[ SECRET POST #3906 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3906 ⌋

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

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Comments

[fscom]

03. https://i.imgur.com/A99tkLr.png

[sadiesockmonkey]

I understand, OP. I'm sorry you can't enjoy it any longer, but you don't have to feel bad about not enjoying it.

[(Anonymous)]

Haven't multiple people claimed to be the "real" author? I've seen so many pages and blogs of people who claimed they wrote it that I don't even know what to believe.

That being said, for years I thought it was the most hilarious thing on the internet, but then I thought about the fact that if it was indeed meant to be serious and not a troll-fic, that would mean the Author Notes about her self-destructive behavior were serious too, which is really not something to laugh at. As ridiculous as the story itself is, I just don't feel like I can enjoy it with a clear conscience if it really was written by someone who had serious problems. I convinced myself for so long that the whole thing was a joke and the author's online persona was a complete fabrication, but I don't think there's really any way to know for sure at this point.

[(Anonymous)]

Wait, what's the deal? I thought no one knew who the real author was. How do we know who it is and why should we be feeling bad?

[(Anonymous)]

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/13/16275802/who-wrote-my-immortal-tara-rose-christo
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alannabennett/exclusive-first-look-under-same-stars-my-immortal-memoir?utm_term=.jneQwVEKK1#.hiAkjX6GGZ

Not too much info at this point, but if it's true, the author was a victim of CSA and stuck in the foster system.

[(Anonymous)]

so.. the claim is that the story wasn't written ironically?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't honestly know, some people have been saying it was a trollfic (possibly to get her brother's attention), and others see it as the unironic product of an unhappy teen. I haven't delved much into the topic to see if one side is more legitimate than the other. I guess once the book is out it will be put to rest, though.

[(Anonymous)]

She says it was a trollfic.

[anarchicq]

Whoa. This book is gonna look great on my shelf right next to When A Fan Hits the Shit.

[mrs_don_draper]

Yeah, that reveal, as well as the post explaining the origins of "Imagine how is touch the sky" post has made 2017 even more surreal and disconcerting.

[dahli]

There's a post explaining "Imagine how is touch the sky"??

[(Anonymous)]

Apparently it's a very literal translation of a Spanish (maybe Portuguese) saying that is also, apparently, a Hanna Montana lyric.

[dahli]

Oooooh. I've never heard of the Hanna Montana lyrics but it does make more sense if it's a literal translation form Spanish; that is if you literally translate it without changing the order of the words in the sentence:

Imagine how is touch the sky
Imagina como es tocar el cielo

[mrs_don_draper]

Yep!

http://mrs-don-draper.tumblr.com/post/165141567243/howdoesmagnusdie-mens-rights-activia

[dahli]

OOOOOOH MY GOOOOOOOOOD

[mrs_don_draper]

I know!!!

[(Anonymous)]

...wow, did people really never realize it was likely a literal word by word translation from some other language before?

[mrs_don_draper]

I, like literally hundreds of thousands of others, just thought it was a shit post, tbh.

AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, I realized I probably sounded rude, I didn't mean to. I was just really baffled because it really, genuinely never occurred to me it could be anything other than a bad translation (and I always wondered why everyone was so mean about it...).

Re: AYRT

[mrs_don_draper]

You're fine! I didn't think you were rude. I mean, kudos to being able to catch it!