[ SECRET POST #534 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #534 ⌋

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

Warning #2: Sinks, drains, men, women, characters, chewed pencils, glasses, hair, clothing, ties, sunglasses, jackets, guns, scarves, suits, cat eyes, capslock, American flags, earrings, food, eyepatches, red string, ribbons, screencaps, mentions of snaaaaakes, friends, people shipping things, soldiers, old guys, masks, teeth, monkeys, cups, pots, tables, briefcases, lamps, chairs, cannibals, flowers, red, black, gray, white, brown, beige, purple, pink, blue, green, orange, yellow, wine, watches, belts, asians, roses, white hair, pink hair, blood, dyed hair, egotistical people, complaints, whiners, complaints about whiners, tea sets, dresses, bandanas, bandages, butts, eyebrows, eyes, noses, mouths, skin, arms, legs, hands, androids, basketball jerseys, feet, stripes, fur, animals, walls, buildings, spaceships, streets, trekkies, hair ornaments, the Titanic, shirts, pants, emoticons, subtext, candles, fruits, trees, hearts, doctors, telephone boxes, shoes, cubes, gundams, headphones, mickey mouse, cameras, tape, badges, gloves, canes, hats, figurines, gays, pandas, scientists, rainbows, movies, anime, manga, games, cartoons, books, macros, text, letters, numbers, punctuation, lack of punctuation, words, words spelled correctly, words spelled incorrectly, sentences, incomplete sentences, full sentences, run-on sentences, images, cropped images, image manips, pictures, art, squares, circles, lines, curves, edges, fandom, roleplay, livejournal, secrets, ugly fonts, black and white, colors, MS Paint, tl;dr, content, and lots of fail. Did I get everything?

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Notes:

Also, firefly99 remixed the theme song.

Secrets Left to Post: 14 pages, 335 secrets from Secret Submission Post #077.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - not!secrets ], [ 1 2 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ], [ 1 - response ], [ 1 - personal attack ], [ 1 - what? ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

145, what?

[ann89103.livejournal.com]

145 - OP, try Saiyuki. Meet Nii Jyeni, sadistically evil and waaaaaay crazy scientist, usually carries a stuffed bunny.

what? - Do the number of question marks added on to the 'what' indicate the level of LOL or batshit crazy for the secret? 'Cause you're right, this one was nearly as fun as the previous day's what???

Re: 145 OP

[(Anonymous)]

Shit, why the hell didn't I put Nii there?! Clearly I was not in my right mind. Nii should be in the middle. :P

[keeraa.livejournal.com]

109. I agree so hard.
139. There are more of us out there. Just ignore the haters. :) (I'm even worse for wear because I like the Doctor with a few people... woe is me, I can't pick a side!)
149. That's ridiculous. No one should use it, gays included. Making it exclusive does nothing to help the situation. Just don't use it. Period.

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[stormithe.livejournal.com]

Words like "faggot", "nigger", "jew", people of those groups always say "don't use it unless you are of that group". Well, how about black people, hispanics, and asians stop saying the word "cracker", non-mentally disabled people never say "retard", smart people never say "stupid", and non-Germans never call them Nazis? If you have dark hair & eyes, never say "aryan", if you are male you never say "bitch" or "cunt", if you are a woman you never say "dick", if you are an adult you never say "baby", and other things like that? Words, especially "faggot", are used as colloquials, not to intentionally bash gay people. I have a best friend who is openly gay, and she is also Jewish, and I have another friend who is Jewish. But I've used the words "faggot" and "jew" in derogatory ways. Do I hate Jews and homosexuals? No. I just use the words as insults, they don't always retain their meanings. The world is becoming desensitized to words like that and many of them don't mean anything anymore. Like "um" and "like", they aren't used with meaning, they just fill space. "Faggot" has just become an empty insult, people don't say it to mean "You are gay and I hate all gay people", it's just a word. And words only have as much power as you give them.

Re: 149

[likespring.livejournal.com]

You have a point with "retard," but I as soon I read Well, how about black people, hispanics, and asians stop saying the word "cracker" I had to stop.

Seriously, lol.

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[amandidda.livejournal.com]

116: ME TOO! I love this fandom and I hope I never grow out of it. I agree with practically everything you said except I love Munkus.

