[ SECRET POST #3002 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3002 ⌋

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

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[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye/Transformers: Robots in Disguise]


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[Gary Barlow, Take That]


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[Sherlock Holmes]


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[Criminal Minds/Law and Order: SVU]


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[Gekkan shoujo Nozaki-kun]


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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (episode: Prom Night)]


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[Breaking Bad]


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[Night Shift]


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[Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Colbert]


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[clockwise from bottom left: Dinosaur Comics, Romantically Apocalyptic, Homestuck, Nedroid, Sfeer Theory, Bite Me!]


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[Dragon Age]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 066 secrets from Secret Submission Post #429.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[feotakahari]

That's where The Law of Conservation of Detail meets the gargoyle problem from Dungeons and Dragons.

The analogy goes like so: you're playing D&D, and the DM mentions a statue. The first time he does so, you'll be surprised that the statue comes to life and attacks you. The second time, you'll be wary, so you'll be ready when it attacks you. The third time, you'll realize that the DM only mentions statues when they're going to attack you. With a sufficiently uncreative DM, this can be extended so far as only mentioning the time of day when you're about to be attacked by sun-phobic vampires.

There's a lot of push towards "lean" writing these days, not spending time building background and giving details. Thus, when the author gives you a detail that seems completely innocuous, it's obviously there as a hint to a future reveal. Note down all the times the author mentions details that don't need to be mentioned, and you've got your twist straight away.

[(Anonymous)]

The fifth time she mentions the statue, the dragon carved on the door lintel behind you comes to life and attacks while you are are checking the statue for traps/hidden treasure. TPK.

[anonymous4]

This!

[(Anonymous)]

Yep.

Sometimes it's a lack of creativity. Sometimes it's just lulling you into a false sense of security.