[ SECRET POST #057 ]

[grayout.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #057 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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Notes:

Okay, so here we go. Just a little thing, but fun, plus you get stuff. :D And before anyone asks, don't worry, we don't want to know who has like the deepest, darkest secret or anything like that. The point of this is to boost fandomsecrets watchers/participation. We've tried to get word about the comm out there, but you know, we need your help. And so, a referral contest! How this works: 1. Grab people to join/watch/participate in the comm. Spam f-lists, post in comms that might be relevant, anything you can think of! New people submitting at least one secret is preferred, but hey, watchers are nice too! 2. Have them comment here with your lj username. They have to be logged in, but all comments are screened, so don't worry. 3. At the end of the month, March 31st, we'll count up how many people were referred by each person, and the top three get prizes. 1st picks first, 2nd picks second, 3rd gets whatever's left, it's pretty simple. :D Winners get a choice of: → $15 LJ gift certificate from benightedfate. (C'mon! Money!) → A choice of graphics/icon set/fan art by shahnichan. (She's good at it!) → Customized LJ layout/profile layout/anything requiring coding by grayout. Or fanfiction if you want, that works too. *dies* (This is pretty much the "Case gets to be your slave for a day" choice. I'm useful! I swear!) And that's it. Easy, right? Go! :D

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 060 secrets from Secret Submission Post #009.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Sunday, March 4th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: Here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[roaring.livejournal.com]

1. There's nothing wrong with being a Christian and liking yaoi/yuri/whatever. I mean, the belief that the bible says that homosexuals are all going to hell is a pretty recent thing anyway. I could give a long rant about this, actually, but I'll spare you.

It amuses/saddens me that everyone gets so uptight about the gays, when there's other "rules to be followed" in the same damn place that everyone constantly breaks but will supposedly go to hell for as well. I wouldn't be surprised if those are edited out of the bible now just to suit today's "beliefs" (more like wants).

Religion makes me angry sometimes.

[grayout.livejournal.com]

"Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales... Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to you." Leviticus 11:9,12. Scavengers (shrimp, oysters, etc.) collect the waste and toxins from the bottom of the sea. Birds which are scavengers are not to be eaten Leviticus 11:13-18.

SEAFOOD IS THE DEVILLLLLLL

[fairyfey.livejournal.com]

2. I think it's pretty bad now and yet... still strangely attached to it. >>

5. I kind of want to read the Snape/Giant Squid one now. *dies*

10. Agreed. XD

I'm totally not gonna win this contest, but I shall try anyway! :D

[the-beanmaster.livejournal.com]

2. HAHA, watching it now makes me think, "I actually watched this?" But I still like it because it makes me feel all warm and sentimental inside.

[rationalise.livejournal.com]

7. Apart from the obvious reasons, how come?

10. Ahaha, oh yes. There are some writers that can pull off euphemisms really, really well -- but the majority can't, and it's good for lulz. D:

[(Anonymous)]

7. Well, the reason I left is a long story, but the reason I left was BEFROE the fangirls destroyed it. I'll tell the full story if you don't mind walls of text

I was going to go back into it, really! Everyone I knew just LOVED it and rubbed in in my face how GOOD it was and made me just that much more bitter towards it. I was upset at first, but now I'm just glad to be out!

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[fandomfreak.livejournal.com]

What's that comic?

[vangirl]

Not the secret-maker, but I think she might be refering to anime where the shoujo-ai is canon (or I assume so since she has KNM, YamiBou and other such anime on the image.)

[klytaemnestra.livejournal.com]

1. Being Christian doesn't mean you can't like shounen-ai. I consider myself a Christian and well ... we know my take on yaoi, and porn and well sex in general.

7. I don't blame you. I was never really in fandom, but I kind of liked the first game.

8. Ehm ... wut? Coming from someone who all but started the HojoxVincent following, what's so bad about it? I've never read it but whatever.

10. Years ago, my best friend and I read something concerning 'Harry's 12 inch wand' and then proceeded to wonder where the hell that 12 inch wand was going while holding a ruler up only to realize it was a 10 inch ruler. Good times.

[(Anonymous)]

While I mean to ask the same question about what's so bad about it, are you saying you started the Hojo x Vincent fan following and we all couldn't have thought of it ourselves? (NOT sniping at you, just asking you to be careful on how you word things.)

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[ex-discover.livejournal.com]

You are so, so one of the lucky ones.

[jboogie.livejournal.com]

7. So, idle question.

Have you ever met this artist before? Or know the reason behind the comic? Because it makes me wonder how you could described her with the words you used. 'Sucks ass'? 'Sick freak'? If I had a nickel for the number of times somebody's run their mouth out of their ass without realizing what's really going on I'd be a damned millionaire.

Not liking something is cool. Harshing on somebody to somehow make yourself look bigger and better isn't. Respect is earned and respect is given. And right now you don't have much of it from me. But, you probably won't listen. Still I hope you learn even a little bit from this.

[jboogie.livejournal.com]

That was for 8, not 7.

[hako-neko.livejournal.com]

3. Most GL/yuri pairings are dull and forced. I have yet to see one that was actually interesting... although I pretty much feel the same way about BL/yaoi. XD;

8. Yes, as far as I've been told, Y!Gallery is made up of complete artards.

[longlongwaytogo.livejournal.com]

try some britcoms or aussie comedic duos. most of that is practically canon.

