[ SECRET POST #348 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #348 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 100 secrets from Secret Submission Post #050.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 2 ] repeats, [ 1 ] too big.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Thursday, December 20th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

28, 30, 40

[lanjelin.livejournal.com]

28: Expressing a thought or a feeling in exactly one hundred words is very, very hard, actually. I have great respect for those who manage it.

30: So every time somebody posts a good fic or a good fanart, you think it's sad nothing good is ever contributed to your fandom?

...

I don't get it.


40: I'm sure you'll learn the difference between fiction and reality one day, too. Don't despair!

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[savioto.livejournal.com]

They actually said "popular," not "good." I'm still not sure what they're saying, though. The secret isn't worded very clearly. They could mean that they don't think yaoi is ever a worthwhile contribution... or that if it's popular and yaoi, the authoer/artist will only get squealing review and no constructive criticism and never improve... or it could mean something else entirely. :/

#16

[yutamiyu.livejournal.com]

::raises hand:: You have a supporter of your secret here.

I severely disliked Alice. Every time I play that game, I name her "Fuckin' Useless" because, really, she is. I just...aagh.

And the pairing? No. Just....no. I didn't really get it.

16 OP

[(Anonymous)]

I tried to like her. Played the second game before playing the first, so I wanted to give her a chance because she seemed so important to Yuri, but really, outside her God-given capacity of healing bitch, just... no.

[amandier.livejournal.com]

13. ;_;

33. OH BERNIE GAAAAAH

40

[jetaimerai.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm a real twin too! And you know what? I don't give a fuck about twincest! It's called not taking fandom pairings so personally. :D

Re: 40

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

:X Can I join the discussion since I was a twin in utero till my mom miscarried?

[fangirlism]

3. I think I love you. fangirl =/= fanbrat.

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[teostra.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Same with those damn haiku authors. Why the hell couldn't Bashō just commit to writing a REAL poem. Pfft.

I enjoy writing nanofiction, though, so I imagine I'm just bottom of the barrel here. I don't even commit to 100 words. Awww.

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[slowplay.livejournal.com]

14 - Holy crap! Separated at birth!

28, 29, 44

[hezul.livejournal.com]

28. I can't help but think this is wankbait. Does disliking a certain form of fic really mean you must therefore have zero respect for anyone who produces it?

I guess what bothers me is that, okay, maybe it does take a lot more commitment to turn out a (finished, lol) novel-length fanfic than it does to write a drabble here and there. But I don't think it's like any of us somehow owes it to fandom to produce anything. If you enjoy producing something, great, produce it. Put it out there. Share it. Let us enjoy it. But if you simply don't enjoy writing in a certain form, why should that matter?

It's like...I don't know. You have a group of friends you hang out with. One person sometimes brings cookies. You might like that they do that, but it doesn't make that other girl who doesn't bring cookies a less fun person to hang out with. My analogy probably sucks, but I don't think contributing a lot of effort to fandom somehow makes you better than someone who hangs out, partakes of the discussion, and occasionally makes a small contribution of their own. We're here to have fun. If fun, for you, is writing long fics, awesome. If you'd rather stab your eyes out with a spork than write a fifty-thousand word epic, and you much prefer writing a drabble here and there, that should be okay too!

29. Piett! ♥ Not my favorite Imperial (the good parts of the EU have pretty much cemented Pellaeon into that position for me), but I liked him.

I can't help but lol at Needa, though. Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time costs a lot when Vader's running your fleet. :(

44. omg, yes. I dislike how anime is kind of treated as a single genre. It's not a genre, it's a medium, within which you get works spanning a lot of very different genres. Saying "I like anime" isn't like saying "I like science-fiction," it's more like saying "I like movies" or "I like books." Admittedly, there are some cultural things and tropes that you get tons of in anime and not so much elsewhere, but it's...not like it's a single genre, not by a long shot.

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[runonmoonlight.livejournal.com]

I would actually slightly disagree about the Saying "I like anime" isn't like saying "I like science-fiction", because I read/watch a lot of science fiction (and a decent amount of fantasy), and a lot of is NOTHING like each other and occupies completely different sub-genres underneath the "umbrella" of sci-fi. Show wise, think the 'Gates versus BSG, or Doctor Who and Babylon 5. I could go into author specifics which would be much better examples, most sci-fi writers tend to be completely unknown outside of the sci-fi world.

[mirroriste.livejournal.com]

7. So what if Walt Disney was a Nazi? So was Salvador Dali but no one cares. It's not the person that's important, but the image and legacy he or she leaves behind.

14. HOLY CRAP. ITS...UNBELIEVABLE!!!

28. It takes more talent to write something short and substantial than something long winded and stupid. Have you ever tried shortening an essay? It's extremely difficult. It's the same with fanfiction, except possibly harder, as you're not trying to compress ideas that are blatantly stated.

[(Anonymous)]

Dali wasn't a Nazi, he was a satirist.

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[peachy-ewan-muf.livejournal.com]

Mm. My friend used to write me in her stories and she wrote me so weird it bugged me. xD I don't know. For me, it was like reading a terribly OOC fiction and it made me cringe. But at the same time it was coolish. Dunno.

[(Anonymous)]

1. lol

5. Probably because of Konata's love for eroge.

23. I ship Peach/Daisy HARD

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

43. Not a secret: So do I. I see nothing shameful about that. Fiction junkies are interesting.

[shobogan.livejournal.com]

28. Oh, yes, because there's no challenge at all in limiting yourself to set word limit while trying to produce something moving and beautiful.

Are some short fics just careless wastes of space? Yes. The same can be said for long fics.

There is nothing inherently wrong with any style of writing.

