[ SECRET POST #336 ]

[degrees.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #336 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Out again, Christmas shopping/making a buttload of cookies! You know what to do!

Last day to submit for next week!

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #048.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 ] not!secret, [ 1 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] repeat.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Saturday, December 7th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: 37

[(Anonymous)]

You know what, people keep telling that to me. I just can't do it. Characters like that flat turn me off, and I'm really sick of getting attacked for it (OMG SEXIST or whatever).

I don't *have* to like characters that I don't like. I'm sick of having to defend myself over it. :(

[(Anonymous)]

You don't have to like her type of character (even if Mint is NOTHING like you portrayed her in the secret, only at a slight glance), but if you take it as a reason for playing yaoi, you're doing it wrong. Play yaoi because you like it, not because you hate those females.

Also, there are OTHER females, not just the gentle type. So really, your reasoning makes no sense. Just like yaoi for yaoi, like the rest of us.

[relmneiko.livejournal.com]

I did say that I liked Arche/Klarth. Again, where does that leave Cless? /de-anon'd.

Anyway, I probably should have left the 'slash' part out, as it is true for some of those fandoms but definitely not all. If there's a love triangle, though I've always had trouble pairing the hero with the rejected girl. Personal quirk, but I'd rather see her get over him and find someone else (Ditto if it's two guys and a girl. I can't stand to see the pining). :( After those two are off the list, the pool of available women becomes rather small.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not going to argue Cless/Mint vs. Cless/Chester with you. Both are viable options, it's just that with the phrasing you made, it seemed that you paired them up because you hated Mint, not because you liked Cless/Chester or whatever.

I think that's what got you all the wank. If you'd written 'I dislike these characters because their basis annoys me' it would've been easier to swallow. I mean, sure, it would've been comparing apples and pears, but it would've made more sense than to draw a connection between slashing and disliking characters. Just write slash for slash itself.

I personally don't see the need to pair anyone up unless they work together, but whatever floats your boat. And I can see why you'd dislike a character, but the way you brushed a giant comb of whatever-the-term-is over all of those characters, and then said 'they're the reason I ship BL' made me do a double-take. I mean, I got where you were coming from, but it may have been more carefully phrased.

[relmneiko.livejournal.com]

I think you're the most sane person I've seen tonight, and I have to say that you're most likely right on all counts.

Thank-you for, well, being sane instead of going, "IN BEFORE WANK" and "GTFO MY FANDOM". I'm getting a lot of that right now.

Yes, it definitely, could have been more carefully phrased.

[agawa-jean.livejournal.com]

Agreed, it's just the phrasing made it initially seem like another "I ship yaoi because female characters always totally suck" secret.

I can definitely see your reasoning now though, agree or no.

Re: 37

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

I don't *have* to like characters that I don't like

And we're allowed to think you're a blithering, immature, sexist idiot because of it.