[ SECRET POST #053 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #053 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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Notes:

- Posting early because I -can- :3
- Contest coming up very very very soon! [ I bet you're dying with anticipation! ♥ ]

Secrets Left to Post: 01 page, 036 secrets from Secret Submission Post #008.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 28th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: Here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[niwakaame.livejournal.com]

Dear #12, you ain't a lone, I love this series!

[niwakaame.livejournal.com]

We've got to spread the love!
Man, I adore it,it's bloody epic! I used to own the fanlisting till,uh, stuff hapapened
No,seriously,it's totally amazing. The art,the everything. Though I follow te french releases,and we're at volume 11 or something.
Is there even acomm for it? So glad to find other fans!

[niwakaame.livejournal.com]

ah -- I just checked and I'm actually on twelve. It's actually fairly popular here, I think! Well,our top popular series are something along hte lines of GTO, Fruits Basket, Naruto.
dsgklhgkfljghfghfhrfh shin-angyo onshi spazz mode ACTIVATE!

Consider yourself JOIN'D , shinangyo_onshi!
Say, since we're obviously both fans of this series, and you seem to like David Bowie a lot - and so do I! , may I friend?

[autophobia.livejournal.com]

6. Seriously agreeing with this one. ♥ I've had that problem for a long while, but, it's a thing you cope with. Probably will get worse when I get older, though. Ahaha.

7. Kino is my absolute goddess. She's my favorite female anime character of all time. Whoever posted this secret? THANK YOU for showing some light on this awesome series... even if you did sort of spoil the beginning portion. Heh.

[(Anonymous)]

7. I couldn't not do a secret about Kino. I want to date her! :D She's also my favourite female character of all time, and I think everyone needs to see the anime/read the books.

[grayout.livejournal.com]

You totally give yourself away with the spelling, you know that right. *DIES*

[(Anonymous)]

D: First off, how many people actually pay attention to something like that. Secondly... SO?? *dies*

[klytaemnestra.livejournal.com]

Kind of like how I justify everything. Lol.

Hey, I use British spelling for things as well.

[grayout.livejournal.com]

*dies* When I'm responding anonymously to stuff I always like try to disguise what I type eventhoughitusuallydoesn'twork'nmysecretsarelikeobviousanyway. But yeah!

[klytaemnestra.livejournal.com]

Well, see ... I kind of want people to know it's me especially if it's something particularly snide.

But yeah, your secrets are obvious as it is. I think mine are pretty obvious as well. At least to those who know me.

[4ti3k4t35.livejournal.com]

1. Roxas looks SO CUTE when he's happy!

11. OMG. I AM SO GOING TO DO THAT NOW.

[boooon.livejournal.com]

1. I'm so impartial to the pairing now. :\ But I'm honestly happy for them. But it doesn't matter in the long run, because LOL Roxas still leaves. Roxas/curiosity about keyblade, OTP?

3. YES.

8. I hope it's tasty delicious :\

13. Thank you for making the point about the Sector 7 thing. I mean god.

[boooon.livejournal.com]

And 6 didn't load at first but fuck yes do I agree :\

[fairyfey.livejournal.com]

5. I used to be able to do a perfect Naga laugh. XD Don't think I can anymore though.

6. I was trying to explain that a week ago to a good friend of mine. I'm pretty sure he still doesn't understand.

[snarky-kat.livejournal.com]

6. I'm there with you. People who've never taken online-life seriously just don't understand that some of us are capable of making lasting friendships without weekend trips to the mall. I find my internet friendships more real because the lack of face-to-face judgement brings people together who never would have had contact in the first place.


12. Oh gods yes this drives me insane. They were NOT comic relief in the original. They were the BAD GUYS. Freaking fangirls. I don't ship them, but the character degregation drives me up the wall.

[lostremnant.livejournal.com]

I think you mean 13? In any case they were a bit of comic relief in the original (remember Reno stepping on the flowers in Aerith's church after telling the other guys not to step on the flowers?) but the thing is they were not portrayed as bumbling clowns. It was painful to watch them in AC.

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[donkey.livejournal.com]

I MUST DO THIS.

[anigirl15.livejournal.com]

1. ... d'aww :3 *saves* (and I agree with you. Sorta. OK, I don't hate the pairing, but I don't like it either.)

7. Kino was the first female character I admitted to having a crush on. STFU I know she's like 12. She is just that amazing.

[(Anonymous)]

She's older than 12! She was 12 in the story about her origins, so she would have aged! Probably she's 14 or 15. Notthatthatmakesitanybetterbutwhatever!

[grayout.livejournal.com]

CRADLEROBBER

[(Anonymous)]

YEAH AND?

