Posted by Dinah on February 18, 2006, at 17:53:39
In reply to Re: X Files and Charmed, posted by deirdrehbrt on February 18, 2006, at 15:40:44
Actually, I hope my question wasn't offensive to Wicca. It's not the witchcraft that stimulates my OCD. It's more the demons. Which has nothing to do with satanism, and is of course fantasy.
The same thing with The X Files. The men with green blood are fine, but the episodes that touch on other topics must kindle some long buried memories of my mother talking to me about horror movies, or something like that. I don't actually remember it, because I was never a horror movie fan, but...
I probably shouldn't have posted the question here. Even my spiritual advisor has trouble with the question and admits a love of The X Files without saying much more. It is probably a question that is a bit too controversial for this board.
I suspect it's really more an OCD question than a faith question anyway. The topic of the fear probably isn't the issue.
The part that irritates me most is that the part of both shows that appeal to me has nothing to do with any of that. I like the Mulder/Scully relationship, just like I liked the Kirk/Spock/McCoy relationship. And I like the family dynamics and the prominence of family ties over outside considerations in Charmed. The Leo/Piper love story is a classic one. And the way she has to balance providing a normal childhood for her son while recognizing and nurturing his gifts appeals to me. Plus there's the whole subtext that doing good entails personal cost.
It annoys me no end that I can't just enjoy those things without my mother's voice intruding.
But that's probably not a faith question at all. :)
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