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Springtime Sadness
Apr. 12th, 2015 06:59 pmI'm laying here caught between the gentle sound of wind outside and a Glee rerun...
Anyway, I have been hiding away from the world for the last few days. I skipped Spanish again. In the meantime, playing through the original Pokemon game has been a wonderful distraction. I'm almost ready to battle Lt. Surge, so that's pretty cool. I'm glad that not everything has to change. Too bad my old strategy of ignoring my real life when I get stressed is as strong a tendency as ever.
It feels good and productive to be typing this, but my brain feels sluggish. I've been thinking a lot about just what I want to do with this journal. It would certainly help if I tried to write fanfic more. I feel so dead and out-of-touch fandom-wise. :(
I don't think that I've mentioned it yet, but the Percy Jackson series and its sequel The Heroes of Olympus have taken over one little fangirlish corner of my brain. It reminds me a lot of the kind of anime I used to watch and love as a kid. In particular, it gives me a Digimon vibe. That makes sense the way that the characters are presented and the fact that they're constantly fighting monsters. Plus, they both have important events at summer camp. Now that I think of it, some of the mythology overlaps as well. Digimon drew heavily from world mythology, and it was my first introduction to some Greek myths such as Arachne and the chimera. Along with the Chronicles of Narnia, it was one of my earliest introductions to Greek and Roman mythology.
Of course, all this gushing over young adult fiction has made me feel bad that I haven't been more academically-minded in my reading. I *could* and should read the actual Greek texts that these works were based on. Yet, there is a big part of me that wants to keep up with what's young, hip, and fannish. So sue me.
Actually, I've been doing a lot of thinking about why I am drawn to young adult novels now. For one thing, I didn't have nearly as much access to books when I was a teen. Sometimes, I think that I may be emotionally stunted, too. That's not to say that everyone who reads YA is emotionally stunted, but given how lackluster my adolescent years were, it wouldn't be a surprise. Maybe it's theraputic to focus on an idealized version of what might have been. For the most part, I don't find myself drawn to "realistic" high school stories. I like the ones which have some level of fantasy even if its as silly and problematic as something like Twilight.
What else have I done today? Nothing except reading fanfic. I read a handful of Welcome to Night Vale fics and a lone Twilight fic. Recs are on my FF.Net account and AO3.
I can't think of what else to say--it feels like my thoughts have dried up for the time being--but at least I'm writing!
Anyway, I have been hiding away from the world for the last few days. I skipped Spanish again. In the meantime, playing through the original Pokemon game has been a wonderful distraction. I'm almost ready to battle Lt. Surge, so that's pretty cool. I'm glad that not everything has to change. Too bad my old strategy of ignoring my real life when I get stressed is as strong a tendency as ever.
It feels good and productive to be typing this, but my brain feels sluggish. I've been thinking a lot about just what I want to do with this journal. It would certainly help if I tried to write fanfic more. I feel so dead and out-of-touch fandom-wise. :(
I don't think that I've mentioned it yet, but the Percy Jackson series and its sequel The Heroes of Olympus have taken over one little fangirlish corner of my brain. It reminds me a lot of the kind of anime I used to watch and love as a kid. In particular, it gives me a Digimon vibe. That makes sense the way that the characters are presented and the fact that they're constantly fighting monsters. Plus, they both have important events at summer camp. Now that I think of it, some of the mythology overlaps as well. Digimon drew heavily from world mythology, and it was my first introduction to some Greek myths such as Arachne and the chimera. Along with the Chronicles of Narnia, it was one of my earliest introductions to Greek and Roman mythology.
Of course, all this gushing over young adult fiction has made me feel bad that I haven't been more academically-minded in my reading. I *could* and should read the actual Greek texts that these works were based on. Yet, there is a big part of me that wants to keep up with what's young, hip, and fannish. So sue me.
Actually, I've been doing a lot of thinking about why I am drawn to young adult novels now. For one thing, I didn't have nearly as much access to books when I was a teen. Sometimes, I think that I may be emotionally stunted, too. That's not to say that everyone who reads YA is emotionally stunted, but given how lackluster my adolescent years were, it wouldn't be a surprise. Maybe it's theraputic to focus on an idealized version of what might have been. For the most part, I don't find myself drawn to "realistic" high school stories. I like the ones which have some level of fantasy even if its as silly and problematic as something like Twilight.
What else have I done today? Nothing except reading fanfic. I read a handful of Welcome to Night Vale fics and a lone Twilight fic. Recs are on my FF.Net account and AO3.
I can't think of what else to say--it feels like my thoughts have dried up for the time being--but at least I'm writing!
