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fandomsecrets2013-01-09 06:32 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-01-09 06:32 pm
[ SECRET POST #2199 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2199 ⌋
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My relationship with my mum can be prickly, to say the least, and pretty much the only thing we can connect on is enjoying some of the same movies and books and whatever. But she doesn't get fandom and she refuses to have more than the most trivial conversations about things (like, sometimes even "Who's your favourite character?" is too much for her). Any time I ever try to discuss things a little more deeply with her, she tells me I'm being stupid and shouldn't get so worked up over entertainment. It was really upsetting to hear as a kid, because she was often the only person I knew who liked something I was into, but it still hurts as an adult. It's not great to be told, at any age, that you're being stupid for enjoying something or for being influenced by something. There are so many things I've been fannish about that have hugely impacted my life, and I know I wouldn't be the same person if I hadn't been introduced to them, but any time I've dared express that sentiment to her (even in the context of thanking her for introducing me to something), I get told I take entertainment way too seriously.
So, yeah. I get where you're coming from.
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Did you make your icon? I like it. Mind if I snag it? (I won't use it here because we'd match, but I'd like to have it!)
And my mom is constantly telling me not to get so worked up over video games. (And that if I'm going to, then I shouldn't play them.) I just roll my eyes.
Plus, the whole purpose of these things is to be entertained and to connect with the characters and story, so you can't be doing it wrong.
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Yeah, I don't quite understand the point of entertainment if I'm not meant to get invested in it. But to each their own. Obviously my mother enjoys entertainment without getting deeper into it, so I can't really say she's doing it wrong either. It's just frustrating, I guess, having something in common but still not being able to really connect over it.
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It's just frustrating, I guess, having something in common but still not being able to really connect over it.
Yea, it is. :/ It's almost worse than not having it in common at all in some cases, because then you just feel incompatible.
Obviously my mother enjoys entertainment without getting deeper into it, so I can't really say she's doing it wrong either.
Very true! Maybe you should mention that next time she says anything? There IS no right or wrong way to enjoy something and so her opinions are just that, and she should allow you to have fun in your own way.
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That's exactly it. If you can't connect over something you have in common, then what chance do you have with anything else?