Interview Transcript
Opening
up with questions for Lith! Any and all is fair game, though he is,
of course, a bit limited in what he knows and what he may be willing
to answer himself... Be creative! Advice, philosophy, secrets, the
great and small questions of the universe. Flaws, strengths, prides
and shames, his past, his future, his opinion on current events. It's
all up for grabs!
shut_up_steve: 1: favourite thing to do 2:most recent activity? 3: what is your
current desire? 4: what grinds your gears? 5: any irrational phobias?
(like afraid of clowns)
Lith:
Oh o.o starting with a bang! Well... 1. My favorite thing to do... in
general, out of all things one could do? I'm guessing winning huge
piles of money doesn't count, if only since I've never done it ^.^;
My favorite thing to do... would probably be curling up with somebody
I trust and watching something really nerdy-- a good anime, or
firefly, or the like, with some bad chinese food to share or
something of the like. And maybe breaking out a good console game
when the show's over. I guess it's plain, but I've loved it every
time I've done it, and there's few times I've felt more...
comfortable ^.^ 2. Most... recent? o.o; That's a little tricky to
answer, since I'm kind of an amalgam of myself from across a large
period of time ^.^; Can I cheat and say my most recent activity was
describing my favorite thing to do? x3 3. My current desire... kind
of falls under the same problem. My current desire is to give you a
satisfying answer, but I think it isn't working! @_@ 4. What grinds
my gears? Well... people that just won't listen, I guess. There's a
lot of injustices in the world, a lot of things that have gone wrong
on purpose or by mistake, and while some of them are caused by people
that honestly don't care about their fellow man (or only care about
those very close to them) so many... horrible, heart-wrenching things
happen because people just don't listen. I believe that knowledge is
the most precious currency in the world, and it should be exchanged
freely and constantly. But when people lie, keep secrets, or refuse
to even listen, everything falls apart, and the "civil" in
civilization begins to disappear... Sorry if that's kind of vague,
but I think everything that really frustrates me comes down to that,
eventually @.@; 5. Irrational phobias... well, I dunno how irrational
it is to be, um, kind of terrified of speaking in front of crowds
o.o; I mean, if you say something wrong, you could suddenly have an
angry mob on your hand... and angry mobs are very good at not
listening, to say the least ~.~;; I will say that clowns are pretty
creepy as well, I've never been comfortable around them, but I'm not
sure many people since the 50's have been...
Xanes: what is your opinion on the brony community?
Lith:
Ohh o.o; They can be a bit of a peculiar bunch... I will admit
there's one thing that sort of ticks me off-- the main draw, at least
as far as I can tell, is that it's an animated show that is
well-animated, decently written, funded well, and has voice actors
that actually know what they're doing. In short, it's a GOOD animated
show, which, in America, is pretty revolutionary... especially when
it isn't centered around superheroes. So, my frustration is that it's
accumulated such a massive following because Americans (and I'm being
pretty rude about this, I'm sorry, it's really the Western hemisphere
in general ^.^;; ) have such a massive gap in their media where
animated content is concerned. So, my objection is that there's
already tons of anime out there that's exceedinly well-crafted... but
it's already earned a certain overarcing stigma among Westerners as
geeky. So the fact that there's finally a Western cartoon that's
actually well made draws a huge, sudden following... I dunno, that's
what it spells out to me at this point. I've looked into the
dichotomy between American and Japanese animated media a lot, and the
huge disparity in quality and variety is just aching for relief. I
guess in that perspective, it's both frustrating and promising-- if
this success can translate into a new batch of properly made, Western
animated shows; if producers will finally get it through their heads
that there's a market for this, thanks to anime and My Little Pony?
Then I'll count it a blessing. But... as for the community? Well,
like any internet community, they have a lot of quirks, some trolls,
and a very persistent set of memes tied to them. If you let yourself
be annoyed by it, it could be very annoying indeed ^.^;; Personally,
I just see it as kind of amusing and strange... and um, some of the,
ah, "art" isn't too bad... Ah, n-next question?