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

8) .... I don't care who you are, but if you have a problem with my comic, then say it to my face. Nobody's forcing you to read it. If you don't like it, then, y'know, there's a little thing on your browser called the 'back' button? Or, and here's a novel thought, you can just not click on the image! Normally I wouldn't give a damn, but this project is my baby and the one thing I put my heart and soul into. And if you have a personal beef with ME, then say so instead of trying to stir up drama.

[shahni.livejournal.com]

Of course they're not going to think of that, LT! They -want- the drama. Though what I find amusing is that this sounds more of an attack on you than on the comic.

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[databomb.livejournal.com]

5. I'm sorry, but, really, all I see is "SLASH SnapeGiant Squid."

First off, how do you know the squid's a male? What if it's a female?

Second... isn't that bestiality, not slash?

9. How damn, yep, some of the characters in the second season look pretty cute. Though it looks like fun. :3

[chaoticchicken.livejournal.com]

7. Everyone bitches about it. Christ. It's not that bad.

You know, it's pretty sad to let other people make you give up something you like.

[angels-inflight.livejournal.com]

*too lazy to log out*

They're not man enough to handle the KH fandom >:[ *bricked*

Besides, the KH fandom is hardly the worst one out there. I still think the FF7 fandom is the Anti-Christ of all fandoms.

[lightpipe.livejournal.com]

I THINK I KNOW WHO 1 IS :0

[queenie-z.livejournal.com]

Before you start, it's not me, Thea. Srry. :S

[infringe.livejournal.com]

8. ... lmaowut. Go get your eyes checked. ♥

Also-- Do I really need to win that contest to get you to be my slave for a day, Case? D: Can't I just ask.

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[held.livejournal.com]

[levikitty.livejournal.com]

4. I know someone who has done it. She changed the names, but it was obvious who the characters were based on. In fact, she even showed it to the two boys in question and told them straight out that it was based off them.

[longlongwaytogo.livejournal.com]

I know a guy who is *encouraging* us to slash him with random male celebrities/musicians/characters. He finds slash hilarious. And we're probably not going to be brave enough to do it.

[kurachu.livejournal.com]

8. LOL DRAMA!!! Hey, you proved it. y!gallery is full of retards. Know why? CAUSE YOU'RE THERE. Honestly, who said you HAD to read that? Maybe YOU should gtfo.

So, I'll give you this: GTFO.

I apologize, I don't have the patience for human stupidity anymore. :[

[niena.livejournal.com]

6. Being thin doesn't prove someone is prettier than someone overweight. I have a couple overweight friends who I feel are prettier than I'll ever be and can cosplay their characters better than I can. In fact, many thin people fail at some cosplay. (Rail thin Tifas, emaciated Sailor Scouts, stick!Orihimes...)

Many times, a heftier body type can actually give someone an advantage with cosplay.

[(Anonymous)]

Being too thin is also a problem but that isn't directly linked to my cosplays and therefore not a secret. If you don't have the body type and the general 'look' to be cosplaying a certain character then you should move a long and find someone else to cosplay no matter how much you like the character. I wouldn't cosplay someone who was insanely tall or looked like a twelve year old girl.

I think too many people fail to get the point of this place. It's not this general debate on whether or not fat people should cosplay. In my personal experience I do cosplay a lot of characters usually done poorly by overweight unattractive girls and as I said in the secret my friends say that people will start thinking I do it on purpose because of this continuing trend, when honestly it's just the fact that I like the characters and know I can cosplay them very well. And yes, by default I'm usually considered better because I'm considered 'pretty' in most generalized terms because I don't have a 54 inch waist to go with the double Ds. I'm small, I'm curvy, I pull it off better. This wasn't a secret that overweight people shouldn't cosplay, but ... in my experience I don't do it purposely, but I do still know I'm doing it 'better' by default.

I loathe stick thin cosplay of characters. Or people too tall for characters. Body type, height, look should all be considered ... but again that has NOTHING to do with the secret. Kthx.

[rune-chibi.livejournal.com]

8) Face, meet palm. How sad and bitter do you have to be to criticize somebody's work? Who are you to say, that she can't draw? What gives you the background to say so? Come on, show me YOUR art, and just how pretty you can draw. Don't like it? Than don't look at it. Don't like somebody's style? Create a better one.
Drama queens and attention whores are so annoying. Crawl somewhere and rot in silence, please.

8; LAZY TO LOG OUT - RIXIS

[scarcitty.livejournal.com]

.. Not all of Y!Gal's full of retards, y'know. Yeah.

[shinzuku.livejournal.com]

10. The best one I've found was on purpose.

As his thick wand of man-flesh throbbed with primordial magic, dispelling the barrier and giving him entrance into her chamber of secrets, Orsino gazed lovingly into Bathilda's eyes, which were limpid pools of darkness; a single, solitary tear trickled glistening down her porcelain cheek, and he tenderly kissed it away with velvet lips.

http://community.livejournal.com/rt_challenge/309418.html

[orbitaldiamonds.livejournal.com]

#4: I did this in my mind throughout my entire senior year with... not two friends, but two guys whom I'd had crushes on since junior high. Then I came out to myself as bisexual and got an actual boyfriend (the two are unrelated) and began to see those two guys were better for each other than they were for me, not that they'll ever realize it.