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⌈ Secret Post #3805 ⌋

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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 40 secrets from Secret Submission Post #545.
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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Official advertise your fandom-related event thread.

RULES FOR THIS:
1. NO images bigger than 600x600 in either direction (banners, et cetera).
2. ONE POST PER USER under this thread.
3. What IS allowed: roleplay advertisements, fandom comms, fandom events, things like that.
4. What is NOT allowed: anything for profit, any kind of fic/art commissions, seeking 1-on-1 RP, that kind of thing.

Review/Analysis of DS9's "Starship Down"

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This isn't the first time Star Trek has taken inspiration from submarine movies. It may, however, be Star Trek's most boring homage to submarine movies.

http://tv-366.blogspot.com/2017/06/day-77-ds9-starship-down.html

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Official clickables thread.

RULES FOR THIS:
1. NO huge images or columns of images that require scrolling, please.
2. ONE POST PER USER under in this thread.
3. If you're going to post, try to at least help the others.

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General comments:

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

Inspired by secret #3

[(Anonymous)]

Write a short self-insert fic. Or describe one that you've written or read that you like.

Re: Inspired by secret #3

[(Anonymous)]

You want a good one or a bad one, OP?

What are your self insert characters like?

[(Anonymous)]

Do you have any particular ones for certain fandoms? Like for Harry Potter, Pokemon, etc.

BOOK CLUB JUNE DISCUSSION

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Please join us for our discussion of Dragon Wizard by S. Andrew Swann!

http://fandomsecrets.dreamwidth.org/1624815.html?thread=961516271#cmt961516271

How's It Going?

[(Anonymous)]

I just ate a burrito and amazingly enough I now feel much less annoyed at the world now that I'm not hungry any more.

How's it going with all of you?

Unpopular characters that you love

[philstar22]

Are there any characters that seem unpopular or hated in the fandom, but you love them? Are there any characters that get a lot of hate that you feel very protective of?

Weirdest Fictional Crush

[(Anonymous)]

What's the most "unusual" character that you've ever found yourself attracted to?

[thewakokid]

Fictional creatures and their wonky anatomy

[(Anonymous)]

what imaginary creatures bother you with their impossible physiology

What about this: Popular Characters that you love

[thewakokid]

But that you love more than anyone else loves them.

What have you made recently?

[(Anonymous)]

Share your arts and crafts (pictures, stories, etc.) here!

Theory about the book clubs low participation

[thewakokid]

How many folks here, if the book they wanted to win doesn't win, simply doesn't bother reading the winner? Not like out of spite, or anything - Well, maybe out of spite, I don't know your life, I don't know your choices - but out of a "Pfft, I'm not gonna read something new / spend my time on reading something other people want to read, my free time is too precious!"

Cause that's me, tbh. I'm a slow reader and a classically bad book club participant.

Just putting it out there, something I aught to work on cause if people do that the book club will die off and no-one'll have any motivation to read the books you like and validate your literary opinions.

Nonnie Check Ins

[(Anonymous)]

How are all the nonnies doing? If you've shared about something in your personal life, or even if you haven't, would you care to update us?

Foods you love but your body hates

[dani_phantasma]

because I just woke up from a 3 or 4 hour sugar coma because I just had to have a shake from Steak n' Shake. Still worth it, yo.

What are some foods you love to have but your body has a negative reaction to?

One Love Manchester

[(Anonymous)]

i know it's not possible for non-uk or commonwealth citizens but ariana grande deserves at least an obe for that one

Theory:

[(Anonymous)]

Someone on f!s has a kind for Jensen Ackles consuming alcohol.

Discuss.

Work Panic

[(Anonymous)]

I realise it's likely no one will see this, since it's stupid'o'clock in the morning where I am and I don't even know about anyone else, but I'm panicking like fuck and I need to vent somewhere. Sorry.

I have an interview the day after tomorrow and I'm panicking because the more I research the logistics of taking the job the more I'm terrified of getting it. I applied originally because it was an area I've always wanted to work in, I've been unemployed or on temporary work schemes for years, it was near to the deadline for application, and it looked like something I could do. I sent in an application form and got offered an interview only a few days later. It seemed great!

The problem is, the job is in another city, and since I got the interview offer I've been looking up the logistics of moving there and ... I'm honestly not sure it's feasible for me. I don't drive, which is a massive problem for me, but realistically I am not going to be able to learn in time for this job, and trying would only be a massive stress on top of everything else. It's not going to happen. So I can't commute and would have to physically relocate to the city. Which, judging by the housing prices I'm seeing so far, may be a very real problem for me. Since I can't drive, I'd have to move to an area of the city either relatively close to the job or close to a public transport connection. The problem is, I'm not sure the job is anywhere close to a public transport connection, and it's in a park area in a pretty damned expensive area of town. I also don't know enough about the city to properly research the transport options yet.

I know, I know, I honestly should have thought of all this before applying for the job at all. I just honestly thought it would be more doable than it's looking right now. I have an interview the day after tomorrow and I'm actively terrified that I'm going to be offered the job, because I'm not sure I can take it.

And, yes, not all of that is because of the logistics, it's also because this is a huge fucking change that I didn't really think through before I applied, partly because time pressure and partly because desperation to find a job. Moving to another city would mean leaving my family, who are in a complicated financial and health place at the minute which my leaving may or may not help. Which maybe shouldn't be a concern, but still ...

