It's taken me a while to figure out how to say what I need to say to this post. (And again with the not-letting my hiatus get in the way of Important Posts such as this one.)
I don't subscribe to the FDT for the simple reason that I believe one's chance to see that 'other' behind the door is not dependent on the speed at which you open the door, but the purely binary status of the door as open/closed. So my theory's the ODT, Open Door Theory. If it's open, the 'other' goes away or is hidden or whatever, and you have the 'normal' behind-the-door contents. When it is closed, then the 'gate to the otherness' *is* there. Always. But I can never get there or be drawn into that because I have to open the door to get there - and as soon as it's open even a crack, it's gone.
Perhaps this means my belief is less a 'praciticable' belief than yours. Maybe knowing I'll never end up facing (have to face) the 'other' if my ODT *is* true is what makes it possible for me to believe it. *shrugs* I don't think that's the case, I think I really have a resilient belief in my ODT, but I also think I will never be able to really predict my actions at Very Important Moments till they actually happen.
Another thing - my ODT means I block myself out from the possibility of being drawn into any Narnia or Middle-Earth that exists behind my closed doors. So I've really got more of an observer's perspective on the issue; knowing that (a) it exists and (b) I'm not going to be part of it, subsequently means that I (c) am free to sit back and watch you FDT and WDT people with a storyteller's eye and keep my notepad handy to take notes, if I'm lucky enough to hear anything of the day that you get the door open fast enough, or misplaced enough.
I think in terms of pre-quest behavior and mentality, I'm really quite a Frodo Baggins. I don't dream of saving the world, I don't claim ownership or responsibility over its children, and I don't think that I'm cut out for greatness. I don't want to be a superhero because I expect I'd trip or fall out of the sky or something. Acutally, now that I stop to think about it? My closed door is very comfortable, thanks. I feel safe enough to put my back to it, and not worry anything will sneak out - again because of the complete binary nature of that 'gate to other' within it - and watch your FD's and WD's.
I guess I don't have a soul that needs Great Adventure after all. I wonder how much the having of an 'adventurer's soul' has to do with the having of 'bravery.'
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I don't subscribe to the FDT for the simple reason that I believe one's chance to see that 'other' behind the door is not dependent on the speed at which you open the door, but the purely binary status of the door as open/closed. So my theory's the ODT, Open Door Theory. If it's open, the 'other' goes away or is hidden or whatever, and you have the 'normal' behind-the-door contents. When it is closed, then the 'gate to the otherness' *is* there. Always. But I can never get there or be drawn into that because I have to open the door to get there - and as soon as it's open even a crack, it's gone.
Perhaps this means my belief is less a 'praciticable' belief than yours. Maybe knowing I'll never end up facing (have to face) the 'other' if my ODT *is* true is what makes it possible for me to believe it. *shrugs* I don't think that's the case, I think I really have a resilient belief in my ODT, but I also think I will never be able to really predict my actions at Very Important Moments till they actually happen.
Another thing - my ODT means I block myself out from the possibility of being drawn into any Narnia or Middle-Earth that exists behind my closed doors. So I've really got more of an observer's perspective on the issue; knowing that (a) it exists and (b) I'm not going to be part of it, subsequently means that I (c) am free to sit back and watch you FDT and WDT people with a storyteller's eye and keep my notepad handy to take notes, if I'm lucky enough to hear anything of the day that you get the door open fast enough, or misplaced enough.
I think in terms of pre-quest behavior and mentality, I'm really quite a Frodo Baggins. I don't dream of saving the world, I don't claim ownership or responsibility over its children, and I don't think that I'm cut out for greatness. I don't want to be a superhero because I expect I'd trip or fall out of the sky or something. Acutally, now that I stop to think about it? My closed door is very comfortable, thanks. I feel safe enough to put my back to it, and not worry anything will sneak out - again because of the complete binary nature of that 'gate to other' within it - and watch your FD's and WD's.
I guess I don't have a soul that needs Great Adventure after all. I wonder how much the having of an 'adventurer's soul' has to do with the having of 'bravery.'