Xanes: do you have the same senses and abilities as a normal cat
Lith:
Well o.o I do have retractable claws, and a tail... if that counts. I
smell better than humans do, but not by a lot. I forget just this
second if regular cats are colorblind, but I can see all colors, as
far as I know ^.^; But I can't see much better in the dark than
humans can. I guess I've got pretty human eyes. Let's see... I can
sleep as much as a cat does, if I care to :p I'm plenty flexible, but
I don't really have good reflexes. And I almost never land on my
feet... @.@;;
And
with that, we concluded Lith's portion of the interview. Now for
Lithier!
Xanes: when did you join the furry community and why did you join the
community?
Lithier:
I couldn't give a date, or even a year, but I believe it's been at
least five years now-- although it may depend on your definition of
being a part of the community. I think I answered this question
before, so I'll try to be brief: as far as interacting with furries,
I first started chatting amongst them five or more years ago for
jollies and enjoyment, and gradually learned more about the furry
scene from there. I've never had a direct fursona, and I've attended
all of one in-person furmeet, and I've since moved away. I don't know
where the line is drawn, I don't even know if I could fully be
considered a furry now, but I have a fairly long history with members
of the community, and I'm glad to be here ^.^
shut_up_steve: whats your favourite game? and what is the part about it you
like best?
Lithier:
That's a tough choice-- I have a rather large library, and I dabble a
lot. If we were going by sheer amount of time I put into the game,
I'd have to say Team Fortress 2-- I've lost hundreds upon hundreds of
hours to that game, which is funny, because I generally despise
shooters. What sets TF2 apart is its friendly, eye-pleasing style,
the immeasurably superior attitude of the community of players, and
its constant support and improvement at the hands of its creators.
Each of these are really massive, singular achievements when you get
into it, honestly. As far as simply being an excellent game... There
are too many to say, but Final Fantasy IX holds a fond place in my
heart after all these years, with its fundamentally enchanting
atmosphere and near ideal mix of the old classic mechanics before
squenix started messing it up. Really, there are lots of excellent
games out there in recent days, and I'm thrilled that the game
industry seems to be getting back on its feet after some serious
stagnation in the late 2000's. I hope to have a lot of new favorites
soon.
shut_up_steve: what is your favourite sort of thing to watch on youtube to fix
your boredom? comedic acts? action stunts? educationals? other? or
just drift at random?
Lithier:
I don't catch a whole lot of youtube, really, but what I do watch is
usually comedy. Typically, I'll either watch the latest DBZ abridged
when it comes out, or bounce around silly TF2 videos until I get
bored. When I'm really bored, don't feel like gaming, and don't have
the energy or focus to work on creating entertainment for you darling
folks, I'll probably either read/listen to a book, or watch some
anime. But not on youtube, so I dunno if that counts...
Xanes : if you could make same kind of graphic you see in a video game
and were going to make a game, what kind of game would you make?
Lithier:
You know, I used to have lots of huge plans for making all sorts of
non-ero games back in the day, but I haven't thought about designing
a regular game in quite some time now. If you mean, supposing that it
was just me making an indie game, but I also had the ability to 3D
model and all that? I'd suppose I would make some kind of RPG or
simulation game. I enjoy toying with the idea of parallel timelines
and decision trees, and how you can explore new concepts, new sides
of things by retreading old ground with new intentions and different
intentions, and I think it could be pretty fun to make a game you
could play each time and get a different outcome-- a little like what
you see in MVOL, but on a less perverted, grander scale, with more
violence, probably. If you mean, were I to be the lead of some kind
of actual, professional game project? Hell, I'd probably run a proper
sim, then-- something along the lines of Civilization, either on a
smaller or much larger scale. I think it could be pretty interesting.
If you mean... a porn game? Well, I've got a couple ideas I've been
storing away for a possible successor to MVOL, though none of them
really count on having significant graphic elements... It would be
nice to have a Western equivalent to all the lovely humping games you
see coming from Illusion and the like in Japan, though.
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