[grayout.livejournal.com]

THAT'S IT JUST SAYING

[levikitty.livejournal.com]

1. I agree. I hate that pairing more than any other pairing in this fandom, but I want to see those scenes. Now.

8. Looks like someone needs to buy one of those potions from Japan. XD

[lostremnant.livejournal.com]

6. People who don't have online friends simply don't understand people who do.

9. I don't talk to people irl about my fanfiction for the same reason I don't talk to them about my gaming. It's a world that they don't have a clue about and they think I'm weird enough already.

13. Oh lord yes. And AC has made it even worse by turning Reno and Rude into the Keystone cops. So if Reno isn't angsting and falling apart in a fic (usually because of his traumatic childhood in the slums), he's acting like a complete idiot. The guy LIKES being a Turk. He LIKES it. He's not going to angst about it. And he's good at killing people.

[klytaemnestra.livejournal.com]

1. Argh! That pairing.

3. Agreed. As a cosplayer I hate hearing the ass-kissing comments people leave Asian cosplayers as if they can do no wrong. It doesn't matter if the costume isn't accurate or if you can see black hair sticking out of their wig ... or better yet the character looks WHITE in the anime/manga/game but somehow an Asian person doing it is better than someone who actually looks like the character. And when someone shows me a picture of an Asian cosplayer doing a character I cosplay and I don't gush and proclaim my love for them and how I'm so inadequate in comparison they get pissy and say I'm jealous. No, I'm just tired of seeing ass-kissing of the Asians. My best friend is Korean. A few years ago in an anime con LJ community it somehow came out that she was Asian and someone replied back, 'Oh, you're Asian. THAT'S SO COOL!!!!!!!11One' Yeah. It's sad. While I find Asian people really insanely attractive, I'm happy being blonde. Asian people aren't some Elven race of great beauty and grace. They're people, like everyone else. x_x

9. A lot of people I know IRL know I cosplay. All of them thinks it's awesome.

13. Word.

[happy-cupcake.livejournal.com]

3. The funny part is, Japanese people would do the same to you.

[grayout.livejournal.com]

Atreylune: http://pics.livejournal.com/ljsecretpics/pic/0028r7z5
Atreylune: *DIESS* YOU'RE RIGHT THEY DO
Atreylune: >>"
gerudolahrali: *DIES*

i like this icon. shut up.

[infringe.livejournal.com]

1. I swear they did KH2: FM+ just to cater to all the AkuRoku fangirls. Or rather, they did KH2: FM+ AND KH2 just to please them fangirls. :')

6. Amen.

11. LOL.

13. Word to your motherland. :/

[sugarbunsah.livejournal.com]

4. I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

[insanepurin.livejournal.com]

5. YES. THAT WOULD BE THE GREATEST/SCARIEST THING EVER.

[sanje.livejournal.com]

7. What anime is that? I've seen her before.

[(Anonymous)]

Kino no Tabi! (Kino's Journey)

Best anime on earth!

I thought she was a boy, too. Until episode 4.

[larvayne]

1. Field day, field day~ Eh. I'm not so into it as I was a long time before, but it's still a nice pairing to like. ♥;;;;

3. Eh? They do that? .___. It's kinda funny, 'cause when I was young people around me would say "I hate being Asian" and "I want to live in America"... The grass is always greener on the other side, ne?

8. I think it would taste sweet. Maybe?

[hako-neko.livejournal.com]

1. It's sad that Fangirls can't admit that friends can be close like brothers and not have buttsex.

7. Well deserved recognition of this character. :3

[xreddestinyx.livejournal.com]

7. Kino! I love her. She's a darlin'. :3

8. Me, too! XD

[(Anonymous)]

10... okay, first off, we don't know each other and I can almost promise you I've never read any of your work, so don't wank too hard here. You acknowledge the people who don't like your work and say you don't plan to change, and that just makes you come across as every other whiny diva who excuses poor work by saying it's a style choice. Suck isn't a style and the lukewarm reviews are proof enough.

Whether or not you should change anything is up to you. But honestly, in this day and age where even gentle criticism is met with a screaming horde of defensive "GTFO HATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1" white knights, you managed to get people calling you out. Lots of them. It's safe to assume that you're bad at what you love. For whatever reason, your work is not enjoyable to read, and you should consider finding a community that will give you tips, resources, and honest criticism instead of mincing words for fear of bruising your ego. It hurts, but you will grow, and better stories will flow with equal amounts of effort to what you're putting in now.

If you care enough to write a secret about it, you care enough to improve. Stop being part of the ~98% of fanfiction writers who can't spin a story worth a damn.