▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Interview #97 - @ZephSilver ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬  ZephSilver - Artist and thinker. Way delayed, but here is my second (and longest) interview. Despite the amount of time I couldn't dedicate to post it earlier, I am glad it turned out to be a rather interesting interview. My interviewee was ZephSilver in this occasion was ZephSilver. He came across as someone enthusiastic and full of stories to tell. I hope this interview is of your liking. Interview conducted by: @TimeToRepent Could you tell us about yourself? About myself? Well, where do I start? I guess the first thing of note is that I was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, the last pair of islands located in the Caribbean. I'm Spaniard (Spain) and African mixed. Lived in Trinidad for 13-years before moving to America where I currently reside. It was a bit rough adjusting to the cultural shift when I first moved, for the 1st year or so I always felt alienated. Well, I guess when I think about it, I've always felt that way, even now. Most people my age aren't on the same wavelength as me. There's only a few I would say I truly get along with. Despite that, I always befriended most that made their presence known. Of course, being the stereotypical island boy that I was, I use to be a major pothead for a little stint of my life. It's pretty easy to be sociable when you're blazed out your mind, which was only worsened by the fact that I spent a majority of my schooling in the States being that "token black guy" to most social cliques I was a part of. I'm not even kidding either, I was like Token from South Park. I lived in Hamilton county, Indiana for a majority of my schooling in the states. A place that's 88.5% white in demographic, 8% other races and 3% black. I was like a shiny pokemon, you just needed one in your party. I wouldn't say I'm introverted, but if given the chance, I'd rather be to myself. And after I stopped living my teenage years through a cloud of weed smoke, disposable friendships, meaningless relationships, and troublemaking, that's precisely what happened. I just distanced myself from everyone; from the bullshit. Before all of that happened though, I was a social media whore, taking full advantage of America's obsession for lightskin/mixed people (seriously, wtf is that all about?). I went social media platform hopping, amassing many followers by following the narrative people wanted to be perceived on the internet. At one point, I had 265k followers on Twitter and 10k on Instagram for no other reason than superficial bullshit, like tweeting the same recycled garbage people eat up or posting (embarrassing) pictures of myself thinking I was hot shit. I later sold that 265k Twitter account and kept a smaller personal one that I still use every now and then, and quite IG after I revisited Trinidad for the first time in 8-years in late 2015. God, to be young and dumb. Not that I'm any better now, the only difference is that I whore out my opinions through think-pieces. Same ego-driven "look at me" mentality, just with actual intellectual value this time around. Can't say I regret most of it though, it was fun, just embarrassing looking back at most of it now. I use Twitter on occasion. Mostly for fun, like what I did with this account called @itsGodAlmighty, where I post some of the most blasphemous "God's actually just a regular ass dude" tweets. Man, now that I think about it, that's pretty fucked up. I guess now is a good time as any to bring up my religious upbringing. I grew up in a Christain household for a majority of my life. From up to the age of 12 or so, I believed in it wholeheartedly. But somewhere deep down, as I became opinionated about the teachings of the Bible, my devotion went from love to fear. I didn't follow the faith because I loved God, I did it out of fear of the consequence of not obeying him. And it's that fear that doubt began to fester. "Why should something so pure be driven by an emotion so damning? Why don't I feel the love in the act of following my faith? Why should I be punished for doing things that feel good?"(editado) That questioning made me run for answers. Reading the Bible with a more critical lens, viewing the church and its followers. Taking what people had to say, what the Bible had to say and trying to make sense of it all. And after the numerous contradictions. Numerous hypocrisies. Numerous unfulfilling answers. I just let it all go. I stopped believing when I was about 15-years-old, even if I didn't admit it to myself. It was only when I turned 18 that I took the first step towards openly admitting it. Part of me wants to believe but from my personal experience and what I know of the Bible, I just came to the conclusion that it's more of a guide towards living proper than anything to be taken literally. I'm not completely dismissive of the existence of anything beyond death, so in that sense, I'm agnostic. Now, with that religious shit out of the way, back to ya boi Zeph. Growing up, I remember being obsessed with National Geographic and Animal Planet. Basically, any kind of programming that had infotainment in it. I just found learning random ass things fun. Not to come across like a narcissist but I've always been a creative guy. I remember creating dinosaurs and other things out of mud and clay as a kid. And not that goofy shit kids did, I'm talking proper scaled-down anatomical proportions and everything! Drawing and painting use to consume a big portion of my life as well, and