The other zen-inspiring solution I've come up with is: VID. When in doubt, vid. Vidding creates an emotional distance even when there's not one and usually allows me to reconnect with the source in a different way.
This is exactly how I cope with Smallville's crackheadedness. It works beautifully.
Overall this is a positive realisation because vidding is something I can take with me beyond my current fandoms.
Yes! Vidding is very portable. Still, I am a bit worried about where my passion will go after SV is over. It's been my vidding inspiration for so long now that I'm afraid I'll be adrift without it. Not that I think I will stop vidding SV the moment season 8 ends, as I have a couple of massive overview vids planned, but nevertheless, it will be the end of an era. I think I will probably float from fandom to fandom, making one-off vids, until I find something that consumes me again.
So I experienced some probably-misplaced anxiety about possibly losing some of the social aspect of fandom if I retreat into my vidder's shell. I think there's a fairly easy solution there though, and that's to keep posting and commenting regularly.
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This is exactly how I cope with Smallville's crackheadedness. It works beautifully.
Overall this is a positive realisation because vidding is something I can take with me beyond my current fandoms.
Yes! Vidding is very portable. Still, I am a bit worried about where my passion will go after SV is over. It's been my vidding inspiration for so long now that I'm afraid I'll be adrift without it. Not that I think I will stop vidding SV the moment season 8 ends, as I have a couple of massive overview vids planned, but nevertheless, it will be the end of an era. I think I will probably float from fandom to fandom, making one-off vids, until I find something that consumes me again.
So I experienced some probably-misplaced anxiety about possibly losing some of the social aspect of fandom if I retreat into my vidder's shell. I think there's a fairly easy solution there though, and that's to keep posting and commenting regularly.
Oh, but couldn't you meta about vidding? :)