It's not really a "respect for modern mythology" thing, Caroma; for me, at least, it's that when I discuss things here I take it as seriously as I would a real-life conversation. I dunno. Maybe it is just the Internet, but I take it seriously.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Holli - Apr 13, 2003 11:47:06 pm PDT #3416 of 9843
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Susan W. - Apr 13, 2003 11:54:20 pm PDT #3417 of 9843
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I take things seriously or not depending on the topic and general tone of discussion. Just as if I were speaking to y'all in the flesh.
Daisy Jane - Apr 13, 2003 11:57:38 pm PDT #3418 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Just as if I were speaking to y'all in the flesh.
I am not! I'm wearing pj's!
Susan W. - Apr 13, 2003 11:59:17 pm PDT #3419 of 9843
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm posting naked under my underwear, jeans, turtleneck, and sweatshirt!
(It's not THAT cold here--I didn't bother to change after skating, since we keep the thermostat pretty low at night.)
P.M. Marc - Apr 14, 2003 12:01:05 am PDT #3420 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm in a rose-pink robe.
FWIW.
SUSAN! I have a book for you. I forgot to give it to you in December at the Firefly thing. It's sitting in my computer room, reminding me.
Susan W. - Apr 14, 2003 12:14:57 am PDT #3421 of 9843
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
A book? What kind of a book?
Mmmm...books...
Daisy Jane - Apr 14, 2003 12:16:54 am PDT #3422 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I was telling FE earlier that I don't like to go into the front room naked (there are like 8 inch gaps in my curtains. He made fun of me for thinking people were spying on me through my curtains.
Now I can tell him the buffistas were.
P.M. Marc - Apr 14, 2003 12:16:55 am PDT #3423 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It's a George IV book, focused on his Regency. History, not fiction. I'm not actively reading or researching the period anymore, and it seems a shame for it to go to waste.
Susan W. - Apr 14, 2003 12:23:15 am PDT #3424 of 9843
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Sounds like a great addition to my small-but-growing research library--thanks!
Noumenon - Apr 14, 2003 12:49:26 am PDT #3425 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
I guess I just sort of lost a lot of respect for the whole ME as modern mythology thing when I watched the panels from BtVS and Angel at the Museum of TV and Radio.
I imagine that Shakespeare and his actors didn't take their plays as seriously as we do either. Part of what makes Buffy great is the people who take it seriously. Cindy (philosophically) and Jeff Mejia (chronologically) take parts of Buffy more seriously than I want to, but the things they write about the soul and history of the Jossverse deepen my experience of it. (And so do the people who then snark about its inconsistencies.)
And I guess if there's people who Take This Place Seriously, us folks who are here just to have a little fun sometimes will sometimes rattle their chains a little.I don't think the Buffistas are too serious about making everything into a Big Issue. Typo Boy and I have both run into situations where we were being too serious, kind of dampening the good humor of a thread. I think what you're running into is more that people are taking you seriously. It's a good thing, except that you can't be too nonchalant about giving a position on some issues, because people think what you believe is important.