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[immortality.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I hated about it too. It's what made me lose interest in it. :/ It's too bad, because Ueno Juri is an awesome actress, and I loved how she portrayed Ruka, but damn, what a cop-out.

110, 139, 147, 149

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

110. Oh gods, I'm so old.
139, 147. They have the kind of relaxed, intimate attitude that only truly massive amounts off off-screen shagging can produce.



If you wouldn't use the n-word, then don't use the f-word. It makes you look like a complete c-word.

Re: 110, 139, 147, 149

[(Anonymous)]

car? crack? cunt?

[velvet-mace.livejournal.com]

104) You are probably right. Mostly because people write fanfic in order to get what they can't get out of canon -- usually some romance because the majority of fic writers are women, and yuri writers are rather rare. You might find some genfic though. And probably a porny art if you look in the right places.

108) You hang out with the wrong people. I love Who, I love my friends, they don't like Who, and it all works out. Occasionally I'll mention something I enjoy about the show and that's okay, but I don't expect them to change their minds about it. Occasionally they talk about fandoms they enjoy but that I'm not into, and that's okay, too. But none of us insists that the other watch something they have clearly said they don't like. It doesn't matter what the fandom is, no one is obligated to enjoy something they don't for the sake of friendship.

120) Real friends are 1000 x more satisfying than imaginary ones.

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[snowyuzuki.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one, dude. Not the only one. :)

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[rhymed.livejournal.com]

...........Biz, is that you? I RECOGNISE INDIANA IN THE BACKGROUND THERE.

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[astrangerenters.livejournal.com]

Oh 156, I hear you! Gene Kelly was a gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS man! Le sigh!

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[pimentos.livejournal.com]

154 - Na na na na na na na na... BATMAN! That show is my definitive version of Batman, no questions asked. My dad and I watched the show when it was in reruns on YTV years ago, and I can't help comparing every version of Batman since to that ridiuclously awesome show. RIP Cesar Romero, you were amazing.

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[jkpolk.livejournal.com]

156. I feel the same about classic Jack Lemmon.

[eibborn.livejournal.com]

149. Uh, I'm not sure I agree. I understand the idea behind 'reclaiming the word,' but I don't consider the reasoning to be valid. If a word is offensive coming from any one group, it is offensive coming from any other group.

Making yourself ~*special*~ by forbidding those not in the cool club from saying a word will not foster tolerance and acceptance. After all, it's not like orientation is a lifestyle choice. Essentially, you want a group of people to have a privilege simply because they were born the way they are.


tldr: If you call yourself a faggot, I'll feel free to call you a faggot regardless of what my orientation is.

[(Anonymous)]

"If a word is offensive coming from any one group, it is offensive coming from any other group."

I don't believe this is true. The reason words are offensive is because they're laden with the power imbalance between groups of people who are not on equal footing. A straight person throwing around "faggot" cannot help but lend to it the connotations of the heterosexual majority who combine with the slur the power to actively oppress gay people. It's a tool of hate and fear. For gay people to adopt the term themselves is to attempt to defuse it because now it's being used in a context they can control. That's how word reclamation works.

And in this context there's already a group of people who are automatically steeped in privilege just because they're born the way they are. We call them "straight people".

tl;dr: I'll call myself a dyke if I like, but if you call me a dyke without my permission, you're being rude, threatening, and privilege-blind.

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[paperclipchains.livejournal.com]

Why are we being forced to choose between "WE DO NOT SPEAK ITS NAME" and "OMG CONTEXT FUCK YOU GUYS?"

Dude. It's both.

Part of context is historical and social context, and who is saying what, to whom, and at what time.

Okay, here, let me just clear this up for everyone:

Don't use words that you know are slurs with people you don't know, especially on the 'net.

Is that so hard, or are people going to keep whining about OMG BUT SOMEONE ONCE CALLED ME A CRACKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER?

Also, no one gives a fuck about your gay friends and what you call them. How you treat your fucking friends is not how you treat random people you don't know very well.

Re: 149

[(Anonymous)]

bb when i was a bb, someone called me a jappy chinky gooky kikey spic bb.

