Do you ever feel like you're on a reality TV show when you're posting in a book forum?

You know how they make it seem like they are reacting in the moment to a situation, but actually they have filmed their little interview parts later but have been told to speak in present tense as if they are reacting live? (It took me a long time to realise this is how it works, and they didn't just stop what they were doing, get changed and get interviewed before going right back to the competition).

Sometimes when I respond to comments in a book forum, in order to avoid giving spoilers, I feel like I am on a reality TV show where I have to put myself back in time, into the moment that that person has reached in the book. Do you know what I mean? 😂

Anyway, that led me to wonder, if you could go on a reality TV or game show what would it be? Or perhaps you already have 👀

My dream is to go on The Amazing Race or the British gameshow, Mastermind.

Hello boundlings and sorry for the delay (June has been kicking my ass!). You know the drill… what’s a complaint (no matter how big, small, dramatic, serious, silly) that you need to shout to the void?! 🗣️

I'm very against spoilers. If I ever get spoiled for anything, I will either never read or wait until I forget what was spoiled. I want to be surprised as much as possible. Most of the time, I can guess the ending, but it's not the same as someone confirming something happens.

However, my little brother looks up the endings to everything. Books, movies, shows. I'm like what is the point in watching/reading something if you already know what's going to happen? It would be one thing if he was checking for triggers or something, but that's not what he's doing. He just wants to know what's going to happen beforehand.

Is this a common thing? I'd honestly never heard of this until he told me he did it, but I recently found out my cousin does the same thing as well.

Im not sure if it's just among my friends and circles, but ive always noticed a lot of folks who read books may not cross over into comics or rarely do so. Whereas among my comic book nerd friends and circles ive noticed theyre receptive to venturing over to works that are primarily text and don't always limit themselves to just comics, even if its the bulk of what they read. Of course, ive also met people who primarily consume comics and nothing else too! I'm curious to know if that's just my perception or if anyone else notices the same.

If you don't read comics but you read books that are primarily text, is there a specific reason why? If you're a primarily comic book reader do you occasionally crossover into text only books, and if you don't, do you feel out of place in book spaces? I'm curious to know!

I'm not trying to pitch one kind of book over any other btw, I like reading all sorts of things and can't make up my mind half the time about whether story ideas I have would be better as a book or a comic. I think both are just slight variations in the same kind of magic.

For people who don't read comics at all, what would it take to venture over? 😉

Edit: when I'm talking abt comics, I'm just referring to any and all sequential art, not just ur western newspaper comic strips and comic books, but lengthier comics too (those hilariously deemed "graphic novels" instead of being deemed just humble comics) and manga, manhwa, webcomics, etc. ;)