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TV Thoughts: Immortality Edition
Nov. 21st, 2022 01:52 pmThis subject definitely deserves more time and energy than I'm going to be able to give it now, but in the spirit of reminding myself that not every post here has to be a full-fledged essay, two fandom tweets I made, separated in time (and on different accounts, for that matter):
"Having some thoughts about the contrast between the angsty immortals of my youth (Highlander, Forever Knight, book series, etc.), for whom immortality was largely imposed from the outside, and those in xianxia, where cultivation to immortality is an ongoing effortful choice." (June 19, 2021)
"Because we're watching s10 of SG-1 and I'm reading Tai Sui at the same time, I just realized SG-1 is the only Western SFF TV I can think of that shows people cultivating to an ascended immortal state with the ability to reverse it." (Nov 17, 2022)
The first tweet, I'm told, spawned a 4th Street panel proposal, but I did not attend any cons at all this year, so I have no idea if it ran. Anyway, we finished SG-1 last night and I'm well into the second arc of Tai Sui, so I think I'm going to be coming back to these thoughts again and again.
"Having some thoughts about the contrast between the angsty immortals of my youth (Highlander, Forever Knight, book series, etc.), for whom immortality was largely imposed from the outside, and those in xianxia, where cultivation to immortality is an ongoing effortful choice." (June 19, 2021)
"Because we're watching s10 of SG-1 and I'm reading Tai Sui at the same time, I just realized SG-1 is the only Western SFF TV I can think of that shows people cultivating to an ascended immortal state with the ability to reverse it." (Nov 17, 2022)
The first tweet, I'm told, spawned a 4th Street panel proposal, but I did not attend any cons at all this year, so I have no idea if it ran. Anyway, we finished SG-1 last night and I'm well into the second arc of Tai Sui, so I think I'm going to be coming back to these thoughts again and again.
