Mixed emotions

[misscam]

So, 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.

Comments

[fiendery.livejournal.com]

(which hopefully won't lead to any DLRer doing something very, very stupid).

We can only hope. And you do bring up a good point with the need for people to hold onto something. Personally, the Domlijah thing was an odd one, I think. It was a couple that they were holding onto here...?

Of course, that would be the delusion, and we all cling to one. So yes, it's an odd subject. I still say it was their own fault--but we all have that flaw, don't we?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Personally, the Domlijah thing was an odd one, I think. It was a couple that they were holding onto here...?

People have believed in stranger things. And it wasn't really about Dom and Elijah being together, me thinks. It was about the DLR helping poor!oppressed!Domlijah and Being Important. That's why there was the whole idea of Evil!PR, making DLR the good guys fighting the good fight. And DLR saw itself as being all helpful for gay rights and so on. DLR wanted to think it mattered.

Quite the delusion, but on some level, understandable. On another... What the fuck were they thinking?

[fiendery.livejournal.com]

I don't think we'll ever know. I mean, you can only understand these things to a certain degree. Then that last question comes into play.
It was about the DLR helping poor!oppressed!Domlijah and Being Important. That's why there was the whole idea of Evil!PR, making DLR the good guys fighting the good fight.
Being Important probably played such a large factor too. Nothing better to motivate than the idea that you're important. And no one's going to be Anti-[such and such instead of Pro-[such and such] because pro makes it something good.

[visp.livejournal.com]

It's really quite sad. Like the 5th grader who still believes in Santa. Of course, that's not going to stop me from laughing my ass off at their idiocy. I find it theraputic.

[ex-shinken853.livejournal.com]

Definitely. >:D

More in sorrow than in anger, or even glee.

[megpie71.livejournal.com]

I'd go for sympathy, myself. I actually feel a certain amount of pity for these people. After all, they're people who want to feel that they're doing the right thing. They picked up someone else's delusion, and ran with it. They wanted to feel "special", but they chose the wrong thing to feel "special" about.

Now some of them look like fools, or so they perceive it. They want to blame someone - anyone - for making them look foolish, because there are very few people out there who can say with full honesty that they don't mind looking idiotic on occasion, especially when there's a way they could have prevented said looking idiotic.

To be honest, I welcome the ones who get mad, or who feel that they have been foolish. They show signs of being able to develop a sense of proportion, which is the first step to a sense of humour, and to being able to accept failure if not gracefully, at least with less obvious sulks than they currently are. It's the ones who cling on to the delusion, past the point where it becomes possible to deny the shattering - those are the ones who I fear for. They are the ones who want to live somewhere in their own heads, and who will do anything to preserve their view of the world, to the point of taking steps to eliminate people they perceive as "obstacles".

I will admit, however, that despite all of this profound sympathy, a small, cynical bit of my brain is going "what a bunch of maroons!" Being delusional is not a sin. Wanting to believe something is real is not a crime - but it does help to at least keep the reality checker turned on, and realise when you're heading off into fluffy pink cloud territory.

[veuki.livejournal.com]

OMG OUR FAITH!!!!11!1 THOSE SELFISH LITTLE SHITS!!1
:p

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

marysiak was there and met them. She has full account.
*shrugs* I just laugh.