Message-ID: <20060823060151.79616.qmail@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:01:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Rax xar To: megami@usagi.org In-Reply-To: <20060822163114.7543.qmail@web33612.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: [megami:31336] Re: belldandy cosplay returning? Reply-To: megami@ml.usagi.org ML-Count: 31336 Precedence: bulk Nice to see that this ML is being active again. ^_^ > As for the artist himself...again, it's a different > country so different standards apply for what one > does > and the way they do it. Yes it's disappointing from > a > conservative/christian point of view that he retains > a > mistress but I imagine a ton of his Japanese fans > must/might know and they don't seem to mind or care. It would still be "better" if he did not have a misstress that's all . I mean you wouldn't read a book about dieting written by an overweight writer right? I know bad analogy. It's just dissapointng that's all let's leave it at that. > > And IMHO it's hypocritical to look at the comic as > somehow tainted just because the creator is > off-color. > His personal issues don't make Ah My Goddess any > less > of a cool anime/manga/cosplay. Hell....I still want > to cosplay one of the outfits from the new TV > series... Let's say Hitler made a book and the book is FANTASTIC and ground brakeing do you think jews will read the book? Regardless, you can't deny that somehow a writer's personality still has an effect on a book/comic. But WHATEVER I'm not really good at these things maybe becuase english isn't my first langguage or maybe because I'm just naturally shy. AGAIN it's just DISSAPPOINTING to know that piece of info about a series that I DEARLY loved. That's all. > > ~_~ > B Smith (translators note Brian W = B Smith aka > Brian > W Smith aka Urd but not to be confused with another > Brian on the mailing list who has been on this board > like...forever....) > So you're not the one that made that Tech FAQ? --- B Smith wrote: > Ok...this is the situation and correct me at any > point > if I'm wrong: we have a cute and much beloved manga > of > a guy and his three lovely angels (cruel joke, > couldn't resist :P). This manga's been going on > continuously since 1988, which makes it basically 18 > years running...when even great ones like Rumiko > Takahashi ran her classic Lum Urusei Yatsura only 9 > years. > > see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_My_Goddess! > > Now as I see it the problem isn't in the story or > the > material....it's with the writer. Ah My Goddess has > more or less been written into a corner where we've > met and explored all the main characters and > co-stars > quite well. We've seen heaven, we've seen Earth, > we've glimpsed Down Under. Belldandy loves K1 and > K1 > loves Belldandy. Where to from here? > > The center of the story has always been the > bond/promise between Belldandy and K1 and all the > attending repecussions from this. The logical and > inevitable conclusion remains the same reason why > Peorth showed up in the first place: that K1 and > Bell > have yet to finally seal their bond in formal > marriage > and *cough* you-know-what. > > (Yes, I went there, deal with it!) > > This is not being crass....this is simply a fact of > relationships. But still...even when Belldandy when > "bad" for a while, the whole incident ended with the > status quo remaining as it has since the earliest > books. All the characters have grown up and changed > in some ways but still...everyone is still in > school, > Urd, Skuld, and Peorth (plus their housecat :P) > remain > freeloaders. > > Nothing DEEP has changed in ages. Now it isn't just > sex that could permanently shake things up. Death > of > a character (do gods/goddesses die?), graduation, > new > love interest, divorce, permanent disability, there > are a myriad number of possibilities that could > shake > up the story and the characters but these are > directions that are untouched because of course Ah > My > Goddess wouldn't be the lighthearted, feel-good > comic > we all know and love... > > But, as Neil Gaimen one said, any story that keeps > going long enough ends in death. > > It is what it is. There's always Fruit Baskets and > ton of other good manga to read when Ah My Goddess > loses a bit of it's luster. > > As for the artist himself...again, it's a different > country so different standards apply for what one > does > and the way they do it. Yes it's disappointing from > a > conservative/christian point of view that he retains > a > mistress but I imagine a ton of his Japanese fans > must/might know and they don't seem to mind or care. > > And IMHO it's hypocritical to look at the comic as > somehow tainted just because the creator is > off-color. > His personal issues don't make Ah My Goddess any > less > of a cool anime/manga/cosplay. Hell....I still want > to cosplay one of the outfits from the new TV > series... > > ~_~ > B Smith (translators note Brian W = B Smith aka > Brian > W Smith aka Urd but not to be confused with another > Brian on the mailing list who has been on this board > like...forever....) > > > --- Tedne wrote: > > > This is only my second posting so I am hardly > > senior. I > > too am disappointed that someone who seems to like > > women as much as > > he is acting like that. But it is very common for > > writers with > > very elevated reputations to not personally live > up > > to them. > > Dickens, Tolstoy, Gunter Grass, Hayao Miyazaki > being > > just > > a few examples that sprang to mind. > > TB > > > > > > I wonder what other senior memebers of the > megami > > ML > > > think about this? Come on it's been awhile Brian > > W? > > > Hitoshi? Lord Grrdrxin/Dennis Goens? > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > "I don't know if something you like is suppose to be filled only with fun, but if it's something you like, you won't ever come to hate it."---Belldandy www.projectgoddess.com __________________________________________________