Yeah, you know what’s coming. In fact, Cuchlann beat me to the punch with this moment. Perhaps needless to say, if you haven’t seen Gurren-Lagann, and you want to, you should not read on.
But if you have seen it, let’s revisit that part again.
Posts Tagged ‘otouto dialogues’
The Otouto dialogue: an addendum (or, How to avoid working on those daunting drafts)
By Pontifus and Otouto-kun on 12 October 2008 | Art and Culture | No Comments
Pontifus: I’m telling you, the writing process is a learning experience in itself.
Otouto-kun: True.
Pontifus: I finally realized that the purpose of critical writing isn’t to share a critic’s knowledge, it’s to teach a critic something and give other critics something to bounce their ideas off of. Remember my whole approach: there is no knowledge, only questions.
Otouto-kun: NO, NOOOOOOOOOO, DON’T SAY THAT, I just got done being pissed at critics. This brings me back to…CRITICS ARE A WASTE OF SPACE!
Pontifus: You’re a waste of space.
Otouto-kun: You’re a waste of space.
Pontifus: You are.
Otouto-kun: No, you.
The Otouto dialogue: a philosophy of criticism
By Pontifus and Otouto-kun on 9 October 2008 | Art and Culture | 10 Comments
I’ve been meaning to make a fairly straightforward post about criticism and my thoughts thereupon, as that seems to be a step in the average critical aniblogger’s acquisition of internet tenure. But when an alternative presented itself, I resolved to do something a bit different. What follows is an IM conversation between myself and my younger brother, hereafter referred to as Otouto-kun (he wanted the -kun, don’t ask me why), an enterprising young hikikomori-type with game design aspirations. We got on the topic of criticism somehow, and I ended up spilling all my most recent thoughts on the subject. Being an IM conversation, it’s a bit spur-of-the-moment and rough around the edges, but I’ve cleaned it up for the sake of readability — and I think it makes a little sense, anyway. There are certainly enough of you out there to correct me if I’m mistaken.