Also known as PSD.
It is the sadness felt after reading or watching a really
long series or story. The bitter feeling when you know the journey is over, but you
don'
t want it to end.
It is the longing for the
words on the pages to move for you like they did the first time you read them. When you didn'
t know what the next paragraph held and the world in which the characters found themselves was entirely without limit. Because any time you
re-read the story, you know that they aren'
t free to roam anywhere like they were before. They are stuck in a cart on a track and all you can hope for is to notice something about the
scene you didn'
t before, and to just try to relive those feelings you had the first time around.
But it will never be quite the same.
This can apply to any series; be it a book series, TV series, an anime, comic, or even movie. The effects can also be felt after completing a stand alone piece that is not necessarily part of a series, although this isn'
t as common as PSD derives from the attachment one has to the story's characters.
Effects include, but are not limited to:
• A state
depression or sadness
• The inability to start another story
• The need to rewatch/reread
• Excessively projecting felt love towards the internet
• Creating fan fiction
> Man, I'm so sad.
- What's up?
> I just finished watching
Avatar: The Last Airbender. I feel like I
lost a group of imaginary friends. :(
- Yeah, sounds like you've got post-series
depression. I felt the same after Harry Potter. It'll pass in a few days. . .
