[ SECRET POST #3070 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3070 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 072 secrets from Secret Submission Post #439.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[ketita]

YES
I forever wish people would write LESS HEADCANONS, MORE FIC PLZ.

See, with the Elrics it's especially interesting, because they're alchemists, so how they relate to alchemy and having decided to do it. Also, in this context Ed giving up his alchemy at the end makes WAY more sense, because he'd have been conflicted about using alchemy the entire time, and probably have a much greater "the Ishbalans were right, alchemy really is bad" thing going on.

The Scar thing would be so much more personal, too.

And now imagine these two outcast Ishbalan kids going and joining the Amestris military... and Ed being under Roy's command. Roy would be absolutely eaten by guilt every time he saw Ed.

Also, there would be an interesting juxtaposition where Al being an armor would actually make things a bit easier for him in Amestris - because he's an odd suit of armor, but everybody always *notices* that Ed is an Ishbalan. So Al actually avoids some of the discrimination by being a suit of armor...

[dani_phantasma]

Ohh that sounds even more interesting. The idea is really compelling because of the whole Ishbalan war conflict.

More fic is always good, though I would hope that it's well researched. I've seen a depressing amount of people shun research for individual experience.

Sort of related I once got an idea for a similar kind of AU thing (more focused on disabilities albeit) from an offhand joke on a forum About Albus Potter's initials- what if Albus Potter had Asperger Syndrome? It was an interesting idea because then I got into thinking about how the wizarding world might treat him, whether for his condition or because of being Harry Potter's son, and some combination of both. I got the idea if Rita finding out and writing an article about it as if it was some 'dirty laundry' of the Potters and Ginny getting really pissed and ripping into her for it. That idea ended up becoming part of a story about the Potter kids living in the shadow of Harry and his reputation. Still need to write that someday.

[ketita]

Oh, that is a kind of interesting idea, with Albus Potter.
Though at the same time I wonder - I think the wizarding world has more tolerance for various types of eccentricity. It might be that his condition really would be dwarfed by being Harry Potter's Son, though I suppose it wouldn't help.
'cause on the other hand we did see that among purebloods there's a lot less tolerance for mental issues, but they might not recognize Aspergers' as being an 'issue', and might view it as just eccentricity.

I think that another problem with these headcanons is that not only do they not do anything with the idea, they also let their ideas of how things should be affect how it's portrayed, rather than consider seriously how this issue would fit into canon realistically, and not just as wish fulfillment.

[(Anonymous)]

So many time I see very interesting headcanon but ends up becoming pure wish fulfillment and sometimes masturbation fodder. Everyone is queer, teenagers having sex everywhere... Like it's nice, it's your headcanon and your work, but why putting it in a specific setting and ignore it? Why not use it to explore canon? Seems like such a waste to me. I really would like to see a fic or just ideas really exploring minority issues in Hogwarts. Like what is their stance on mental illness and LGBT problems, how it ties to the wizarding world's view in general.

I've seen the Isbalan Elric brothers idea before and didn't think much of it but seeing you talk about it makes me really want fic. Unfortunately I can't write to save my life, and so far I don't see any more than just art :/

[ketita]

That's the thing though, isn't it? When you flesh out ideas you can show why they're interesting, but without putting in the details it's just a question of random pigmentation.

And yeah, too often people don't actually want to explore canon as what it is, but just as wish fulfillment. Which I can kind of get, but I'm personally not so interested in those stories.

[othellia]

I forever wish people would write LESS HEADCANONS, MORE FIC PLZ.

I agree, but I don't think it's gonna happen anytime soon. Mostly because headcanon posts tend to get 10k-100k notes depending on how popular they get while actual fic chapters tend to average around 5-100 notes. :\

[ketita]

believe me, I know :c
It's probably part of the reason I got my writer's block... what's the point in spending two weeks cranking out a chapter, when you get easily 10X more attention by writing out some vague headcanons and posting? It feels like nobody appreciates the effort.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh this, a million times.

Even when you write a fic that elaborates on that headcanon - usually because several people ask for it - no one bothers to say anything. Sometimes, including the very people who requested it in the first place.

I also have issues with headcanons gaining some percieved legitimacy despite just being someone's subjective opinion. In the context of OP's secret, it's those "Character A is totally trans/a POC/autistic/whatever, and if you write them any other way you're transphobic/racist/ableist/etc." headcanons that suddenly seem to take precedent over how said character is presetned/identifies within canon.

[othellia]

Spend two weeks... have a guy tell you that you need to write faster if you want to keep him as a reader...

Yeah. I've had that happen. :\

[ketita]

Somebody actually SAID that to you??? O_O

Wow. Just wow.

[othellia]

Yeah. He said anything longer than weekly updates caused him to forget what happened in previous chapters.

Unfortunately for him, I don't think he seems to realize that I'm writing four separate fanfics at the same time. (Three under this name, one under a pseudonym; and, go figure, the pseudonym has the most readers.) And then I also realized this past month that I've written nearly 100k of fanfic this year as part of my resolutions and approximately... 0k of original fic, so I've imposed on myself a new rule of one original fic chapter for every fanfic chapter, which, yeah, has even further slowed my output.

No idea if he's still reading or not.

[raspberryrain]

I think you can stand to lose him.

[ketita]

What raspberryrain said :|
I think you will somehow overcome the tragic trauma of losing this reader.

[othellia]

I don't know. Will I? Truly? D:

[ketita]

You must believe in yourself! (also if you need assistance in overcoming, you might consider going on a long pilgrimage to some remote Shaolin temple. You will find your inner peace, and possibly become a superhero too)

Remember that we are here for you, always. Someday you will be able to look back at this clown and laugh.

[(Anonymous)]

i haven't given a damn about fma in years, but god, i want this au now