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Tommy Westphall

vandrovandro
edited 2011-07-29 12:58:18 in Media
He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
I am bothered , simply because I just found out about a meta-fiction hypothesis that's been going on longer than my age!

Comments

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    wait, what is this and what does it mean
  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Westphall
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Oh.

    It's that autistic kid ending thingy.

    Ugh
  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    Mind expanding on that thought?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Basically, it seems so dumb to end a soap opera with the implication that it all happened inside an autistic kid's head. 

    Not only that, but it was done for the sake of being different, rather than expanding on the settings and the characters.

    Of course, it also allows for jokes about the writers being mental patients, so I'm ok with it. :D
  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    Even so, the intent is not always what is understood by the audience. I find it pretty interesting that this thing can be traced back up until I Love Lucy.
  • snowbullsnowbull
    Cue-bey
    Why would an extremely autistic kid dream up a ton of indepth interpersonal relationships? Wouldn't he imagine...whatever interests him?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Maybe his interest is, you know... indepth interpersonal relationships

    ...of course, that'd be implying that St. Elsewhere had those. :p

    Even so, the intent is not always what is understood by the audience. I find it pretty interesting that this thing can be traced back up until I Love Lucy.

    Wait, what, seriously?
  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    Look it up, there are fucking essays about how a lot of series, by way of crossovers, are connected. And the base of it all is the Homicide: Life on the street/St. Elsewere canon.
  • TheConductorTheConductor
    There's a nice map out there somewhere. The book I'm working on now, The Complete Map To The Omniverse, is a bit like the Westphall idea but Up To Eleven. 
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