Showerthought: Rearranging my anime posters made me see how fan arguments shifted

I was moving my old anime posters to a new frame in the living room. It reminded me of how we used to debate endings face to face after school. These days, it's all hot takes on Twitter within minutes of an episode airing. The heat is there, but the real talk gets buried fast. For example, no one sits on a plot twist for a week anymore. It just gets lost in the noise. I kind of preferred when fights had room to breathe.

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hollym823d ago

After seeing those instant Twitter takes, my friend had a rough time. Like @rosea68 pointed out, the speed meant his careful thoughts on a show's ending were already old news by Monday. He just gave up on sharing them.

anna_flores969d ago

Twitter hot takes within minutes of an episode airing still shocks me. We used to have days to digest a plot twist before even talking about it. Now the discussion is over before I've even finished my snacks.

benlewis3d ago

Man, anna_flores96, you really nailed it with the snacks comment. But here's something I've noticed: when takes fly that fast, they're all reacting to the same moment, so the talk gets stuck on one thing. We lose the slow build of different ideas that used to come out over days. It feels like the conversation burns out too quick, and then there's nothing left to say by the time I've actually thought about it. That rush to be first kinda kills the fun of figuring out a show together.

rosea688d ago

Remember we still talked right after shows aired back then too, just over the phone or at school the next day. The speed is what's really new.