Endings, Connections and Conclusions.

The other day I was thinking about Jon Favreau.

This then got me thinking of all my favorite tv shows from when I was younger. this includes some shows like "Clarence", "Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy", "Adventure Time", "Regular Show", "Courage the Cowardly Dog" and many, many more.
Then it got me thinking about how they all ended.

All of the time and passion and effort put into these shows by these people is a unique experience. I used to think "wow, wouldn't it be cool to have worked on all those shows" but it just can't happen. I also thought the same way about video games, like "imagine creating "Ghost of Tsushima" and "Cyberpunk 2077" and "Spiderman ps4", you'd be beyond famous" but chances are you only work for one studio, on one project at a time, usually ranging for over 5 years (cyberpunk took almost 8 years to come out from the time it was announced back in 2013, not even since it started development). for most people, it's really their one shot, their only chance. perhaps after that success, they go on to do more, but that first one really does tend to be the deciding factor and thus the most important.

Usually, when a show ends I register "wow it ended, that's kinda bittersweet" and don't think about it beyond that. but thinking about how all those people worked together for so many years, and are now likely split apart as they go about their separate ways puts a new weight on not only the ending of the show from the character's perspective but the people making it too. It's kind of the same feeling people describe when they graduate, it's that feeling of knowing that after today, all of your friends may never be in the same room together ever again.

sometimes I get wrapped up in thinking what it would be like for these characters after whatever media it is ends. what do they do next, how do they feel, where does that person go? either the story was just that good or I'm thinking way too deep about it and getting attached to things I shouldn't be (likely the 2nd), but it just kinda emphasizes my next point.

it has reminded me that, even without knowing it at the moment, we will all do something for the very last time. play tag with our friends for the last time, thinking you would continue tomorrow but never doing so. saying goodbye to an online friend, expecting to log on again later and never doing it. everything has a start and a finish.

take a look back at old media you enjoy and think about that. everyone is their own main character and sometimes their stories end without you knowing.

and if you do find anything that makes you feel the way I vaguely described above, why is that?

what makes fictional media and stories so compelling that we get connected and attached so well?

whats the story behind the product, how much of someone's life went into it?

what do you do when you are having the time of your life, but you know each day you work at it is one day closer to its end?

what makes a connection last?
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