Fandom and me -- Part 2

[sennetari]

Lately, I'm feeling kind of left out, again. This time, it's not so much of me wondering if I'm a fan (I've decided that I am, even though I'm mostly silent), but more of my different takes on things.

Comments

[shenai]

interpretations are never write or wrong, they are just interpretations :D

[sennetari]

interpretations are never write or wrong, they are just interpretations :DThank you. :) I'm someone who just like to be validated, I suppose (the not much self confidence thing). But yeah, deep down, I suppose only the creators of the show/series can know what they intend for a particular character (sometimes feel like they don't, either, but that is another thing entirely

[shenai]

I don't really think they always know either, and I think most writers probably like for other people to be able to see their own interpretation in their work. Or at least I hope so XD

I went over the maximum character limit for comment and have to shorten it a little. ^^;

[sennetari]

That is a very good point about writers wanting other people to be able to make their own interpretation. I see that most clearly with fiction books, though, where the readers don't know what the characters look like and only have the author's descriptions to go on. Then the book gets adapted into a life-action show, and there are fans who seem to be disappointed that the actor casted doesn't seem to match the image of the character they have in their minds. (Not me personally, though. I usually don't envision a certain actor as a perfect 'character A'. In a way, I take description interpretation much more loosely

lol, I hate when that happens, but you can always post in two parts XD

[shenai]

Yeah, I think I didn't really mean stuff like fanfiction, but more like books

[sennetari]

All I mean by "perfect" is the concrete version I have in my mind. Since I don't usually have my own version of any character, let alone a concrete one, I don't ever end up disappointed when live-action adaptation is made, because I don't have my own version to compare with. But even if I actually can see a particular character in my mind, I'm really forgiving. This probably goes back again to my canon compliant mind set: the creators know best (most of the time

[shenai]

I usually take pretty long to read books, not because I can't read fast, but because I visualize everything in my mind^^ It's never like super sharp with every detail but I do have an image of a character in mind usually and sometimes the adaptation will be so different I will feel a little disappointed, but usually I don't mind too much because in my mind I can always justify an adaptation as another version so kind of AU, and all is well

[sennetari]

See, I'm not so good with visualization. I like that sometimes, because that keeps me pretty much from disappointment with different adaptation(s). But sometimes, I wish I'm better with visualization, because it could have helped me with other things (such as language learning, for instance). Anyway, yes, thinking of an adaptation as just another AU is a good way to keep disappointment at bay

[shenai]

I dunno how visualization would help with learning a language, but I love taking my time with books so I can play it all out in my mind

[sennetari]

It's for remembering vocabulary. You visualize (and then play) an outlandish story in your mind. I'm not explaining this well. Um...something like 'a duck as a hero' for ahiru would have me, if I'm working this method right, visualize a duck wearing a cape and brandishing a sword or something that makes it look like a hero. Or 'a cow buys things at a supermarket' for kau would have me imagine a cow pushing a shopping cart while buying things at a local supermarket. (I didn't make these up, but I might not get the exact wordings right

[shenai]

Yeah, I know what you mean, for me this has never worked, I learn a word so I learn a word, making stories out of them wouldn't make me remember them any better or worse and just take up uneccessary space in my brain. I make formulas into a word though sometimes if I can't remember them for the life of me but have to

[sennetari]

I learned a story for a math formula once, and could remember it for months afterward; I would probably still remember if I have to use it. (From my hazy and incomplete memory, that story has something to do with running into car turning on an A/C (Air conditioner) going into a circus rolling in a big box and cutting it.) I think I once remembered a shopping list this way too (so the items were all in sequence, which is not actually necessary for a shopping list). For me, sometimes this technique works, sometimes it doesn't. It all depends much on how detailed the instruction is. If I have to fill in most of the blank myself, I can't really visualize well