Something I don’t think we talk about enough is how we watch Ghosts and how the existence of fandom and online discussions about the show impacts that.
When series 4 aired, I was surprised to discover that the morning of the release date of episode 1, the whole series was put on iPlayer. I understand that this is done so people who want to watch the show in one go are able to, and it lets people view at their own convenience, but it also removes people from the experience of watching a show as a fandom.
As someone who doesn’t like to blow all 6 episodes of a series I’ve waited a whole year for in one sitting, I end up having to cut myself off from twitter and tumblr for the duration of the show’s airing in order to avoid spoilers. While this is a nice break from social media, imagine a world where they didn’t dump all the episodes on streaming at once.
Imagine across the country everyone in the fandom sitting down to watch each episode together, discussing possibilities about the rest of the series and live tweeting as the show goes on. Imagine coming home from a long week and sitting down on a Friday knowing today is Ghosts day and messaging your mutuals about the episode just after it had finished.
It feels like in todays rushed society we’re getting more and more disconnected from one another and removing the experience of watching a TV show together as a fandom, and as a nation, is just another factor that contributes to this.
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Tis' the season where I mentally and physically suffer. Complaining below (feel free to ignore, I'm just venting. I usually do this every year to get most of it out of my system lol):
mmm the fall/winter SAD is indeed in full swing. No warmth + no sun = a bad bad time. I always get so annoyed when ppl assume that I love winter bc I'm a "winter baby", as if that has any sort of divine intervention on instantaneously adapting you to perfectly fit the climate you were born in. NOPE. Silly human superstition. I start to freeze once it hits below 20C. I wish I lived in a warmer climate o|-<
The depresso is probably going to make me very whiny and moody until next spring, so an early forewarning bc I'm EXTREMELY annoying about it this time of year bc it's the only way I know how to deal with it.
But moreso in addition to the physical stuff is how badly it messes with my mind, making me so depressed to the point of just... sitting in non-moving silence where I become stiff as a board (very painful btw) and I isolate, making the bad depresso brain time even worse where I overthink everything bc of the silence and isolation. It's also always the time of year where everyone goes quiet too, which is understandable, but also makes things 10x worse (I am very alone in my life and where I am, and kind of rely on online friends bc they're all I have. I don't even have a pet. I'm literally just, loner mode. I don't really have much family to speak of, and only one family member I do speak to. I have little to no connections at all. But regardless, this is still the best living situation I've been in my whole life, so that's saying something).
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six some sentence sunday kaelucjean …or is it luckaejean? No idea, ship names are baffling, It’s Them edition
She shoots him an exasperated look. “Are you going to start quoting percentages and statistics at me?”
“I could,” he says with exaggerated earnestness, folding his hands on the desk like an overeager student. “If you’d like. Anything for you, darling.”
Jean laughs as Kaeya follows Diluc’s lead and heaves himself to his feet. “Shouldn’t you be saying that to him?”
“He does,” Diluc answers cheerfully as he locks the door behind them. “Often. Frankly, it’s refreshing to have this directed at someone else for a moment.”
“Forgive me, Captain of my heart, for burdening you with my unwanted affection.”
“I treasure your affection, be it in jest or truth. Though, I thought you were sharing your devotion with Jean today?”
“Are you implying I can’t cherish more than one person at a time?”
“Do I get a say in this?” Jean wonders.
“Absolutely not,” Diluc says as Kaeya burrows into his side. “As our oldest friend, you have partial custody of both of us.”
“I don’t recall signing any paperwork to that effect.”
“Too bad. It’s years too late for any form of take-back.”
“Don’t ignore me,” Kaeya cuts in. “Haven’t you ever read a romance novel? I could die of heartbreak, you know.”
“Barbatos’ braids,” his faux annoyance is adorably fond as he pushes Kaeya into Jean’s shoulder. “Go back to pestering her before I shut you up myself.”
Figured out what was pissing me off about the rough draft!! Pre-delusion diluc is a happy menace instead of a depressed menace and that is extremely weird to write after the last one
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