Daily Archive for July 30th, 2008

Strike Witches 3: I’m Not Alone

Published
by
Shance
on July 30, 2008
in Anime and Strike Witches
. 5 Comments

So we get a change of pace for Strike Witches. This time around, Yoshika may not get the spotlight, but she’s going to be deeply involved with the star of the episode: Lynette Bishop.

Bedlolis: They never cease to amuse me on the way they’re almost EVERYWHERE.

Yoshika gets her formal enlistment to the Strike Witches team, and is designated to the rank of Sergeant. Of course, there were greetings and introductions, with the very typical tsundere moment coming from Yuri-Yuri Perinne (who’s beginning to get to my nerves, which typically means I’ll one day find the time to draw her being ruthlessly raped by ensigns). With Yoshika still being unfamiliar on most things, Sakamoto orders Lynne to tour Yoshika around the base.

Of course, boobgroping is also around.

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Change…

Published
by
Shance
on July 30, 2008
in General
. 11 Comments

… for the better…?

Now a lot of people have been telling me to change my style of writing? Why? I don’t even understand why I have to, so what’s with the persuasion? Is it really that “aggressive”? Is it really that “offensive”? What will people think if I change my way of writing? Or to generalize: Will this change be for the better?

Actually, I’m clueless to what the answer is. I don’t even know if I’m doing anything wrong with the way I write. More like the question is if I care if I’m doing it wrong, but that’s an understatement anyway, not a question. When the idea came into me, I asked myself: Change? For what? Why? Whom? When? Where? And when I tried to enumerate the answers on those, none came out useful or convincing enough. So if I were to change, will everything go according to that change?

That’s one indefinite question there. A single change does bring out other changes, if instances are applied. But one thing’s for sure: If I change, something will be gained, something will be lost. If I change the way I write into something more “amiable” and “mild” for the audience, it’s like shunning my true self out of the spotlight I myself have made. I don’t want that. It’s useless for that, and with that stated out, I decided to rule out the change.

We should remember that there may be changes, but change alone is not tied to only one thing. There may be good changes, there may be bad changes. There are lots of changes, and I know I’m not only tied to the change of my writing style. I can change something else, like elaboration, or emphasis, etc. It may change some of the semantics, but it’s still retains a style. That’s what my type of change should be.

Right now, I’m not changing anything, and that’s final. But I’m also glad that this was brought up, especially by Mike. It’s strange that you who differs way too much in my way of writing would boldly state how you feel on the style. An amount of self-reflection was done, and something meaningful was achieved, so this post ain’t half-bad after all.

Then again, it’s still the usual thingamajig, so what gives…