[ SECRET POST #3701 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #3701 ⌋

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

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02.
(BBC Sherlock)


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03.
[Parks and Rec]


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04.
(Shadowhunters, Malec)


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05.
[Judith Martin (Miss Manners)]


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06.
(British comedian Jayde Adams)


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07.
[Regina Mills, Once Upon a Time]











Notes:

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Comments

[fscom]

04. http://i.imgur.com/HSJoyUX.jpg
(Shadowhunters, Malec)

[(Anonymous)]

Wat. Mentally ill how?

[sabotabby]

I am so confused and I've watched the show. How are they mentally ill?

[kaijinscendre]

Maybe PTSD for Magnus? But that is all I got.

[sabotabby]

I guess? But if so he really does seem to have it under control. He probably witnessed the birth of psychiatry.

[(Anonymous)]

If I knew how to write, I would write so many Alec/Clary fic. Just to fuck with them.

[snarky_silvan]

I don't get why they would think either of them is mentally ill. What am I missing?

[(Anonymous)]

Every fandom, especially every popular fandom, is nuts

The internet is fucking nuts

[nightscale]

I absolutely adore these two but I haven't touched the fandom with a ten-foot pole for months now, like it was chill to begin with and then descended into it's own type of batshit. And that's when I bugged out and only kept the SH blogs that didn't get into the wank on my dash.

That way I get to see all the pretty pictures of these two(and others) without seeing any of the other fandom bullshit.

[kaijinscendre]

What blogs are you following?

[nightscale]

http://daddarioshum.tumblr.com/

Is the one that has nothing but pretty gifsets, another one I follow is http://everydayfandom.tumblr.com/ but they've had a little bit of wank on there recently(but not enough for it to annoy me).

[(Anonymous)]

"Mentally ill coded" is the stupidest, vaguest thing in the whole world along with "autistic coded." You can look at any character trait as a sign of mental illness or autism if you want to, because those things cover such a wide area, and that's all people do. There's only the faintest chance that it's ever done intentionally to "code" them.

[randomdrops]

I don't get all these "coded" things people are talking about. I guess it hasn't come up in my (tiny tiny) fandom circles?

I've learned the hard way to pick and choose what shows I fandom for. Because yeah, it can enhance the enjoyment but holy hell can it spiral to hate and ruin of a show I once loved just by association of an awful fandom.

Also, I am intrigued by this show. I have no knowledge of it.

[sabotabby]

It's surprisingly good. I started watching, expecting to hate it, because I read the first book and it was hilariously bad, but the show fixes all the terrible prose so it's just fun demon-hunting and overwrought romantic drama and I can't stop watching it. And Magnus/Alec is handled with the kind of respect and focus generally only afforded to heterosexual relationships on TV.

I figured the fandom was probably batshit, though. I haven't checked it out beyond looking at pretty gifs on Tumblr.

[nightscale]

Keep to the pretty gifs, the fandom was fun to begin with but then turned nasty when the hiatus kicked in and everyone got bored.

/sigh

[feotakahari]

"Coded" used to mean "blatant metaphor for." For instance, different writers for the X-men comics used them as a metaphor for everything from gay people to disabled people. Then fans started using "coded" to mean "has traits associated with" or even "reminds me of myself, and I'm a." For instance, I've heard Pearl from Steven Universe referred to as Asian-coded because there are Asian-American fans who identify with her.

"Mentally ill coded" is a thing, but it's usually simplistic and/or offensive. The only thing I've read that pulls it off well is The Severing Crime Edge, which uses a curse as a metaphor for obsessive-compulsive rituals. Most mentally ill characters in good fiction are actually, literally mentally ill.

[randomdrops]

Hm, thanks for the info! But I have to say, something about the term and the way I've seen it used really bugs me. I understand the desire and use of shorthand, but I'd much rather see people just say "blatant metaphor for".

[(Anonymous)]

Coded also used to mean hinted at so that it was obvious to audiences, but could get around the censors. Everyone knew what it meant if a character said he was a "confirmed bachelor" , for a not-subtle example.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh man, I've seen these shippers come across my dash pissed that Ian x Mickey from Shameless were beating Malec in a poll. Whining that it was wrong because Ian and Mickey had an unhealthy relationship... well no shit. Nothing in their lives is healthy and maybe some of us find that a hell of a lot more relatable. It's a stupid poll why are you trying to drag a show that's in a totally different genre when you don't understand it.

[soldatsasha]

Is this like how Anders from Dragon Age is "bipolar coded"?

[(Anonymous)]

I snorted as heard that as well and while sure, I agree he can seem as bipolar and it's grand if authors meant him this way but ... the theories went this way because of Justice :| .

[ibbity]

What does "coded mentally ill" even mean?

[(Anonymous)]

Here's the horrid comment of judgement that's the standard question of: is this show worth watching? I lack good shows with gay couples and well ... don't want to give author any financial satisfaction (of course one person watching it online won't do it but still - principles). Another question is - who are they supposed to be? Harry and ? ... not Draco as Ginny was paired with him in this if I recall (also never read that). Does not seem like Ron and doubting it was Blaise.

[(Anonymous)]

Magnus is totally Snape

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you so much for that comment; you've just made my day!