Utaku Mai
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Post by Utaku Mai on Jan 10, 2012 11:15:33 GMT -5
Instead of writing an essay on this, I decided to do it as a podcast with me and my husband (Mitsuru). We talk about several storytelling ideas, especially how they were attempted in some recent posts I've made recently Here's some links to the streaming file: www.ourmedia.org/media/death-utaku-harupretentioustitlehere.blogspot.com/2012/01/on-death-of-utaku-haru.htmlThey're quicktime files that for some reason aren't playing nice in Chrome, but are working nicely in Firefox. Feel free to discuss the stuff we bring up. I'm anxious to know how it comes across. |
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Daigotsu Thrakhath
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Jan 10, 2012 11:18:38 GMT -5
I would love to listen in, but Quicktime is the devil.
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Utaku Mai
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Post by Utaku Mai on Jan 10, 2012 11:23:51 GMT -5
If you don't want to stream, it looks like you can download the mp3 file from the ourmedia site (not tried it yet, though)
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Isawa Mitsuru
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Post by Isawa Mitsuru on Jan 10, 2012 11:28:13 GMT -5
I want to make sure that I wasn't dominating the entire conversation. It was very much supposed to be "our" discussion.
EDIT: Also as a side note, it's about 40 minutes long. just make sure you have some time if you want to listen to it start to finish.
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Daigotsu Thrakhath
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Jan 10, 2012 12:17:07 GMT -5
I enjoyed it.  I don't think you dominated the conversation at all, Mitsuru. Your conversation made me want to write better. >.< lol |
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Post by Shoju on Jan 10, 2012 12:44:04 GMT -5
She totally did tell me that I could kill the kid.
Had she not killed him before I saw him again, I was going to try and weasel into his head, and have him join me.
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Akodo Keisuke
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Post by Akodo Keisuke on Jan 10, 2012 13:02:00 GMT -5
That was good thank you Mai.
Had she not killed him before I saw him again, I was going to try and weasel into his head, and have him join me. Can death truly prevent some one from joining you. |
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Post by Shoju on Jan 10, 2012 13:06:37 GMT -5
Well no, but now I have to hope he wasn't cremated, and find his body, all while dodging her. It's definitely easier to entice them pre-death
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Post by Bayushi Senshi on Jan 10, 2012 13:30:34 GMT -5
wait one second... why haven't we done a scene Mai?
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Post by Shokuma on Jan 10, 2012 17:26:01 GMT -5
Well worth the 40 minutes, and your style reminds me of some good convention talks I've attended over the years.
I was interested to note that while you did talk briefly about the group being greater than the individual, and people doing things for the greater good, you didn't go into the wider implications of the resolution. Haru brought honour to his family with his elevation and will reflect on them for a long time to come, as well as him inspiring other young boys of the village to want to do great things even if at great risk.
Also, his death can be seen as good for him, in that he has reached a high that he could never have imagined, and in dying at that point, has set his soul back upon the kharmic wheel without any chance to stain it with later failure.
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Kakita Sojiro
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Post by Kakita Sojiro on Jan 11, 2012 9:55:31 GMT -5
The story was awesome, even if it was tragic. I'm honored to have had a small part in it.
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Post by Kakita Mitsouko on Jan 11, 2012 10:35:34 GMT -5
Oh if I wasn't just easily distracted listening anything...  I am hard to keep my focus in lectures or podcasts in general... years of practice ignoring audio in churches benchs, in my childhood...  I am sure it's good stuff though. Any chance of a written material, though? |
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Utaku Mai
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Post by Utaku Mai on Jan 11, 2012 12:24:39 GMT -5
If someone wants to transcribe it, I don't mind, but I don't know that I have it in me. We can see. |
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I don't think you dominated the conversation at all, Mitsuru. Your conversation made me want to write better. >.< lol
Daidoji Hinto 
I am hard to keep my focus in lectures or podcasts in general... years of practice ignoring audio in churches benchs, in my childhood... 