[ SECRET POST #4127 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4127 ⌋

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

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[Harry Anderson]


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03.
[Altered Carbon]


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[Ni no Kuni II]


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05.
[In Search of the Castaways]


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(Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries)


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[Teen Titans animated series]


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[Courtney Love/Kurt Cobain]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 41 secrets from Secret Submission Post #591.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

You should still write it. Hey, you might get a book out of it.

[(Anonymous)]

I was going to suggest this, but it could be a possible legal snafu.

[(Anonymous)]

Can't see how. It's original content.

[(Anonymous)]

Depends on how much of the original content was OP's. If said friend shows up and claims that certain characters, worlds, were their making, it could get complicated.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Never give up! And remember that it isn't an entirely lonely fandom, you have characters out of it, and stories and possibilities-- yes, perhaps the only other person in that fandom deserted it, but you can still water it and make it into your own secret garden

[(Anonymous)]

Write... original fiction based on it?

[silverr]

I also came here to suggest this.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, this! Get to it, OP, you could have a best seller or two in you!!!

[(Anonymous)]

People seem to think this is the obvious solution... but it's not?

Writing original fiction can be pretty hard even if you RP a lot. It's work. What's entertaining as RP with a friend often doesn't work as a stand-alone story, which is one reason why so many fanfics that are based on RP suck ass.

It's also not social in the same way. I write more original fiction now, but I used to RP more. I miss the RP; the original fiction's not a replacement because I'm doing it alone.

[(Anonymous)]

This reminds me of the movie Heavenly Creatures, but hopefully without the murder. I also vote for writing original fiction and seeing if you can create your own fandom?

[(Anonymous)]

this happened to me twice already and it's so, so painful. I'm sorry, OP. I could tell you to go on and write for it still, and maybe you will, but I never did. it's like part of me died with those worlds and characters. it's such a devastating, lonely thing to happen.

[(Anonymous)]

I know how you feel. I have this secret OTP that is mine and mine alone - there is no fic and no kind of fandom presence. I worship them totally and write fic just for my own benefit, but it pains me that I have no-one to share it with. I'm too shy to post it because it's RPF and one of the people involved is quite active on social media, so that unnerves me. But they're just so ooohh and special & I wish I could squee with someone.

But writing fic for yourself is still very satisfying. I promise.

[(Anonymous)]

I have an OTP that's very similar and it makes me sad not being able to share it with anyone. Maybe I should just write fic for myself.

OP of comment

[(Anonymous)]

*hugs* I have every sympathy. You know, it's weird - 10 years ago I wouldn't have batted an eyelid about sharing my ship with the world but I feel like things have almost gone backwards - there's no real community for tiny non-existent fandoms anymore and I feel even more hostility towards RPF shippers with all the weird tinhatting nonsense these days.

I certainly am sad to feel so alone but I think it's done wonders for my writing not worrying what other ppl think and made me realise the most important thing of all - that *I* have to enjoy reading my own fic. Sometimes I just sit at work reading my own fic as if it's something I've just found and when you sit there, enjoying your own work as a reader, it's a very satisfying thing. So every cloud has a silver lining. I've learned to love my writing for the first time ever really.

Still though, ppl don't know what they're missing with my OTP. The sexual chemistry drives me crazy off the chart lol.

[(Anonymous)]

Kinda makes me think of an RP two of my friends from my fandom days were doing. I don't think anything came of it, but they had a whole world. I think the plan originally was to have it get published as an actual book series. I wonder now if either of them misses it.

(I really wish they had published it. It was good.)

[(Anonymous)]

I feel you, OP. I had a similar thing happen with one of my friends. We spent all our middle school and high school years invested in these characters we had created and would write round robins, but in our case, I was the one who dropped it. Not because I lost interest, but because I got so busy with college and work that I couldn't find the time to write with her and we eventually lost touch. I reached out to her about a year ago to see if she wanted to continue our stories, but she never replied back. I really wish I'd been able to make time back then.

[(Anonymous)]

OP, I'm doing the same with a friend right now. We have a whole universe together and have written hundreds or thousands of words about the OCs we created. We steal footage of our faceclaims to make art, gifs, graphics, aesthetics, fanvideos, that nobody else will ever see and we don't care because we enjoy ourselves so much. We've even built a wiki after we started losing track after years of building. Then in January this year, the spark just... went out. I don't want to lose these characters but I feel like I am and that's such a sad thing.

[(Anonymous)]

OP, I'm so sorry you're going through that. It sucks. I don't know what it feels like to have someone ditch you with original worlds like that, but I had a friend drop me like a hot potato after years of RPing my OTP (which was hers for a while too, until it wasn't... which I think was the beginning of the end). It was hard for me to accept that her interests had shifted.

But I did eventually get over it and move on to something else. That wasn't something I could force myself to do, and it didn't happen the way I expected it to. I'd say if it still gives you more satisfaction than pain, keep writing it for yourself, and like others have said, maybe it can lead you somewhere good.

[(Anonymous)]

The same situation happened to me, OP. Your characters should meet my characters.

[tabaqui]

Ah, jeez.
My BFF and i do this. We have our own world, our own boys, we have written them for *years*....

I shared this with her.
We were both like 'we have to die at the same time'.

No, not making a suicide pact.

That truly sucks, OP. I do agree with other anons - go ahead and write it as original fic and publish, or even just post online. It might make you feel better.

[sweptawaybayou]

Literally. Years.

and it has been the best years evah.

<3

[tabaqui]

*smishes*

[(Anonymous)]

Wow. I didn't realize so many other people did this. I used to RP entire universes based on one fandom with a fanfic writer friend too. We both lost interest around the same time, but we were the same age/graduating college/other real life things happening at roughly the same time.

I still have the stories, and I still read them sometimes.

I also recommend trying to turn it into an original novel, if you can. Others will probably enjoy your worlds too!

[(Anonymous)]

Same here :( The exact same.