Some writing styles are more open to this treatment than others, but generally in an online relationship, it means that you can't be sure how much of the other person's personality you're imagining. Or, how much of the other person's personality is actually you.
Is that what you mean?
Yes, with the addenda that sometimes what you imagine has a force and effect that you otherwise might not find.
There are also things that people are willing to write about in ways that they would be more reticent to just speak about in social gatherings, for a variety of reasons, and I become deeply attached to the writings, and through them, at one remove, the writers, because of this.
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Date: 2004-12-15 04:52 pm (UTC)Is that what you mean?
Yes, with the addenda that sometimes what you imagine has a force and effect that you otherwise might not find.
There are also things that people are willing to write about in ways that they would be more reticent to just speak about in social gatherings, for a variety of reasons, and I become deeply attached to the writings, and through them, at one remove, the writers, because of this.
Recent example:
http://www.thecorpuscle.com/2004/12/how_to_live_wit.html
Which is an excellent post on the topic of grieving, which is so seldom covered in real life.