Stumpifier wrote:Unless he can understand that being famous isn't everything, after this background sub-arc is compleated, Fen is going to have to choose between his freinds and his to the moon dreams.
Matt (Stumpifier)
Matt, saying that being famous isn't everything is a lot like telling a fish that "water isn't everything" or a starving man "food isn't everything".
Certain types of people NEED fame, and die - literally! - without it.
As for the choice, it's one that thousands of people across America make every year when they drop friends, family, jobs, everything, and head for Hollywood.
It's a thin, thin line between something being an addiction and it being a neccessity.
I know someone who pumps herself full of drugs every day. Hell, she's even managed to get her hands on a small battery-powered pump and leaves the needle in her arm all her waking hours.
So what's she hooked on?
Insulin.
June's a diabetic, and recently obtained a Bluetooth-enabled insulin pump AND a Bluetooth-enabled blood-sugar tester. She leaves both stuck in her arms (or legs), and whenever the meter detects an improper level it radios the pump.
She'd die without her insulin.
Some people would die without fame. They NEED to have people worshiping them to be able to go on living. It's not pretty. But it's real.
Edward A. Becerra