EXPLAINING THE INEXPLICABLE
AN: Just a very short little drabble because while I'm still trying to process all my emotions about the episode last night and condense and make them into a coherent story, this conversation kept running through my head.
I was going to flesh it out, but I think I'd rather the readers guess who's talking to whom and what they are talking about. Just for funzies because the waige fans can certainly use a smile today.
"You're mad at me. I can tell you're mad at me."
"I'm not mad as much as… frustrated. Maybe a little disappointed."
"Why? What did I do?"
"You were a tad insensitive."
"What? When? You mean because our clients insisted on being home by nine last night?"
"I know you couldn't understand the reason, but you didn't have to treat it with so much contempt."
"But I don't get it. It's completely ludicrous."
"To you. We've talked about this. Not everyone sees things the way you do."
"I just asked for an explanation. I was trying to comprehend the urgency. It didn't seem rational."
"First of all, the way you asked them to explain came off as patronizing. Then you made fun of the reason they gave."
"I didn't make fun so much as point out the lack of logic. And I'm right. I know I'm right."
"We've also talked about your need to be right all the time isn't the most important thing."
"But why would anyone be so emotionally invested in a television program? Not even a documentary about the environment or world hunger or any real issues. The characters are fictional and completely unrelated to them. They aren't relevant to the viewers' health, safety or well-being. It makes no sense. Particularly if the fans lose sleep and keep feeling devastated for days after it airs. It's completely irrational."
"Just because you can't see the importance…"
"It's not reality. I just don't get it."
"It's an escape from reality. They empathize with the characters and it's a way to have adventures without being in any actual danger. They have experiences through them."
"You mean like living vicariously?"
"Exactly."
"Nope. I still don't get it."
