Dammit

[impy]

My heart is kind of broken right now. Yes, it's the fact that Robin Williams is dead and the suicide angle just makes it worse. Over the years I saw a lot of his movies (some over and over) and I might've had some odd crush on him during that time which probably explains my love of painfully funny people. Some celebrities you feel like you've loved forever and he's one of those.

I secured my place in hell by thinking, "Dammit, CBS, you couldn't have just renewed The Crazy Ones?" after I realized it wasn't a hoax. I'm blaming shock.


Now I'm gonna go cry and ... nope, just cry.

Comments

[luxken27]

Pretty much, yeah. I was totally gutted when I heard the news. You start thinking about your favorite film of his, and then realize just how many films he was in. Damn.

I haven't seen a lot of blowback about his death, which has been refreshing. Any time anyone even broaches the idea of suicide being selfish, I immediately snap back, "If you've never been depressed, then there's no way you can even understand it." Because, quite frankly, there isn't.

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

I'm purposely trying to avoid much beyond the surface sadness out there because I know the longer things go on, the worse they get, media wise. That said, I think this is the... nicest? I've ever seen the universe be when a celebrity has died. Even the jackholes who said something stupid seemed to backpeddle immediately, or realized as they said it that it wasn't the best idea and it just didn't take hold the way some things do.


Which just makes everything more sad, when you overthink it, since it means there were just so many people who loved him in some way.


I've also avoided the people I know who don't get that depression is a very real, very awful thing for fear of me having to backhand them because they probably won't ever get it. Which is good for them in that it means they're not depressed (yay! and also jealousy!) but vexing because empathy is a thing.