[ SECRET POST #329 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #329 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Reminder: We're going to close the secret submission post at 350, and we're nearly there, so don't forget to submit!

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #047.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 repeats.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Saturday, December 1st, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[eli-artemisia.livejournal.com]

I stay as far away from his end of the fandom as possible

You are correct in assuming that I made assumptions about you when I wrote what I said. These were spawned by the quoted statement above.

The one thing I will say I disagree with is your belief that one person can't change the fandom. Such a comment reminds me of every historical movement that must have started with someone saying "you know, I disagree with this" and someone else saying "Now that you mention it, so do I!" Even by just posting the secret you did, you instigated something. You stirred things up :P Really, I didn't care about Envy AT ALL until I encountered a particular portrayal of him that caused me to consider him in a different light, and that alone resulted in two Envy related fics that otherwise would not have existed. Sure, the fandom overall didn't change, but something did, and I don't think that something should be so easily disregarded.

Once again, I'm sorry to have been so inconsiderate, and if you would like, I'd be willing to repost that secret confessing that I was using FS as a means to contact you along with an apology attached. ^_^ I wanted to encourage you to interact with other members of the fandom, not chase you away.

Thank you for replying.

Much Love,
Marysia

[(Anonymous)]

Aha! So all along you had a plan to lure me out of lurk-mode, and hence you provoked me on purpose. Now that I see what you were really aiming for, I have to admit that was one smart move. No hurt feelings here :) Please don't worry about reposting a secret in response, as I accept your apology.

Even by just posting the secret you did, you instigated something. You stirred things up :P

After I saw all this (and I was kind of baffled that I caused it), I realize that I possibly do have the potential to change things, just a little. Hell, I too have learned to appreciate certain characters based on fanfiction alone, and that's something that I probably need to remember. As I pointed out to hieronymousb in the comment above, fandom (including Envy fandom) can be rather daunting, I think, especially to people who are either new, or to geeky people who love to overanalyze everything in the series. It's so easy to undermine oneself. But now that I know that other people like myself exist, I don't feel so alone anymore.

So basically? Thanks. I still wish I wasn't so shy, but unfortunately, I don't think that will ever change :D