[ SECRET POST #4043 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4043 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 37 secrets from Secret Submission Post #579.
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Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

01. https://i.imgur.com/AFklqAh.jpg

[sparrow_lately]

is the secret image a reference to Misfits?

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP, but I thought that too before I even read the secret. But then it didn't make sense. Child soldiers?

[(Anonymous)]

That's exactly what I thought, too, but then I read the secret and now I have no idea.

Ah, Misfits, how you excelled at filming in seemingly public city-spots without using any background.

[(Anonymous)]

What is fridge horror? (Besides my fridge if I don't notice when something goes bad and it's hiding behind something and starts to turn black and smell like a dead body?)

[(Anonymous)]

When I Googled it, this was the first result:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeHorror

[(Anonymous)]

Ah. Thank you. :)

a different anonymouse

[(Anonymous)]

I was confused too!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, agreed. I look back (from the lofty heights of 28) on 15-year-old me thinking that 18 was totally adult enough for superpowers and the fate of the world; or, better yet, 12-year-old me thinking the same of 15! Yikes.
And the enthusiasm of some of those wise mentors for sending actual minors off to find the great evil ravaging the land with nothing more than a magic sword and some advice which, I suspect, they cribbed from a fortune cookie... double yikes.

[(Anonymous)]

Same, but I'm an X-Men fan, so I know that it fucks them up and that's part of the attraction.

[(Anonymous)]

I think part of the appeal is that teenagers are trying to figure out their life and themselves so when you pair those things with someone who's also learning to fight crime and all that jazz, it can make for a really interesting character. That's not to say those things can't be true for adults as well, but I think we associate them with teenagers even more, if that makes sense?

[(Anonymous)]

There's a great tumblr post about reflecting on your favorite children's/YA works and being all SHIT THEY'RE ALL TRAUMATIZED.

[maximumhusky]

Can I have some examples of what stories this secret is referring to? Somebody mentioned X-Men, but I never really paid attention to any of the other mutants beyond the main cast like Cyclops, Beast, Storm, etc., which doesn't really feel like it meets the child soldiers bit.

Maybe Sailor Moon? JRPGs that usually have teen characters? OP, pls halp.

[soldatsasha]

Oh god, just about every piece of media ever, honestly.

Most anime and JRPGs, of course. Plenty of WRPGs (Even if the MC isn't young, they almost always have bg NPCs who'd fit). Lots of superheroes/sidekicks (Spiderman, comics Kid!Loki, Young Avengers, etc.). Ender's Game. ASOIAF. Most YA lit (Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, etc.). Plenty of TV shows and cartoons (Buffy, Walking Dead, AtLA, etc.)

Plus a lot of times this is the origin story for a now-adult character.

[cloudtrader]

I'm not the secret maker, but my mind immediately went to anime like Naruto. It's probably not that one, because the child soldiers thing is not disguised and ninja does not equal superhero, but yeah.

Maybe a better example would be Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

[(Anonymous)]

tbh that's a trope that actually makes a ton of sense to me because it explains just how and why they're qualified to be heroes/superheroes in the first place. It makes it easier to suspend disbelief if we're told that this teenager who has incredibly mature judgment and physical abilities has actually been fighting on battlefields since they were a little kid because at least then it makes some modicum of sense and there's an in-universe explanation for why they're capable of things that ordinary teenagers aren't.

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, I immediately thought "a Voltron secret." You're right, OP, there are a lot of examples! Such a weird, creepy trope when you drill down. :o