[ SECRET POST #2779 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2779 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 047 secrets from Secret Submission Post #397.
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

[(Anonymous)]

Funny, I was the exact opposite. My main complain was that the main character was having a way too easy time of it at university. As a socially awkward geek it seemed unbelievable to me how she so easily made friends at uni without actively trying. And all of them non-geeks, too. Very wish fulfillment-y. I even wondered if the author had a secret fandom persona or something.

[(Anonymous)]

I felt the same way. She definitely had it so very easy. And it particularly irritated me how persistent the male romantic interest was. She'd be rude to him, or ignore him, or say something mean, and he just kept showing interest and being kind and helping her.

I have yet to meet a guy who gives a geek girl a second or third or more chance, after being blown off either by mistake or intent. (And yes, I'm speaking from experience. I only ever had one chance with each guy who showed interest, and I always blew it--by mistake, too.)

[iggy]

I even wondered if the author had a secret fandom persona or something.

Not a secret. Her tumblr is fandom heavy, and she used to be an HP fic author.

[(Anonymous)]

I have no idea who this person is but I've fallen in love with their tumblr! Thanks!

[iggy]

It's the author of the book mentioned in the secret, Rainbow Rowell.

[weaselbee]

It was both for me. She wasn't well adjusted and the turning fanfic in for homework part was so cringe-worthy, it was unbelievable. I agree she had way too easy of a time in school. She was a loner jerk and actively didn't want to make friends too, but she did.

[(Anonymous)]

I did meet two different people in college who turned in fic for their homework in a creative writing class (one thinly disguised, the other not at all). I haven't read this book, though, so I don't know how unbelievable it really is.

[weaselbee]

In the book, the fandom she was in in is obviously based on Harry Potter (though Harry Potter is also mentioned in the book, another point that was like ??)you know, an obvious pop culture thing. So it was pretty unbelievable.

[evewithanapple]

Yeah, this book got me where I live in a lot of places (the scariness of going to university when you don't have any experience being on your own, the dealing with a family member's mental illness, etc) so in a wish-fulfillment way, it was nice to see Cath getting a bunch of friends and a sweet boyfriend without even really trying. But at the same time, it wasn't very realistic. (I'm a lot like Cath IRL, and when I first got to university, it was . . . not like that. Though at least I never handed fanfic in for an assignment.)