[ SECRET POST #2964 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2964 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 066 secrets from Secret Submission Post #424.
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

[case]

Oops, fixing it!

[(Anonymous)]

They're one of the best modern screen couples. Nothing wrong with wanting a bit of that warm glow they obviously share, even if you don't exactly want a relationship.

And by the way, I'd say I'm non-romantic, and my friends say I'm extremely independent. I love my freedom, travelled a lot all over the world, and in my twenties I had no plans to ever get married. Yet I've now been happily married for over a decade. Those things aren't mutually exclusive. Sometimes you just meet someone who matches you really well.

It's like cheese and tomato sandwiches. Before I'd put the two together, I never knew they'd work so well and had no desire to even try.

Re: 1 shot dead at free speech seminar multiple people injured

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't make the argument seriously if I thought that OP was arguing in good faith or if they hadn't presented their argument so shittily.

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds reasonable to me.

Re: 1 shot dead at free speech seminar multiple people injured

[(Anonymous)]

You know for a fact there was a racial and/or anti-islamic component to what he did.

Re: If you wrote a series (books, TV show, whatever) that gained a decent amount of popularity...

[kaijinscendre]

I'd encourage fanfic and shit. But I would not participate or engage.

[kaijinscendre]

I am watching The Wire. I am on episode 5!

[othellia]

I think so.

[case]

That was a weird thread, huh.

For the record: discussing the morality of celeb nudes is fine, randomly accusing a user of being the one doing it and making it personal is where I've got to stop it

[(Anonymous)]

I left to focus on my original writing and then came back to fandom precisely because of the instant gratification of feedback/likes/kudos.

While I know there must be some supportive pro-writing communities out there, a lot of them appear very cliquey and whether or not the accept you depends on either who you know within the industry or your credentials (and, obviously, a new author rarely has either). Fandom, for all its faults, it far more egalitarian. After my break I came in as a literal nobody, knew nobody else in fandom at all, wrote some fic, and began gaining traction almost immediately.

What I will say, however, is that within fandom there's a pretty substantial part of it that only consumes. There are people who don't write or draw, but enjoy reading and seeking out art. Within pro-writing groups, everyone is a creator, so the dynamic is different, and potentially more difficult to navigate.

So I don't think you're necessarily at fault for finding fandom more gratifying in terms of getting a response, OP. Unless you're lucky enough to find a drama-free writing circle, then writing original work can be a lonely, shouting-into-the-void sort of experience.

Re: 1 shot dead at free speech seminar multiple people injured

[ill_omened]

No?

IF you take out all the gang related and domestic related murders, the vast amjority of the rest is people killing each other over literally the pettiest bullshit possible. On the scales of likelihood given all the circumstances it just being another neighbourhood dispute ending in murder is far more likely than a racially motivated murder.

[purpleseas]

I do both, or three things, really. I have some fanfic I've been working on for years and a new project, a het romance novel because I'd like to make a living at writing eventually, and my "real" original work that's never going to make me a living. I get burned out if I work on one thing exclusively, especially if there's some degree of stress attached to it, like the first story I published. The fanfic keeps me from getting bored silly by the novel, frankly, because I just can't get used to writing about relatively normal people in relatively mundane settings, lol. If you can only focus effectively on one project at a time, that's one thing, but it doesn't have to be either-or.

[nightscale]

I'd want a La Muerte figure and I am saddened by the fact that I can't find one.

[(Anonymous)]

Because not everyone has the time and/or energy to work on several projects at once.

[(Anonymous)]

I get this, and I'm so happy with how their relationship turned out. I was so worried when they got married so fast, but they've done really well together. They're incredibly encouraging and supportive of one another, and they really try to help each other grow, which is so awesome to see.

One of the things I love about this show is that it's showed really fucked up relationships, but it's also showed some genuinely good, healthy ones. That's rare in media.

[(Anonymous)]

Cheese and tomato sandwiches are fucking awesome.

[(Anonymous)]

...this secret just made me think of one.

I don't really have anything else to say. Um.

But thanks for the inspiration, OP!

Re: Fandom Expert

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, that's really a fic. A drarry veela fic if I remember it correctly. It was built up as this big secret throughout the fic. I honestly never laughed harder at a fanfic.

[(Anonymous)]

- editors who change your words without telling you before it's too late and it's already gone to print
- zero input over the cover images used for your book, unless you're a huge author, and then still probably very little

Those two aren't true.

Some of my books have been published by publishers you've probably never heard of, and I had a great deal of input in my cover. Equally, I've never dealt with an editor who makes changes that you can't check over before a book goes to print.

- what feedback you get tends to be negative (change this part or we won't publish!)

What, you mean rejections and/or suggestions to revise? That's not negative, that's just the process. If you think that's negative, then you're probably not in a position to submit work at all.

Yes, there are some big negatives to the pro-fic world (closed off and hostile to newcomers I'd absolutely agree with -- at least from the point of view of other writers, not publishers or agents) but some of this is just incorrect scaremongering.

[(Anonymous)]

*defence

Re: Fandom Expert

[solticisekf]

haha, LazyTown. I have only watched around a dozen episodes but the premise is so simple that as long as you check out the original Icelandic play and read up on the actors, you're all set. I feel like I know as much as anyone in the fandom. A small fandom, which also helps.

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Thank you!

Out of curiosity, did we get an extra surplus of secrets for this week? Normally new posts start on Saturdays, but the Submission posts say it's going to start on Monday this time.

Re: 1 shot dead at free speech seminar multiple people injured

[(Anonymous)]

DA

"A friend of Yusor said she knew that Mr. Hicks had complained to the couple before about making noise and the use of parking spaces by their visitors, and that he once came to their door carrying a rifle."

I'd think it's partly both. The guy being anti-theist would be more likely to get angrier at the theists than non-theists just like a racist guy would be more likely to get angrier and retaliate against the people he was racist against. To claim it's purely out of anti-theist motivation isn't quite true though.

my rapper friend Alpha Riff has a new release for Valentine's Day

[dethtoll]

And here it is! Enjoy! It's PWYW but I know he'd appreciate it if a few bucks went his way :)

[case]

That's because I can't math