I can't tell if I'm freaking the fuck out right now because I'm terrified of change and hampering myself and it would all be fine once I got the job, or if I'm genuinely realising that I'm just not able to take this job for reasons both practical and emotional.

I'm also not sure, either way, what the fuck I'm supposed to DO about it. I've already potentially wasted a fuckton of their time applying for a job I didn't research enough to know if I'd be able to take. What do I tell them? I'm honestly and legitimately not sure if I will be able to accept this job, sorry to have wasted your time? Do I do that before or after the interview? Do I do that at all? I might not even get offered the job.

And, thing is, I have been unemployed for years, beyond two years on separate work schemes. There is a dearth of employment for people with my skillset where I'm living. I've been managing by living at home and basically feeding my social services income back into the family, as well as getting temporary work where I can. Family is also something of a concern, because my dad is on hiatus from work for health reasons and may not be able to go back, and my mother had to retire on medical grounds a few years ago and can't work. My income isn't much but it is definitely helping stabilise the family budgets. I really need work, but I'm also very afraid that if I move such a distance to get it that both myself and my family will be in much rockier circumstances. But I need a permanent job, or at the very least a longer term one than I've gotten so far. And there genuinely just isn't many of those to be had in my home town. We have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.

I should have thought of all this before it came to interview. I know that. And it's entirely possible I'm just panicking and none of it is as huge of an issue as it feels right now, at 4.30 in the fucking morning. Just.

I'm going to this interview, and the thought that I might fail it is actually a huge, huge fucking relief right now. Which I think is probably a bad sign.

I'm also afraid that if it isn't feasible and I do have to turn down the job after being offered a position that my social services payment will be affected, and that I'm going to be losing money and stability either way.

I can't help feeling like I just shouldn't have applied for this job in the first place. But I did, and in just over 30 hours I have an interview for it, and I have no fucking idea what to do about that.

Fuck. Fuck. I need to go cry for an hour. I somewhat doubt I'll be able to sleep.

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Games thread!

Pokemon Go Complaining

[(Anonymous)]

I'm just so freakin' tired of the fact Valor holds every single gym at level 10 within my county. Instinct had one for a while, and they just started taking it away from us. They have 20 gyms! It's the same people in every gym. Why can't they be happy with their 20 and leaving us ONE, why do they need 21?

It's at the point I wish the game did something like kicked all pokemon out of the gym every X number of hours so they couldn't camp.

Book club - discussion for Dragon Wizard!

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My thoughts in a reply!

Please respond with your thoughts, your thoughts on my thoughts, any questions you might have, etc. I hope everyone enjoyed reading the book!

Re: Book club - discussion for Dragon Wizard!

[diet_poison]

So! Dragon Wizard.

First of all, the title was something of a misnomer to me, as there was not at any point a wizard who occupied a dragon's body or vice-versa. In the first two books there was a specific character who fit the book's title (Lucille in the first book and Frank in the second each had a turn in Sebastian's body).

That silly nitpick aside, I thought it was a pretty good ending to an enjoyable trilogy. Not the best I've ever read in the medieval fantasy genre but far from the worst. It seemed to be somewhat self-aware and poke fun at itself and at the genre.

The prose was at times a little choppy and at other times really good. There were funny lines and I liked a lot of the dialogue. However, sometimes when Frank gave some exposition or was doing personal reflection it sounded clunky and weird.

I'm not even a little surprised that they made Frank/Lucille endgame but I enjoyed it even though I didn't ship it particularly hard at the end of the first book. It was done endearingly and focused on their emotional relationship and the bond they had from going through a bunch of shit together.

One character who is super interesting to me and who I wanted to make sure I talked about is Krys. In every way possible except coming right out and saying it Krys was written as a trans guy, though most of the characters still called him "she" because they have no real concept of what that means. I sort of expected at some point for him to say "just call me 'he'" (though obviously he was ok with that because he didn't correct Alfred for doing it on accident and tacitly told Lucille that that was his preference), but I suppose it wouldn't have occurred to him to do that, really. I feel bad for him because unlike the main characters, he never found a resolution for his body issues. :/ And there's no doubt Lothan could have taken care of that for him. (I know he wants a male body becuase he talked about trying to make it happen in book 2 with the Tear.) It's understandable that it wasn't really on Frank's mind, though, I guess. Anyway I'm really intereted in hearing other peoples' thoughts on this.

The ending was good in a sense that it came with a resolution for the main characters, one that I really like and hoped would happen - Lucille being able to be both a human and a dragon, and Frank getting to be human in a male body (that it was his original body was not something that I actually expected). But it left a lot of ends open, in a way that felt intentional. I hope the author leaves this as a trilogy, but I would definitely would read spin-off stories that deal with some of the other characters, namely Brock (who I just really like in general), Forsythe (who apparently went through some kind of agreement with Lysea but then barely showed up after that so I'm not sure what happened with him other than helping save the day at the end), and especially the Handmaids, not just because of Krys but also because it felt a little awkward how we didn't even see Mary and Grace after the first scene of the story. Also I just really like them and would 100% read a story about just them lol. Oh, and we didn't get any follow-up of King Dudley either.

Also, Lucille's dragon form at the end was super badass. :3

Thoughts? Did you enjoy this more or less than the other books in the trilogy? (about the same for me.) Was the body-swapping annoying or endearing? How'd you like Elhared and Sebastian as villains? Any other characters stand out to you? Tell me what you think and feel free to ask any questions you may have!