So a certain measure of… preservation is called for, I believe.Īs a result of this approach, when I do decide to revisit something I adore, it feels like a big deal. I love, and I mean really love, so few pieces of fiction when it comes down to it. I’ll know it too well – inside and out, beat for beat – and I’ll become numb to it. I prefer to let years and years go by let my fondness for it percolate let my memory of its particulars start to fade a little bit, become blurry, so that I can rediscover them anew.īut it’s also a matter of worrying that if I overindulge in that repetition, I’ll begin to weaken my connection to the thing itself.
It’s like trying to defy a mental refractory period. I’d struggle to re-engage with them properly and it would feel like a waste. In part this comes down to the fact that I simply do not derive much enjoyment from diving back into them too soon or too often.
I only return to my favourite games/movies/books with extreme infrequency. I’m not really willing to risk it and find out for sure. Also, she’s just finished reading a book she discovered she loved, and she’s planning on immediately re-reading it. She re-watches her favourite movies all the time and takes great comfort in them being a constant companion.
My girlfriend is a prime example of this. Some people seem able to regularly re-experience the fiction they love without running the risk of it starting to seem boringly over-familiar. It bundles a borderline essential hi-res texture pack – seriously, in retrospect some of those original faces are just… not right – with a miscellany of little fixes and tweaks which just make your life easier.) I don’t do this very often, to put it mildly. (I used the full edition of the excellent Visible Upgrade mod, which I highly recommend. I recently played through ‘Deus Ex: Invisible War’ again.
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