It’s so rare one needs to disagree with Sherlock Holmes. Or Spock. And yet somehow I find myself doing both simultaneously. In the story “The Sign of the Four,” Holmes famously said “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” Later…
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Fandom’s Mental Yogis rise from ill to illustrious
It puzzles me when someone says someone else is “mentally ill.” After all, people don’t typically take on a permanent label of “bodily ill.” Illness of the body is just generally considered to be a normal state which you go in and out of, not warranting either accolades or shame. But mental illness of any…
Fandom Mindscape Meditation Flow
One of my favorite moments in any sort of fandom comes when a mindscape is depicted – when someone’s internal mental processes are revealed through visuals or words. These scenes almost always feel strange and unhinged, like a dream, while also relatable. It’s bizarre but intriguing that these mindscapes feel more alien to us than…