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F!S Anon Meme (the ??th!)

Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

Some ground rules:
1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with captchas and stuff).
2. No autoplaying/autolooping embeds, or embeds that cover/stretch the screen.
3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

I'll be linking some general/general-fandom threads I see so people don't repost new threads with the same stuff. If you want me to link your thread up here, drop a link in the first comment!

List of threads:

Favorite FSers
Your diehard fandoms
NSFW confession thread
Topics you wish FS would stop wanking about
What do you want FS to talk about more?
(Pan)fandom discussion post
General opinions
Fapping material?
Random rants

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I really don't get the hate this movie gets. If people were expecting Skyfall 2, then they're really going to be disappointed. It's just mere popcorn entertainment and nothing more.

I don't hate it but it was kind of boring for a bond movie, tbh.

Oh, anon, let me tell you the sad tale of my thoughts of Spectre.

Much like Skyfall, Spectre is the latest installment of a huge series of film, some good, some bad. On top of that, it's the sequel to Skyfall. Skyfall was important, as it got the franchise out of the writer's strike-Quantum-of-Solace murky pit of critical and financial disappointment.

Skyfall pays tribute to the movies of old in a very self-aware way, but the writing can get pretty deep at times too, for a James Bond movie at least. I resonated deeply with some of its themes, as a Western European. It's a commentary on finding your place in the world both as an indivual and as someone raised in a culture that seems to have a hard time catching up with the rest of the world.

Spectre has nothing like that in its writing. To some extent, the writers know its plot and its theme are weak. Instead, they keep on making references to the old Bond movies by reintroducing Blofeld. I would be cool with that, but they decided they were going to scavenge a much better movie, Casino Royale, to get the dramatic elements they need.

Casino Royale? I loved it, loved it as much as Skyfall. It's dark and it clashes violently with "tradtional Bond". Some people hate it because they hate Bourne Bond. I think Craig's Bond is nothing like Bourne. I think the darkness is necessary, because Bond needs to reflect the era it's currently in.
In Casino Royale, Bond meets a woman that will change him for ever. She allows him to express his feelings, allows the character to fall in love, to feel his trust in someone be betrayed. It shapes and changes him forever. She's also a well-realized character on her own, with her own goals that doesn't match the male lead's ones. She's a tragic character and some people can read that as fridging. I disagree. In the end, she decides that she would rather die alone than take the risk to die with James Bond, so in the end there was some good left in her. TL;DR : I love Vesper.

Then Spectre shits all over that, and gives Bond a manic pixie dream therapist who ~changes Bond by telling him all he believes in is wrong. He's healed by her instead of healing all on his own. It makes it sound like he's going to be happy forever once he runs away with her. As a character, she's pretty badly written, going from hating his dad to loving him in 20 minutes and falling for Bond because that's what girls do in James Bond movies. She's pretty terrible. I know it's a shitty reasoning for real people, but both she and Vesper are fictional characters, so I'll say it anyway. Bond deserved a better written character, especially if you make no qualms about CR-Bond equalling Spectre-Bond.

TL;DR : I hate Spectre because it shits all over Casino Royale's legacy.

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(Anonymous) - 2016-02-21 21:41 (UTC) - Expand

I guess people (including myself) were expecting the same quality as Skyfall at least; I don't hate it, if was good fun, but it's few steps down.

I miss it so much. But no one's into the fandoms I'm into anymore, so I can't find anyone to play with me. :(

RP hook-up thread?

conveniently,

app_this_plz put up its monthly posts today, you can go looking for one-on-one stuff or a game.

What fandoms do you play in?

I miss RPing with an ex-friend. I don't miss them at all and there's a reason we no longer speak (we were basically friends in the wrong time in both of our lives and we were awful for one another), but I do miss the RPing.

Talk less IRL? It is a real problem, I think it is nerves or impatience, but I talk over people. It's rude as fuck. Sometimes I catch myself and stop. Othertimes I catch myself and keep on doing it, to my growing horror.

I'm very embarrassed and upset, my manager brought it up recently...in association with the words "progression or promotion". So I got to get a handle on this and be more respectful but I'm not sure how to remember this and practice listening?

You might have good luck googling "How do I talk less and listen more?" There's sound practical advice out there.

I think you need to figure out the root of the problem first. I don't know what it is, but... I have a friend who does it, and my impression is that she's actually trying to contribute, but doesn't realize she's actually manipulating the conversation. So what you might do is remember that you don't have to say anything. You can smile and nod. If there's something you have to say that's related to the conversation, wait until it's your turn.

Not sure how to resolve nerves or impatience, but as the other anon said, there probably are articles. :/ Wish I knew what to tell you about that.

Where does it come from, do you know? Often people talk excessively due to nervousness and wanting to fill empty conversational space. It sounds corny, but I'd ask a friend to practice with you, someone who's aware of your problem and who will agree to alert you when you start talking over people.

Learn to ask questions and then listen attentively, limiting your contributions to really short encouraging responses. "Oh?" "What happened then?" "What did that feel like?" "Go on." etc. etc.

but can he see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch

tbh if anyone could it'd be him.

he's an all-knowing god, of course he knows why they love cinnamon toast crunch.

Because it's full of sin.

That whooper can see into your soul.

Share the webcomics you are currently enjoying?

http://derelictcomic.com/
http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php
http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/
http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/
http://www.monster-pulse.com/
http://www.praguerace.com/
http://www.wildelifecomic.com/

Oglaf (nsfw)
xkcd
Oh Joy Sex Toy (nsfw)
O Human Star
Rock Cocks (nsfw)
Perry Bible Fellowship (updates are rare and random)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Ceral
Lackadaisy Cats

Games where you care for a horse or horse type thing? Can be the main plot or a side gimmick!

Did the meme die or will it get active later?

They used to last over twelve hours. :(

They used to have Over Nine Thousand (literaly, even if barely) comments, too. Oh the days long past...

Re: Um...

(Anonymous) - 2016-02-21 18:45 (UTC) - Expand

You only get two or three hours of activity on any post these days. That is why the late posting times during the week are just so shitty.

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(Anonymous) - 2016-02-22 06:10 (UTC) - Expand

What are your favorite and least favorite types of characters and some examples?

The energetic, puppy-like ditz whose astonishingly competent in unexpected things.
The cold, aloof, icy jerk who melts when becoming friends with the energetic puppy-like ditz.

What's your favorite small fandom?

Mine is Weetzie Bat and the Delirium trilogy (and YA fantasy fiction in general).

Apparently it's gonna happen, but with the director of Daredevil. How do you guys feel about this? (I'm overjoyed tbh.)

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