[ SECRET POST #3969 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3969 ⌋

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

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[Vampire Princess Miyu]


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[Disgaea/Soul Nomad]


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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

I think there's a healthy balance here, where you acknowledge that it's your hobby without being a huge annoying dickwad about it.

At the same time, I definitely keep quiet about the fanfic and stuff personally. even in a place like Twitter, where at least 60% of my mutuals are into fandom in one way or another, it's not something I really talk about it. So I definitely get what you mean about keeping it quiet even when it doesn't really make sense to do so. I'm just weird about stuff I guess.

[(Anonymous)]

tbh, I don't know how acceptable it is to be open about fanfiction outside of fandom circles. I'll admit to watching anime and playing video games, and even going to cons, but writing fanfiction is one of those things, still... I know I'm probably not going to get in any trouble for writing it, but if you're not taking part as a reader or writer, it's just weird.

I'll admit to some mild obsessions, but I would never go on and on about how X series is my life or that I used to have some weird ass fantasies about Y celeb for years and years.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm the same. I think it's generational, and I'm definitely from the generation that Did Not Talk About Fandom. It still weirds me out whenever media creators bring it up, probably because not long ago their comments would always be in the vein of "Those people are freaks!" I have a couple close friends who know about my fandom participation, but I'd be horrified if any one else found out.

[mrs_don_draper]

So like...what do you even talk to people about if not shows and movies and potential shared interests like that????

[(Anonymous)]

You can talk about a show without talking about the fandom aspect.

"Did you see last night's episode? What did you think of it?"

Where does fandom enter anywhere into that conversation?

[comma_chameleon]

Okay but right in the secret OP says, "I even feign indifference or ignorance to shows, movies, and celebrities that I secretly obsess over in private."

That means they're (maybe?) going, "Oh, I don't watch that, sorry." if someone even brings up a show or movie they love.

I can fully understand not going full on crazy-fan mode when talking about shared interests, but... this seems like a complete 180 in the other direction.

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Yeah, that's pretty extreme. But it's entirely possible to be friends with someone and not have shared interests in TV shows or whatever. There's life outside of entertainment.

[mrs_don_draper]

They said they don't even talk about the shows they like.

[cbrachyrhynchos]

"Where does fandom enter anywhere into that conversation?"

Where does it NOT?

I mean, seriously. If you're scheduling your life around broadcasts or binge-watching old episodes of something, you are a fan.

[nightscale]

I'm not open about my fandom participation either, mostly because I think that most people would find it odd and wouldn't really know what to say so I'd rather just not have that awkward conversation in the first place.

But I've got a few people irl that know I read fanfic and sometimes write it and I'm find with that.

[(Anonymous)]

IRL? Yeah I don't make it publicly known that I'm into fandom or that I participate in fandom. The only person IRL who knows that I write fanfiction is my husband.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm also pretty careful in real life, as well. I've let thing slip a few times in the past but these days? You'd NEVER know what I'm into (if I'm into something at the moment). I'm really careful. I don't get as deep into fandoms as I used to, tbh, mostly just tumblr reblogs etc. But still. I don't even talk about shows I like. I'd just rather be private.

[cbrachyrhynchos]

I don't link people to my AO3 profile (such as it is), but I'm not going to hide my lunchtime book, or punt on the "what are you watching" watercooler conversation. I do too much editing of my life as it is.

[ninety6tears]

I hate that even while "fandom" becomes more socially accepted, it's still way more socially acceptable for "I'm a big fan geek" to mean "I play video games for fifteen hours a week and I own some Game of Thrones merchandise," not so cool for it to mean "I spent a couple hours out of this week hashing out a fanfic plot with someone." Oh boy am I bitter, but nah, I'm not part of the pushback, I never mention fanfic IRL.

[ketita]

I have plenty of reasons I tell people that I don't share my writing with them. The reason I never mention is that a lot of it is fanfiction...

[ninety6tears]

Haha, same. I guess to a lot of people I'm probably that person who talks about being a writer but never seems to actually write anything and okay, there may be SOME truth to that, but for the most part it's because I really don't need them to know the type of stuff I'm writing.

[(Anonymous)]

Tell me about it.

I have nerdy friends, but shipping/slash/fic isn't something I've ever talked about IRL. I was hanging out with a gay dude and our conversation ended up in a place where it was obvious we were both had some knowledge of slash fanfiction and I just did not know how to talk about it in a genuine way, or even admit it was something I was into. And I don't think the awkwardness was all on my side either.

[(Anonymous)]

there's only a few people IRL who know about the fact that I read (and occasionally write) fanfic. Outside of that, I don't talk about it. I can be a fan about certain things (i.e. Harry Potter: some jewelry, dressing up on Harry's birthday, etc.) But I don't like to let on how deep in I am. I also don't link my fic profiles. On that note, I don't understand how people share fic/etc on TWitter and Facebook (people with actual profile picture etc) I just don't get it!

[esteefee]

I'm sorry you're ashamed, OP. There are so many reasons why being part of fandom has been denigrated by larger society when other hobbies are given a pass, and a great many of those reasons are misogynistic at base.

I'm way past being ashamed of my participation in fandom. I have it on my resumé that I volunteered for Systems at the OTW for 4.5 years.

[otakugal15]

I've admitted it. I've even admitted it to my co-workers. But, I don't go into WHAT I read. I just say, "When I don't read books, I read stories online for shows and movies I like that other fans have written. Especially if it fixes things I think were really dumb or ended poorly."

Like...that's it. And I talk about my favorite movies and shows, what I'm excited over. My older co-workers just roll their eyes all "oh young people" and go about their way. The people around my age will look at me weird sometimes, but overall they're like, "That's really cool. What'd they fix that you didn't like?"

I have no issues with being fannish in the open. But you DO have to keep in mind what would be considered appropriate.

[bluegansey]

I DEFINITELY feel this, on some levels. A fair number of people IRL know that I'm into fannish stuff, and there are some people that I've told who don't know what it is and I've explained it to them, but I very very rarely tell people that I write fanfic, and usually don't mention reading it unless I'm explaining Why It Is A Valid Form Of Writing.

At the beginning of this school year, the second time my mom and I met my new teacher, he asked what I'd read over the summer (after I said I was into that), and I faked a laugh and said that I hadn't been reading at the same time as my mom started to say fanfic, at which point I'm pretty sure I jabbed her in the ribs with my elbow. That was pretty humiliating, because as much as I try not to be ashamed, if I tell anyone who doesn't seem like they know what it is -- especially adults (I'm seventeen) and people who I'm going to be in regular contact with over a long period of time -- I usually go into the spiel about what it is, basically to assure people (without using the words) that it's not just porn and/or slash and/or rpf about boy bands. Not that I think there's anything wrong with that at all -- it's just the worry that people will look at me and think "oh one of those dumb teenage girls obsessed with The Gays and such". And I haven't brought it up with my teacher since -- I'm not even sure he heard my mom -- but I still feel vaguely sick whenever I remember it. I don't want to be this ashamed, but fuck, I really am.

Yeah, it's dumb. But anyway. That's been my experience.