[ SECRET POST #4503 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #4503 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Sorry for the slightly erratic schedule, should be back to normal by Friday.

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 41 secrets from Secret Submission Post #645.
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

[fscom]

Official advertise your fandom-related event thread.

RULES FOR THIS:
1. NO images bigger than 600x600 in either direction (banners, et cetera).
2. ONE POST PER USER under this thread.
3. What IS allowed: roleplay advertisements, fandom comms, fandom events, things like that.
4. What is NOT allowed: anything for profit, any kind of fic/art commissions, seeking 1-on-1 RP, that kind of thing.

[fscom]

Official clickables thread.

RULES FOR THIS:
1. NO huge images or columns of images that require scrolling, please.
2. ONE POST PER USER under in this thread.
3. If you're going to post, try to at least help the others.

[fscom]

General comments:

(If the thread contains spoilery/triggery content please warn/post as 2nd comment so it collapses!
Please collapse images, too!)

[fscom]

Games thread!

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, "Nerd Culture" definitely wasn't a business before. All those nerd movies/games/shows were made for free and without merchandise.

[morieris]

I'm 80% on the way to agreement, I just don't know what cottage marketing means in this context.

[(Anonymous)]

What is cottage marketing? Is it on vacation?

[(Anonymous)]

cottage industry = a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home.

They're saying that nerds are doing advertising work for free.

[(Anonymous)]

wait, what? (can we get some context for this)

[(Anonymous)]

...........so, basically, like, normal ships except with knotting and self-lubricating assholes.......?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm still not entirely sure what the whole a/b/o thing even is, all i know is that it is incredibly divisive.
*insert "and at this point I'm scared to find out" meme*

[el_regrs]

I can understand this. Shitty characterization is awful to the character, and just awful to read.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel this is less depressing and more just leverage of people's passions, and also that it is neither new nor limited specifically to nerd culture. Let's talk about how, for example, people pay to wear branded items and essentially pay to masquerade as a walking billboard for their chosen brand. This shit is as old as ads in general.

[el_regrs]

I don't feel one way or another about them, but that's some cute art.

Diverse casts done right

[(Anonymous)]

Keep in mind diverse means multiple characters of different backgrounds here, not lots of characters from a similar but under-represented background. So stuff like Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians doesn't qualify.

[(Anonymous)]

Well that makes the secret even sillier. Are people not supposed to talk about shit they like?

[(Anonymous)]

That's gamer culture for you

[(Anonymous)]

You can find both depressing, no? And I'd argue that it's gotten much, much more blatant in nerd culture in the past decade.

[(Anonymous)]

What I've gathered is that one of the endings to the new Mortal Kombat game features a character traveling back in time to end slavery, and that people are outraged about this

[(Anonymous)]

https://fanlore.org/wiki/Alpha/Beta/Omega

[(Anonymous)]

Don't talk about it like this particular franchise of blockbuster movies is uniquely morally valuable? Don't talk about it like this particular franchise of blockbuster movies doing well at the box office is important in any sense?

There's a difference between talking about things you like, and rooting for a corporate brand, and wayyyyyy too many people do the latter.

[(Anonymous)]

+10000000

Re: Diverse casts done right

[kaijinscendre]

Shadowhunters. The show isn't amazing but it is fun and has all manner of characters.

Overwatch and Apex Legends both have a very diverse cast of characters considering how sparse their lore is.

[(Anonymous)]

lol I feel that

[(Anonymous)]

From the perspective of someone who finds the entire concept highly disturbing (and I pass no judgment on anyone who likes it - you do you and I'll do me and as long as a/b/o fic is properly tagged like every other kind of fic I have no issue with it being widely available for consumption) - A/B/O involves social dynamics based on the (false) idea of wolf pack dynamics. Namely, the presence of alpha, beta, omega males. A/B/O fic tends to include but is not limited to the following: uncontrollable heat (as in "My dog is in heat and needs to fuck" kind of heat, just in case that wasn't clear), strict social hierarchies involving specific roles assigned to alphas/betas/omegas (dominant and submissive, both in and out of the actual sex), mpreg, canine physical qualities (see dick knotting, which involves the penis swelling so that it cannot be removed), self-lubricating assholes, and mpreg.

What am I missing, FS?