[ SECRET POST #3289 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3289 ⌋

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

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[Furiosa from Mad Max: Fury Road, AEon Flux from the AEon Flux Movie. Charlize Theron]


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03.
[WWE/Supernatural]


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[The Price of Salt/Carol]


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05.
[Bravely Default]


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06.
[Bones/X-Files]


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[Zenon]


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08.
[Fallout: Nuka Break]


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09.
[Neko Atsume]


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[Mass Effect]

















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 033 secrets from Secret Submission Post #470.
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

[fififolle]

That's not really the point, is it? If the people in the fandom itself won't talk to you or encourage you to join, what is the point??

[(Anonymous)]

I thought it worked rather the opposite : start posting (especially if you have a long fic ready) and then people know you're a fan.

If OP only sent PMs to authors of popular fics, chances are they're drowned under messages, or have turned down notifications.

Also as others have pointed out, OP seems to expect there's a forum or something alike where all the kids hang out. Sadly, fandom barely works like that anymore. Authors may well have not replied because they don't hang out anywhere except on AO3...

[(Anonymous)]

The point is: to make friends, you need to be a friend. The OP wants to come into an already established circle, and seems to not realize that BNF status is fleeting. It smacks of "Don't you KNOW who I AM?", the way they describe how they attempted to find where current fandom hangs out.

I used to solely lurk in my current fandom. But when I returned a few years ago, I decided I would come out of my shell. I didn't contact authors. I didn't message anyone.

I started posting fic.

Now from that fic, I have a strong circle of fandom friends.

[(Anonymous)]

This, exactly.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. I don't have a fandom presence, I don't write fic but I read and lurk, and I'm pretty sure I know who OP is, I've seen her around on ontd recently.

If I'm right, it's really disappointing that she thinks she'll be welcomed back with fanfare after disappearing for several years. Fandom doesn't work like that, and at this point she's just embarrassing herself. Pity, because I don't remember her as an asshole.

If she'd have just posted the fic, she could have made new friends eventually. But that requires patience and less delusions of grandeur.