by extension, anything that involves creating something was what I was obsessed with (and still am). Turning nothing into something is just amazing to me. May that be simpler things like splicing together a mosaic of your favorite anime, trying to find the right textures and color schemes, or more demanding things like turning a blank canvas into a tangible vision, picking out the right colors, deciding whether or not to use oil pastels or paint. I think our ability to create things is just awesome. And it's that love for creating that made me a huge media whore throughout my life. Whether it's music, movies, anime, books or anything in between, seeing the many different facets of it all is what I love. I was also fortunate enough to have a colorful upbringing. My uncle and cousins introduced me to so many different things. I remember spazzing out to System of the Down as early as 10-years-old. 50 Cent was another big artist I remember listening to. The Matrix was my favorite film trilogy. Seeing Neo plow through all those Agent Smiths was HYPE for me. I didn't know it at the time, but the reason I love The Matrix and Kill Bill growing up had to do with its influence from anime, something I wouldn't connect together until later. And yes, there was the obvious love for Reggae and Dancehall music. Wouldn't be much of an island boy if I didn't bump dat Sizzla, I Wayne, Barrington levy etc. And I'm talking about REAL dancehall and reggae, not that "Jafaican" shit that's popular thanks to Drizzy Marley. Go listen to Sizzla's "Run Up on Dem", "Rise to the Occasion", "Just One of Those Days(Dry Cry)" and "Take Myself Away", Buju Banton's "Murderer", "Boom Bye Bye" and "Love How Di Gyals Dem Flex", Sean Paul's "So Fine", "Get Busy", "Like Glue" and "U Know U Like It". Educate yourselves, plebs, lol Jesus, I feel like I'm rambling on at this point. Do people actually care to read all this self-indulgent crap? Oh well, I apologize to anyone putting up with this right now, you're a real trooper, pat yourself on the back. I currently work at Amazon as a Field Transportation Specialist; basically, I make sure that anime blue-ray you just ordered get to your house and not behind some alleyway getting pawned off to the highest bidder. It's a cool place to work unless you're one of those people that bitch and moan about every single thing. I guess the million dollar question about my association with this website would be in regards to my reviews. I took AP English courses in High School but I can't say I was all that interested in writing. Drawing/Painting occupied that creative space at the time. I enjoyed reading books more than I did writing about them. My all time favorite book is "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas. I guess you could just tie reviewing back to my intrinsic desire to express myself through the creation process. I don't view writing reviews as a dry by-the-numbers rubric, I view it as a new opportunity to craft something that can capture your essence and show others a new perspective. Writing is art too. Being able to paint vivid pictures and invoke emotion in others through semantics and proper diction is something that I feel is too often taken for granted. Admittedly I was one of those people that did take it for granted at one point, it was this website's platform that gave me a reason to see the beauty in wording again. How did you choose your username? I chose my username from a combination of two things. One, my name, the other, a film term. Zeph is short for Zephaniah, my birthname, and the "Silver" tag comes from the movie term silver screen, to denote my love for films and just media in general. It's a far stretch to get to anime, but I feel like storytelling media's biggest pillar since literature and art were films, and so I wanted my name to reflect something that's all-encompassing like that medium itself. So there you have it, the overly-complicated thought process behind the simplistic ass name. And no, it's not zephyr silver or "gentle silver breeze", I'm no hopeless romantic. Sorry for those that came to that conclusion. Also I've named my youtube channel SilverVeil before I made my MAL. Same thought process behind the Silver part, with the "Veil" being a not-so-clever idea behind "unveiling"/dissecting the content seen. So my MAL adopted the Silver and substituded the veil with my nickname. Tada, and there you have it folks! Could you give us a brief history of your time on MAL? My time on MAL has been pretty straightforward. At first, I just saw it as a means to document all the anime I've seen for posterity. I was surprise by how much I've seen. There are still titles to this day that I can't for the life of me pinpoint the name of, forever escaping my memory. Despite the amount of years I've been on the site, I haven't bothered to look at certain parts of it. Like the forums and blogs section is still foreign territory to me. I thought it was a little weird at first that a majority of people had their profile pictures as anime characters. To be honest with you, I thought the entire website was just filled of weirdos that couldn't make it on social media platforms out of insecurity for their self-image. A pretty harsh view point but could you blame me? Being a social media whore where your image had to be "on fleek" all the time and just a lifestyle of being caught up in cliques throughout high school made MAL this almost alien territory for me. It had functions of a social media platform but everyone spoke like they were English grads and hid behind