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lunafaer (she/they)'s avatar

i was repulsed by lost. i watched parts of a few episodes and then it was a no from me. when it turned out the entire thing was an afterlife scenario i felt vindicated.

three years of incredible abuse in a lutheran elementary school put me

off religion of all kinds. a fascination with cults in middle school put me off all new age/magic stuff. i just can’t take it seriously. i would love to be able to suspend my disbelief to see if it’s trauma that won’t let me conceive of it. however.

it feels more like the bullshit detector i developed as a consequence of my childhood just does a phenomenal job of gatekeeping my sanity.

i’m definitely not trying to yuk your yum. i’m genuinely disappointed that the abuse i suffered may have killed the part of me that could embrace “faith”.

or maybe it’s just the neurodivergent pedantry and slavery to the scientific method.

maybe it’s both.

anyway, thank you for writing these articles. it gives me a chance to practice understanding and that’s always useful.

take care

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Stella Kay's avatar

I watched Lost when it first came out, but with all its twists and turns, it's probably better to binge it. Knowing that there is more below the surface makes me want to watch it again, but without all the distractions that penetrate weekly viewing over six years.

If you like a Jungian view of the inner world of the subconscious mind, the film "Come True" is well done. Sort of a surprise ending, too.

Perspective is important when watching a show or film. At first, I didn't watch "Game of Thrones" because a friend said there was an incest thread from beginning to end. Than someone else told me it had stories of redemption along with stories of consequences of good and bad (and very bad) actions. I decided to watch it with that perspective. Glad I did, it was a very rewarding watch.

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