[ SECRET POST #2731 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2731 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 033 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.

Comments

[ketita]

There are certain behaviors that, to somebody who doesn't know you or in a different cultural context, can always be misconstrued.
Self-deprecation can be misconstrued as humblebragging, or just plain incompetence.

The internet =/= irl. On the internet, nobody knows who you are or what your issues are, ESPECIALLY when you're posting a story. I just want to read about Steve and Bucky banging okay. Nobody knows if you're doing it for attention or not. All people have is that little bit of text where you say this thing you just posted is shit. That's not much to go on.

True story example: A Chinese guy in Israel was approached about doing a translation job. In response to whether he can, he said something self-deprecating about how he thinks his skills are adequate. The Israeli who contacted him immediately went to find somebody else, because it's not part of the culture here to downplay your abilities like that. The man assumed the Chinese person was simply announcing incompetence.

Btw, as for author intent - how many times have people on this comm discovered that an actor hated a part that the fans loved, and were disappointed by it? Have you ever loved a book to find out the author hated it, or said 'anybody who likes it is an idiot'? Especially in fandom, where the authors and the community are so close - how can you assume such detachment? As a writer, I personally think it's disrespectful; that's my perspective. I'm not going around lecturing to people who post those disclaimers on their fics, and I wouldn't attack anybody personally for it either, but because I feel this way, it's not something I would do. I understand that your perspective is different, and that's okay.