[ SECRET POST #3327 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3327 ⌋

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

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[Leonard Snart/Ray Palmer, DC's Legends of Tomorrow]


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05. [SPOILERS for Downton Abbey]





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06.[WARNING for suicide]



[Mare Internum]


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07. [WARNING for sexual assault]



[Love Live - sorry anon who wanted it Saturday, trying to keep the warning ones on Friday]


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08. [WARNING for rape, abuse, etc]





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09. [WARNING for rape/dub-con, child abuse]





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10. [WARNING for rape]





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11. [WARNING for underage sex]






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12. [WARNING for sexual abuse, child abuse]




























Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #475.
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

[(Anonymous)]

Damn, everything I know about Love Live comes from months of following Tumblr users who are fans, and I had no idea that was part of Nozomi's character. I'm surprised (yet not), because most of them squee all the time about Nozomi/Eli but they are also very into ranting about sexual harassment and other abusive behavior being portrayed as funny and cute when male characters do it. Sigh.

[scrubber]

Nozomi is kind of THE character for the average Tumblr fangirl to project onto so it kind of makes sense that they stan her no matter what.

[badass_tiger]

Oh really? I've never thought about that. In what way is she ideal for them to project onto?

[scrubber]

I was hoping no one would ask and we could all just quietly agree because the reasons don't sound great typed out. :')

But you asked nicely so here's my reasoning:

-She's very feminine in presentation (Tumblr hates tomboys lately)
-She easily represents a common female archetype - the mother, with a flavor of Yamato Nadeshiko and Earth Mother. This is good because then any masculine traits she has don't make her a dreaded "typical tomboy" but instead she becomes "subversive."
-It's suggested that she has a wise and/or scheming side to her, and Tumblr loves the idea of feminine women actually being in control of every situation at all times. I know this one sounds really bizarre but I can't count the amount of times I've seen someone try to make the argument that this one Feminine Female character is actually a genius manipulator. It's sort of a glorification of the Feminine Wiles/Femme Fatale trope. It's backwards as fuq but that's for another time.
-She's easily read as gay
-But more than that, her sexuality is only shown through dominating acts, like the boob-grabbing. Her being gay doesn't make her vulnerable or submissive. Tumblr has a big boner for dominant women lately, especially if they're feminine because then it's "subversive."
-She a perv, and every liberal person on the internet right now needs everyone to know how perverted they are too
-The most mature, womanly, least infantalized, etc. What's the average age of a Love Live fan like 31?
-She has a the biggest boobs and is drawn with a noticeably thicker frame than the other girls, making her ripe for chubby headcanons and art, and the kind of projection you'd expect from Tumblr. She also just has a light, bubbly personality, and these characters are always the ones that get drawn as fat. IDK why.

DISCLAMER: (This isn't directed at you badass_tiger just people who might be reading.) I haven't watched Love Live. I really don't want to. But based on what I've seen said about the characters, and the awful fanart, and the kind of people who seem to gravitate toward Nozomi in general, this is the impression I get. If your fandom experiences vastly contradict mine, first of all you're lucky, and second don't yell at me for generalizing this is just what I see everyday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[badass_tiger]

Nah, I think you've got the fandom down. I didn't realise Tumblr would like that she's feminine and 'dominant' at the same time (much as I love this series, I'm really not involved in fandom) since I've mostly seen Tumblr fawn over badass girls more than Yamato Nadeshikos. You're definitely right about Nozomi being a chubby type though. I guess that makes sense.

[(Anonymous)]

Personally I like strong feminine characters, and strong tomboys both are good.

I just got out of a screening of Love Live! the movie, which was my first time watching it. I didn't really see Nozomi do anything like this that qualifies as assault in the movie, so how common is it in the series?

[badass_tiger]

Well the picture used in the secret is official art, and she does it about half a dozen times over the course of the anime. She even does it to Maki before they became friends. It is considered just a gag, and she never explicitly does it in the app game, but she has mentioned 'punishing' girls for whatever reason, and the boob grabbing is what she uses that term for.

[scrubber]

Tumblr is all over badass feminine girls though, to achieve that you kind of have to build a stereotype - like a Yamato Nadeshiko (because you're right, by themselves YN aren't very popular in western fandoms usually) - and then show her beating someone up or doing something that's considered masculine. Then she's perfect.

Maybe I just hang out in the worst ring of Tumblr Hell possible, but I see this thinking all of the time.