a 2-D character image. It was bizarre. After awhile I got use to it, even caught up in it as well. And here I am, rocking a Yomi profile pic and speaking like the grammar nazis are lurking behind the corner waiting to pounce lol I didn't get into reviewing until I started looking at the review timeline and thinking "What is this garbage"? No offense to those that atually try, but a majority of the reviews on MAL are just "NO" lol I can't say I was any better starting out though. My earlier stuff was filled to the brim with grammatical and syntax errors like a motherfucker. They still are, just not as apparent as before (at least I hope not). But yeah, that's my time on MAL in a (big) nutshell. Are there any users you like/dislike? Why? Users I like: @Sapphire - We goofy goobers fo life gurl! Haha! What I like about Sapphire is her personality. She's one big ball of awkward, spunky, bubbly charm. We've Skyped a few times as well, being one of the few people off MAL that I bother to converse with on a regular basis. Can always count on her for my daily dose of "WTF"?! She's just one of those people you can just instantly click with if that makes sense. Honestly, I don't see how anyone wouldn't like her, she's just a cool person. @themegamancave - My uncanny doppelganger It's fucking spooky just how often our opinions align. If I don't write a review for something and he does, his opinions on the title are usually the same as mine (if only worded differently). He isn't a yes-man either, just a sensible dude, even when we disagree, I always understand where he's coming from. If all my conversations went over as well as it does when I converse with him, I would be a happy camper. Calm and collected, a fan of the medium that knows where to draw the line between criticism and just enjoying it for what it is. Something many people have a hard time finding a balance with. @Otaking09 - the GOAT If there was anyone that I would consider a "sage" it's him. I've had voice chats that went on for 3-4 hours at a time and STILL never got tired of speaking to him. This man is knowledgeable, open-minded, critical, impartial and always provide opinions that actually meant something. He doesn't' just spout buzzwords and regurgitate the same shit everyone is saying, he says shit that really changes the way you view things. While a bit more sporadic in comparison to most I get along with, often taking huge hiatuses before we chat again, whenever we do touch bases, it's always something different every time. No one has had a bigger influence in the way I approach certain titles in the medium than him. Even for titles we disagree on, the man's power of persuasion would make you want to revisit something you may have just finished, solely off of the nuggets of wisdom he may drop in your lap. It's that power of persuasion and confidence in his own statements that I would like to reach with myself. He may not always win me over, but it never changes the fact that his words do resonate 9 times out of 10. You could hear him featured on ThatAnimeSnob's older vids in that yearly evaluation video segment from 2014. And no, he isn't a pigheaded buffoonish meme like that miserable Greek fuck, so don't worry. @Aeonic - My Favorite French Another person I talk to more on Skype than I do MAL. Our schedules as of late have caused it to where we're not able to speak on a regular basis but when we do, I do enjoy our conversations. Whether we're speaking about a show or just shit going on in our lives, it's always good vibes with him. @Black_Butterfly - Music head He likes music; I like music; we discuss music; shit makes me happy; nuff said. @Fleure - Motivation Back to the one thing that MAL users know me for, and that's my written content. There's a huge personal divide for me when it comes to my reviews. There's the content pre-Fleure and post-Fleure. Before her, complacency and negligence ran amok. I use to strive to reach a certain bar of quality but never attempted to push myself beyond that. Good reviewers like Archaeon and Beatnik hung their hats up a long time ago, so the only thing out there to really compare against were people that couldn't even write one sentence without stumbling over a myriad of grammatical errors. Not to mention a complete disregard for proper punctuation, word usage, and spelling. I didn't see the need to do more or better yet, go back to fix any issues I may have had on prior written reviews because for the most part, no one lit a fire in my belly to do so. But then I read Fleure's reviews and at first, I was envious but eventually, that motivated me to step my game up. That turning point came with Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu. Her command over the English language is just phenomenal. Not only does she provide you with proper context, while occasionally unearthing the subtext hidden within the titles she writes about, but she does so by using choice words that create a theatrical display, where you are able to sit there and see the descriptions come to life. That's a talent I wanted for myself. I still don't think I've fully grasped that ability yet but if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have tried to push myself beyond the conventional to aim for it, to begin with. This admiration for her writing has now integrated into many of my written pieces, most notably with my reviews for Jin-Rou and 91 Days. And like most of the other people previously mentioned already, this led to conversations on and off MAL. She was the one that gave me the proverbial kick in the ass to not shortchange my abilities and I'm forever grateful for that, whether she's aware of it or not. @thebrentinator24 @Harrymanhunter @Icarus_prime @Caassaac @Adi @Guigas Just users I enjoy conversing with. They always have interesting topics, each bringing their own unique quality to the table. Nothing to say in specific but that's not to knock them in relevance by any means. They're just cool ass people to talk to, trying to elaborate would only be overkill (as if I didn't overdo it already).