[ SECRET POST #069 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #069 (lolz) ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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Gah, messed up the link in my last post, so #17's been reposted. Sorry about that, #17!

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Comments

[luzerna.livejournal.com]

5. WORD. It could be a nostalgia factor, like why people are still so obsessed with Sailor Moon and Digimon while the rest of their interests lie in more mature shows/books/what-have-you. Final Fantasy 7 was a great game for its time but it just can't compete anymore with some of the newer games. I guess I might have been jaded to it because I tried to get into it so late (around this time last year) but FF7 didn't live up to the fandom's promise.

14. It's hard bein' a celebrity. :( Not that I know from personal experience, but I could see why fans get to them. It's pretty well-known that fandom is populated mostly by half-brained idiots. If you were bombarded constantly with emails like "omg i luv ur stuff axel is soooo kyoot" or "wow ur a total b*atch and u suck why dont u just jump of a cliff alredy???" you'd probably get sick of it too. I sure would.

I've had the chance to speak with one or two people that would probably be labeled BNFs. They were both really nice people. BNF is really just another meaningless label to me now, like "emo" is; maybe I'm so out of it that I don't know of the cocky, airheaded little bums the term is so often attributed to but I've never seen one.

[keikain.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of the problem is people don't really recognize that BNFs are people, too. From what I've seen, people don't even try to be discrete about bashing them and are very forceful about requesting things they want from them. And, of course, they tend to attract the usual suck-ups hoping BNF-dom would rub off on them by association.

It's no wonder a lot of BNFs end up disliking fandom and their fans before they even realize that other people are calling them BNFs.

[klytaemnestra.livejournal.com]

It's no wonder a lot of BNFs end up disliking fandom and their fans before they even realize that other people are calling them BNFs.

Exactly. I think you hit the nail on the head.

re: 5

[aestivalis]

........ I genuinely think series one of Digimon is an emotionally mature show, irrespective of any kinda nostalgia factor >:

Re: 5

[radarsparks.livejournal.com]

Seconded. *-*

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[luzerna.livejournal.com]

Digimon is one of the first shows to come to mind because it was an extremely popular franchise in the good ol' days. It's been a long time since I've watched it, so that might have been a bad example. "Shows meant for the prepubescent age group" would have probably been better phrasing. Digimon was aimed at kids, wasn't it?

It's just that it looks like a kid's show. Then again, so does Higurashi naku Koro Ni at first glance, and by no means should you show that to a five-year-old. Sorry. xp