[ SECRET POST #2717 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2717 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Late day at work, sorry!

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Comments

[fscom]

10. http://i.imgur.com/C4r54Nm.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I'm the same way, OP. I don't want to see my favorite characters suffer.

[riddian]

Nahh, you're not a wuss! You just don't like that kind of thing, and that's fine. Even people who like whump don't necessarily want to see every character they like get whumped.

[kallanda_lee]

But what are your thoughts on hurt/comfort?

[writerserenyty]

That's actually where I cross the line; I don't really like whump fic or angsty fic, but I love hurt/comfort because it takes those things and allows the characters to grow past it. So idk.

[elaminator]

There are certain characters I really like it with, and some that don't interest me at all. So it kind of depends, but my favorites are typically the ones I like to see hurt the most. IDK why exactly that is, I know a lot of people feel that way, but it's always struck me as odd and sort of masochistic (because as much as I enjoy it, it also hurts). If it isn't for you that's alright.

[kallanda_lee]

With me it actually goes so far I will specifically seek out things that are bordering on being a trigger for me or hit close to home and then read them anyway, knowing it will affect me. Still not sure if it's masochism, or some sort of weird messed-up for of self-therapy.

[elaminator]

I don't have any triggers (as far as I know) but sometimes I definitely read things I know will upset me a good deal; maybe it is some form of emotional release or self-therapy. I could see that in your case as well.

[kallanda_lee]

I actually don't know if I have triggers, because I always found the description to be so...vague. I do have strong psychological responses to certain scenarios - some of them I actively avoid, some of them I might seek out anyway. But your description sounds about right - it's definitely some sort of emotional release.

[elaminator]

We had a thread one day about watching things specifically because we knew it would cause us to cry. If I remember correctly plenty of people replied to it, so it must be pretty common. Sometimes you just need to get it out. (Or deal with your own feelings towards a certain subject even if there aren't tears.)

[(Anonymous)]

sometimes I definitely read things I know will upset me a good deal; maybe it is some form of emotional release or self-therapy.

Me too. For some reason, I'm totally obsessed with the Partner Rape and Partner Betrayal fanfic tropes -- and the closer and more loyal and more awesome and the more I love the partnership in question, the more I crave it, precisely because it hurts me so so so much to read it. I don't know why I like that feeling of hurt, but it must have something to do with catharsis, or taming any "yes, they love each other, but what if...?" whispers by making them into a real story that's present in my memory.

[elaminator]

I feel like most people in fandom have read something they feel is taboo. (And enjoyed it.) Often something they themselves don't even feel completely comfortable reading, but still manage to get something out of. It's fiction, so it's safe and an interesting way to explore things that you would never want to happen or even think about in real life contexts.

[writerserenyty]

You're not a wuss! It's just not your thing. :) It's not really my thing either, though I like hurt/comfort. I just don't like whump, especially whump with detail.

[(Anonymous)]

Half same. I dislike a lot of it, especially if it has to do with serious illness, disability, etc. I don't want to read that kind of h/c where the H is permanent. Not really interested plus it makes me extremely uncomfortable.

I like smaller H/C, like a temporary injury. And especially emotional. Something bad happening to family/friend/pet, got rejected/dumped/unrequited love comfort, comforting through a fear/phobia etc.

[intrigueing]

I dislike a lot of it, especially if it has to do with serious illness, disability, etc. I don't want to read that kind of h/c where the H is permanent. Not really interested plus it makes me extremely uncomfortable.

OMG are you me? This exactly. I just feel totally uncomfortable with it. I don't always mind it in original fiction, but I really don't like it in fic for some reason. I guess because it sort of changes the story of what the show/movie/book is about.

Temporary injury/peril that will be completely healed in a week/a month/a few months/maybe a year tops in some cases is far and away my favorite type of h/c. (Although I LOVE highly visible permanent scarring. That's different.)

[nightscale]

It depends for me, sometimes I like it other times I don't. Just depends on the character in question I suppose.

[intrigueing]

Slightly OT: I personally prefer to see my favorite character rescuing/comforting my second-favorite character. Most people seem to prefer it the other way around. I guess it's because usually, my favorite character is the one I admire, while my second-favorite character is the one I relate to.

So no, I don't think you're a wuss. Liking fic tropes like that is very much up to whether it pings something in your id or not.

[(Anonymous)]

There's a kind of emotional and possibly sexual thrill some people get, myself included, when reading about or seeing a favorite character get hurt physically or psychologically. Don't know how to explain it but it's something I've had since I was a young girl. Of course I always want them to be "comforted" and mostly OK in the end. Something about seeing a noble character suffer and rise above is also in the mix. Hurt and pain in and of themselves are repulsive.

[(Anonymous)]

Mostly this secret makes me want to comfort that little teddy bear.

[tenlittlebullets]

For me the appeal of whump or heavy-on-the-h h/c isn't the pain but the character's reaction to it--watching them endure, resist, and find ways of coping and holding on to what's important to them, even if their coping strategies are ludicrously dysfunctional. There's a subgenre of whumpfic that is basically misery porn, where everything is awful forever and the character(s) is/are permanently broken and exist to be punching bags, and I don't find that appealing at all.