On the matter of spoilers--
I always get asked this, all the time, by many, many, MANY different people. "Rachel, why do you like spoilers so much?" and the only thing I can usually say in reply is, "I look forward to watching/reading it more that way," and it's hard to elaborate on the "WHY" part of THAT statement. Someone in my F-list finally worded it properly for me.
I'm a lot more like the Japanese than most westerners seem to be about spoilers, in that it's not what happens, it's how it happens (that's why anime 'next episode' previews give away key stuff all the time, like GOKU DIES) that's important to me. Case in point: HBP. I knew the THING was going to happen, but I didn't mind being privvy to the information because I was more interested in how it would happen, what the circumstances were, how the characters were affected by it. --- vejiita4eva
I don't mind knowing that so and so dies, or we meet so and so's LONG LOST EVIL TWIN somewhere. In fact, knowing those things make me look forward to finding out about the details of the thing even more. I just like, or do not mind, knowing what's about to happen. The experience of "Aaaah, so THAT's why," is pretty nice to feel, too. This may also be because I don't usually like surprises, I guess, but for the most part, that's the reason why. For example, in Darker Than Black -- I got a little spoiled that November 11 would be in so and so episodes, stuck in so and so situations, which made me want those episodes even more (it eventually backfired on me-- episodes were out and my Internet sucked. TAT; ).
Of course, this depends on the kind of series and how much I like it, etc etc. Transformers spoilers, for example, killed me, because I got them on the day I was watching it. HP7 spoilers pissed me off because there were too many in my F-list -- a moderate amount of spoilers is well and fine, but please not to be telling me that so and so got so and so on page 245722. I suppose moderation really is the key.
-- I was more coherent ten minutes ago. Ugh. Headache. Dizzy. Head--splitting. Father, please not to be coming home at 2AM on a Monday night. It's not good for your and my health.
I've come to the point of sleepy that if I so much as lean my head against anything and get comfortable, I fall asleep within two minutes of that. Ten minute naps feel like hour-long sleep -- is that good or bad?
I'm a lot more like the Japanese than most westerners seem to be about spoilers, in that it's not what happens, it's how it happens (that's why anime 'next episode' previews give away key stuff all the time, like GOKU DIES) that's important to me. Case in point: HBP. I knew the THING was going to happen, but I didn't mind being privvy to the information because I was more interested in how it would happen, what the circumstances were, how the characters were affected by it. --- vejiita4eva
I don't mind knowing that so and so dies, or we meet so and so's LONG LOST EVIL TWIN somewhere. In fact, knowing those things make me look forward to finding out about the details of the thing even more. I just like, or do not mind, knowing what's about to happen. The experience of "Aaaah, so THAT's why," is pretty nice to feel, too. This may also be because I don't usually like surprises, I guess, but for the most part, that's the reason why. For example, in Darker Than Black -- I got a little spoiled that November 11 would be in so and so episodes, stuck in so and so situations, which made me want those episodes even more (it eventually backfired on me-- episodes were out and my Internet sucked. TAT; ).
Of course, this depends on the kind of series and how much I like it, etc etc. Transformers spoilers, for example, killed me, because I got them on the day I was watching it. HP7 spoilers pissed me off because there were too many in my F-list -- a moderate amount of spoilers is well and fine, but please not to be telling me that so and so got so and so on page 245722. I suppose moderation really is the key.
-- I was more coherent ten minutes ago. Ugh. Headache. Dizzy. Head--splitting. Father, please not to be coming home at 2AM on a Monday night. It's not good for your and my health.
I've come to the point of sleepy that if I so much as lean my head against anything and get comfortable, I fall asleep within two minutes of that. Ten minute naps feel like hour-long sleep -- is that good or bad?