I-Earshot, ixesha lesithathu isiqendu se UBuffy: IVampire Slayer, Idume ngezizathu ezingezizo ezinkulu. Isiqendu saqala ukusasazwa emoyeni emva kokudutyulwa kwesikolo eColumbine ngo-Epreli ka-1999, kodwa sagcinwa kwada kwango-Septemba ngenxa yesakhiwo esasibandakanya uBuffy, ofumana amandla e-telepathic ngesiqendu, kubonakala ngathi kuphazamisa ukudubula kwesikolo. Kwesi siqendu, kuvela ukuba wayeka ukuzibulala, hayi ukubulawa kwabantu esikolweni, kodwa kwakusondele kakhulu kwingxaki yokwenene ngelo xesha.
Ngoku, ukubukela i-Earshot, ibali layo livakalelwa ngokungummangaliso, hayi kuba ukudubula kwesikolo kuye kwaba kubi ngakumbi ukusukela ngo-1999, kodwa kungenxa yokuba umzabalazo kaBuffy ngesiquphe esazi iingcinga zabucala zabantu bonke nendlela aphantse wambulala ngayo uziva ngathi uhlala nemithombo yeendaba zasekuhlaleni esihogweni 2020.
Kwi-Earshot, uBuffy ufumana amandla okuva iingcinga zomntu wonke enkosi ngokutshizwa ngegazi ledemon, njengawe. Kwaye ekuqaleni, kuyaphola ukuva ukuba bonke abahlobo bakhe bacinga ntoni. UCordelia uhlala esitsho okusengqondweni yakhe, u-Oz sisithandi sobulumko esinzulu. Kuhle kwaye kumnandi kwaye kufana ncam necala elilungileyo lokuba kwimidiya yoluntu. Uziva unxibelelene nabantu, kwinqanaba elinzulu, uziva ngathi ngetwitter nganye uyazi abanye abantu njengoko benjalo. Kuyonwabisa! Kukwenza uzive ungaphantsi wedwa!
Kodwa ke ubetha ecaleni elimnyama, njengoBuffy. Xa sithatha inxaxheba kwimidiya yoluntu, sivumela ngokwenyani iingcinga zabanye abantu ezintlokweni zethu kwaye siyenza ngaphandle kokucoca kwaye amaxesha amaninzi, akukho ukuqonda. Sibona ii-tweets zerando ezinabalandeli abasithoba kunye nabahlobo bethu abavela kwisikolo samabanga aphakathi ecaleni kwezithuba zeenkokheli zehlabathi kunye nokuhlonitshwa kopapasho, kwaye konke kujongeka kwaye kuyafana. Kwaye sithatha amagqabantshintshi ngamanqanaba afanayo obuzaza. Iingqondo zethu azikwazi ukwenza lo mahluko, kananjalo kuba xa sifunda ibali okanye mhlawumbi sibona i-tweet, iingqondo zethu ezihluphekileyo ezidiniweyo zinengxaki yokwahlula phakathi kwenyani nobuxoki-kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, phakathi kweemvakalelo zethu kunye neemvakalelo zabanye.
Kwaye ayisiyiyo yonke into ngokulinganayo kwimidiya yoluntu. Kungenxa yokuba ayinakuphela, ibuhlungu, inethemba, ayinalwazi kwaye ayisoze iphele. Asifuni igazi ledemon ukuvula iingqondo zethu kuhlaselo kule mihla. Sele ikhona. Kwaye anditsho ukuba kubi ngaphakathi kwaye ukuhlala unxibelelana kwaye unolwazi, kodwa kanye njengoko uBuffy efunda, kuya kuba nzima kwaye kuyaphambana xa kungekho mda okanye isihluzo kulwazi kunye neemvakalelo ozifumanayo.
Kukuhlasela kwentloko yam, ngokungathi kukho aba bantu bangaziwayo bahamba apho, utshilo uBuffy. Kwaye ngelo xesha yayikukuqagela nje okuvela kuJoss Whedon kunye nomlobi weziqendu uJane Espenson malunga nokuva iingcinga zabanye ngathi, kodwa ngoku yilento sijongana nayo yonke imihla, njengoko sijoba ingqumbo kunye noxinzelelo kunye nokuthatha kakubi amakhulu, ukuba ayingamawaka abantu ngqo kwiingqondo zethu.
