[ SECRET POST #2962 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2962 ⌋

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

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02.
[Final Fantasy IX]


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03.
[Gaia Online]


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04.
(Guardians of the Galaxy)


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05.
[Batman: Arkham City]


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06.
(Ming Na Wen)


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07.
[Terry Pratchett]


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08.
[The Fall]


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09.
[Markiplier's Youtube Let's Plays]


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10.
(Karen Gillan in Guardians of the Galaxy)













Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

01. http://i.imgur.com/X8OHJZX.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

You can't just not explain this.

[(Anonymous)]

http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Tent_Peg_Statement

This should explain everything and more.

Explanation

[(Anonymous)]

Here you go:

http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Tent_Peg_Statement

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP, don't actually remember the details myself, but I'm not sure they need to, b/c it's a really well known fandom story and well-detailed on Google.

But basically, McCaffrey made some rather ridiculous homophobic statements.

[insanenoodlyguy]

my only regret was getting here an hour too late to be the one to link.

[(Anonymous)]

Just looking at that picture of tent pegs made my ass start hurting. Dammit. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Is it really a controversy? It seems like pretty much everyone agrees it was over-the-top ridiculous.

Fiasco? Snafu? Public relations incident? Misstep? Misconception? Thing? I think I'd go with 'thing'.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure it has to be a case of everyone disagreeing to be a controversy. The original statement is so wackadoo crazy that peoples "HOLY SHIT NO" reaction is enough. ;D

[(Anonymous)]

Imagine being the man she knew, reading some random interview, and find that callous description of your rape, as well as her interpretation of your rape having 'turned you gay'. Poor guy.

[morieris]

Seriously. Honestly, that's pretty crass.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't believe it actually happened. It sounds like one of those stories that a friend of a friend swears is true because it happened to their cousin's best friend's classmate's coworker.

[(Anonymous)]

Sadly, the external stuff has ruined a lot of the books for me. I still love the world and a lot of the characters, so it makes me sad that I can't just ignore this kind of stuff. :(

[dinogrrl]

Same...I read the books when I was like 12, but I just can't bring myself to read them any more. Nowadays I just enjoy them based off of my memories and my own headcanon.

[(Anonymous)]

After reading up on what this controversy was - let me just get this straight (haha), it's CANON that a bunch of guys have mind-controlled sex with each other because their dragons are in heat?

[(Anonymous)]

Lol, what I was wondering too.

[(Anonymous)]

How much continual enjoyment can you get out of a dumb incident from over a decade ago that takes max 10 minutes to read in its entirety. Really.

[(Anonymous)]

She looks like her cat.

[(Anonymous)]

This is so profoundly strange. Earlier today, I thought about this unprovoked. I guess I'm fucking psychic or something.

[(Anonymous)]

I enjoyed it a lot more before I realized she was probably in the early stages of dementia at the time. That can make you think you believe really weird stuff.

(although admittedly she was pretty weird about gay people a long time before that. just not that weird. or better at hiding it.)

[(Anonymous)]

I've never seen that cover for Dragonsong! I quite like it.

[caerbannog]

Just...why tent pegs of all possible things.

Transcript

[(Anonymous)]

Image: the cover of Anne McCaffrey’s “Dragonsong,” Anne McCaffrey holding a very pretty kitty, and a six pack of Tent Pegs

Text: I truly loved these books when I was a kid, despite their flaws. But now… I sort of love the whole tent peg controversy more. It’s just too insane and deliciously popcorn-worthy even after all this time.

[were_lemur]

My eyes went right to the tent pegs. And that was all I needed to see to know exactly what this was about.

[(Anonymous)]

Are people dumb enough to believe this? If she'd actually said it, there would actually be SOME reliable source SOMEWHERE that backed it up. It's just someone made up, either to troll or to try and make her look bad. If you believe this you're an idiot.