[ SECRET POST #5052 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5052 ⌋

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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 18 secrets from Secret Submission Post #723.
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 agree with most of this, but you don't have to be such a dick about it. Also, your last sentence gets a no from me. The ability to write a large volume of fanfic quickly does not equal a marketable skill.

Do some people use fandom as an unhealthy coping mechanism, pouring their time and focus into it while letting things in their real life go un-attended to? Yes. I would know.

But withdrawing from meatspace responsibilities and over-relying on fandom for comfort, distraction, and escape is a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself. If that person were to quit fandom cold-turkey, they wouldn't suddenly be like, "Wow, I'm a healthy, well-rounded person who can totally deal with all the bullshit now!" They'd mostly be the same struggling person, but without their coping mechanism.

[(Anonymous)]

I engage in fandom because I'm borderline fucking bedridden. :/ I'd go crazy without it.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah this secret got super ableist, what the hell

[(Anonymous)]

This is really judgmental. As long as something makes someone happy (and isn't hurting others), I don't see why it's wrong to devote time to it. What is considered a healthy normal life is all relative anyway, who are you to judge?

[(Anonymous)]

Reading comprehension, my dude.

Do some people use fandom as an unhealthy coping mechanism, pouring their time and focus into it while letting things in their real life go un-attended to? Yes. I would know.

[(Anonymous)]

Huh? Pretty sure all ayrt is saying is that some people use fandom as an unhealthy coping mechanism. If you don't think that's true you are seeeriously oblivious.

[(Anonymous)]

This! Just because someone can pump out 20k of fanfic a week doesnt mean they can handle being regularly employed.

Often fandom is used as a coping mechanism for people. Sometimes it's a healthy one and sometimes it's an unhealthy one, but it doesnt make sense to hold up how productive someone is in their coping mechanism as evidence of how totally able they are.