[ SECRET POST #3986 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3986 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 51 secrets from Secret Submission Post #571.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

I need some joy right now so proclaim what you love about your fandoms/pairings/characters/whatever.

Re: Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

Finnpoe / Stormpilot is the best ship from the Sequel Trilogy. I'm not going to talk about the fandom and its shippers, because I know people here have strong opinions about it.

Take Finn - a former Stormtrooper, raised as a human weapon ever since he was a baby, a number stripped of any real identity. He's a good stormtrooper : can actually shoot, brilliant tactician. And yet his best weapons are his empathy, his sense of morality and his kindness. He won't blindly follow orders and he won't shoot innocents. He has flaws, too - sometimes his emotions take over, but it's so human and it feels so new after years where the action hero standard was "stoic, quipping badass dude". He's a great character, and a great protagonist.

Now take Poe - this guy is probably moderator of r/wholesomemes if it exists in a galaxy far, far away. Ever since he meets Finn, he's all about that sweet positive reinforcement - telling him how nice his shot was, asking him about his name. Treating him like a human being and a friend, when he didn't have to - they just teamed up at the beginning because they needed each other for their personal goals, and they could have just left it at that. After all, Finn is "just" a defector from the First Order who just tortured Poe, right? Yet Poe goes the extra mile, and reaches out to Finn, helping him on his path to self-discovery.
Even without his relationship with Finn, Poe's great. Sassing Kylo like his idol Leia Organa, resisting torture, incredibly supportive of his astromech and his squadron.

No you take them together - and you have the POWER COUPLE OF THE RESISTANCE. Fire-forged friend, escaping Hell (the First Order) together. Syncing to each other so they can (almost) fly to safety, MINUTES after meeting each other. Poe understanding what Finn needs (a name, a sense of humanity, his help later so he can save Rey) and giving it to him without asking for anything in return. And Finn, even though he's found Rey on Starkiller Base, sees that the Resistance's X-Wings are in trouble, and his first reaction is to say "We need to help them!" because he can't just ignore the battle going on anymore. Finn and Poe would be such a wholesome, supportive relationship, built on communication (they're so good at understanding each other already!). Together, they can take on whatever the world decides to throw at them. Individually, they're badass, but together, they're an unstoppable First Order-destroying machine. And when all he's said and done, you'll best believe that Poe and Finn will probably spend a few years exploring the Galaxy, Finn catching up with everything he missed in the FO with Poe at his side. And afterwards, they will settle down, and live happily ever after.

LastMan

[(Anonymous)]

Hello have you welcomed our lord and saviour Richard Aldana into your life?

It's an adult cartoon, a weird but oh so good mix of spaghetti western/boxing/urban fantasy/action, packed with humour, emotion, action, violence; it also has a bit of porn, uncensored male frontal nudity, mind control rape, electric torture and the like.
It's got interseting characters, between the knight-in-sour-armor anti-hero, the plucky girl he picks up and all but adopts, that great big nerd who knows way too much about the enemies to be entirely honest, the sweet comic relief, the epic bromantic partner, the kickass love interest...
The whole series in 26 episodes long, 13 minutes each so it's quick and easy to watch;
an English dub is available on Mondo/VRV (but region locked, you can't get it in Europe, booh)
the original French version is available on Studio+ and the DVD/BluRay come out just next week ohmygods the collector set is so full of goodness I WANT IT NOW
you can also find English subs floating around on cartoon streaming sites.

It's actually a prequel to a comics series so people clamouring for a second season totally missed the point.
The comics... doesn't start that good, what with looking like an average shounen manga series with a guy coming from our world to a fantasy realm for some martial arts tournaments and fucks bitches on the side; but it gets better, so much better.
The original French series is already 10 volumes long, the first 6 have been translated to English
a good thing, it's the end of a cycle so the cliffhanger until #7 gets translated and released might be necessary.
It's still ongoing, planning a total of 12 volumes. #11 should be released some time in late 2018?
Meanwhile a spin-off series is starting, one shot about secondary characters; first one scheduled in January. An artbook is on the works too?

And, bestest best part, the fandom is alive kicking and spreading!

Re: Fandom Squee

[(Anonymous)]

I absolutely LOVE the new Disney canon.

Thrawn introduced Thrawn/Eli and the possibility of good(ish) Thrawn in the future.

The Mace Windu comic has Kit/Mace moments and introduced Mace's master, another kickass Mirialan female Jedi Master.

Darth Vader's new comic is exploring the Sith and the Inquisitors. Jocasta Nu's about to throw down with them. I'm hoping we watch Darth Vader hunt down Vos and some other Jedi too.

The Poe comic is exploring Poe's relationship with Leia, which is awesome. It's introduced several amazing women too. The latest issue has Leia with her mom's entire wardrobe.

The main Star Wars title made me ship Mon Mothma/Han. They're also exploring the ruins of Jedha, and finally gave us the moment Darth Vader learned he had a son. Plus, the annual has Pash Davane, who is amazing!

From a Center Point of View was awesome!! Yoda's blanket was Qui-gon's old cloak. His only prized possessions were that and a cup Obi-wan made for him. Qui-gon apologized to Obi-wan about saddling him with the Chosen One, and Obi-wan said he wasn't responsible for Anakin's decisions. Obi-wan made toy ships for Luke and left them on Shmi's grave for Beru to find. There's a mouse droid used for a gay tryst between two Imperials on the Death Star. Motti filed a complaint against Vader for choking him. Palpatine has a Shakespeare soliloquy about learning of Obi-wan's death. Guys, there's so much good stuff.

Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[(Anonymous)]

... but don't just say that you hate us. Tell us WHY!

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[(Anonymous)]

Wuthering Heights. Dry writing first and foremost, although some of that was the era. Even my professor didn't seem to like it.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[kaijinscendre]

All of Shakespeare. I could never really get a hold of the language so it made them very frustrating to read.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[replicantangel]

I have two - Catcher in the Rye and The Scarlet Letter.

Holden is obnoxious and unlikeable. Yes, he's a teenager, but there are loads of books with teenaged main characters on journeys about discovering life where they aren't totally gormless. He just wanders around, making poor decisions and being generally abusive, especially towards women (yes, in fairness, he is also the victim at times). The plot is just not there for me. I don't know. Maybe I just don't get Salinger's point, because I certainly don't see one.

The Scarlet Letter is just boring and sanctimonious. I get the message, but I have problems with how Hawthorne is trying to convey it. Yes, part of the problem is I'm reading a very old book in the modern era, but still. I don't see why school children are continually subjected to that dreary thing.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[(Anonymous)]

This probably doesn't count as a literary classic but I had to read it for school so...

Dune. I fucking hate religious bullshit in my sci-fi.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[type_wild]

Effi Briest has got to have the most effed up pacing in the history of ever, and TBH I don't get why it's even considered a classic in the first place. Kinda suspect German literature might've been somewhat of a vaacum between romanticism and (what corresponds to) modernism, and Effi Briest is just somehow the best that's around to represent the period or whatever.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[feotakahari]

I’ve already spilled volumes of ink over my hate for Nathaniel Hawthorne, so I’ll try something different this time. A Separate Peace completely failed to grab my attention. I got the impression the book was written by and for a specific generation of Americans who grew up during World War II, and I couldn’t relate to the main character’s mindset and experiences.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[(Anonymous)]

I had to read L’Étranger and take an oral exam on it as part of some advanced IB French requirement, and I HATED the book and its main character. I utterly sucked at French (it's a miracle I even passed the advance level at all) so having to read a book I found so unlikable made dealing with the language that much harder. If he were a real person, I guess the main character might be clinically depressed, or something, but as a fictional character I wanted to beat him over the head. I don't have a lot of patience for that kind of emotionally detached, life is meaningless, the universe is indifferent, it's absurd to even bother with anything attitude. Yes, the universe is indifferent. Get over it and find something constructive to do with your time.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[(Anonymous)]

Great Expectations.

It's frustrating, because there's a good story buried in there under a pile of Dickensian padding. Also, we're stuck in the POV of the least interesting and least likeable character. I always got the feeling that there was a better novel happening off-screen.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't get anything more out of actually reading the entirety of The Lord of the Flies or Animal Farm than I did from reading the summaries. I hate allegorical novels.

We get it. You have a point. Beat that metaphor like an actual dead horse.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[mrs_don_draper]

I enjoyed the chapters about Grapes of Wrath that focused on the family more than the chapters that were allegories for how the government/capitalism was destroying the middle and lower classes. I did enjoy the book over all, though.

I really disliked Mrs. Dalloway for the same reason the Anon didn't like To the Lighthouse. I couldn't seem to follow her thoughts at all, which made my quizzes on each chapter difficult. I'm not much of a Virginia Woolf fan.

I read most of Scarlet Letter, but the ending kind of lost my interest. I remember my teacher saying it was "scandalous" because she had sex outside of her marriage, and I was disappointed that there was no sex in the book other than that she had a magical daughter.

I liked Handmaid's Tale A LOT, but it left a lot to be desired in back-story. How did they end up that way? Beyond just "everyone in Congress was killed," I mean. And what was going on in the rest of the world? In all American-centric dystopias, I always assume the rest of the world is perfectly fine and going about a normal day since America is always super fucked up in general. But I'd still like to see that in the book!

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[sparrow_lately]

I’m so sorry, everyone, but I just can’t get into Moby-Dick.

Oh, and A Seperate Peace is just bad.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[fishnchips]

Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther". A whole book in letter format about a guy whining about his unfortunate love life until he kills himself. Ugh. No.

Re: Tell us that one literary classic novel you hate...

[(Anonymous)]

I can't stand Jane Eyre. I find Jane kind of boring and Rochester is a jerk and that section with missionaries goes on forever.

Books Introduced in School That You Liked

[(Anonymous)]

For contrast

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, so, for someone who just got caught up with Star Trek Discovery and liked what I've seen of TOS (my sister is a huge fan of it, so I've sort of half-watched most of the episodes with her), is Deep Space 9 worth watching?

I accidentally watched a couple random episodes the other day (there was a marathon), and... tbh, they were pretty cute. Super corny, and I didn't know who most of the characters/races were so I had no idea what was going on half the time, but it was also just endearing enough to not turn the channel.

But I mean, seven seasons is kind of a lot & I've honestly got no idea if it's worth it, partially because I'm definitely not interested in watching the Next Generation to fill in any blanks in the canon (since I know they at least share some characters?). So, basically, is it one of the "good" Star Treks, or?

Us Republicans continue to prove they are as evil as movie villains

[(Anonymous)]

With the Senate passing a horrible tax bill.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42205181

Books That Should Be Taught But Aren't

[(Anonymous)]

Either because of literary value, you love them, or you wouldn't have heard of them elsewise.

Bakers/cooks of FS, what is your specialty dish?

[(Anonymous)]

What do you make when you want to impress other people or to bring to a party?

So, Russia monopoly oils, and China monopoly currency.....

[(Anonymous)]

That's great alignment, providing they're neighbor.....