[fearlessfirefly.livejournal.com]

28. Fail on a massive scale. D:

[mint-eclair.livejournal.com]

28. All I saw was a wanker with really bad color-sense, but I'll say you do need to get your head out of your ass. There's a lot you're missing. I've dabbled in both and there are just some ideas that come out to be a hundred words. Does that I mean I should start adding unnecessary crap to it and make it horrendously convoluted so that it becomes 'substantial' in your terms?

I honestly find it hard to compare writing a long story with a short flash fiction. It's like comparing a person who runs the marathon to a person who runs the 100-meter dash. Doesn't mean the 100-meter runner is any less accomplished than the marathon runner.

[el-hustino.livejournal.com]

3. I like bubbly. Bubbly is good! Saying that being genuinely excited and interested in something is bad is just stupid. I'd gladly smack the people who would criticize you for that.

7. Yeah, Walt Disney was an antisemetic racist douchebag. Not one to deserve respect beyond his ability to make cartoons based on fairy tales and anthropomorphic animals.

9. Jesus Christ I need to watch this show.

14. Holy crap, that's a freakish and eerie resemblance.

22. Whoa. That's a dude? Hot.

23. Hot too!

28. Oh? I never write drabbles and am only able to conceive gigantic plots and long-ass stories, but I'd disagree that something can't be substantial if it's short. Quantity != quality.

29. Hahahaha, what. I'm more amused by learning that Piett's first name is 'Firmus' than by the random Empirial officer love. Seriously, 'Firmus'? That's just asking for dirty jokes.

38. I. Must. Read. I never thought about it before, but their personalities would make an awesome combination.

45. Two Fire Emblem secrets in one day! HOORAH. Also, FE can probably cover every kink known to man.

[(Anonymous)]

38. I would recommend fanfiction, but since I'm like the only person who writes it, that'd give me away. Here, have a comic instead. (Not by me.) (http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1981/forminisanaesalaoq0.jpg)

45. Same OP. Wouldn't it be awesome~?

number 6

[(Anonymous)]

Who did that fanart?
I mean, I think it's fanart, rather than someone coloring Arakawa's original artwork...
It looks nice.

Re: number 6

[(Anonymous)]

That's an original picture. (It's anime not manga.)

[(Anonymous)]

8. Wow. Is there a reason people can't dislike a ship without being pounced on? Yes, I realize AtLA fandom is kinda nuts, but damn. OP was not bashing anyone personally, so why are people taking "I don't like this ship" as some kind of personal insult?

Saying stuff like "how dare YOU decide who is right or wrong for a fictional character" or "you just don't get it" doesn't exactly make your side look good, yanno. Zuko can't decide who is "right" or "wrong" for him because he doesn't exist. He's just a character. Good God.

Also? It's perfectly possible to "get" something, still dislike it. Just sayin'.

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

12. Yoshiki is kind of sex on legs... like all the other members of X-Japan. Mmm, X. My first taste of visual kei, and still my guiltiest pleasure.

21. D: Really? Why? What kind of doll do you have? (I prefer DoA better myself. DoD scares me. ._.)

28. ......... noooooot touching this with a ten-foot pole. Or a twenty-foot one. I'm allergic to wank. X_x

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[pretentioustfu.livejournal.com]

*starry eyes*

[dewdropinn.livejournal.com]

20. Yep. I kind of have a little crush on him too. I actually got a little teary after watching Bender's Big Score. I have nothing against Leela, though.

44. GUH. Yeah, I know how you feel. I get the same feeling when someone says they don't like "Cardcaptors."

...posting on an RP account FTW?

[freakyfanboy.livejournal.com]

1. This made me giggle a little. ^^;;

3. I'M TOTALLY THAT WAY, TOO! Fangirls unite!

6. You must be pretty cool if people think you're like him, though...

10. I feel the same way. XD;; I haven't really friended anyone in the Pushing Daisies fandom because of it. I doubt they want to hear me babble about Neon Genesis Evangelion and Princess Tutu.

14. LOL. XD They DO look a lot alike.......

That's a really disturbing resemblance. I CAN'T LOOK AWAY.

20. What's wrong with Leela?

27. KRATOS AND ZELOS ARE BOTH FREAKING HOT. XDDD I adore both of them. They both have great personalities, too, IMO.
(Red eyes are hot, too. Evil!Mytho and Kaworu, anyone?)

28. I think a lot of drabbles are rather poetic and artistic, really. It's a real challenge to fit something into 100 words. Sometimes less is more.

32. I'm really insecure about my RPing, too. ^^;;

37. I love Poly, too. It's a shame some people are having to leave...

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[(Anonymous)]

That's the thing. I'm not cool at all. I don't know where they get any of it and it's kind of depressing, because I can't ever hope to be that awesome.

[spidermangai.livejournal.com]

lol 14. soo right!

#28

[animehime.livejournal.com]

You know, not everyone is capable of just jumping into writing. Some of us are very nervous, and use drabbles to ease our way into writing. Get used to handling characters and actions.

And some of the best fic I've read has been drabbles/ficlet of the 1500 words or less variety. It's hard to get real emotions and a point that moves people into that few words. So when they do, it sticks with you.

[miruku-tea.livejournal.com]

12. D: I never got why people found him attractive. Everrr~ Ha, whatever though.

48. I PERSONALLY don't know one person that finds Metalocolypse funny. =/ I love House, but Tuesday is my gym night sooo I miss it and feel left out when my friends talk about it, heh.

#44

[immortality.livejournal.com]

Totally agreed. (But BSSM is just awesome.)

Re: #44

[cftfic.livejournal.com]

Until I looked back up at the secret I thought you were talking about Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Chili Peppers >_>