[ SECRET POST #3346 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3346 ⌋

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

01.
(Donald Trump / Milo Yiannopoulos)



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02.
[Pathologic]


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03.
[Legends of Tomorrow]


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04.
[Tom Hiddleston in Crimson Peak]


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07.
(How to be a Serial Killer)


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10.
[Pretty Little Liars]


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[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 032 secrets from Secret Submission Post #478.
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

What's your go-to explanation for someone acting odd in a story?

[(Anonymous)]

I was reading a fic the other day and a character didn't seem to know much about everyday modern devices. I guessed that he was an alien or a time-traveler. (It turned out he was a wizard.)

So, what do you think when something like this comes up? Do you go for the sci-fi explanation, like me? Or do you go for the supernatural? Or do you go for a more realistic reason like being from a closed community or something?

Re: What's your go-to explanation for someone acting odd in a story?

[eyeshine72]

That they're a serial killer. I usually do it jokingly but sometimes I'm trying not to get attached to a character who's hiding something.

Re: What's your go-to explanation for someone acting odd in a story?

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes the explanation is just that the author is allergic to research. It's the only explanation for the character (not from the Balkans or the eastern Mediterranean btw) who bakes her neighbor a pan of baklava in 1943, when the butter you'd need for that would wipe out half your red points for the week.

Re: What's your go-to explanation for someone acting odd in a story?

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much this. People want to write about things they don't really know about, and they make mistakes. Sometimes hilarious ones, sometimes headdesking ones.

Re: What's your go-to explanation for someone acting odd in a story?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I usually HOPE there's a reason that makes sense in the context of the story, but usually it's just bad writing. For example, a character is incredibly dense because they need to be in order for the plot to work and an Important Misunderstanding to happen. I hate it when writers do that.