#like here's a hack: who care abt [i know Of this person] as ''parasocial'' when it can just be They're Not A Product You Own. done.
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unproduciblesmackdown ยท 4 days ago
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forget why i was even thinking of it the whole other day but going "what were like Interpersonal Interactions i had over the years that were like meaningful / significant but in a good way" & there's answers & the main genre is like the surprise of just being treated kindly with No Conditions, wasn't ever moved by e.g. approval for doing what you're supposed to wherever, meanwhile didn't even have to be singled out over whatever, which if anything would kind of imply [B/c Of Conditions Met]. but then i was like why limit "experiences of significance over the years of In A Good Way" to "ways i was having some direct 'enough' interpersonal interaction" when that means overlooking / deprioritizing a ton of more readily obvious good shit that was really just about me "on my own" whether there happened to be other ppl in the vicinity (probably) or not
but also obviously Other People are relevant in every moment & part of everyone's lives but like so far beyond "what social interactions are you having w/people in the vicinity" which itself is also so far beyond which interactions get to be supposedly Real & Valuable / Worthwhile, which tends to be those of Family & Friendship & Romantic Partnership & then maybe if we're going wild a vague invocation of "community" beyond this....unsurprisingly a big Reader for those many years & like books exist b/c people make them & b/c there's all the people involved in how then any individual person might access any of those books, & then interact with what's in them. same with yknow everything else made & distributed & accessed, but certainly in particular Media as this site of especially indirect Communication from [who makes what's within its frame] & who takes that in, & you don't really talk back any more directly, unless you do lol, but nobody said communication is only two-way
also that, say, i like to draw, & In Person how to / feedback was always about Realism in drawing/painting from Life / Photos, how to info about the cartoonish expressive antics which you might note is all i care to do coming from Not in person, but certainly from people, books, online, just taking a lot of style inspiration from newspaper comics, nonzero other comics, some illustration, other ppl's linearty stylized work....also thinking about how the like Big Really Great Time Actually revelations of yore included stuff like wow i love being backstage. wow i love being backstage. wow being onstage is alright & i prefer even like more solo than ensemble things even though if only family was completely uninvolved among some other things & wow being onstage is a lot of fun when i get to do villain guy parts & lively side characters & stuff thrown together just to have fun with. wow being in rehearsal yay. being in the auditorium theater or dance studio or greenroom changing room. choir loft, sure. the theater b/c i'm in the audience yayy. didn't have anything to do with other people insofar as None Of That was great times & important memories b/c of the Interactions or Friendships or what have you lol. if anything it ties in with what interactions Were standout, like oh when some adult gave me this Treat just b/c everyone in my grade was getting it just b/c it was just about the last day of school. oh when the bus driver let me get my lunch b/c i only remembered it when the bus pulled up & they seemed completely fine about it. when i get to be treated No Worse than anyone else around, either spontaneously & it surprises me or that when doing a performance you're supposed to be there b/c you have this role & everyone else is there as your collaborator in some form or fashion. but i also liked the performing too, in the relatively limited capacity i ever did it but it was also certainly nonzero & a relatively regular going on
but back to the like yeah it was an interaction when, say, someone made a book with stuff in it & i read it & interpreted it. occuring to me like hmm that might go right along with Imagery i always find resonant where the pov might have nobody around directly observable but there's light in the distance that indicates a presence, & further, perhaps there's the understanding the light is put there deliberately as some signal for whomsoever might be out there to see it. & other things where there are implicit presence / figures who are distant & not connected to you Personally but indirectly / from afar are putting out these [interactions] to help you. like well you don't say
#also when like. there's really not all these cinematic moments of revelation / epiphany With other ppl (though other ppl may be around)#but if anything there more so is Being Alone; even if other ppl are around; & oft b/c of the context of Contrast w/times With others lol#plenty of [In Spite Of] when it comes to all the ''real'' interactions in the venue of Family & Friends (no romantic partners; lucked out)#plenty of much more straightforward [Yeah Because Of] with the insignificant / indirect / impersonal Ppl Send Out A Message#which theoretically anyone could partake of. perhaps at their library or on tv or in the newspaper or online or In A Venue#also hauntingly just remembered a post where someone was i guess deciding to do the [don't be mad if an alternate actor is on]#by way of ''actually the only ppl who should care about a particular actor's performance is their Family & Friends. parasocial otherwise''#like yep lol the True sites of legitimate interaction & relationality. i suppose don't also hype up alternates on principle this way#like here's a hack: who care abt [i know Of this person] as ''parasocial'' when it can just be They're Not A Product You Own. done.#a handy sentiment that applies even to people you Do personally know ''legitimately'' as Loved Ones(tm)#the i suppose parasocial interactions i've had w/[i do Not know of this person] strangers >>>>#while yeah those ofc can be godawful too. but not really even in ways i didn't get from Family & Friends sites either so. not special thus#anyway it's all social & it's all relational. & i don't want to write a book but sure Noting what i value abt the [it's put out there]#certainly already obvious like yeah & spontaneous support/help in w/e forms; maybe even just momentary nice time w/random strangers#& none of the idea like ah this is just inferior replacement / facsimile of the Truly valuable real Friendship Family Whatever lol#a real sort of distilled point abt it all like little to none of [core principles] or [realizing i'm queer] or [realizing the treatment is#abusive & shouldn't be happening to me] or [a lot of info in general ofc] or [getting to have a pleasant time] happened not only Without#''real'' family friendship romantic relationship involvement but also In Spite Of / Counter To those experiences#oh also the little realm of [my discovering what i like to do / interests & exploring/pursuing those] also totally applies there too#but of course often / usually With plenty of indirect involvement from ppl who i had no Personal relationship with
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