[ SECRET POST #2723 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2723 ⌋

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

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02.
[True Blood]


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03.
[Hawaii Five-0]


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04.
[MTV faking it]


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05.
[Natsume Yuujinchou]


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06.
[Persona Arena Ultimax]


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07.
[Linda Blair, Alicia Silverstone, Natalie Portman, Chris Evans, Albert Einstein, Paul and Linda McCartney]


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08.
[Sarah Silverman]


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09.
[Pocahontas]


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10.
[Kick Ass 2]


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11.
[I Made America]


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12.
[A League of Their Own]


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13. [posted twice]


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14.
[Loki: Agent of Asgard]


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15.
[Some of Us / Free! Iwatobi Swim Club]


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16.
[Portal]










Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 052 secrets from Secret Submission Post #389.
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

[caecilia]

A universe that is showing us an ideal. Think about how many queer storylines you've seen where the kid has to deal with internalized homophobia, bullying, self-loathing, and probably dies in the end. I for one have been tired of those plotlines for a long time, and just want to see some queer people being people, having their relationships treated as normal. And Faking It has been doing that. So it's not entirely realistic in that way but in some ways it is.

Honestly this is the first show I've seen that humanizes the experience of being a questioning teen and I think there are a lot of positive messages to get out of it like:
- Straight guys don't have to feel uncomfortable being affectionate with gay guys.
- It's actually really hurtful when you pretend to be gay.
- You can be gay and stay true to your religious beliefs.
- Probably a multitude of others I'm not thinking of right now.

To the anon above: yes, there is drama. Drama is necessary to tell a good story.

[sarillia]

I don't see why it can't just be something that people accept rather than something that makes them popular. I understand wanting to see an ideal sometimes as an antidote to reality, but this is not ideal to me.

The other stuff sounds pretty cool to me though.

[caecilia]

Okay I see where you're coming from but honestly when you see it, it's a lot better than it sounds by description. The popularity thing is the set up for the first episode where Shane, the "Most Popular Guy In School" who happens to be gay, decides to make them "feel more secure" by electing them Homecoming queens, and that's really what makes them popular. Everyone is all obsesses with the cute new couple and there's probably a lot of "Let's show everyone how NOT homophobic we are".

Also, like I said, the "pretending to be gay" thing is a thing.

Better examples than I can give:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ql0mDwV74
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCry8TvCsng

We are fetishized by straight people. I've seen it in popular media and IRL. And I think by showing the extreme of that, they're showing us why it's wrong. If Karma and Amy pretended to be gay and it was no big deal, there would be no conflict, and Karma wouldn't learn anything. And people in the audience wouldn't learn anything.

tl;dr and probably sounded self-contradictory but maybe watch the show before judging?

[sarillia]

Oh okay. That makes a lot more sense to me than the way it sounded at first.

[caecilia]

Also, I forgot about this, there's one point where we meet a girl from a different high school that doesn't have that attitude.

I'll shut up about it now.