Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.235.154.24-20130913002452/@comment-173.60.95.163-20131030181708

Alzrius wrote:

Zourin wrote: With only 5 minutes per week, do we *really* want a dissertation on Beacon's cohabing policy ...or... watch more story/comedy/badassery?

I say leave the nitpick alone and just enjoy the ride. The issue here is that there's a difference between the desire to know more about the particulars of a given series, and the practical considerations that would factor in to satisfying those desires.

Simply put, while the latter is a very real consideration regarding why the former most likely cannot be fulfilled, it doesn't negate the former altogether. Telling people that there's no room to answer their questions about the wider setting within the scope of the source material undercuts their expectations, certainly, but not their desires.

As Jerry Holkins once wrote, "The urge to create stable frameworks and legitimize our fantasies, to make them internally consistent an therefore more real is something we’ve poked at before. I can’t resist it. I always feel the strong compulsion to build upon whatever I enjoy, to understand it better."

While I can't speak with regards to every poster in this thread, the original poster seems to be aware of this, as they're not lamenting (or otherwise indicting) the show or its creators for not going into more detail on this issue. They're simply saying that they wish there was more information. That's something that, as a fellow fan, I can respect. I think the policy is kind of simple with cohabiting: Pretend that the other gender is your mother/father/sibling and not some hot/ugly chick/hunk that you so desperately/desperately not want to nail.

Or in other words, treat everyone formally.

And an amendment made is: If you're going to do it, use protection and keep it down. No need to give other students/teachers ideas.