DavidB6937 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 6 minutes ago, air_raid said: Sadly that’s been most of my fandom for the last 20 years. Does that work for everything? Or is it mostly wrestling related? Quote
Paid Members waters44 Posted March 4 Paid Members Posted March 4 39 minutes ago, LaGoosh said: This just sounds like a you problem. No, I don't go into wrestling thinking they genuinely hate eachother, you absolute weirdo. Nor do I watch a film, read a book or engage with any art form literally. It's just being engaged with fictional stories. It's not a "dream world". It's how people have reacted to stories for all human history. My whole point is that good wrestling engages and emotionally involves viewers without breaking the fourth wall. Is the industry different now? I can think of multiple great wrestling stories of the past few years that were brilliant without all that shoot comment shite. I'm baffled that you don't seem to be able to comprehend that or understand how someone could watch wrestling that way. I meant from a character point of view, not a human point of view. You genuinely sat down at Elimination Chamber and thought the character CM Punk really wants to beat up the character of Finn Balor and I can't wait to see it? Because that very rarely happens to me. The only example I can think of recently is Swerve and Hangman, I was all in that those two characters wanted to kill each other. But I don't need that to love a match I think things are a lot different now then they were in 1997. If USA Network had been screening WWF Unreal with Bret Hart and Austin playing cards together a few weeks before WM 13 would you have been as invested in that match? Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 4 Paid Members Posted March 4 30 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said: Does that work for everything? Or is it mostly wrestling related? Wrestling fandom. I doubt there are many matches in the last 15 years I had any emotional investment in unless they involved AJ Styles, CM Punk or Cody Rhodes going for World titles. Quote
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted March 4 Paid Members Posted March 4 2 hours ago, waters44 said: If USA Network had been screening WWF Unreal with Bret Hart and Austin playing cards together a few weeks before WM 13 would you have been as invested in that match? Yeah because one is fictional and the other is not and my brain is able to tell the difference and react accordingly. 2 hours ago, waters44 said: You genuinely sat down at Elimination Chamber and thought the character CM Punk really wants to beat up the character of Finn Balor and I can't wait to see it? Because that very rarely happens to me. I didn't see Punk/Balor but if I was unable to emotionally engage with wrestling at all I'd stop watching. Just like I would any film, TV show, book etc. Quote
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