un: tigerpoet

[tigerpoet]

The opening of the museum here is enormously exciting, but it also has me thinking about museums at home.

I know there are exhibits about me in at least a few museums - I've never been to see one, because it feels vaguely egotistical to attend an exhibit about yourself? But I've always wondered what sort of things they have to say about me. What parts of my life are worth putting on display for the public.

If there were a museum dedicated to you, what do you suppose would be on exhibit?

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[tigerpoet]

Wouldn't they eventually run out of things for you to steal?

[soupervillain]

I could give the stuff back when I'm done with it...?

[tigerpoet]

Is that how robbery usually works...? I haven't stolen anything, I don't know.

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[goingsoft]

I'd want there to be pictures of my father. Big ones. His face taking up a whole wall and his name on every plaque.

laughs in diavolo player

[tigerpoet]

You two must be very close.

sometimes you gotta build a museum to spite your dad. that's just how it is

[goingsoft]

Not really, to be honest.

You know how sometimes people's work changes everyone's lives, and yet nobody's ever heard of them because they don't take credit for it? It's a little like that. He deserves for everyone to know what he's done for them.

[tigerpoet]

In my experience, that sort of person tends to be uncomfortable with a lot of attention.

[He wouldn't presume to say that he's changed people's lives, but besides that, he's that kind of person.]

[goingsoft]

Oh, I'm sure he'd hate it. It's what he deserves, not what he'd want.

What's the point of a hypothetical museum if you can't use it to make someone miserable, right?

[dereban]

Yeah, no kidding.

Somewhat related, though: I have been to the Kanagawa museum since it's in my hometown and it's actually pretty nice. Although I can only imagine what it'd be like for someone to actually go to their own museum exhibit.

[tigerpoet]

I'm partial to making people theoretically happy, but to each their own.

[tigerpoet]

I'm glad to hear it's not disappointing, at least? I feel like I'd have to apologize if it was.

[sealeted]

Let's see...

Probably War stories, or scenes about the civil war that came later, or fending off an invasion. I've got some... grandiose people who care about me, so I'm sure the displays would be a lot more ostentatious than I might prefer.

[tigerpoet]

I have a few friends I could say the same about... they mean well, at least?

[sealeted]

They definitely do.

I could use a few less parades or statues myself, but... hey, whatever makes them happy. I've never been particularly hard to please, though I consider them more museum-worthy than me, for sure.

[tigerpoet]

Knowing that there's anything in my honor, even a relatively lowkey museum exhibit, is awkward enough - I can't imagine how I'd handle a parade or anything like that. Die again of embarrassment, most likely.

[sealeted]

Well, the two lovers I left back home happen to be a Roman emperor and a famous Japanese courtesan, so... well, they've got certain tastes, as I said.

Do you know how, um, 'in depth' the museum information on you is?

[tigerpoet]

You have my sympathies.

I assume it focuses more on my writing, but I don't know... My personal life isn't very interesting.

[sealeted]

I never spent much time in school, relatively speaking, but even I know how detailed literature analysis can be, when it comes to sussing out the author's motives or guiding influences.

But, I've never been to too many museums, either. It could be that's more of a university thing...

[tigerpoet]

I think my works are usually taught prior to university? But it depends on which teacher you have how much they focus on ferretting out meaning from context.

I do think teachers can take that too far, sometimes. Assuming things about an author's state of mind from their work.

[sealeted]

So, I'm not totally off-base assuming you're Nakajima?

My teacher was very...

Lackadaisical, I suppose you could call her. We didn't study many novels.

[tigerpoet]

Nakajima Atsushi. Nice to meet you.

Did you enjoy her class?

[sealeted]

Hakuno Kishinami. Pleased to meet you, Sensei.

I enjoyed her. And class in general. It was a nice, peaceful time.

[tigerpoet]

Then that's what's important, I think. Not so much what specific books you study, but whether your class learns to enjoy the act of reading and learning.

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[penpoint]

A museum based on me would likely be dedicated to manga. Or just as an artist, in general. Though a museum with artwork isn't particularly unique.

[tigerpoet]

It's not, but I still find art museums enjoyable to visit. Especially exhibits centered on artists or movements I'm not familiar with.