I'm happy to announce that I've fully revised and completed the first part of my Fishtank writing. A pdf of it will be attached to this post.
Officially titled "The Fishtank Treatise Part I" (credit to
@mister fireworks for the name idea) the work is basically a micro exploration of what content is and how it can be identified. It is 92 pages and ~40k words, representing a small portion of what I have written up for the past two years.
Under the framework I've written up, the work treats content as an object with definable properties. I attempt to separate mundane actions from discernable pieces of content. From there, content is split into three major criteria depending on the properties it has and how it derives its entertainment value. Lots of new terms and definitions I make in order to get the point across.
I should say that this work is analytical and theory-dense. I'm not commenting on the show or writing a review, this is a full-fledged theoretical framework. Kind of like economic analysis but for something as useless as Fishtank. Editing was a pain in the ass, and I went through like three different revisions in the past month alone so sorry it took so long. Part I does not focus on any specific season, it is almost entirely about what content is since content is the foundational axiom of the framework that's been built.
I hope it's enjoyable or at least coherent. I'm going to take a long nap now.