[ SECRET POST #2713 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2713 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 084 secrets from Secret Submission Post #388.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Really? I can understand reading fic for fandoms you're not in... but if you're so unfamiliar with the canon as to not even know anything about a character except, apparently, their ethnicity (via the tags), why even read fanfic of that canon? Why not just pick up some original story featuring a POC protagonist instead?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, exactly. Borrow a Sherman Alexie book from the library or something.

[beverlykatz]

Yessss Sherman Alexie. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is still one of my favorite books, and I'm not exactly in the target age range.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Why not just pick up some original story featuring a POC protagonist instead?

Fanfic tends to have a very different "feel" than original fic, though. Partly because fanfic authors don't need to establish the setting or the characters, and so their fic is typically heavy on action and dialogue and very light on description. Partly because many common fanfic tropes aren't at all common in original fic. And partly because fanfic has a sort of cumulative effect that really isn't comparable to anything in original fic (other than tie-in novels, which are basically published fanfic) with the possible exception of series that can satisfyingly be read out of order, e.g. Discworld or the Vorkosigan Saga. (And there aren't that many series of that type out there, and even fewer if you're only considering series with PoC protagonists.)