[ SECRET POST #494 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #494 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 10 pages, 250 secrets from Secret Submission Post #071.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: 47

[georg-vanlunden.livejournal.com]

Aaaah.

So it's kind of like Mai/Zuko of Avatar fame, pardon in advance if I'm using a fandom you're not in, except they're both boys and they're playing it seriously?

Re: 47

[kuromitsu.livejournal.com]

I don't know Avatar, so I can't really comment on that, sorry. ^^;; But basically, one character has a power that's slowly killing him, and he spends most of his time angsting about his condition, his power (that he doesn't really have to use all the time, mind you, but I suppose it's more angsty that way), how he's not really alive, and how much he wants to die (or so he says). The other character is incredibly apathetic (on the surface, anyway), shy, doesn't really like interacting with other people, likes to keep things to himself, and very rarely takes the initiative in anything. (In the beginning he has a very funny, devilish side to his personality, but he demonstrates it less and less frequently as the story goes on and he "hooks up" with the other boy.)

So basically, together they're a big pile of angst and pain and passivity, which can get very irritating after a while... unless you happen to enjoy this kind of thing, like the majority of fandom. :D The characters are fine on their own, especially when they're surrounded by other, more proactive/positive/alive characters, but together...

Re: 47

[georg-vanlunden.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Mai and Zuko are two incredibly angsty teens characters in that show, but most of their angst is played for laughs and you really get the feel that they're just being overdramatic teens who needs some growing up. This on the other hand sounds like fullblown BAAAWWW-fests. I guess one is supposed to think it's cute that their similiar situations allow them to understand each other so well in their heart of hearts, but it ends just being twice as depressive?

Re: 47

[kuromitsu.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, exactly. Apparently it works for most readers who revel in the angst and tragedy and cuteness(??), but... yeah. Unfortunately they're the main characters so the story dwells a lot on them together, but as I said, they're fine on their own or with other characters, and I really like the rest of the cast (and the story and the pretty art), so it kind of balances out in the long run. :D The pair just gets irritating sometimes with their angst-fest.

(Btw, quite a large amount of the negativity toward the pseudo-BL content that I see seems to come from people who expected the show to be a shounen fight anime/manga a la Naruto... but it's not, not really. It may have ninja and very well-done fights, but it's very obviously targeted at a female audience, from art to characters. I imagine many people were surprised and disappointed when they realized this.)