[ SECRET POST #3774 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #3774 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 13 secrets from Secret Submission Post #540.
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.

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General comments:

(If the thread contains spoilery/triggery content please post as 2nd comment so it collapses!)

Dead creators and their fandoms

[(Anonymous)]

Do you ever think about how dead creators would react to modern fandom? Are you glad they can't see it, or do you wish they could?

The recent spate of Tolkien secrets made me think about this. I remember reading that he had some issues with his fandom while he was alive (IIRC, Lord of the Rings got too popular with hippies and he didn't like it? And maybe thought people weren't "getting" it?) Given that and his religious beliefs, it's probably good thing he didn't live to see people writing dwarf-on-hobbit porn or stories about Feanor putting the silmarils up his ass...

Obviously, this is more about people who died some time ago, not people who died last year or whatever, unless something huge happened in their fandom since then.

Re: Dead creators and their fandoms

[philstar22]

I'm pretty sure that Tolkien would be horrified by at least my side of the fandom. Don't care. I love his writing, and I love exploring certain parts of it. Porn is some of that, yes. There are other things, though, that actually happen in canon, he just doesn't go into details. He's the one who wrote Maedhros in Angband and Sauron torturing Celebrimbor to death. Of course fandom is going to explore those things.

But yes, he would hate the current fandom, or at least parts of it. But honestly I think he should be happy that his work has touched so many different people.

Re: Dead creators and their fandoms

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, Tolkien's personality sounds like the absolute most obnoxious. I definitely do not see him celebrating his fans or appreciating them having their fun. He would've hated the LOTR movies, and frankly, I have zero interest in his Christian symbolism so I'm perfectly happy for Death of the Author.... so to speak.

Re: Dead creators and their fandoms

[(Anonymous)]

Well, like, I don't want to disrespect Tolkien fandom by any means. But Tolkien fandom definitely is not engaging with his work in the terms in which he understood it. And not just because of the homosexuality. It's that the whole literary approach is totally different.

Re: Dead creators and their fandoms

[(Anonymous)]

I often think about how Victor Hugo would react to the modern Les Mis fandom.

Re: Dead creators and their fandoms

[(Anonymous)]

Not so much the fandom but the adaptations, but I did kind of think that Alexandre Dumas might get a bit upset at characterisation changes but he would absolutely roll with the weirder batshit settings that crop up in his adaptations from time to time. Given that his approach to accuracy seemed to be that history should never get in the way of a good story, I think he'd roll with, say, the incredibly cheesy 2011 steampunk Musketeers, and I think he possibly might have liked Gankutsuou as an LSD space opera Monte Cristo adaptation once he got over the visual WTF of it.

Re: Dead creators and their fandoms

[greghousesgf]

I wonder if P.G. Wodehouse would have a fit over all the fic with Jeeves and Bertie going at it like bunny rabbits.

Re: Dead creators and their fandoms

[(Anonymous)]

Tolkein had a fandom when he was still alive, and my impression was that he found it weird and off-putting.

Re: Dead creators and their fandoms

[cbrachyrhynchos]

I'd like to think that Austen would be doing a fiction blog parodying the worst aspects of celebrity culture, and it would be glorious.

Weird Fandom Anxieties

[(Anonymous)]

List the ones you have here.

SA

[(Anonymous)]

All right, so. A comment the other day reminded me of this. For me, it was the opinion of my psychologist as child that I had Asperger's Syndrome (something I only found out as an adult). I've never gotten an official diagnosis, but it would explain a lot. Anyway, I bring this up because I have trouble reading people a lot, and that can extend to fictional characters too. There's always a part of me that's worried that I'm one of "those" fans that reads the text unbelievably wrong.

Re: Weird Fandom Anxieties

[(Anonymous)]

When Case updates late, I worry he's died or finally given up on F!S.

even though I acknowledge that he's a human and not a robot, and really what's unusual is how he can update so regularly at all. still though, please don't die case

Re: Weird Fandom Anxieties

[(Anonymous)]

I'm thinking of a very popular ship (reylo) that I dislike strongly. I just avoid it, crack some jokes, don't harass people about it.

BUT there's another ship (FB - the wizard guy who's being abused and the other guy in disguise?) in a different fandom that might be kind of similar (honestly I didn't even finish the movie, just read the synopsis) that I see the appeal of and kind of like and it makes me feel like a hypocrite.

I probably am, but hell, who isn't these days.

Re: Weird Fandom Anxieties

[diet_poison]

I plunged really hard and fast into a new fandom and OTP and really dislike some of the competing ships (the latter bit is somewhat unusual for me) and got way too emotionally invested, and it made me a little bit anxious on and off for a few weeks. I've pulled back though lol. (this was pretty recent)

Anyone else have that experience?

I think part of it is because I hadn't really been into a particular fandom for a little while so there was a bit of a fandom vacuum, and I was a little obsessed for a few weeks. Dialed it back though, thank goodness.

