[ SECRET POST #4481 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4481 ⌋

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

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02.
[The Hobbit]


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03.
[Tim Burton's Dumbo]


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04.
[Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born]


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05.
[Giles Coren, writer and TV presenter]


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06.
[The Dragon Prince]


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07.
[Quicksand on Netflix]

















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 43 secrets from Secret Submission Post #642.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - 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.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I’m weirded out by this attitude, because I feel like reuploading someone’s pulled work is disrespectful, but reading a downloaded work is like rereading a favorite book. Sometimes authors might hate their earlier work and wish it wasn’t out in the world, but if you’re that kind of author, I think maybe you shouldn’t publish stuff in the first place. But then, I’d be flattered someone liked my work, so long as they didn’t claim it was theirs or something.

[ayebydan]

I can grow though? I'm not the fanfic author I was at 14? My fic then contained messages I would be horrified to give now. I don't want those messages getting to anyone. I have a kind of platform if you will to be able to erase that the way published authors can't.

[(Anonymous)]

You can add notes to old works on AO3 explaining what you hate about your old works and then orphan them, though.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, mate, we get it - no one can read any of your work ever because omg, what if you grow and learn as a writer later and the thought that someone saw your earlier work causes you to spontaneously combust with mortification???

You on AO3 under the same name? I'll make a note.

[ayebydan]

Way to totally miss the point.

As it happens yes I am under the same name. And I am utterly mortified about some old works but there is a difference between thinking 'that is shit writing/plot/grammar' and 'urgh I don't like to send that message to others'.

But as others have mentioned the orphan option....it happens I don't trust that. I am not mortified about any of my work. I just feel responsible.

[(Anonymous)]

-nods in agreement in regards to Orphaning-

The Orphan option on AO3 isn't full-proof; I've tested it before and Googling copied text from the fic descriptions, even after being supposedly fully Orphaned, can reveal the original author's username sometimes.