Yeah - I think it comes back to my weird aversion to New Stuff even when I think I might like it. I do it to shows too. I'm like, "I might enjoy watching that but it seems like...effort," so I don't and I know I do that to vids too using the justification that I don't know the source and I'm just not excited enough to click the link even though I might have a great three minutes watching it if I did. Cus I'm awesome like that... ;)
I think you have a very good point about the burden of reaction though because you're right about what feels appropriate at the con vs what feels appropriate at home and I hadn't thought of it that way before.
I also agree that we probably need a third category of panel by differentiating the technical tutorial type stuff from the group therapy process type stuff. In that context, I would probably enjoy the tutorial stuff more than you but...I would also enjoy it in a different way than I enjoy the meta discussion type stuff. As in, I would find it interesting because it could be useful and because I like learning how to do new things with video editing, but the quality of the interest is very different to the fannish squee joy intellectual engagement thrill I get from the more meta discussions?
I hadn't really thought of the panels as group therapy either but that does make a LOT of sense. And yes, partly I think we yak at each other when we need that but also I think the panels in question weren't areas where I did feel I need that? So it's a bit like going to group therapy for a problem you don't necessarily have? (YET?!)
Anyway. THOUGHTS.
In conclusion: your Damages vid is superawesome. <3
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I think you have a very good point about the burden of reaction though because you're right about what feels appropriate at the con vs what feels appropriate at home and I hadn't thought of it that way before.
I also agree that we probably need a third category of panel by differentiating the technical tutorial type stuff from the group therapy process type stuff. In that context, I would probably enjoy the tutorial stuff more than you but...I would also enjoy it in a different way than I enjoy the meta discussion type stuff. As in, I would find it interesting because it could be useful and because I like learning how to do new things with video editing, but the quality of the interest is very different to the fannish squee joy intellectual engagement thrill I get from the more meta discussions?
I hadn't really thought of the panels as group therapy either but that does make a LOT of sense. And yes, partly I think we yak at each other when we need that but also I think the panels in question weren't areas where I did feel I need that? So it's a bit like going to group therapy for a problem you don't necessarily have? (YET?!)
Anyway. THOUGHTS.
In conclusion: your Damages vid is superawesome. <3