[ SECRET POST #4397 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4397 ⌋

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

01.
[She-Ra: The Princesses of Power]



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03.
[Mystic Messenger]


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04. [SPOILERS for Steven Universe episode "Escapism"]



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05. [WARNING for discussion of abuse]

[Utawarerumono]


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06. [WARNING for discussion of animal abuse]



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07. [WARNING for discussion of rape]



















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #629.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Controversial Opinions / Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I think "Don't criticize something if you can't do it better yourself" is a fair request if the person criticizing is actually in the position to try and do it better. The main example I'm thinking of is writers who criticize other writers, especially amateur writers criticizing professionals. Most of the time what they write is not any better than what they criticize, but clearly they think that it is. JK Rowling and George RR Martin are better writers than Random Fanfic Author #12398120398 who writes long hot takes on Tumblr about how those authors are problematic/talentless hacks.

Re: Controversial Opinions / Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think that's fair - amateur writers don't have professional editors, publishers, etc. That's like asking film students criticizing a film to make their own movie, if they don't like it. Or an amateur model criticizing a pro's photo to shoot their own if they don't like it, without a camera crew and professional photo editor.

On the other hand, if they criticize something, I think they open themselves up to crit of their own work and are now fair game for criticizing regarding their work in the same area. They don't get to claim "you can't criticize MY work, I'm not a professional" after the fact. If an amateur can critize pros, then surely amateurs can criticize amateurs too.

Re: Controversial Opinions / Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I dunno, I wouldn’t criticize, say, another cosplayer for doing a shitty job unless they were tearing other cosplayers’ work down, and maybe not even then, but damn is it frustrating when actual professional costumers, with money and time and well-honed skillsets, fuck up in obvious ways. Like, no, I probably can’t do better, I’m an amateur and my fine motor skills kind of suck. That’s why I’m not getting paid to draft patterns or sew or fabricate props or whatever. I still wouldn’t go up to them and say “hey, your work sucks,” but I might rant here in the GC or something.

Re: Controversial Opinions / Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I like you, anon. And I have in fact seen cosplayers who sit on social media tearing down others while their raw unhemmed fabric is showing in their vaunted profile photos. In that case it's frequently narcissism and entitlement coupled with insecurity about their own work - either they really do think they're better, or they know the other person is better and their only defense is to get defensive and shitty instead of learning from them.

Really though, at some point, when you're either studying to do a thing or have trained to do the thing, and do the thing on at least an amateur level, you have more knowledge than someone who has never even entertained ideas of the thing, so you're prepared to notice when someone fucks up. Be it cosplay, writing, film, cooking, or...idk motorcycle racing. I think it's fine to question someone who has either been held up by the court of public opinion as an expert or held themselves up, if you have enough knowledge of the topic to say "that's not the best thing ever."