:(

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[oldstarnewshine.livejournal.com]

You think you have it bad? (Obscure reference is obscure) After reading/seeing "The Coast of Utopia", if Vissarion Belinsky asked me to marry him, I would absolutely walk out of my life this very second.
Plus: I read the second play in Chemistry class and cried when he died. In Chem class. Woe.
(He is so very, very dead. Also semi-fictional.)

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[goldencheese.livejournal.com]

104.) Kure-nai! I seem to have a thing for very short anime series.

149.)

O_O It feels like a troll.

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[batty-gal.livejournal.com]

That's one big-ass bag of popcorn. Yum... *drools*

[(Anonymous)]

125. With all the home cooking communities I subscribe to, it gets pretty giggleworthy. ("Help, my Le Creuset is all sticky on the bottom!")

156. Dear god, that is beautiful. My Google-fu for Gene is always epic fail, where did you find that?

[(Anonymous)]

http://pub42.bravenet.com/photocenter/album.php?img=81368&usernum=3548021388

[nathan-p.livejournal.com]

145. If agreeing with this is the party it looks like it is, I'll bring the tuna casserole. With bodies in it.

n!s 3

[alenxa.livejournal.com]

Oh my gawd, I choked on my spit laughing. I'm so fucking glad I didn't want to see it in the first place...that post was exactly what I wanted. Thank you.

Re: n!s 3

[unicorn-magic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, don't see it. I've defended Shyamalan for a long time ... but UGH what a dumb movie.
I want my $17 back....

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[lennoxmacbeth.livejournal.com]

130. LOL! Do you spend any time on the LFG forums? There are plenty of other Cale/Richard shippers there pining about for fics/art. XD

I'm a Richard/Pella shipper, myself. XD

149. But I like how those of us who are said type of people are allowed to use it. XP (Am one - IN B4 "You Can't Say it Either")

Re: 130, 149

[the-summoning-d.livejournal.com]

No way, Richard/Benny FTW! XD Who am I kidding, Richard is so awesome he needs shipped with everyone

(If I thought Krunch/Richard fic existed I would fall over laughing. Then read it.)

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[(Anonymous)]

i don't know this show, but the fact that people are annoyed because a character is trans and not just a lesbian annoys me. :| if anything, it would add a whole load more drama to the show, just being a lesbian is.. wow. okay, big deal; there are way more stories about lesbian than trans characters anyway.

[lorelessmoon.livejournal.com]

111. Me too, on both parts. Though I also have other ships for both, too. She can be an idiot sometimes, but I still thought she was a good character.

130. OMG, it would be so much ♥. It would mess with both of them so much while being epic sorts of awesome. Though I don't trust myself to write fic of it, I would totally read any, too.

144. Me, too.

145. Evil, crazy scientist/doctors = yes, please.

153. It's funny when that happens, huh? I have several characters I pretended to like, and then actually ended up liking, as well.

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[the-summoning-d.livejournal.com]

Seconded! And thirded and fourthed too while we're about it.
Write one! I'd read it

response

[(Anonymous)]

...Orlando Gardiner, is that you?

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[mikoneyoru.livejournal.com]

Too bad he's a big fake. I can't believe no one else smells bullshit.

And no, I wont be anonymous about it lolol

Re: 113

[aiuta.livejournal.com]

Guh, you were way faster than me. Honestly, his descriptions are way to Mary Sue-ish (or Gary Stu-ish?) to be real. And find me a boy who's genuinely cute, likes spending time with old people, has a 70-year old car and owns more doujinshi than your average fangirl. Not to mention he spends all his time on /cm/ and /y/. Moeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uh.

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[sashwizzled.livejournal.com]

<WANK>... Yeah, this makes me want to use the word faggot SOLELY to piss people like you off. If it was really 'reclamation', anyone would be allowed to say it.

So really, if you want to think about OPPRESSED that word makes you, why the fuck are you using it? Maybe you using it offends ME. Am I not allowed to be offended by it or homophobia in general because I'm not actually homosexual? What the fuck ever.

I could probably live the rest of my life perfectly happily without ever typing or saying the word again, but that blatant double standard just pisses me the hell off. Either it's offensive for ANYONE to use, or for NO ONE to use.

Re: 149

[likespring.livejournal.com]

I wish I could be that ~edgy~.

That's not how reclamation works.