[ SECRET POST #4467

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⌈ Secret Post #4467 ⌋

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

01.
[Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (Amazon)]



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02.
[Zeal & Ardor]


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03.
[The Umbrella Academy, The Haunting of Hill House]


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04.
[Abu from Aladdin]


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05.
[The Umbrella Academy]


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06.
[Vanya Hargreeves, The Umbrella Academy]


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07.
[The Breakfast Club, Note from OP: that one scene where Allison draws a picture on black paper and then shakes dandruff "snow" all over it]


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08.
[American Gods, season 2]


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09.
[The Enemy Within, Kate Ryan/Erica Shepherd]











Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 60 secrets from Secret Submission Post #640.
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

[(Anonymous)]

What did the Haunting of Hill House guy do??

[(Anonymous)]

I'm trying to remember that too.

[(Anonymous)]

I was trying to recall, too. I remember his siblings were angry at him for writing the book about their childhood because they felt it was exploitative. They're even angrier because Steven is a skeptic, so he doesn't even believe any of that stuff so he thinks the family's issues with the house stem from mental health problems.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, that is the only thing I can think of. If I was going to pick a bad sibling in that show, it would be Shirley. She is such a damn hypocrite.

[sparklywalls]

As others have said it was his book based on their experiences. It was a bit like he never really tried to understand their trauma because he never saw anything in the house, or so he thought (it turned out he did, and their dad Hugh shielded him from a lot on the last night in the house. And again when they return in the present time line.)

I get the anger about his book but for me Hugh seemed to put a lot of different responsibilities on the two older kids in particular and that entire last night is gonna mess anyone up. Plus everyone who is angry seems to forget Theo (iirc?) actually did take the money from the book sales. That family spent a lot of time hurting and not understanding one another.

I don't hate any of the Hill kids tbh. I have my favourites but for me the whole point of the show was how differently they processed what happened and trying to finally rebuild long after the fact.

EDIT: Ok a comment below reminded me Steve lied to his wife about his fertility (he'd secretly had the snip) for years, which was pretty shitty and I struggle to hand wave that one with "well the house fucked him up."

[(Anonymous)]

The EDIT: has nothing to do with his bearing as a sibling though.

Didn't he repeatedly say that the other siblings should go to therapy? I mean, what more can he do than that?

[sparklywalls]

Eh I kinda added that as a defensive measure in case anyone came at me with it. Steve is probably my least favourite but I appreciate he was affected by everything just as much even if he didn't realise it.

Like the secret says, he made shitty decisions and there's no denying that. But the Hill kids have a complicated dynamic and he was navigating that just as much as the rest of them.

[(Anonymous)]

All the siblings benefited from Steve's book sales! Theo took it openly and gave him shit for it, to pay for her PhD. Shirley's husband took it to keep the funeral home financially afloat. He paid for Luke's rehab after Shirley couldn't do it anymore. And he had to have paid for Nell's wedding/apartment, because there's no way she and her husband could have afforded a place bigger than a shoebox in LA on a sleep counselor's salary.

Theo is the only one who took it and then gave him shit for it, though, because Theo is the worst.