[ SECRET POST #4435 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4435 ⌋

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

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[The Umbrella Academy, Cha-Cha and Hazel]


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[Death Mark]


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[Casey Affleck]












Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 28 secrets from Secret Submission Post #635.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - 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.

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Inspired by 7 - celebrities you wish weren't jerks

[(Anonymous)]

And for bonus points, what would you change about them?

Re: Inspired by 7 - celebrities you wish weren't jerks

[(Anonymous)]

Viggo Mortensen.

Re: Inspired by 7 - celebrities you wish weren't jerks

[philstar22]

Everyone who signed that petition about Polanski. Also anyone who supports Woody Allan.

Re: Inspired by 7 - celebrities you wish weren't jerks

[(Anonymous)]

I can't think of anyone specific I'm a fan of whom I know needs some de-jerkification, so I'll just say anyone who has raped, assaulted, or molested someone... I'd change it so they hadn't hurt anyone. Not because I care about those celebrities anymore for their own sake, mind you.

Re: Inspired by 7 - celebrities you wish weren't jerks

[(Anonymous)]

Chris Pratt. I miss when he seemed to just be a doofy guy with a reasonable sense of humility, rather than the pompous arrogant asshole he's become.

What I'd change? I'd take his salary down a few notches and I'd shut down his absolute garbage mega-church, though I'm not sure that doing that wouldn't just make him more zealous. Get it through to him that Jesus would be horrified and saddened by the beliefs of the company he keeps, I guess?

Re: Inspired by 7 - celebrities you wish weren't jerks

[(Anonymous)]

I'm to the point that I don't want to know what an actor (writer, musician, etc.) is like in real life because I want to know that they're a jerk.

Re: Inspired by 7 - celebrities you wish weren't jerks

[(Anonymous)]

Vic Mignogna.
I'd suppose we'd have to get rid of some groping tendencies, religious zealotry, and occasional alcoholism.
Did I leave anything out?

Tells of a writer previously writing fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

know the signs

Re: Tells of a writer previously writing fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

They thank their betas in the foreword?

Re: Tells of a writer previously writing fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

They'll put a little paragraph before the story: "This novel contains sexual themes, including [relationship configuration], [specific kinks], and moments of [whatever else might be relevant]."

And a lot of emphasis on recuperation after trauma, instead of just, "Next chapter they're fine."

Or at least, those are things that make me *think* they have a background in fanfic.

Re: Tells of a writer previously writing fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

The afterword requests feedback?

I think just realizing you've read this story before, except only now the "serial numbers have been filed off."

Re: Tells of a writer previously writing fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

I assume that 98% of female writers of m/m romance came there from fandom. Gay romance, exotic setting, gratuitous sex, woman's name on the cover? Probably started out writing fanfic.

Re: Tells of a writer previously writing fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

When you can 100% suss out what fanfic the story actually is, just with the serial numbers filed off. I can't think of the name anymore, but there was a whole series that was without a doubt AU Zack/Cloud fanfic, hahaha. (It was decent. It was just... definitely fanfic.)

Re: Tells of a writer previously writing fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

Some writer had a viral thread on Twitter today, and their website includes "fanfiction-style tags" for all their books. So that one was kind of a tipoff.

Re: Tells of a writer previously writing fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

Shallow characterization and even worse world building. Weak plots that focus on a relationship almost exclusively, cutesy dialog and an over reliance on snappy one-liners, pointless angst due to really silly misunderstandings that could be cleared up by 5 minutes of straightforward conversation.

What is that one thing you did that still keeps you up at night?

[(Anonymous)]

REGRETSSSSS

Re: What is that one thing you did that still keeps you up at night?

[(Anonymous)]

Blew a 4-year scholarship freshman year

Re: What is that one thing you did that still keeps you up at night?

[bur]

That full ride to pharm school I didn’t take.

Re: What is that one thing you did that still keeps you up at night?

[(Anonymous)]

Being born with depression and anxiety

Favorite TV Judge?

[philstar22]

Who is your favorite tv judge?

Mine is Judge Rinder because he combines a great understanding of the law (British law anyway) with compassion, honesty, humor, and just general wisdom.

Based on a couple of these secrets....

[(Anonymous)]

What are your favorite kinks or explicit sex tropes?

Red Candles game 'Devotion' pulled from Steam

[(Anonymous)]

For those who haven't heard, Taiwanese game dev Red Candles recently released this little psychological horror called Devotion. There was a graphic in the game making fun of Xi Jinping - they got negative review bombed from Chinese reviewers and removed from Chinese Steam a couple days ago. Now they're pulled from Steam completely.

I bought it yesterday and was going to finish it tonight. I'm just. Enraged. They're saying it's because of technical issues and apologizing for the "sensitive art material issue" but it's just censorship.

https://www.pcgamer.com/taiwanese-horror-game-devotion-has-been-removed-from-steam/

Music you're listening to

[(Anonymous)]

share 'em

Comments on LJ -

[tabaqui]

behaving really weirdly. I can't *see* them. I just see a page with '7 comments' or whatever, and then if you click on that, all i see is the post and a place for me to comment.

Anyone else having that issue?