Re: Weird Fandom Anxieties

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a bisexual mostly drawn to het ships. I'm kind of nervous that my fellow lgbtqia friends judge me for it, based off of some comments they've made about other people.

I mean, I should be asking myself why I'm drawn to het so much more, and I do. But it still happens.

Re: Weird Fandom Anxieties

[(Anonymous)]

About 10 years ago, I got into fandom for the first time, and fell HARD. Like full-on obsession, thought about it every waking moment, posted pretty much 24-7 on Livejournal and fanboards about it, it was my whole life. That lasted 2 years, and I burned myself out on fandom in general from that.

Ever since, I've really loved certain shows and book series a whole lot, but I've never fully engaged with fandom at the same level because I'd think back to that first fandom experience and feel like, "Ugghhhhh, I don't have the energy to do that again!"

So I just lurk a lot. I still read a ton of fic, I follow a ton of fandom tumblr blogs, but I don't post meta or make original art or playlists or write, I don't make fandom friends...

And it kind of makes me sad, like I've deliberately cut myself off from a community that could be a lot of fun to engage with, so I do randomly post deeper things or my opinions about stuff...but then I don't get any response and I feel like I'm like some weird girl at a party that no one seems to know or understand what she's doing there.

But on the other hand, there's a lot of fucked up or just plain embarrassing stuff that goes on in fandom, and I'm really glad I can distance myself from that, so I don't necessarily want to engage on a more social level, either.

I don't know, I feel weird and uncomfortable a lot of the time.

Re: Weird Fandom Anxieties

[(Anonymous)]

I do little prompt drabbles sometimes. The last time I opened up for them I got a few, started working, and then someone went anon and started barraging me with five or six messages a day wanting to know how they were coming, why was it taking so long, when would I post them, had I decided not to do them. I answered a few of them politely and then just... stopped. Eventually they stopped messaging me. But I haven't done any prompts since then.

And I keep sort of wanting to open up prompts again, but I'm so nervous the anon would come back. And it wasn't even anything mean, just so demanding that it kind of freaked me out. I feel like such a weenie for being anxious about it.

Re: Weird Fandom Anxieties

[(Anonymous)]

I kind of "joined" a tiny tumblr fandom but I've never used any of the tumblr communication tools so I'm weirdly anxious about... etiquette I guess? Things like sending messages to people I don't follow. I don't know. I guess it's just that crippling social anxiety again.

Romantic advice/rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

blargh about romance

Re: Romantic advice/rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

So I met a girl on a dating app that I have a lot in common with. She's fun, but I'm not necessarily "sold" yet. We had a first date (really more of a vaguely-romantic, mostly-platonic meeting, since both our profiles said we want to make friends first and see if there is something more) and had fun conversations. I'd at least take it to the friend level, I thought.

But we live on opposite ends of the city, and she has a car, I don't currently. And she keeps suggesting places that are like an hour+ away from where I live, and for weekday evening potential meetups where it's like dude, I don't get off of work until 6 and I work the next morning, I'm not sure I want to travel an hour just to meet up with someone I've only met once? I said on the weekend I'd be more flexible, and she suggests going to this place that's two and a half hours from where I live (by public transportation, it's much quicker by car).

Like, I don't know if I just ought to suck it up and not be so tied down by distance, or if I should feel slighted that she's not taking the hint that it's kind of a big commitment to expect someone you barely know to travel an hour+ to meet up? I mean, we could literally meet in the middle and it wouldn't be so bad, but since she prefers to drive everywhere, she doesn't like to park in the middle of the city.

Am I reading this weird or being stingy? I don't come from a big city and I'm fairly new to this area, so other big city people, can you tell me if this seems normal? Especially for people you've like just met on Tinder?

Re: Romantic advice/rant thread

[(Anonymous)]

I would like some.

What is the worst physical pain you have ever experienced?

[(Anonymous)]

University bureaucracy, incomplete courses, and flunking

[(Anonymous)]

Two semesters ago, I ended up taking incomplete grades in three of my classes, and I don't think I'll finish them in time to avoid them being changed to Fs. I had (and have) legit reasons, or I wouldn't have been granted so many in the first place, but the last time I talked to an advisor (in January) I told them I thought I'd be able to finish my work. Shortly after that, my life went to hell again, and didn't stabilize until the beginning of March.

Then I got a new job, my schedule changed, and suddenly I had no free time. I know at least one of my professors is pissed I never contacted her about anything. The truth is I'm anxious and ashamed and while I'm pretty sure I'll finish at least one pile of coursework tonight, I doubt I'll get to them all. Is there still a chance I could retroactively drop the courses? I still have all the required credits to graduate, especially if I finish the coursework I'm on track to finish tonight.

And yes, I know I'll only get real answers if I contact my professors and advisors and maybe the registrar's office. I'm just currently too anxious to do that, and I'm hoping someone has dealt with something similar and had it come out not horribly.

Anon Followup Shoutouts

[(Anonymous)]

Are you curious about an anon conversation and would like an update? Give a shoutout here.