What makes you think you get to determine how/why/when fans grieve,
I never did such a thing. I said what *I* was thinking, directed at no one in particular,
after respecting the author (who I hold in high regard, same as you and everyone else here) - long after the fandom had already been broken the news. Simple as that. *I* didn't dictate how people should feel (let alone single anyone out) - the professional victims certainly did though! '
hOw DaRe YoU'
especially when it was the same day his last chapter was released and it would be the last time anyone would be reading a chapter penned by him? People don't need to have a personal relationship with him or be at his funeral to be affected by that.
Well, then they take that on themselves, and do not need to project that on to others. Yes, indeed, a personal relationship with Miura is simply imagined for 99.99999% of the globe no matter how much you enjoy his works. Still, Miura hadn't *just* died, whether you felt like you knew him personally or not (again, you didn't). There's always someone playing the 'too soon' card in any event... even though I *clearly* intended no disrespect, and stated as much.
This recent news is cause for celebration, not an excuse for you to still be acting indignant
It's not indignation (on my part). I find it curious how certain types will bend into pretzels to previously take offense (the
actual indignant ones, if you on a witchhunt for one) for the very thing that I wanted - that Miura's team also desired as well:
the completion of the story. History shows my take is the correct take. So, will the vocal professional victims decide not to read it because the mere thought of continuing the story is blight on Miura's legacy? OFC not. Because the thought is, OFC, not inherently offensive.
over someone being justifiably bothered
Debatable. I didn't besmirch the author, or his legacy - certainly not intentionally. Had I desired to say something insulting, then *that* would be something to get "justifiably" bothered about. I suppose it would go something like this: "you don't get to talk about
my mangaka that way...!" The immediate assumption was that I had some shit-posting against Miura's death or something; a fallacy that you (for some strange reason) insist on continuing to this very day.
by your insensitive commentary.
Miscategorization, and not the intent (stated then, and repeated now). Did my more recent words hit close to home or something?
Prefacing your post with "RIP" isn't a free pass to say anything you want.
This could be a valid argument
if I went out of my way to say something vile about Miura, or mock him, or whatever. I merely said I wish he had done
exactly what we now know he did. The shame!
Again, wanting a continuation isn't insensitive or entitled,
Agreed! That's precisely what I had thought too. Hmmm...
complaining about the story never being finished or
Which is it?? I saw it as an unfortunate, permanent cliffhanger - i.e., never to be finished. So did Demon - the same day, hmmm... What is it to call something a literal "cliffhanger" if not to evoke the desire to see more (which is all I said)? And many, many others (that don't post here) feel the same, and did at that time as well, and clearly the demand was present for the team to want to give us more. That's not a "complaint" - but I guess the bigger issue is what exactly is your problem with me (something seemingly ongoing)? It *clearly* wasn't a complaint, but a WISH, and stated as such, and repeated for clarity.
joking about how we all knew we'd be waiting forever for an ending is, and you know it is.
It's a running joke that it feels like forever in between releases. Having one with permanence - that doesn't just FEEL like forever, but really is - isn't a joke at Miura's expense, no matter how much you insist it is/was. It's merely *my* way of pouring one out for the man that kept us in constant wait for more material with painfully long breaks in between releases, and levity about the whole thing seemingly ending abruptly, unfinished after all.
Wanting more in perpetuity is the best compliment I can offer him, and if that's offensive to you then feel free to act hysterical about it like the other responder. I find such behavior peculiar to say the least. "What makes you think..."
But, further, how about *I* get authority over what *I* meant, not yourself? If you wanted to know what I meant you could have asked me to elaborate, instead of attempting to tell me what it is I was intending to do. Jokes, btw, *are* actually bandied about at actual wakes to break the tension, and are also a way of grieving.
Plus, complaining about what you wrote then has nothing to do with whether someone bothered by it wants to enjoy the continuation or not so your comment doesn't even make any sense.
Sure it does. Hypocrites that act personally aggrieved (they aren't, that's completely manufactured, as it almost always is with that type of person) that
the continuation of the story was ever - *shock* - mentioned now have to contend with the FACT that not only the team but the greater audience wanted exactly what I wanted -
the continuation of the story. I simply said it during the discussion of where the story left off (where it seemed most logically-appropriate) - not the day the news broke of his passing months prior.
OR, instead they could, you know, be consistent and "be thankful for what we got" and consider the work and canon *closed* by not reading further? Instead of, you know, bringing up his assistants having insurance (?) or some other non sequitur replete with tone policing.
