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fandomsecrets2014-06-23 06:32 pm
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[ SECRET POST #2729 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2729 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[killer is dead]
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[Lackadaisy]
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[Joe Trohman, Fall Out Boy]
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[Yowamushi Pedal]
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06.
[How To Train Your Dragon 2]
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[A Game of Thrones]
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[Fruit's Basket]
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[Community]
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[Rythian, a.k.a Joakim Hellstrand]
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[The Devil Wears Prada]
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[Night Court]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 057 secrets from Secret Submission Post #390.
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.
I have thought waaay too much about this.
I have a fair few regarding interpretations and stuff. Though one big one is that people will assume that I hate women or accuse me of "internalized misogyny" because I have her do horrible stuff and basically portray her as a horrible person, who ends up meeting a horrible end because her deeds have caught up with her. Though the rational part of me knows that would be stupid because I have so many other more positive female characters who are heroes.
Also I wouldn't like it if people justified Kagami or ignored her horrible deeds because "NON-WHITE WOMAN WITH AGENCY/STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER" ("come on guys, there are MUCH better people to look up to for that in this story." I'd be rather annoyed if fans justified her abuse of her husband or tried to claim that he deserved it somehow. Or if people just blamed him for finally up and leaving her. I would be worried about people claiming "unfortunate implications" because she's a female head of household and a terrible person (there are canonically other female heads of house. Also most of the Psi Heads of Households tend to be horrible , abusive controlling people. The major exception being Alexander and Tanya (who sort of co-run the household) and even then they have their own faults. Also unless there's some serious AU going on, people who honestly ship Kagami/Skye are wrong. The whole story is proving what a fucked up thing it would be.
(Also people who will inevitably claim that Kagami is a feminist... No. She's not. She's REALLY not. Whether they're saying it to idealize her OR to demonize feminism, it would be wrong. Kagami only cares about Kagami.)
Also I went out of my way to make both the rival families basically two sides of the same fucked up coin. They both are or have been run or dominated by horrible abusive people (Even when Alexander Stryke is Head of the family, Rexford is largely controlling it because Alexander tries not to use all his Head of House powers because he believes the concept of Head of Household is flawed.) One side is chaotic and lawless and sort of a criminal family while the other side is full of corrupt people in power. BOTH of those are equally bad. Both families are not wholly bad families but victims of horrible manipulative people, and both families in regards to the feud have given as bad as they get. I am not trying to say that EITHER family is superior or inferior to the other. I kind of fear that people will cry racism because the Toyakas who are more lawless and chaotic are full of people with mixed background while the Strykes are white, which is why I've made it so a lot of the Strykes are anti-mundane bigots, part of a culty "Psi Church" or involved with anti-empathy/telepathy groups. The Stryke family is and historically has been the picture of the corrupt nobles. Both sides sort of symbolize strict , radical adherence to following tradition and bucking tradition,and a theme of the story is that both of these in extremes or done for the wrong reasons are bad.
Regarding Dex, I kinda worry that people are going to either mistake his being intimidated by and nervous around women for misogyny. No , Dex is not a misogynist, and he doesn't hate women nor does he want to prevent them from having any rights. He's no more sexist than a woman who is wary of men PERSONALLY because of bad experiences with them(not the kind who shots that they are dangerous and everyone should fear them, but the kind who is just personally wary). There are people who will probably hate me for this but whatever.
On the other hand there's Dai. Yes, Dai's life has sucked being a telepath with an unsupportive father. HOWEVER that doesn't mean that he is justified or wholly a victim. Dude is an asshole, and pretty damn evil. He's killed and tortured kids. Also he's a huge hypocrite when it comes to "pathy rights" Hell he looks down on empaths himself, and he believes all telepaths should just embrace their voices and learn to "deal" with them like he did. I would be very disappointed if people came out of this thinking he was nothing but a victim.
Shiro. Okay. First off Shiro is probably just a tad hormonal (and kinky when he gets older) , but he's not a pervert who creeps on women. He has a lot of flings,and stuff but he is more likely to end up getting drunk himself and being sweet talked by someone else, and when he does end up in bad with someone, he's usually disappointed with himself for "giving in" to temptation and doing something stupid. He's the sort of person to go out to clubs, maybe date people and make out, but...he isn't the type to be a predator because he himself has been the victim of predators before. He has some guilt issues regarding his aunt preying on him and his guilt/sin complex instilled in him that makes him feel like he's "sinned". Yes Shiro is canonically a victim of sexual abuse and rape and people victim blaming him for that would certainly piss me off.
-Also my major worry is that people ship Gretchen/Shiro after the "love potion incident" and/or expect Shiro to "get over" what Gretchen did to him, and people will agree with her that because they were friends, that he still owes her something.I'd hate for people to demonize him for not wanting to be anywhere near her after that.
Maybe it's stupid but I used to kinda worry that people will accuse Gem of being a Mary Sue because of her unusual full name (which has reason in universe and the oddness of it is acknowledged.) But now that sorta seems like it would be silly.
I do worry that Skye will be seen as the "manpain" sort of character. I have planned to make sure that I show him acknowledging that other people are suffering around him and not being all "I am the only one with pain ever". Also I try to avoid the cliche "stoic badass" thing by showing Skye as being an actual kid. An emotionally vulnerable kid. He acts like a kid and has moments in the story where he genuinely just loses it. He is a bit of a deconstruction of a character with a hero complex , meant to show how unhealthy such a thing actually is, though he just wants to protect those close to him or the people who he actually gets in dangerous messes rather than being the annoying "everything bad that happens is my burden" type. Also those who he is protective over are proven to be able to be able to take care of and stand up for himself and he does end up having to face that. I don't have much worry of him being called a Mary Sue because the actual story constantly tests him and sometimes smacks him in the face with his flaws and makes him deal with them.
In another story I actually have a character who I set up to SEEM like he'll be a Mary Sue ("The Chosen One even") only later show that he actually WAS too good to be true and wasn't quite what he seemed and show the smoke and mirrors behind the scenes. Also he's an antagonist and a few people in universe are skeptical of him. But yes. I look forward to the wanking over what a Mary Sue he is.
Sorry I probably sound like a self obsessed jackass right now.
Re: I have thought waaay too much about this.
Re: I have thought waaay too much about this.
Written: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1557701/chapters/3437174
Comic: (still in progress but stuff will be up sometime soonish I think):http://alikeindignity.tumblr.com/
Enjoy ^^