Addicted
No matter what I do I can't get enough. It seems like I have a new obsession or two every month, like a rotating basis. Some stick around, some fade but never die, others disappear completely. I come from a family of addictive personalities. For most it's been the conventional - drugs, booze, the standards. But not me. I can tick them off like the trinkets that line my shelves. Sometimes I unpack them and dust them off and play with them again for awhile. So what's my obsession of the month (perhaps I should start calling it my OotM?)?
Slash, for one, not that's not completely obvious. It actually started with Snarry a few months ago, but I've been exploring slash in books and other fandoms as well. This also ties with my other OotM, House. Not only does the show entertain me greatly on basis of dialogue alone, but the House/Wilson subtext has kept me engrossed in H/W fics on almost a daily basis. I rent slashy movies and check out slashy books. I always finish wanting more.
I can't say if the intensity of this particular interesting is likely to wane or not, but I doubt it shall go away for good. Some things never do. Perhaps it's my general loyalty to most things that causes it.
Jerome Pradon is another new interest...also slash related. After I saw him playing Judas in the new version of Jesus Christ Superstar (also an obsession by proxy), I was totally drawn to him. The almost blatant tension between him and Jesus is noticeable even by non-slashers (yes, I've checked). I even made a piece of fanart (you can find it on my MSN group). I've set out finding all the movies in which he appears available in the US. I've considered buying movies and modifying my DVD player to play them.
It seems like, once I take an interest in something, I'm not worthy of being a fan if I'm not totally obsessed. This doesn't seem logical, I agree. But, within any given fandom, if you don't eat, sleep, and breathe it, you aren't good enough. What makes this all the harder for me is that having an interest in SO MANY things, it's hard to get really deep in any one. This may be a symptom of my short attention span.
It remains to be seen what new obsession with rear it's head...or what old obsession will be rekindled. Until next obsession...
Slash, for one, not that's not completely obvious. It actually started with Snarry a few months ago, but I've been exploring slash in books and other fandoms as well. This also ties with my other OotM, House. Not only does the show entertain me greatly on basis of dialogue alone, but the House/Wilson subtext has kept me engrossed in H/W fics on almost a daily basis. I rent slashy movies and check out slashy books. I always finish wanting more.
I can't say if the intensity of this particular interesting is likely to wane or not, but I doubt it shall go away for good. Some things never do. Perhaps it's my general loyalty to most things that causes it.
Jerome Pradon is another new interest...also slash related. After I saw him playing Judas in the new version of Jesus Christ Superstar (also an obsession by proxy), I was totally drawn to him. The almost blatant tension between him and Jesus is noticeable even by non-slashers (yes, I've checked). I even made a piece of fanart (you can find it on my MSN group). I've set out finding all the movies in which he appears available in the US. I've considered buying movies and modifying my DVD player to play them.
It seems like, once I take an interest in something, I'm not worthy of being a fan if I'm not totally obsessed. This doesn't seem logical, I agree. But, within any given fandom, if you don't eat, sleep, and breathe it, you aren't good enough. What makes this all the harder for me is that having an interest in SO MANY things, it's hard to get really deep in any one. This may be a symptom of my short attention span.
It remains to be seen what new obsession with rear it's head...or what old obsession will be rekindled. Until next obsession...