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New questions to ponder
mare:
I have always found the idea of reincarnation fascinating. I kind of hope it is a true thing and if you have lived a not so great life this time around, next time it'll be ten times better. At least that's what I'm hoping. With my luck, I'll come back as a slug or something. lol
mare:
--- Quote from: rebellious_one on July 27, 2015, 07:13:23 AM ---Having that said... what's your biggest struggle with this fandom? What has changed for you? What do you wish were still the same?
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This will be long and ranty lol
It's so funny you asked this because in replying to you, I was thinking about some of the simpler times when it came to BSB.
For instance, remember back during the Nevergone tour, the whole sound check thing was done by random drawer. You didn't have to pay exorbitant amounts of money to meet the guys. They seemed to be so much more accessible to the fans during that time. The only time they really whored themselves out for money was if they were doing charity events and you got plenty of quality time with them when that happened. I spent hours with Kevin, AJ and Brian at his golf event. I mean talking to them unattended etc.... The same when Howie did a bowling thing in NYC. it's like back then they did see their fans as fans as opposed to now where I'm pretty sure we are more looked at as their income source. I really miss that version of BSB. I think it's so incredibly unacceptable to ask for hundreds of dollars for a picture and five minutes. That's so pompous and ridiculous to me.
The other thing that is different for me, is how excluded I feel with the fandom. I know that sounds crazy considering I met so many great friends through BSB, but ever since the whole cruise thing and VIP thing, there's always been this divide. I wish I had a BSB click, but I don't. So, when concerts pop up or events, it always just depresses me when people are all we need to go to this together! But then you're always excluded from that. It becomes unfun and depressing. Maybe if I had a concert buddy or group who I did everything with, I'd have a different view, but it's just not like that for me.
I want things to go back to how they were right before Kevin left. lol it's all his fault! "Kicks Kevin"
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 27, 2015, 05:48:44 AM ---I am loving reading these story ideas lol keep them coming. Julie that reincarnation one would make a great OF.
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Thanks! That is what I'm thinking about that idea too - I already changed it to an AU and will probably never get around to writing it as a fanfic, but maybe an OF someday.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: rebellious_one on July 27, 2015, 07:05:12 AM ---I totes would have enjoyed that "Hush" fic, and I love that banner! Lmao!! It's funny you mention that you've been having ideas of reincarnation, because that's the inspiration with my current fic! These past few months I've been thinking of the possibility of having a past life and wondering what people believe. I know for one my religion (Catholic) does not believe in that, but my mind has been questioning it and wanting to research more about it. From yeeeeaaaaarrrr rsssss ago when I was younger, I wanted to write an original story of a typical man living his life, but then he starts to change and exhibit behavior that's so unlike him; as the story continues, it dabbles into past life situations and yadda yadda.
When I was a kid, I used to get sooo lost in my thoughts of life after death... the thought would consume me so bad that I'd zone out and would actually have to shake myself from it because I'd be scaring myself of that thought of possible infinite... nothing after death. Again, against my religion, lol, but I used to wish that I were an inanimate object or something... where there was really no life nor death, no pain of losing someone or whatever. Yes, I was a weird kid, I know, lol, but that's what really sprung up that story idea. Since I've been thinking about that a lot, and I found myself wandering back to the fandom, I decided to pen the idea using the guys as my characters because it's easier to use already established people, lol.
I had a talk with my close church friends about reincarnation and what they thought of it, despite our religion. My friend had shared, which I didn't know this was the theory of some believers, that the whole "light at the end of the tunnel" thing, they believe is you being reborn again. Lol, it was an interesting concept. But yes, the thought of reincarnation and having past lives is very intriguing, so I'm pretty excited to continue with the story I'm writing and see where it ends up. :)
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Thanks!
I love the idea of reincarnation too; I think it's fascinating. I have always been a history buff and an "old soul" in some ways, so I would totally read something with that premise. I don't know if I believe in reincarnation in real life; for me, it's about the same as believing in ghosts. I don't really, but then there are stories that make me wonder, so I guess I'm open to the possibility. It's fun to think about either way and would make a great story!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 27, 2015, 05:46:16 AM ---I doubt it, Reb. I guess never say never but things I thought would bring me back to the fandom, like their movie for instance, didn't. I wanted to be more excited than I actually was but truth is, I watched it twice and that was that.
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I also thought I would watch the documentary more than I actually did. I've seen it I think twice in its entirety, once when it came out and once when it aired on VH1, and that's it. Now I see it on Netflix, and I'm like, "Oh there it is, that's cool," but I haven't felt compelled to watch it again. It was good, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't like the videos of theirs that I used to watch repeatedly back in the day - All Access, A Night Out, Homecoming concert, etc. But that also might be because I'm not the obsessive teenybopper I used to be back in the day and don't have that kind of time LOL. I dunno. I guess I'm a little disappointed that I don't feel that way about it, but it was still interesting to watch. I get what you're saying though.
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