[ SECRET POST #5044 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5044 ⌋

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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 31 secrets from Secret Submission Post #722.
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

Re: Secrets you don't want to make...

[(Anonymous)]

Why the heck everyone washes dishes by hand in fics no matter how rich they are. They'd get a dishwasher. Or robots. Something. It happens in otherwise awesome fics. Sigh.

Re: Secrets you don't want to make...

[(Anonymous)]

If it's only a few dishes, it's faster by hand?

Re: Secrets you don't want to make...

[(Anonymous)]

Washing dishes by hand is a visually satisfying activity, like talking on a pay phone

Re: Secrets you don't want to make...

[(Anonymous)]

If it's my fic, it's probably because I've never had a dishwasher in my life, and I straight up forget they exist, lol.

But also, what the other commenter said: they're an activity for the characters to do that is easy to visualize and kind of satisfying. It's a good way to have characters stand close together and be reaching around each other. It's a good way to have characters work companionably together. You can also demonstrate drama or tension by having a character accidentally drop a dish. It's a common activity that serves the narrative well.

Re: Secrets you don't want to make...

[(Anonymous)]

My family has a dishwasher and we still hand wash them first...

Re: Secrets you don't want to make...

[(Anonymous)]

I use my dishwasher for most things, but I have a lot dishes I don't put in there because they are too small, too big, or shouldn't go in there (the good knives, wood utensils, the cast iron pan, the insulated travel mug, delicate glasses, etc.) Those get hand washed.

You're right, though, there's a lot of hand washing of dishes!