Taako’s Correspondence School of Wizardry, Cantrips, & Other Magicks
May 22, 2018 11:49:56 GMT -5
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Post by Todd on May 22, 2018 11:49:56 GMT -5
My own beloved father's mortality got me thinking quite a bit lately about heirlooms and legacies. My great grandfather's pocket watch is just an old timepiece to nearly the entire world, but to those of us who know the history, it is a cherished talisman. It is an artifact of a Prussian man who, in 1908, responded to the shifting political and economic climate in the German Empire by moving, along with his wife and five children, to the United States. It is the one cherished luxury he afforded himself during the Great Depression. My Grandfather, and then my Father, made sure it remained in working order to this very day, and now the responsibility falls to me.
Perhaps I've always had an attachment to things because of the stories they tell. I still feel that you can learn more about a person by spending an hour reviewing the books, music, and movies in their libraries than you can spending days in conversation. A tongue can all too quickly twist a truth into a lie. Inanimate objects are what they are. And perhaps that is what reeled me in so quickly to the Mysterious Package Company when I discovered them in 2015.
I was recently reminded of the fact that young people today aren't into "things". They buy music or a movie from a streaming service. They get books for their digital reading devices. This used to be the recurring theme of the Curator's correspondence with us: a return to an earlier mindset, where waiting equated to anticipation and not inconvenience. Where the hours spent doing research rewarded you with the knowledge you learned, instead of being seen as a side-quest that did little more than waste your time. Where plot holes and inconsistencies spawned long conversations about the possibilities instead of frustrations about the incohesiveness of the narrative. We are a generation that was taught how to think, not what to think. By consequence, thinking is something we do by nature.
With MPC courting the Adventure Zone podcast audience, I wonder if they are considering a digital distribution for this, or other experiences, in the future. I don't feel like "things" are as important to those who would buy this "experience". Especially at the prices MPC tends to charge.
Perhaps I've always had an attachment to things because of the stories they tell. I still feel that you can learn more about a person by spending an hour reviewing the books, music, and movies in their libraries than you can spending days in conversation. A tongue can all too quickly twist a truth into a lie. Inanimate objects are what they are. And perhaps that is what reeled me in so quickly to the Mysterious Package Company when I discovered them in 2015.
I was recently reminded of the fact that young people today aren't into "things". They buy music or a movie from a streaming service. They get books for their digital reading devices. This used to be the recurring theme of the Curator's correspondence with us: a return to an earlier mindset, where waiting equated to anticipation and not inconvenience. Where the hours spent doing research rewarded you with the knowledge you learned, instead of being seen as a side-quest that did little more than waste your time. Where plot holes and inconsistencies spawned long conversations about the possibilities instead of frustrations about the incohesiveness of the narrative. We are a generation that was taught how to think, not what to think. By consequence, thinking is something we do by nature.
With MPC courting the Adventure Zone podcast audience, I wonder if they are considering a digital distribution for this, or other experiences, in the future. I don't feel like "things" are as important to those who would buy this "experience". Especially at the prices MPC tends to charge.