An early morning thought on being not-quite-famous

[catherineldf]

Sometimes people don't like me not because they have an imaginary construct of not-quite-famous me in their heads but because I'm being an asshole. And sometimes that is the right thing to be but I'd start by attributing their reaction to my behavior first before switching over to whole alternate universes/holodeck versions of me. Clearly, just not famous enough.

Comments

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Sometimes people don't like me not because I'm famous and they thus have an imaginary construct of me in their heads, but just because they have created an imaginary construct of me in their heads -- I don't have to be famous for that to happen.

ETA: I see I'm not the only one making this point :) Mine being, by the by, that I found it a little, er, arrogant for the original post to assume that it was The Curse of Fame in action. Oh boo hoo etc.

I also agree entirely with the flip side of the coin as you stated it.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. The tone is what kicks it to a whole other level. And if you follow it through to the rest of the conclusions, if people only dislike you because they project onto famous people (which you are one of, naturally), do they also only like you for the same reason? Oiy.