Diagnosing Fan Communities

Quick Lacan take on class discussion:

A. sublimate stuff with the real- the reality Jenkins strives for is unity, a harmonious way of finally eliminating antagonism and achieving fullness. His project is not driven by omnicensence as the real, but that the real is harmony in this system. Fantasies of fullness are essential to the function of systems. On page 26 the crisis rules argument is important, the structure of the community is created by deliberation.

B. run from the real, Zizek's account of wakings from dreams in Sublime Object is the reaction of fan community members running from the real, when too much accurate information would hit the community it would be come painful. Nominally the subject is seen as chasing the real, here the subject wakes to escape from the real. The story of ChillOne is the example of this. He got too good and delivered the real, this is clearly not in his clinical practice.

C. there is no therepy here, you just need to get more knowledge and become your own therapist.