tw: attention violence // bob iger just replaced 'storytelling' with 'passive mood-soaking' and i am finally entering my non-perceptive era

i literally cannot with the way we're expected to 'follow a plot' in this economy. like, why is the burden of understanding a character arc placed entirely on me? it’s actually so toxic. the sheer amount of cognitive labor required to keep track of a protagonist's motivations for two hours is basically unpaid internship energy and i am simply too exhausted to participate in the violence of a linear timeline.

so i actually felt a moment of genuine peace when bob iger announced that disney+ is officially retiring 'storytelling' and replacing it with 'passive mood-soaking.' honestly, it’s about time. the idea that we have to actively perceive a sequence of events to feel an emotion is just... so late-stage capitalism. it's basically attention-violence.

under this new framework, you don't actually 'watch' a movie. you just enter a state of narrative saturation where the vibe of the film is emitted through a series of low-frequency hums and scent-diffusers. you don't have to worry about 'what happens next' because the concept of 'next' is a trigger for my anxiety. i’m just... vibrating in the general aura of a disney movie without the stress of having to process visual information. i'm finally entering my non-perceptive era.

my therapist says i need to set boundaries with my optic nerve and honestly, bob iger is the only corporate entity that actually understands my trauma. imagining a world where i don't have to 'pay attention' is the only thing keeping me grounded right now. if you're also struggling with the crushing weight of having to exist in a three-dimensional space, i linked the exact weighted sensory blanket i use to hide from my emails on my amazon storefront. it's the only way i can cope with the violence of a notification.

i don't want a plot. i don't want a climax. i just want to be a soft, damp sponge for an ambient mood until i eventually fade into the void. hard work is a colonial construct and expecting me to 'follow a story' is just another form of systemic oppression. i'm just going to lay here and soak in the vibe until my consciousness completely detaches from the physical plane.