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fandomsecrets2014-06-20 07:59 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-06-20 07:59 pm
[ SECRET POST #2726 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2726 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Naruto]
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[Transformers: Prime]
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05. http://i.imgur.com/dkPX9Ym.gif
[moving .gif, Steven Ogg, Grand Theft Auto V]
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07. [SPOILERS for Murder in the First]
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08. [SPOILERS for Game of Thrones]
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09. [WARNING for rape]
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10. [WARNING for rape]
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11. [WARNING for rape, abuse, etc]
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12. [WARNING for rape, abuse, pedophilia, incest, ironically enough none of which OP warned for]
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13. [WARNING for eating disorders]
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14. [WARNING for suicide]
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15. [WARNING for sexual abuse]
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #389.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - ships it ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: What are your thoughts on yaoi?
I love slash, because to me, it is a totally unique, creative, female-gaze-y genre with a huge variety of possibilities and narrative applications, and gives me a special thrill that, when I crave it, nothing other than slash can ever satisfy.
I tend to prefer gen, though, since platonic friendship and other non-sexual interpretations of relationships also give me an even-more-special thrill (usually because in most of my fandoms, gen is rarer and more holistic towards the entirety of the fictional work, and therefore feels fresher).
I really dislike "they obviously have to be gay!" approaches to slash, even for ships I'm 100% behind, not only because I like gen a lot, but also because in my opinion, the best thing about slash is the fact that it takes advantage of the elasticity of relationships, their capacity to have many different facets and be believably molded into many different forms, so "obviously gay" ruins the whole reason I slash couples in the first place.
When it comes to couples I like to slash, I view the slash as an added dimension to their relationship, not an "explanation" of why their relationship is the way it is in canon.
ETA: oh wait, I get one more sentence, so my fifth thing is that I love how good slash manages to be about well-developed non-stereotypical gay/bisexual characters who are in love with each other and who aren't totally defined by their sexuality, and I kind of wish that more canon works that featured same-sex couples were characterized more like really good slash fics.