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umadoshi 's questions to answer one of schneefink's: Talk about being French in fandom, it sounds interesting :)
It's one of the subjects that are very YMMV, as the title of this post suggests. I've tried to deal only with things that relate to being French and not to being me, but I've never not been me, so this is probably still biased.
Last Sunday, I went to see Catching Fire. Early on in the film, there's a scene that's used to contrast the poverty of the main characters and the decadence of the setting they're now in. This scene features a conversation along these lines:
They weren't even fancy macarons, like Ladurée or Pierre Hermé ones. No, they were the standard white (vanilla)/pink (raspberry)/green (pistachio) that you can find in any bakery. More than that, I have a friend who makes macarons, for fun! They don't scream "decadently extravagant" to me, they're just the thing I buy sometimes either for myself or as gift when I'm invited somewhere. They're not even that expensive (1/1€, 16/15€ usually), unless you go for the fancy ones. (Would not reccomend, by the way, they tend to be ~experimental and not that good.)
So that really threw me out of the film.
All this to say that sometimes I run into things in fandom and/or canons that really stop me short.
( More examples! )
I could say more, but I've already broken 1k. I hope that answered at least partly the question.
(Feel free to ask me things.)
umadoshi 's questions to answer one of schneefink's: Talk about being French in fandom, it sounds interesting :) It's one of the subjects that are very YMMV, as the title of this post suggests. I've tried to deal only with things that relate to being French and not to being me, but I've never not been me, so this is probably still biased.
Last Sunday, I went to see Catching Fire. Early on in the film, there's a scene that's used to contrast the poverty of the main characters and the decadence of the setting they're now in. This scene features a conversation along these lines:
Random Extra (presenting extravagant/decadent food to our heroes): Try one of these they're deliciousAt least I assume that's the audience reaction the film was going for. As far as I was concerned, the message I knew the film was sening and the message I was receiving were totally at odds, because the extravagant/decadent food being presented to our heroes? Macarons. These are macarons, for the record (not to be confused with macaroons):
Our Hero: Oh no, I couldn't possibly eat anymore.
Other Extra: Here have something to make you throw up so you can eat more.
Our Heroin: People back home are starving!
Audience: Gosh those people are really decadent and horrible!
They weren't even fancy macarons, like Ladurée or Pierre Hermé ones. No, they were the standard white (vanilla)/pink (raspberry)/green (pistachio) that you can find in any bakery. More than that, I have a friend who makes macarons, for fun! They don't scream "decadently extravagant" to me, they're just the thing I buy sometimes either for myself or as gift when I'm invited somewhere. They're not even that expensive (1/1€, 16/15€ usually), unless you go for the fancy ones. (Would not reccomend, by the way, they tend to be ~experimental and not that good.)
So that really threw me out of the film.
All this to say that sometimes I run into things in fandom and/or canons that really stop me short.
( More examples! )
I could say more, but I've already broken 1k. I hope that answered at least partly the question.
(Feel free to ask me things.)