Vicarious.
I have never actually fought demons on mountaintops nor have I caught the hand of a friend as they fell into an abyss but through the many fantastic stories I've consumed, I kinda have. These adventures have allowed me to 'see' and 'do' so many things. I've killed, loved, saved, and lived (and died) thousands of times through these stories. And that's why I'm like, "Hey now hey, I wouldn't do that, hey wait a- dammit. whydja go and INVESTIGATE alone you idiot!"
Friday, August 5, 2011
Living a thousand times
You want to know why I rant so much about movies and such? It isn't because I have lots of anger. No, no, it's because have standards for things, entertainment included. The movies and books are especially important to me because these are the ones that mass amounts of people will read or watch. These works of fiction serve to weave people together. Everyone has different lives, different experiences, but when two people have read the same book, watched the same tv shows they have a common ground of vicarious experience. And there's one of my favorite words right there by the way.
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I feel you. Creates a perception of things, as well as often being common ground.
ReplyDeletehell of a word.
ReplyDeleteSometimes living vicariously is the only option we have, I know I'm not going to command a starship any time soon!
ReplyDeletei know the feelings like the big name movies that come out that are a recreation of, for example, the older comics should be really great movies!
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