(editado) I'm sure there are more users that I'm missing if I didn't mention you, MAH BAD. If we converse on a regular basis and I'm not ignoring your messages consistently, I fuckz with you. Users I "dislike": @Stark700 - DOES NOT COMPUTE I don't dislike Stark700 as a person, I've never had any interaction with the guy, but Jesus Christ man, his reviews are so... superfluous. He's like an automaton pumping out factory-assembled, hot air, packaged in a xerox copy template with no personality attached whatsoever. Like that one biochemistry teacher that we all had during High School that would put you to sleep with their monotonous droning. Like holy fuck, is he some kind of MALbot that someone manufactured in a lab? How can he write so much and not bring up an interesting point or perspective worth digesting, even once? White noise in written format. And again, don't know the guy, hell, he might be a cool person if I chat with him. But his reviews? Nah, he can keep that shit in his Word Document (recycle bin) where it belongs. There are a few people I can't stand, but I feel like they may have some kind of mental disorder, either that or they're socially inept, so I don't think it's right to spotlight them like that if it's something they have no control over. Or it could just be their mental capacity. I feel like there's a few people on MAL that operate with a 3rd grader mentality. Whether they're just teens that haven't had enough time to mull over their knee-jerk reaction to things yet, or people way too old to justify their behavior. Whatever the case may me, I don't entertain them for too long to say I "dislike" them. That's too petty for a website full of people I would never meet. How did you get into anime/manga? I got into anime through my uncle and cousins like I previously mentioned. I grew up watching anime like Samurai X, DBZ, Ninja Scroll, MD Geist and many others thanks to them. But as far as the anime titles that help me to make that discernment between cartoons and Japanese animation, it would have to be Fullmetal Alchemist 03 and Hellsing 01. Hellsing was a childhood favorite, I remember jumping out my seat when I first saw Alucard shoot that woman in the head. I also loved that opening song. I kept watching Hellsing secretely from my parents since they were super religious and the show had satanic imagery while bastardizing theology with a crazy murder-loving priest. It was my dirty little secret back then. Until I stumbled into my Dad's porn collection that is lol Buy anyways, back to the topic at hand. After Hellsing got me hooked, I started seeking out similar things with that kind of style, which led me to FMA 03. That was the title that truly made me recognize the difference between the mediums. It was also the first title to leave me awestruck in a way that went beyond the simple gratification of action and violence. When I saw the alchemy being performed on that little girl, it left me speecheless. It was the first time something felt truly "deep" to me. I was moved by that imagery and the implications of it. Trying my best to wrap my brain around what was my first consciously aware encounter of human ethics as a theme. It would't be until later that I could fully grasp it in retrospect, but at that point in time, I remember getting goosebumps. And if you recall, at this point in my life, I was still trying to cling to religion. So to see such a twisted view on the subject matter really resonated with me. It challenged my perception. It was then that I ventured out to seek more anime and the rest was history. What other hobbies do you have outside of anime/manga and MAL? Other hobbies I have would be art, well just creating things in general; drawing, painting, sketching etc. I'm also a huge music junkie, out of all media, I've probably consumed more of that than anything else, with 10k+ songs stashed away in my ipod and another 5k+ stored in other devices. Huge movie nut as well. There are other little things here and there, some of which I've placed on the back burner as of late, like running and gaming. But for the most part, anime has taken up a majority of my time as of late. How do you feel about how the site is run? Especially in regards to the moderators and admins. I think the site is run well enough. There are a few gripes here and there but nothing to get bend out of shape about. I think the people behind it has made considerable strides towards bettering the experience. Like what they did with the interface lately, allowing users to add 10 favorites and having a "see more" drop down to free up bio space. I also like the recent change to the review system that placed previews to the back automatically, as it was before, those previews limited the amount of exposure newer reviews were able to get immediately after a show finished airing. The option to support the site was a nice idea as well. I can't really think of any pressing issues at the moment. So you like drawing and painting. Could you tell us what do your works consist about? My drawings/paintings aren't really