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Fandom is so. Wow.

Though I'm really just an observer, I still can't help feeling a little O.O at times. I mean, on one end we have actors showing up to chill at canceled cons and all sorts of wonderful writing and a glorious sense of community. And on the other... seriously, people? Arguing heatedly over something as stupid as the wording of a warning? I can understand having an opinion on the issue, but actively hating someone over it? Yikes.

Oh, fandom.

In other, more boring news, I went to the Christmas concert last night. It...hurt a lot more than I'd care to admit and it was also wonderful. Bah. I have many complex feelings on the issue that I'm unable to express. I miss making music.

On a better note, I FINISHED one of my papers. It clocked in just a bit short of my goal, which is okay, because it's finished. Only one more to go. I know, I know, you're sick of hearing about them. Well, too bad. :P

Current Music: I really don't have an appropriate icon for this

Prof brought up an interesting point in my African-American Lit class, something that's been discussed a lot before. He was talking mostly about Storytellers, and their function and how necessary they are for society.

Which gets me thinking: Who are our storytellers? I know there are mediums to tell the story- movies, tv, novels, whatever. And supposedly the writers are the storytellers.

But is that a different sort? Not Storytellers, capital s, but storytellers. Just a job, just entertainment. Is what we have now, with a few exceptions, just flash and entertainment, no substance? Does The O.C. have some deeper meaning, or does it just exist as a distraction.(Not that there's anything wrong with that, distractions are necessary too.)

What I'm really asking is: Who's keeping our collective social consciousness? Are they in our communities, in our homes?

I'm just curious. Who do you see as our Storytellers, the keeper of what makes us human?