Joining the Fold

Halfadeckshort on March 19, 2010 · in Site News

Some of you may recognize my username from the comments here at SS!AB, or my extremely short episode reviews over at Haiku Anime Review. Some of you may be fearing that I’ll carry on the same thing I do there over here, but you can rest assured that I’ve agreed to translate my warped sense of humor into a longer format suitable for those with more than 5 seconds of time on their hands. For the rest of the readers here who I haven’t exposed myself to haven’t been exposed to me, I say “hello,” and “I hope that our time here will be mutually enjoyable.”

I wanted to join SS!AB because of the great community feel that Kabitzin has always fostered here. That, along with the solid entertainment value that the site provides, makes this a place that I wanted to call home. If I can contribute to either of those things I will consider my time here to be successful and, if I’m lucky, I’ll be able to contribute to both. Also, Kabitzin told me that this was the only way he’d ever agree to have matching cell phone straps. Okay, that second part may be a slight untruth, but only because I couldn’t hear exactly what he said as we were both running at the time. Not exactly together, but only because he’s faster than I am. In my heart of hearts I know he agreed. Let’s move on.

I’m a fan of two kinds of anime: good shows and bad shows. While this may seem to cover just about everything ever produced, I’m really only a fan of good shows and bad shows that are so bad that they are awesome. I watch quite a few things that don’t fall into either of those categories hoping that they will eventually end up in one of them, usually leading me to watch things through to their bitter end (the only anime I’ve ever officially dropped according to MAL was Death Note, because Light and L and their antics were not very interesting to me. Well, that and the suicide of the female FBI agent indicated a complete lack of imagination on Light’s part).

My favorite shows to watch are ones that involve trashy drama with the potential for multiple deaths by stabbing and/or fire. Since I can’t have those every season I make do with just about anything else. I don’t exclude shows from my watch list just because they’ve been categorized as moé, or mecha, or as vehicles for ridiculous fanservice: as long as a series has potential for entertainment, I’ll give it a shot. Though that doesn’t always turn out for the best, I’ve ended up enjoying quite a few shows that I initially scoffed at, including some that are marginally related to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

And with that, I think I’ll bring this intro to a close. I’m both happy and humbled to be a part of this great team, and I am very much looking forward to this opportunity to entertain you. If you have any questions please ask them in the comments, and thanks for reading!

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