The Aftershock

Today we, fans of all fandoms, are going to come together as 1 under the roof of 1 topic we can all empathize with each other about. The Aftershock. Phase 1: Blank Stare. When the numbness from the realization of what you just watched or read hits you. Phase 2: Incredulousness. When you look up from whatever it is that's making you feel this way and you realize; the world is still turning. People are talking about school and work and you're just like "NO." Phase 3: Trying to Get on with your Life. Because the happenings that you've experienced are fictional after all and you, YOU, are a normal human being, and YOU, darn it, will go on with normal-human-being stuff. And you're determined for about 5 seconds. Phase 4: Denial. *opens book*shuts book* "Nope." *pushes book away* "Nope. nope, didn't happen, didn't see it, didn't read it, nope. No." Phase 5: Calling a Friend who is also in the fandom that is currently giving you a heart attack, and getting ridiculously upset when you learn that they are "not there yet". When this happens you turn to tumblr because they have probably watched. And read. And reviewed. And analyzed, and turned into every gif imaginable the thing that is making you cry. Phase 6: What the Heck Now.(now what?) Fans of fandoms, you know what I am talking about...We PUT ourselves through this. MULTIPLE TIMES. And there's a sick, twisted part of us that LIKES it. We have nobody to blame but ourselves.