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Mixed emotions
Oct. 7th, 2003 04:22 amSo, reports are in that Dominic Monaghan and Elijah Wood brought up the 'Domlijah' rumours at the con they're at, and not in a Tinhat-flattering manner. Read more at DL_Anon.
I'm kinda torn.
One one hand - Bwhahahaha!
On the other hand - Oh, man. Because the Tinhats are worrying me. MsA, predictably, is playing this like it's all 'evil PR doing spin control so Peter can win an Oscar' (because, apparently, gay actors = no Oscar), but some of the followers of Light and Love to Dom and Elijah (TM) are mad. They are not mad at MsA, no. They're mad at Dom and Elijah.
What the...?
I mean, it shouldn't suprise me, but good grief. Dom and Elijah never had anything to do with Domlijah. It was invented, created and maintained by MsA and her ilk. They saw what wasn't there. They made it something of vital importance. They believed. It isn't even about Dom and Elijah. It's about DLRs feeling important and bonded to a Great Cause.
And I kinda understand it a bit and feel sad for them. Let's face it. We all cling onto delusions to some degree or another. We all need to believe in something. DLR to me has always seemed like a cult because of this feverent desire to believe. There is something religious in the underlaying fabric of DLR - the candle lighting, the belief in strength of faith, the utter ignorance of arguments against it... So, I feel pity for some of them.
On the other hand, this does not excuse the villification DLR has done of Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, New Line and anyone who offered opinions that differed from theirs. It does not change that DLR has done this to themselves and that their delusion is of their own making. (Although some might argue MsA has been the leader, anyone who was a DLRer was it of his/her own free will. Dom and Elijah certainly did not ask them). And they have no right to direct their anger at Dom and Elijah (which hopefully won't lead to any DLRer doing something very, very stupid).
Torn I am indeed. Pity or glee? Their own fault, or an all-too-common human weakness? Laugh or cry?
But I guess I'll miss the craziness and the 'what the...?' factor of it all if DLR vanishes, whatever else I might feel.
I'm kinda torn.
One one hand - Bwhahahaha!
On the other hand - Oh, man. Because the Tinhats are worrying me. MsA, predictably, is playing this like it's all 'evil PR doing spin control so Peter can win an Oscar' (because, apparently, gay actors = no Oscar), but some of the followers of Light and Love to Dom and Elijah (TM) are mad. They are not mad at MsA, no. They're mad at Dom and Elijah.
What the...?
I mean, it shouldn't suprise me, but good grief. Dom and Elijah never had anything to do with Domlijah. It was invented, created and maintained by MsA and her ilk. They saw what wasn't there. They made it something of vital importance. They believed. It isn't even about Dom and Elijah. It's about DLRs feeling important and bonded to a Great Cause.
And I kinda understand it a bit and feel sad for them. Let's face it. We all cling onto delusions to some degree or another. We all need to believe in something. DLR to me has always seemed like a cult because of this feverent desire to believe. There is something religious in the underlaying fabric of DLR - the candle lighting, the belief in strength of faith, the utter ignorance of arguments against it... So, I feel pity for some of them.
On the other hand, this does not excuse the villification DLR has done of Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, New Line and anyone who offered opinions that differed from theirs. It does not change that DLR has done this to themselves and that their delusion is of their own making. (Although some might argue MsA has been the leader, anyone who was a DLRer was it of his/her own free will. Dom and Elijah certainly did not ask them). And they have no right to direct their anger at Dom and Elijah (which hopefully won't lead to any DLRer doing something very, very stupid).
Torn I am indeed. Pity or glee? Their own fault, or an all-too-common human weakness? Laugh or cry?
But I guess I'll miss the craziness and the 'what the...?' factor of it all if DLR vanishes, whatever else I might feel.