Kunzima ukucima loo mazwi wakuba ubangenisile. Imidiya yokuncokola iyakhobokisa , ngokoqobo. Kwaye ngoku, ngexesha lobhubhane, xa uninzi lwethu lunqunyulwe kunxibelelwano lwasentlalweni oluqhelekileyo, imithombo yeendaba zentlalontle kuphela kwendlela ekufuneka sizive sinxibelelene nehlabathi langaphandle. Kwaye xa kukho iindaba ezintsha zebhonkers iindaba rhoqo kwimizuzu emihlanu, uloyiko lokuphoswa ziindaba luyinyani. Kuya kuphantse kube nzima ukuvala i-cacophony yamazwi, njengoko yayinjalo kuBuffy.
Ngumgqumo ovala loo nto? Kanye kwimeko kaBuffy inokufihla okwenene, izoyikiso ezisemthethweni kukhuseleko. Kwaye njengoBuffy, umthamo omkhulu wolwazi kunye nemvakalelo eluhlaza esiyiqhubayo kwimidiya yoluntu inokwenza ukuba kungabi lula ukuxelela ukuba ngubani owenze isoyikiso sokwenyani kwaye ukuba oko kuya kuthetha ukuba umntu uza kwenzakala ngenene. Kwaye kuthetha ukuba sihlala sisibona isikhalo soncedo.
Kwimeko kaBuffy, uyakwazi ukungenelela kwaye ayeke uJohnathan, ixhoba elihlala lixhaphaza kunye nezilo, ukuba azibulale. Kwelinye lamaxesha abonisa uBuffy ligorha ngenxa yentliziyo yakhe, hayi amandla akhe, uthetha noJohnathan ngesikhumbuzo sokuba wonke umntu uyabandezeleka naye.
Wonke umntu ongatshatanga phantsi phaya akahoyi iintlungu zakho kuba baxakeke kakhulu zezabo. Kwaye kwakhona, oko kunokuba malunga ne-2020. Kungenxa yokuba njengoko sithatha kwaye sithatha ukubandezeleka kwabanye ngokusebenzisa imidiya yoluntu, asazi ukuba singanceda njani. Sisoloko songeza nje kwi-chorus, siphinda siphakamise iintlungu kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba ngezinye iintsuku kude kube ngathi akukho nto iyenye.
Kodwa kufuneka sibuyele umva. Kuya kufuneka sifumane uBuffy wethu wangaphakathi kwaye simamele thina. Ngamanye amaxesha oko kuthetha ukwenza ukhetho olunzima kakhulu lokuya ngaphandle kweintanethi. Ngamanye amaxesha oko kuthetha ukuba nokuncokola okunzima kakhulu kunye nabahlobo oxhalabileyo kuya kuzenzakalisa kwaye kubancede bafumane izixhobo. Kodwa kunzima kakhulu ukumamela abo basidingayo okanye simamele ezethu iimfuno xa lonke ilizwe likhwaza ezingqondweni zethu kusetyenziswa intaka encinci eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Yintoni esinokuyifunda apha? Ewe, ndicinga ukuba kukho izifundo apha malunga nemfesane kwabanye, kodwa nemfesane nobubele kuwe. Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kunzima kakhulu. Ukucima amazwi kunzima, ngakumbi xa ukukuva kukunika umbono wokuba ungowakho, ungubani, kwaye namandla. Kodwa ukwazi ukuba wonke umntu ucinga ntoni akufani nokukwazi ukutshintsha Intoni bayacinga, nangona kulinga kakhulu ukukholelwa loo nto. Ukuba usika i-BS, unokuba ligorha lakho, kodwa kuya kufuneka unike kwaye ufumane uncedo. Yibhalansi enzima, kodwa ungayenza.
Yho umlindi wakho walala nomama wakho. Yothusa!
(umfanekiso: iThelevishini yeNkulungwane yama-20)
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