[ SECRET POST #4133 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4133 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 45 secrets from Secret Submission Post #592.
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.

Comments

Questions/Advice

[(Anonymous)]

Have a question? Need advice?

Post it here and hopefully someone will respond.

For Self Insert/Drawerfic Writers/Readers

[(Anonymous)]

When you write a self insert, do you tend write these types of fic in first person, third person, or second person? Why? Is it merely stylistic? Or does it help in your enjoyment?

What has been your favorite self insert to write? And was it just fun or cathartic, as a secret from a day or two ago stated?

Thanks!

Re: For Self Insert/Drawerfic Writers/Readers

[(Anonymous)]

As a reader: I prefer reading self-inserts set in the 3rd person, it feels a little... like, when it's in first person, it's more immediate but it's also less comparable to me, so it's actually easier for me to get into the story if it's in third person.

Re: For Self Insert/Drawerfic Writers/Readers

[(Anonymous)]

when it's drawerfic idgaf I just write what feels right at the time. tbh as I've aged I've found it harder to write in first person because even though it's drawerfic I'm still embarrassed about myself.

but the one time I actually posted a self-insert - a fic that, 18 years later, I still get people emailing me about asking me to repost it on AO3 - I wrote in first because the "me" in the story was so bsae-level everyperson that other fans could self-insert themselves as "me" and get the same experience as if they had written it for themselves. my self-insert was an anti-Mary Sue and rarely spoke of real life experiences that were unique to me as an individual, so I think that helped it take off in popularity.

Re: For Self Insert/Drawerfic Writers/Readers

[(Anonymous)]

Please, just don’t. Self inserts are the scourge of fandom.

Re: For Self Insert/Drawerfic Writers/Readers

[(Anonymous)]

All my drawerfic is third person, with an OC as the self insert. I hate first person, only like second person in limited applications, and hate the new trend of having a literal blank or "your name here" for the name in self inserts.

Re: Questions/Advice

[(Anonymous)]

I met a few times in fanfics the idea that men kiss more aggressively and women kiss more gently. Is there any truth to this or is it just silly generalization?

I don't do the whole exchange of bodily fluids thing, so I don't have any experience in this subject.

Re: Questions/Advice

[(Anonymous)]

Oh yeah, I've run into that in slash fic where a guy kisses another guy for the first time. Not a fan of the cliche, and I usually backbutton.

In my experience as a bisexual, all people of all genders kiss a little differently.

Re: Questions/Advice

[(Anonymous)]

I always figured this was the case, but since yesterday some said you can apparently tell whether someone's male or female based on their writing, I thought I'd ask. It wouldn't be nice to find out that I'd been silently judging other people's writing and they turned out to be right all along.

Re: Questions/Advice

[(Anonymous)]

For a long time I identified as a lesbian, because I am in fact singularly attracted to women, but after years of soul-searching and hard looks in the mirror, I've come out as a trans man and live full-time as a man.

My problem stems from the fact that I'm genuinely uncomfortable describing myself as straight, even though that technically is the case. I'm a man attracted only to women, that's pretty much the definition right there. But it still feels like lying. What gives with all this? Anyone else experiencing anything similar that might be able to talk me through some of it? :/

Re: Questions/Advice

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not very educated on trans issues, but isn't "queer" used frequently among trans men and women for this reason?