centralized. I'd say the art I tackle comes in phases/waves. There would be times where I enjoy making pencil shaded real life portraits, which would later be overtaken by a need to make oil and chalk pastel blended pieces. I think that's true for any artist and I think I speak for most when I say that art interest and the subject matter that's tackled is always changing. Even the way you approach certain themes and topics can change. Some idea lends itself better to more simplistic interpretation, while others may require a steady hand for detail. Here are a few images that I had saved throughout the years that helps express that broad range stylistic changes. When my art teacher asked me to create something that represented my thoughts on the US military and patriotism in general, I wanted to give a blunt response. I didn't want there to be any misinterpretation, and so, a simpler form of art was needed, with the result being this: Still-life drawings, a staple of any art course, either serving as a means to test your craftsmanship or a meditative process: Then there were times I tried to externally represent my emotion by making the surrounding environment in the image reflect internal headspace. From looking haggard and trapped in a perpetual state of being provoked, to that of burden free bliss and freedom. And then there was a time in my life where the theme of transmutation and augmented reality between "self" and environment became a huge point of fixation. I remember creating dozens of pieces that expressed this. The "weed-smoke" Zeph was pretty prevalent at this time as well. This was also the time when I got into bands like The Mars Volta and Portishead. If there was ever a turning point for me as an artist, this was it. For years I completely abandoned photo-realism for surrealistic pastel-heavy blurs. Then you have straightforward pieces that just try to capture moments in time. You know, the basics: Me dicking around with color pencils and just listening to music: So yeah, my art wasn't really limited to any centralized focus. It was always shifting towards certain ideas. Some threads may connect them all, but for the most part, it became a way to express how I felt during that time in my life. And in the same way, you could get writer's block, there would be times where you stare at a blank canvas and nothing came out. When that happen, I just remove myself from the creation process and instead looked at the creation others were doing. That's what makes mediums like anime so intriguing to me. It takes the idiom "A picture is worth a thousand words" and animates that story to life. Whether lowbrow and sleazy or high-concept and sophisticated, it's all a form of expression, making it one of my favorite mediums of storytelling. What's your opinion on Trinidad and Tobago in general? Trinidad and Tobago have its upsides as well as issues like any other country does. The best thing about it is the overall approach to life. It's a place that prioritizes enjoying your life first before worrying about anything else. A pretty laissez-faire attitude, as you would expect from an island lifestyle. So if comparing the US to Trinidad, it's a "live then work" instead of "work to live" lifestyle. The downside to that, however, is a completely fucked economic standing. Corrupted politicians are left to run amok, the country's growth is always stunted by a refusal to push itself forward and a complete mismanagement of its resources. It's the reason I moved to the US, to begin with. I love my birthplace but it's a place for retirement, not for growth. What kind of things can put you off? Things that put me off? #1: People that pussy-foot/beat around the bush too much. I can't stand that attitude. It's untrustworthy to some extent. And I don't mean that for kids or anything, I'm talking about people old enough to be beyond that behavior. #2: Pseudo-intellectuals. Something that was never a noticeable problem until I got on MAL, or just implanting myself in the anime community in general. That weird smarmy attitude that some people exude, that "elitist" kind of mindset, where they spew out buzzwords and just look at each other's public approval/dismissal of a certain show, too afraid to express how they feel unless it gathers enough consensus from the "critical" hive-mind to take a stance either way. I guess this ties back to my first complaint of those that pussy-foot around but narrowed down to a specific group. People that hide behind the safe top 10s to express their "superior taste" instead of valuing things for themselves without worrying about public scrutiny. Yes, you sheeple fucks, you can like One Punch Man while disliking Trigun or [insert whatever example here], that's the beauty of having conviction in what you like/dislike. I know, that idea may seem difficult to comprehend, but it's true. If you're properly expressing your thought process towards what you like or dislike, it doesn't matter in the end where that title lies in the public consensus. It's these kinds of people that make me respect "shounen-tards" a bit more because at least they unapologetically like/dislike whatever they want, regardless of what little thought process goes towards making their decision. This toxic pissing contest to express "superior taste" is the reason a lot of people treat fans of this medium like manchildren. Unless you're properly expressing your grievances, no one cares. I'll take blind honestly over conceited superiority any day. #3: People with bad breath. If your breath is burning my nose hairs down to