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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2008-12-30 05:00 pm

[ SECRET POST #725 ]


⌈ Secret Post #725 ⌋

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

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[Frankie Boyle]


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[A Little Night Music; Henrik]


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105. [not a secret]


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[Joe Biden, Political RPS]


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[Fairy Tail]


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[Pirates of the Caribbean]


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[Supernatural]


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[Gunnerkrigg Court]


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[Team America: World Police]


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[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]


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[Soul Eater]


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[Heroes]


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[Gurren Lagann]


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[The Sound of Music]


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[Code Geass, Diethard Reid]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 179 secrets from Secret Submission Post #103.
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Re: 137

(Anonymous) 2008-12-31 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
I'd love to see some more of his mischievous side, for starters. I don't think a lot of people pay attention to how many strips he's shown up in just to tease the other characters--especially England. I think his insensitivity is an important part of his characterization, but the "Cleaning Out the Storage" strip alone should indicate that he's not a "borderline sociopath" any more than, oh say, Poland is. Some focus on the goofier inventions and ideas he has would be nice too.

Re: 137

(Anonymous) 2008-12-31 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
America's insensitivity (deliberate or not) is part of his official character info for Pete's sake. And yeah, I'd also like to see more of the loud, insensitive, childish attention whore that he
normally is. When was the last story where he freaked out over a ghost or a horror movie? Or gorged himself on hamburgers? Angst and introspection is more than welcome but authors should remember what the character is actually like. (I don't even ask people to remember his actual speech patterns.)

And while we're at it, I don't remember reading even one English language fanfic that characterized England as the foul-mouthed former hooligan that he is in canon. Or him being tsundere with America - that's one of the most obvious aspects of the America/England interaction, yet it's always ignored. Sure, the concept of "tsundere" may be difficult to grasp for some people but I think what it means is pretty damn obvious from canon.

There are some great fanfics out there but the characterization trends are getting worse.

Re: 137

(Anonymous) 2008-12-31 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
America might be insensitive at times but he has shown to be sensitive when the time calls for it (see his birthday strip, the clean out the storage, and that strip about England's scones). The "Clean Out the Storage" one shows that America is capable of a meaningful conversation.

I think you give Hidekaz's character less credit than its due.

Re: 137

(Anonymous) 2008-12-31 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not saying he's not intelligent or not capable of being introspective, but that's definitely not his default modus operandi. I don't mind it when people write stories in which he's sensitive (but I want a damn good reason for that) but I'd like to see more of America being his usual, normal self. Say, an America/England story where he's actually teasing England and enjoys his angry reactions. Or something.

(By the way, I think his birthday strip is not a very good example of sensitive!America... "Me, I always feel so happy at this time of the year, especially when I remember seeing you defeated..." "What?!" "Just joking! :DDDD")

Re: 137

(Anonymous) 2008-12-31 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Then I fail to see the problem. As long America is capable of being like that, you can't really say that he's OOC.

And I see a good amount of stories that he does tease England around... at least in the kink meme.

I think it is because when America is usually teasing England, he wouldn't usually say, "just kidding." as to be somewhat considerate of England's feelings.