[ SECRET POST #3332 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3332 ⌋

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

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02.
(David Bowie)


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03.
(Great British Bake Off for Sports Relief, Ed Balls)


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04.
[Pokemon]


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05.
[Star Wars: TFA]


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06.
[Damian Lewis, Dick Winters, Band Of Brothers]


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07.
[Daughter of the Lilies]


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08.
[David Eddings]


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09.
[Sengoku Basara]


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10.
[JJBA]


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11.
[Men In Black I, II, III]
















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 022 secrets from Secret Submission Post #476.
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

[blitzwing]

(especially Polgara who wanted to be a housewife and make her own soap wtf)

What's weird about wanting to make your own soap?

[(Anonymous)]

IIRC, the soap thing was more that she wanted to make soap with her own hands rather than use her magic to transmute soap from something else. It was equal parts not using magic as a shortcut, and the satisfaction of doing it herself. It was not presented as "MUST HOUSEWIFE AND SOAP."

[blitzwing]

That's cool. I've seen How to Make Your Own Soap/Candles classes at my local crafts fair before so I that was a pretty common (if niche) desire. I didn't factor in that it might be a magical thing in that world.

[(Anonymous)]

To be honest, I thought that was kind of dumb. Making soap was a highly unpleasant, even dangerous task in a time like that since it involved lye, which is very caustic. I could see wanting the satisfaction of making something with your own hands, but soap? Ugh.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Making soap is difficult and dangerous, even in modern times. I have no idea why someone with magic would be interested in doing it and I like to pretend that she actually did the lye and fat parts with magic and then did the fun bits (scenting and colouring) by hand. It's one of those things that people who have never done it think is a cute, rustic hobby.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. When people nowadays think about soap making, what they're really imagining is melting glycerin and mixing in perfumes or something like that. They're NOT picturing the process as it would've happened in ye olde fake medieval times, i.e. saving up animal fat and rainwater and processing wood ash until you can get lye, which takes hours. They're not imagining how lye can burn your skin and eyes if you're not careful, or how badly it stinks.