Part of what inspired me to do this song:
did have some biographical aspects. I won't go into detail on what and why, but the best way to describe it is that I realized in my own personal life, that I've been living in an amalgamation of many fictional mediums. Action, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, Fairy Tale and Western, just to name a few. Maybe I'm just going crazy suffering from Truman Show Delusion or maybe I see something most people don't, but it made me realize that a lot of things I went through even in small doses were like something out of books, movies, tv shows and video games to name a few. Even my book incorporates fictional mediums, because like religion, most people dismiss the messages fiction tries to tell us, simply because they don't think it's real. I used to be one of those people. Yet despite that I start noticing things. For example my Small Crazy Idea, I was mostly trying to make something to compensate for lack of nutrition, because I'm a picky eater which leaves me little options other than meat, grains, some veggies, dairy and junk food. But after finding out what it was capable of, I can safely say I basically created a magic potion. To give a glimpse of my personal life, I go around my neighborhood wearing steel toe work boots. Both for personal protection, safety equipment if one needed help moving something heavy and most importantly to increase the weight, ever so slightly to add some resistance to my walking, wherever I go. Even on leisurely walks, which I love to take, no matter the weather. For the past 2, soon to be three months, I was able to go from 255 pounds to 220 pounds. I basically lost 35 pounds without even noticing. Simply because I was walking around in those shoes as well as carrying other forms of heavy equipment along the way. Including but not limited to carrying heavy cases of beer for a friend of mine. I realized recently it reminded me of two things from the same medium: Dragon Ball. Specifically Goku and Krillin's beginner training delivering milk to the locals. As well as Goku's first time showing that he was wearing weighted clothing, in the iconic match between him and Tienshinhan. Not to mention my potion doubling as a liquid equivalent to a senzu bean.
Much like Goku, if I swapped my boots with running shoes or just go barefoot, I'd probably be able to run so fast, that nobody would catch me. Even a big guy like myself can run pretty fast already, but with less weight and more muscle, I could probably knock a lot of people over, just by running through them. Not to mention I am somewhat adept and martial arts, am one of the few people in my town that at least finished High School and sometimes have a very explosive temper. So needless to say, I basically became a Super Saiyan, without Ki.
So it makes me wonder. Is fiction, truly fake or much like myths, religious texts and other forms of written story, that it has hidden messages. Hell some were more blatant than others. Such as a certain One Punch Man 100 day workout that seems to actually work in real life. Or a certain Sci-Fi television show, that somehow predicted if not outright invented the technology we take for granted today among most things.
Hell I myself witnessed things outside the net that shouldn't even seem possible. Including but not limited to the modern equivalent to fairy tale romances. So it makes me wonder, what is really fake about fiction? The stories are written by people with certain views of the world both idealistic and cynical, they resonate very well with the people that read them even if they have differing views of their own. Which is why so many stories are iconic in the first place. In fact a lot more people are above all else happy simply because they continue to hold these stories in their heart.
Granted we don't see a lot of people shoot magic powers or energy blasts at each other. But that doesn't diminish the message even less.
So what do you think. Have certain aspects of fiction affected your life as well? If so let me know. Until then take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.
UnculturedMutt
Well, most if not all fiction is based on/in reality, but some aspects may be exaggerated. All readable text is written by humans, so that's most likely why it relates to us.
And in the case of fiction predicting the future or fictional exercises being used in real life, perhaps it could be that the authors were knowledgeable in that subject(i.e Simpsons writers being mathematicians), or at least had enough knowledge to make an educated guess on what is possible(situps, pushups, squats and running are basic exercises, so more of them more often sounds like they'd make you even more fit)
So maybe you've got it the wrong way around: reality isn't like fiction, but fiction is like reality. "Art imitates life" and all that
CIEIRMusic
Makes sense. After all Truth is Stranger than fiction.