Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Is Kawamori's Macross, Your Macross?

Excerpt:
I don’t make a custom of regarding quotations from the creator about the subject work as definitive interpretations of the created product. I don’t think it’s unimportant either, but no I don’t privilege it as “Word of God” as a practice.
However, there are certain assumptions I can’t do without: when the production team says show X is a sequel to show W, I believe that the story in show X is part of the continuity of show W. The events in both story happen in the same world at different times.
I cannot make the same assumptions for the Macross franchise.

Friday, January 08, 2016

We are not on the same page anymore

As I grow older, I find that I'm not on the same page with my friends anymore.
Not on morals, society, kids, policies, or politics.

I cannot complain about parents using prams as battering rams, cos those with kids will say I don't understand their hardships, never mind that I wasn't talking about them.
Cannot say irresponsible people shouldn't have kids, cos what's wrong with people having kids?
Cannot share my friends' glee in picking lost money or items, as I believe attempts should be made to return the items, or leave them alone as the rightful owner might return for them.

So lonely, in a way