tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post4987161704039829601..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Why .hack//Sign matterschris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-90901664390815081572020-07-14T22:15:59.822-04:002020-07-14T22:15:59.822-04:00I never understood why I connected with Tsukasa so...I never understood why I connected with Tsukasa so much. In every crazy scene that didn't even make sense to me, somehow it spoke to me as a whole. It's just...mind-blowing how clear it is WHY I became so obsessed with this series, especially as an adolescent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-54806080795224714752014-05-09T12:58:14.140-04:002014-05-09T12:58:14.140-04:00Belatedly: thank you for posting this. Both becaus...Belatedly: thank you for posting this. Both because it makes me want to watch the series and because it is such a vivid example of why it is important to have a lot of different kinds of characters in stories.<br /><br />Incidentally, have you ever seen the film <i>Escaflowne</i>? I actually haven't (I saw an episode of the anime, but they aren't the same), but I heard that one of the major characters in that story is clinically depresssed and portrayed quite sympathetically.Packbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-27863654086344033972013-08-29T08:54:26.137-04:002013-08-29T08:54:26.137-04:00I don't know what to say, really. But I think...I don't know what to say, really. But I think something needs to be said so:<br /><br />Thank you for posting, I hope you feel better, both soon and in a lasting kind of way.<br /><br />Thank you and good luck. I wish luck were not needed, but it frequently is so I wish you all the luck.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-14887977689056171602013-08-29T04:33:21.311-04:002013-08-29T04:33:21.311-04:00I hate you right now... its 2:24AM, 2013, and I re...I hate you right now... its 2:24AM, 2013, and I remembered... no... I understood...<br /><br />For many years I've been a .hack fan... no... not a fan, its my obsession... I literally know it all, I've cried about it all and laughed about it all, its life... my life... better than the one I have outside... cried when Sora is asked if he is friends with Tsukasa, cried with Mia... cried with Alkaid... cried a lot.... .hack got into my mind when I was at my worst... and you know what? I watched it thousands of times... SIGN was all for me, later on I learned, played, saw every other .hack but SIGN got me... Tsukasa was there... he was like me, hell... I talked like him for over a month...<br /><br />And now, today I realize, I've been on my worse, again, since over a month, and today, several years later, it's Tsukasa who makes me notice it... reading this not only got me to remember, but to understand that... what I've been feeling... it is because once again Im there... once again theres nothing below me... once again I embrace with depression, sadness and silence... I'll be watching SIGN again... but I'd like to thank you... not only you said lots of what I myself have on my chest about SIGN, but you also introduced me back to it, since SIGN can only be seen on a special kind of mood... and now I realize that im here... alone again... in my sweet insanity...<br /><br />May Aura always protect you brother, may your tears come to an end one day, cause if you feel half of what I've felt on my worse... you dont deserve that bullshit. Hope that, one day, you get to be really happy.Ligarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06858482026332637073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-92043785443283131052013-08-14T14:41:55.984-04:002013-08-14T14:41:55.984-04:00(hope that's not creepy)
Not creepy at all.
...<i>(hope that's not creepy)</i><br /><br />Not creepy at all.<br /><br />I read the comment shortly after you posted it and thought that it was not creepy and for whatever reason it never occurred to me to <i>say</i> it wasn't creepy. Someone else had to point out to me that I should say it.<br /><br />-<br /><br />So: Not creepy.<br /><br />I hope you watch and enjoy .hack//Sign.<br /><br />I hope you continue to find things of value here.<br /><br />Thank you for commenting.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-85317536683185664202013-08-12T09:30:37.297-04:002013-08-12T09:30:37.297-04:00I get these things. I get them so much. Maybe that...I get these things. I get them so much. Maybe that's why I, a stranger who normally reads blogs almost solely dedicated to social justice, am so drawn to your blog and particularly the personal posts (hope that's not creepy). It's also why I am absolutely going to get hold of this anime as soon as I can. <br /><br />[I had previously skipped/not looked up posts about it as I was planning to get it 'at some point' and was avoiding spoilers. It's now moved to the top of my priority list, might give me something new and cathartic to watch so that I'm not just repeating season 6 of Buffy over and over...]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-26186364587828411452013-08-12T04:57:25.151-04:002013-08-12T04:57:25.151-04:00Not much I can say to that, really.
Though I will...Not much I can say to that, really.<br /><br />Though I will admit to feeling a certain amount of wanting to "gather up in my arms, hug, and assure it [will] be ok" when you're down.<br /><br />The show also has a benefit for people who haven't been there, in that it's pointing out that someone can have this sort of major, crippling problem <i>and yet still be a person who's worth engaging with</i>.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-73015290753443510162013-08-11T21:01:32.941-04:002013-08-11T21:01:32.941-04:00Looking at the world through shit colored glasses ...<i>Looking at the world through shit colored glasses can make you an asshole.</i><br /><br />I understand what you mean here, whereas I didn't understand something similar that you said quite as well. Because yeah, when you're in a lot of pain, it can be difficult to impossible to express anything but pain. And when you feel like nothing matters, you can't make yourself care about things, even things like other people's feelings, and you can't empathize with people who do care about things. (Hyperbole and a Half addressed that pretty well, I thought...)<br /><br />(Hopefully my understand accords with you were trying to get across...)Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.com