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Mar. 15th, 2005 01:02 pmTV brings people together.
I've said this several times recently, and it really is true. Television characters and events aren't real, and it's important to recognize that, but it's also important, I think, to recognize the necessity of social activities like getting together with friends and watching TV or movies. It's shared laughter and cringing and wild joy and brutal heartache, all without any lasting negative psychological effects. And the positive effects are numerous - kinship, inspiration, and did I mention laughter?
I say all this to put in context my next thought.
I lent "Wonderfalls" to Kim, who liked it, and the whole week it was gone, I missed it. I knew I had parted with it for a good cause - have to spread the joy, you see - but oh, how I longed to have it back in my hot little hands.
She brought it back today, and what's the first thing I do? I lend it to JEFF! I thought to myself, "What is wrong with me?! Why am I so compelled to share the fabulousness? Why can't I just hoarde it all to myself?"
And then I remembered. Television brings people together, but only if more people are watching besides you.
That's where fandom comes in.
And as I've cut myself completely off from fandom for Lent, it makes sense that I'm trying to fill the void by recruiting people I actually know into the delightful insanity that is "Wonderfalls."
I'm glad I figured this out. It was an odd, seemingly inexplicable compulsion, and it was freaking me out.
Thus endeth my utterly pointless and superficial observation for the day. Go on about your lives, all you people with... lives... *sigh*
I've said this several times recently, and it really is true. Television characters and events aren't real, and it's important to recognize that, but it's also important, I think, to recognize the necessity of social activities like getting together with friends and watching TV or movies. It's shared laughter and cringing and wild joy and brutal heartache, all without any lasting negative psychological effects. And the positive effects are numerous - kinship, inspiration, and did I mention laughter?
I say all this to put in context my next thought.
I lent "Wonderfalls" to Kim, who liked it, and the whole week it was gone, I missed it. I knew I had parted with it for a good cause - have to spread the joy, you see - but oh, how I longed to have it back in my hot little hands.
She brought it back today, and what's the first thing I do? I lend it to JEFF! I thought to myself, "What is wrong with me?! Why am I so compelled to share the fabulousness? Why can't I just hoarde it all to myself?"
And then I remembered. Television brings people together, but only if more people are watching besides you.
That's where fandom comes in.
And as I've cut myself completely off from fandom for Lent, it makes sense that I'm trying to fill the void by recruiting people I actually know into the delightful insanity that is "Wonderfalls."
I'm glad I figured this out. It was an odd, seemingly inexplicable compulsion, and it was freaking me out.
Thus endeth my utterly pointless and superficial observation for the day. Go on about your lives, all you people with... lives... *sigh*
