontifus on 12 August 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by Pontifus on 12 August 2009

http://superfani.com/2009/08/12/the-process-revised-observations-on-slowfast-blogging/

Fred Gallagher on Twitter

I happened upon a post in Fred Gallagher’s personal blog, wherein said member of the webcomic aristocracy discusses Twitter and its application to the online writer. The crux of the matter is this: When it comes down to it, Twitter is just another way to create content. The problem is that it can really impinge [...]

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by Pontifus on 10 March 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by Pontifus on 10 March 2009

http://superfani.com/2009/03/10/fred-gallagher-on-twitter/

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