[ SECRET POST #376 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #376 ⌋

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

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Notes:

- Name That Fandom!

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 100 secrets from Secret Submission Post #054.
Secrets Not Posted: [1] [2] broken links, [1] repeat, [1] not!secret, but good thought, [1] not!secret&repeat, 0 not!fandom, 0 too big.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Thursday, January 17th, 2008.
Current Secret Submissions Post: [ CLOSED ]. Secret submission limits shall be raised after this coming week! Look out for it! ♥
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Comments

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

Oh man, there are so many secrets full of fail and unreadability today.

I really hope 8 and 35 are trolls :( The hate in 8 is so creepy, and sry2say, 35? Having trouble liking a lot of female characters because of the stereotypes they're forced into is one thing, and pretty understandable. But hating all (or nearly all) of them? Because acting spirited is seen as "bitchy"? Yeah. Kind of sexist.

4. So long as you don't try to pass your crack RP off as a srs bizness awesome fic or something, knock yourselves out. Fandom is supposed to be fun anyway. (And I don't even like that pairing, or mpreg.)

5. Cute, but...having a crush on a female little sprite thing (???) does not make you bi-confused, really. It just means you're straight and you crush on a little sprite thing. XD

14. Come to think of it, I hope this is a troll too :( Don't let Teh H8ers get you down!

26. ...For the record, this is not me. I swear. But, dude. Hot. I love that image.

34. I...find female characters in books to be no better or worse than anime/manga ones, on average. I mean, Neil Gaiman, James Alan Gardner, and Tanya Huff, for example, write awesome female characters, but like half a dozen acclaimed sci-fi authors either just write their ideal girlfriends into the story or ignore women entirely.

I think it's just down to what you read or watch within a medium, not entire media.

That said, Nia is awesome and not a Mary Sue, kthx.

37. I haven't gotten to the timeskip yet, but agree ♥ I found her a charming character from the start; sure, she's cliched, but everyone in that show is.

43. Not to stick up for the Broadway elitists, because I think most of them are jackasses...but you can listen to original Broadway cast recordings, or in many cases (including Sweeney Todd!) get DVDs that have been filmed of stage productions. So it's not like your lack of access to Broadway prevents you from, to some degree, enjoying the originals of many shows.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

43. Well... those DVDs aren't available everywhere. If you're not in the USA, getting the DVDs might be almost as hard as going to the theater. Yes, there's such thing as online shopping, but a lot of us can't afford the shipping.

Obviously I don't know where the OP is from (for all I know they might be from the USA) but it always gets a bit annoying when people assume that everyone has access to everything.

[/bitter Argentinian]

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's true--it is more difficult to get a hold of a lot of media when you're outside North America or Western Europe, for example. In most cases, though, it's not actually impossible to get that access. It's just more expensive, or it requires you to resort to piracy.

Sometimes it is impossible to get a hold of stuff that's easy to get in North America, though, and that really sucks.

[miss-arel.livejournal.com]

....YOU WIN SO MANY BROWNIE POINTS FROM ME FOR KNOWING WHO JAMES ALAN GARDNER IS.

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

I don't recall talking to you about it before! It's awesome to meet another fan. James Alan Gardner is one of my favorite authors and I always look forward to his books so much, especially now that he's weaving together an overarching metaplot for them. ♥ I have a big crush on Festina, also. It's true.

[miss-arel.livejournal.com]

Okay, good! Would have been quite embarrassing, otherwise.

I discovered his books when a friend of my father's let me at his sci-fi library and I just happened to stumble on "Trapped". Ever since then, going to the sci-fi/fantasy section and looking to see if there's a Gardner book I don't have has just become a ritual whenever I go to the bookstore. And yesssss, overarching plot for the win! Now if only he would write the next goddamn book... D:

Really, who doesn't have a crush on Festina? Although I think Oar still is and will always be my favorite narrator. She's just so eminently charming.

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

In my case, moobabe introduced me to them some--man, it must be at least seven years back. Maybe more. I know that it was back when Hunted was the newest one. In any case, I've been following 'em ever since. They're just the kind of sci-fi-of-ideas that I love.

I do wish the next book would come out. D: I've contented myself with his short story collection in the meanwhile, but it's just not enough.

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But female characters in books have actual flaws. I am so, so tired of those gorgeous ideal chicks with huge boobs and amazing personalities that are playing hard-to-get. I don't read English books, though, so yeah ;).