- Joined
- Apr 22, 2021
Bob has a lot of anger from his childhood to get out. Therapist. ASAP.
Who is Bob without Video Games?
Internet?
Is there a void of fear there we want god save us from?
The problem is with attachment to identity.
Just let it go, Bob. Ultimately we make our own misery. A lesson i learned when I watched The Last Jedi the first time. It was a terrible burden of pain to see something I saw as a complete story with an ending that implied an open future, be taken over and taken away by corporate overlords who wanted it to be something else for someone else.
The thing I learned by "letting go" is that Star Wars itself isnt important to me. Thr important part is what it means. I remember people I met and hung out with who also were into it. It represents a lot of values, dreams, aspirations, and the history of its fans childhoods all wrapped up in one thing. Thats why fandoms are seen by cynics as cargo cults.
The funny thing is Yoda, the wise man/good wizard archetype told the audience not to be attached. to not fear loss or mourn it. Celebrate and rejoice in "the force". He says this because attachment brings pain and can lead to the "dark side" like Anakin wishing to save Padme.
Aka science fiction buddhism.
Are fans learning the lesson or are they just wanting the good times to never end?
Its too bad that instead of drawing creative water from the fountain of our youth by looking at our favorite old stories and media for inspiration, we try to keep them going decades later.
If you love something and it is gone you have to let it go. You will always have the memory and the impulse to go back again. And the best part is that creatives get to create new versions of the old things they care about. This is what modern media lacks and its because the consoomer cant stop buying the same thing over and over looking for something that is in the past.
Let it go Bob. Find something new. You're not your fandom. You're not your job. You're not your fuckin khakis.
