[ SECRET POST #339 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #339 ⌋

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

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Notes:

1. General note: Don't use 10pix.com.
2. People have been submitting secrets to the Suggestions post instead of the Submissions post. Like four or five of them. Make sure to double-check you're posting in the right place!

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 200 secrets from Secret Submission Post #049.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 ] broken links, [ 1 2 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 ] repeat.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 11th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[siriuslynow.livejournal.com]

9. - Well, I like het, I like yaoi and I like yuri. Could you guess what sexuality I am?

No, because what you read =/= what you are or enjoy in real life.

(I think the whole "not discussing anybody's sexuality online" is a good way to live. XD)

2O - LOL. You're so badass. Only, really you're not. :/

21. - I understand what you're complaining about, or at least I think I do. I hate it when fans just dismiss everything bad and horrible that character's done on his/her "Daddy-issues!!1!1!11" or excuse him because he's just "soooo kewl and kakoii!1!"

But, um what? I'm sorry, but watching your brother kill your parents and becoming seriously messed up isn't exactly the definition of the word "emo". Nor is it considered "emo" when you're banished from your home by your own father.

I understand if you don't find those characters particularly interesting. If you find characters who face their problems positively and with courage then that's great, really. But for some people, liking characters who do the wrong things and who can't face their problems isn't just because they are "super cool!" (hell, I doubt I would like Sasuke as much as I do if he had made the morally "right" decisions, I find it more human and far more interesting.)

[dorknessrising.livejournal.com]

Word. At least in Zuko's case, he's more angry than sad. Constantly angry, and with good reason. The only time he was ever close to "emo" was the beginning of Season 3.

I usually find the characters who have been through hell and back without stumbling to be flat, boring, and unrealistic, and often smack of Mary/Gary Sue. Especially the younger ones. Seeing the character's past shape their psyche and explain -- not excuse -- why they do what they do is the fun part.

This is, of course, assuming the character does eventually get over himself and make the right decision. But at least for me, that's a dish best served cold. Seeing them trip and stumble and make mistakes while dealing with their issues makes the moment they finally do it right far more effective than if they'd done so from the beginning.

It's called conflict.

[siriuslynow.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. I mean, it's different if you know that they're going to continue on the wrong path and that they'll never recover (which is sometimes downright depressing) but, at least with the two characters above, there's no doubt that in the end they'll get it right. They just have a harder time getting it.