[ SECRET POST #3521 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3521 ⌋

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

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02.
[World of Warcraft: Legion]


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03.
(Fallout 4)


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04.
[Doctor Who - 12/Clara]


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05.
(The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy)


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06.
[Bojack Horseman]


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07.
[Criminal Minds]


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08.
[Elite: Dangerous]


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[Street Fighter]












Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 24 secrets from Secret Submission Post #503.
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)]

I ship this pairing to high hell and back and I am so happy with the way ufotable is handling these two, but it riles me so much that there are so many people screaming CANON, or HOMOPHOBIC to people who don't ship it. Like jfc you're giving these Japanese creators way too much credit (I think I've read somewhere that they've backpedaled and Mikleo is listed as just the childhood friend in some guidance book, and not his one and only). People are nitpicking everything into a spin on how THIS MUST BE CANON. I'm bisexual but these two are unfortunately not our representatives until I get someone straight out saying that these two are gay, and only then will I have a massive fucking party. But until then, reading between the lines, desparately trying to wring some sort of offical sanction from the guys who fucked up with marketing Alisha is not gonna cut it.

[(Anonymous)]

One of the producers (I think it was Baba but I can't remember for sure) outright stated that a relationship between Sorey and a woman would never work. At this point they've pretty much done everything short of saying "THESE TWO ARE BANGING" which would never happen even if it were a M/F couple because Japan is Japan and isn't as outright explicit about relationships as we are in the West.

Heck, I can think of a lot of canon M/F relationships in anime and games where the creators never explicitly said the relationship was canon; it was simply understood through their interactions in canon itself.

[(Anonymous)]

I remember reading this too and iirc it was because Sorey was pure or something, and it was specfically about sinking Sorey/Alisha or Sorey/Rose. Maybe it's just my cynical mind but I didn't think it was an outright confirmation that Sorey/any other woman would be shut down. Either way, I just want something more than just tip toeing around the issue and this kind of teasing and people going CANON with just hints, but yeah, Japan is Japan.

[(Anonymous)]

You clearly have no idea how Japanese society and especially the Japanese entertainment industry (like game companies in this case) work.

Fanservice is all nice and great but the second you move from the fanservice to stated fact, your game (or anime etc.) immediately risks getting put in a corner you would not want your business to be in. Because that's what it is, first and foremost: A business. And these businesses are immensely afraid to lose potential customers by saying outright "yep, the main character of our game and his ~best friend~ are totally gay" - because yes, there are a lot of people (even in the oh so open and tolerant west) who would not buy the game if it has icky gay people in the main cast. And even if not, it's still a very prevalent fear publishers have.

[(Anonymous)]

dude, I'll admit as I wrote my comment, I got more and more wound up so it's not the most eloquent, but that was exactly my point. From the guys who fucked up marketing Alisha, I did not expect canon confirmation of Sorey/Mikleo.