So I just re-watched The Dark Knight Rises...
...With my mother. She makes me feel bad about enjoying it because she kept going on about how there was too much violence. I told my generation was immune/desensitized to it, and she said that that's true and something to the effect of "That's why it's easy for people to go out and shoot somebody." Uh, I don't want to shoot anybody. And while I guess media violence plays a small role in that sort of violence, I feel like personal experiences and mental well-being contribute more to that stuff.
I guess this is just a generational disconnect over varying tastes, but I feel like I let my mother down, and I hate letting my mother down. I do not, however, feel bad for writing a Bane-related fic last summer. Writing villains is a safe, introspective way of dealing with our own inner darkness. No matter how much she denies it, we all have a dark side, and I think I've found a good, safe way of dealing with mine. Sorry, Mom.
I guess this is just a generational disconnect over varying tastes, but I feel like I let my mother down, and I hate letting my mother down. I do not, however, feel bad for writing a Bane-related fic last summer. Writing villains is a safe, introspective way of dealing with our own inner darkness. No matter how much she denies it, we all have a dark side, and I think I've found a good, safe way of dealing with mine. Sorry, Mom.