In my almost one year at GW, I have gone from being a non-shipper to being a cautiously interested S/W shipper.
There are all kinds of relationships that can be had on Stargate: friendship, filial, collegial and potentially romantic. But I suppose the one that interests most people and is the subject of much discussion seems to be "romantic". Lately, it has come to my notice that "shipping" is not the fun, speculative pastime I thought it was. Strangely enough (to me anyway), it is often taken quite seriously... to the extent that there is an eerie blurring of RL and onscreen stuff. Worse still, this preferential treatment for a particular ship can become such a preoccupation that it leads to attacks on actors and other varieties of "ship".
I find it bizarre that anyone would take so seriously what may or may not happen between subjects of a television show... Do we lead such "lives of quiet desperation" that we need to cling on to a fantasy and allow it direct our thinking? Or has the internet inadvertently become a tool for people to express passing fancies with undue vehemence in ways which we wouldn't have previously.
So when does an interest become a fantasy projected... and a projected fantasy become an obsession...?
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts...
And be nice, everyone...
There are all kinds of relationships that can be had on Stargate: friendship, filial, collegial and potentially romantic. But I suppose the one that interests most people and is the subject of much discussion seems to be "romantic". Lately, it has come to my notice that "shipping" is not the fun, speculative pastime I thought it was. Strangely enough (to me anyway), it is often taken quite seriously... to the extent that there is an eerie blurring of RL and onscreen stuff. Worse still, this preferential treatment for a particular ship can become such a preoccupation that it leads to attacks on actors and other varieties of "ship".
I find it bizarre that anyone would take so seriously what may or may not happen between subjects of a television show... Do we lead such "lives of quiet desperation" that we need to cling on to a fantasy and allow it direct our thinking? Or has the internet inadvertently become a tool for people to express passing fancies with undue vehemence in ways which we wouldn't have previously.
So when does an interest become a fantasy projected... and a projected fantasy become an obsession...?
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts...
And be nice, everyone...
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