fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #356 ]

⌈ Secret Post #356 ⌋

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#10 made me laugh, and I feel so bad. Because I know there's a very good chance I've made the same mistake somewhere.

#13 makes no sense to me. Yes, they're not officially in their characters' roles--but what does that matter? If it works for the icon's intent, it works. I mean, people in video game fandoms use fanart all the time, why can't people in tv fandoms use pictures of the actors outside of their role that just happen to suit their purposes?

#20 puzzled me, since there's comms for this pairing and a pretty decent amount of fanfic and fanart so I don't really get why the OP feels it needs to be a secret--I mean, I know there's an age difference, but in a few years that's not going to matter so much. (I've written small drabbles myself for it.)

#34 OP: please don't worry about that, go ahead and take Japanese! I'm taking it myself and it's been really interesting. Haven't really gotten any grief for both being an anime/video game fan and studying Japanese either, whether online or off.

#13 It makes sense to me, although I can't really put in words why exactly. It has to do with how most of Matt/Mo fanfiction is wildly out of character and the fandom as a whole wants to see the two as their Generic Gay Couple, whine that they don't do enough domestic stuff on the show, whine that they aren't lovey-dovey enough on the show... and yeah, an icon that shows Greg and Sendhil giggling and close fits their purpose. But why isn't the shippers' purpose to portray the relationship that they supposedly support the way it actually is?
So... I guess the icons are more... symptomatic? Does that make sense?

Hm, yeah, that explanation works for me. I was assuming that the icon creator's intent would be to show the pairing as they view it (which might have been a bad assumption to make). I mean, if it's a non-canon ship, as Matt/Mohinder is, you're going to think things are happening off-screen that aren't shown on-screen anyways. So if you see a picture of the actors that fits what you think would happen with them as a couple, whether in the show's timeline or three years down the road, I think it'd be perfectly fine to use. Though it might be that the icon creator doesn't have a good grasp on the characters' personalities and how they'd act in a hypothetical relationship...so, yeah, symptomatic I guess.

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