Comments on: TTGL – a reason for fighting

By: TheBigN

TheBigN — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:17:28 +0000

It’s interesting to see Simon’s dedication as to why he fights compared to how King Genome and the Anti-Spirals do it, since they all are striving for the same goal, as IKnight noted. It’s a nice point that seems to be hidden under all of the attempts of awesomeness and epicness that overshadow it.

By: Hige

Hige — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:24:39 +0000

A general ‘hai hai, itsubun-chaaan’ from me, but I’ll add this: Kamina embodied the irrepressible human spirit to live, and when Simon fought for him he was fighting for a wider underlying zeal we all have as living human-beings. It’s particularly suggestive of this when Kamina died – Simon didn’t just mourn the loss of his aniki, he completely shut down having lost his core spiritual guide. Kamina, for me, was something of a Jiminy Cricket type character for Simon… if Jiminy Cricket was the coolest motherfucker that ever lived, that is. I’d let him pierce my heavens any time.

Also: If you thought I cracked the whip hard on TTGL you’ve got a terrible shock coming with FLCL. *pulls out sub-machine gun.* GET TO IT, BIZNATCH.

By: Kaiserpingvin

Kaiserpingvin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:24:23 +0000

Good post! *joins the queue of aye-sayers*

“The ability to stand at the edge of it all and put aside your own grievances and selfishness, to stand to lose a bit of yourself, in order to work together is what makes the drill that can break through the walls between humans.”

I really liked this part, as it drew in more stark contrast what TTGL seemed to be to me – GAINAX taking responsibility for unleashing Neon Genesis Evangelion and thusly a million wangsty demons on the world. I can almost imagine, after the twenty-twelfth not-quite-as-good copy, the staff began to feel guilty for the monstrum they had unleashed, and decided to exorcise them. The drill that bores down the walls between humans in your thematic similie there made me think of AT fields weakening and people gettting closer to each other.

Was this intentional on your behalf? If so, nice one.

(The image of wangst as demons to be exorcised was stolen from a TV Tropes entry, by the way. Not mine.)

By: Yumeka

Yumeka — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:58:40 +0000

Yay, we finished watching TTGL in UCI anime club not too long ago =) Very unique series…sometimes it went a little overboard for me but it still had plenty of entertaining and emotional moments. The overall message of the series is great too =)

BTW, glad to see you’re still dedicated to your blog site here. I’ve been neglecting my blog during most of the school year but now that I’m on vacation I’ve been doing lots of overdue posts XD

By: itsubun

itsubun — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:27:20 +0000

@Hoshi: I’m glad I didn’t miss out on TTGL either! I’m going to try and google the OST. I love the OP, it kept playing in my head even after I finished the series.

@Lelangir: I’ll have you know, I DID read your entries… even if I haven’t commented on them yet! But I will! I’m just horrible with comments because… I’m lazy. LOL. But I’ll type up a nice, fat one for you on your Sketchbook entry or sumtin, idk.

@Ez: I’m glad it rocked so hard… even if I am a year behind everyone else in realizing this XD!

@blissmo: Oooh, I hope you’ll finish it and then write up an entry on it. I’ll be looking forward to that.

@issa-sa: The “drillz drillz drillz” never gets old. Every time TTGL slapped another phallic imagery in my face, I laughed my ass off all over again. I like Kamina as the inspirational older brother figure. But my favorite character is Simon for all of his shortcomings and fumbling optimism.

@IKnight: Hey IK! It’s been a while. I was planning to write up another TTGL entry later on and talk about the different spirals and the various philosophies that they spin out. I had originally planned to include HxC analysis in this entry, but I decided to leave it as more of a promotional/fan-raving post tribute to TTGL for having waited this long to watch it. I’ll be sure to keep your question in mind as a guideline for the next entry.

@The Sojourner: I read that line in your blog a while back… and then groaned [Urg!] and laughed while trying to shake the imagery out of my head. And then I imagined you being all fascinated by the crotch thrusts [like, "Ooooh" O 3 O] and laughed even harder!!! Hm… I don’t think IK’s question has an absolute answer. I think he means to present it to me in order to get me thinking and be productive enough about my ideas to write them down, which I will. Eventually.