05-08-2015, 03:38 PM
I spent yesterday evening debating Marvel, and a host of science fiction, speculative fiction and pulp fantasy with workmates of my husband. Everyone at the table had varying degrees of relationship and family, but they all have extremely professional jobs. Except the struggling writer. But everyone always asks me how the book is going, and expresses genuine interest in the progress, because they like creativity and imagination. Nobody found it odd to like TV shows and comics, and to discuss politics, sports and cookery, or to be single, married, kids or not, any permutation.
Basically, I call bullshit on the show's portrayal and perception of geeks, fandom and adulthood. The characters are hideous, pathetic losers now to a greater extent than they ever were before, and that has nothing to do with their now-jettisoned hobbies and interests. It merely proves that those external factors were the only admirable and interesting things about them.
Basically, I call bullshit on the show's portrayal and perception of geeks, fandom and adulthood. The characters are hideous, pathetic losers now to a greater extent than they ever were before, and that has nothing to do with their now-jettisoned hobbies and interests. It merely proves that those external factors were the only admirable and interesting things about them.