Sink into nothingness

[Tankeryanker]

This is supposed to be a phrase that Gidget wrote in her diary that her sister ended up snooping and reading.

Any idea what it means?

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Gidget said she was describing how a kiss might make her feel. I guess like losing herself in the kiss?

[Tankeryanker]

But why would her sister get so upset over it like Gidget is going descend into some teenage depression over it?

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Her sister thought it meant she was depressed. She didn't know it was about a kiss. Gidget had to tell her.

[Tankeryanker]

Okay. Thanks. I thought maybe it was a popular phrase back then and it meant more than it I thought it did.

[ThisLittlePiggy]

You're welcome. No, I don't think it was a popular phrase. The only other thing it reminds me of is a poem by Keats. He mentions something like sinking into nothingness. But he is referring to his own death.

[ThisLittlePiggy]

When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be By John Keats

When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

[biffbronson]

"I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats..."
-- Rod Stewart

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

"I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats..."
-- Rod Stewart

[Tankeryanker]

Originally Posted by ThisLittlePiggy

to nothingness do sink

Okay, so I guess her dramatic helicopter sister/wanna be mother could see nothingness as death and think that is where Gidget is going.

Quoting Keets shouldn't have gotten her father in such a tizzy that he and Gidget had their moment ending with Gidget in tears.

[merlinjones]

My take on this episode's awkward phrasing is that I'd bet the original script had Gidget tossing off an overdramatic "I might as well kill myself" or "I could just die" (or similar) and that turned into everyone assuming she meant it literally and overreacting.

But I'm guessing that kind of phrase also didn't pass muster with overreacting network censors and the euphemistic "sink into nothingness" replaced it.

The episode makes much more sense with direct vernacular - common unmeant phrases of exasperation.

[Tankeryanker]

Originally Posted by merlinjones

My take on this episode's awkward phrasing is that I'd bet the original script had Gidget tossing off an overdramatic "I might as well kill myself" or "I could just die" (or similar) and that turned into everyone assuming she meant it literally and overreacting...

...The episode makes much more sense with direct vernacular - common unmeant phrases of exasperation.

Okay, you see it the same way. Gidget and her dad seem to have a pretty cool relationship and the diary entry shouldn't have had them at odds with each other.