the follicles, fuck off. #4: People that only remember your name when they need something from you. #5: People that can't drive in inclement weather. Get your senior citizen ass in the slow lane! Annd I'm sure there's more things, but this is getting too long, so I'll leave it at that. Is there anything else you'd want to tell us before we call this off? The Mars Volta is my all time favorite musical act from any genre. The best decription of their music would be like the worst acid trip ever.... but I mean that in a good way (if that makes sense). They're like a long downward spiral into cryptic lyrical voyages, creepy warped vocals, disturbing imagery and impressively (controlled) chaos. I've been listening to them since my early teen years. And even after all these years later, whenever I revisit their albums, I'm still finding new musical passages and technical wizardry in their song contruction that blows my mind. Feels like they're eons ahead of everyone else. Their song "Days of the Baphomet" from their album Amputechture pretty much summizes what they stand for. End of the interview. |
TimeToRepentMar 4, 2018 4:15 PM
 This is how it all begins.  My RYM|My Last.Fm|My Steam |
| tl;dr End of the interview. :) |
| I just came to give you you're daily dose of "WTF!" Luv u @ZephSilver <3 |
| Haha, nice to see Zeph got in an interview spot on here. I actually didn't know this was a thing, so it was an interesting read, nonetheless. I appreciate how they didn't censor him and even asked some pretty juicy questions. Most sites probably wouldn't go so far as to do that. |
| Your art is beautiful! |
| Been looking forward to this interview and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've been enjoying your reviews for a while now which kind of motivates me to continue doing my own writing as well. |
BlueKiteMay 20, 2017 6:01 AM
| One of the better reviews here, it's nice to see someone who thinks the Mars Volta is the best band ever, although I'm not sure if I like Day of the Baphomets or Tetragrammaton more. I think it depends on my tolerance for dissonance at the time. |
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BlueKite said: Been looking forward to this review and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've been enjoying your reviews for a while now which kind of motivates me to continue doing my own writing as well. merryfistmas said: One of the better reviews here, it's nice to see someone who thinks the Mars Volta is the best band ever, although I'm not sure if I like Day of the Baphomets or Tetragrammaton more. I think it depends on my tolerance for dissonance at the time. Review? |
This is how it all begins. My RYM|My Last.Fm|My Steam |
TimeToRepent said: Oops I meant interview in the first sentence lol BlueKite said: Been looking forward to this review and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've been enjoying your reviews for a while now which kind of motivates me to continue doing my own writing as well. merryfistmas said: One of the better reviews here, it's nice to see someone who thinks the Mars Volta is the best band ever, although I'm not sure if I like Day of the Baphomets or Tetragrammaton more. I think it depends on my tolerance for dissonance at the time. Review? The effect of staying up late at night :/ |
| Great interview of a great reviewer. Thank you for your kind words - I'm honored beyond words. |
| Read all comments, happy for the nice reception from everyone! |
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| Nice interview. I remember being a fan of you, Archaeon, and Veronin when I was a new member here (still am but I rarely read reviews anymore tbh lol). Also it's awesome to see that we have Harrymanhunter as a mutual friend. He's just a fun lad to talk with all the time. |
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| Great interview! Lots of insight. I'm honored to be part of your list bro. Keep writing high quality shit, one of the best reviewers currently on MAL ;) |
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| Shit I read this too late. @ZephSilver Sorry for never posting a arselan sanaki s2 review, I actually ended up watching the show but I too thought it was just so much of the same garbage that I couldn't bring myself to write a review saying the exact same things. I did take funny pics of the show though (because dear god, it had some fucking terrible cuts and animation) that I've embedded into its thread discussion. Or at least I thought I did, the image hosting site I posted them on died so they're gone until I re-take them... Also based on your intro, you may be happy to know that I've actually written a theology paper supporting the idea that God was just a normal, naive guy, and that most of the story of Genesis is about YHWH trying to learn from his mistakes in Eden. |
| Just finished reading through your interview, man. That was really insightful information you put out there. Always appreciated how you never failed to keep it real with me, especially when I had some viewpoints that were off-base. Keep up the good work with what you're doing, Zeph. (Stark700 has certain reviews where you can catch a few glimpses of his potential (the Tokyo Ghoul one, in particular) but it's never consistently present. Such a shame). |
| I am a fan of you now for your arts. |
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| Really interesting intreview @zephsilver .. but why have you left mal ? The site is such an awful place without you |
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