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Shipping against the tide
Sep. 20th, 2012 11:19 pm1. Glee continues to be better than last year. Apparently getting rid of half the cast and de-emphasizing the romantic relationships and the adult relationships, helped.
Even Ms. Pillsbury and Shuester were endurable. And the Brittany songs better than expected. Lea Michele is a great performer and Kate Hudson's character, Cassandra July is somewhat interesting.
2. Occurred to me last night while reading reviews of Buffy by a new watcher, and watching them flail all over things that...well, I tried to ignore at the time because they were, shall we say...on the campy and silly side? That I have a tendency to get obsessed over deeply flawed pieces of art or culture. Not that any work of art is flawless of course.
The Navajho and Hopi believe that to state a work of art is flawless ...curses the art. They deliberately put a flaw in their jewelry and art work, to let the bad spirits out, because that's what nature does and their art is a tribute to Nature. (At least that's what my Grandmother told me. She was taught by a Hopi woman to bead. True Native American jewelry has a flaw, if it doesn't, it's not authentic. )
At any rate, works of art or rather stories which have logical and satisfying plots, or
are VERY well told don't tend to obsess me. ( Read more... )
3. Shipping against the tide. I've learned in life that when it comes to following trends or popular culture, going against the tide, is well a bit like trying to walk EAST down 34th Street (from Penn Station to 6th Avenue in Manhattan) at Rush Hour. Seriously, if you've ever tried this, you cannot move and find yourself, rather quickly, in danger of being trampled. I tried it once or twice, and never again. I saw my life flash before my eyes. You do not walk EAST on 34th Street at 5pm, any more than you walk West on 34th Street at 8:30-9am. Something to keep in mind if and when you ever decide to visit NYC.
Shipping characters, stories, plot-arcs, and/or relationships is a bit like that. You are going to get trampled. Particularly if you have the inordinate bad luck of being online and on a fan site that does not agree with your views. It's not a pleasant experience.
Now it is possible to find like-minded souls and band together in your own little section of the interwebs. Or you can do what I did for a bit, which is not admit your preferences and try to stay ...impartial. If you want to post on a public board, that's the best bet.
Don't talk about your preferences, particularly if they go against the grain of those that you want to interact with. This not to say that there aren't a lot of people who agree with you out there - it's often just a matter of finding them. But if the creators or the PTB don't agree with you, your entire band is basically walking down 34th Street against the on-coming tide. You will most likely be trampled. But hey, you might take down a few of the opposition along with you! We few, We merry few, We band of buggered.( shipping against the tide in the Buffy and other fandoms, but mainly Buffy because I'm not really in any of the other fandoms )
Even Ms. Pillsbury and Shuester were endurable. And the Brittany songs better than expected. Lea Michele is a great performer and Kate Hudson's character, Cassandra July is somewhat interesting.
2. Occurred to me last night while reading reviews of Buffy by a new watcher, and watching them flail all over things that...well, I tried to ignore at the time because they were, shall we say...on the campy and silly side? That I have a tendency to get obsessed over deeply flawed pieces of art or culture. Not that any work of art is flawless of course.
The Navajho and Hopi believe that to state a work of art is flawless ...curses the art. They deliberately put a flaw in their jewelry and art work, to let the bad spirits out, because that's what nature does and their art is a tribute to Nature. (At least that's what my Grandmother told me. She was taught by a Hopi woman to bead. True Native American jewelry has a flaw, if it doesn't, it's not authentic. )
At any rate, works of art or rather stories which have logical and satisfying plots, or
are VERY well told don't tend to obsess me. ( Read more... )
3. Shipping against the tide. I've learned in life that when it comes to following trends or popular culture, going against the tide, is well a bit like trying to walk EAST down 34th Street (from Penn Station to 6th Avenue in Manhattan) at Rush Hour. Seriously, if you've ever tried this, you cannot move and find yourself, rather quickly, in danger of being trampled. I tried it once or twice, and never again. I saw my life flash before my eyes. You do not walk EAST on 34th Street at 5pm, any more than you walk West on 34th Street at 8:30-9am. Something to keep in mind if and when you ever decide to visit NYC.
Shipping characters, stories, plot-arcs, and/or relationships is a bit like that. You are going to get trampled. Particularly if you have the inordinate bad luck of being online and on a fan site that does not agree with your views. It's not a pleasant experience.
Now it is possible to find like-minded souls and band together in your own little section of the interwebs. Or you can do what I did for a bit, which is not admit your preferences and try to stay ...impartial. If you want to post on a public board, that's the best bet.
Don't talk about your preferences, particularly if they go against the grain of those that you want to interact with. This not to say that there aren't a lot of people who agree with you out there - it's often just a matter of finding them. But if the creators or the PTB don't agree with you, your entire band is basically walking down 34th Street against the on-coming tide. You will most likely be trampled. But hey, you might take down a few of the opposition along with you! We few, We merry few, We band of buggered.( shipping against the tide in the Buffy and other fandoms, but mainly Buffy because I'm not really in any of the other fandoms )