[ SECRET POST #5194 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5194 ⌋

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


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08. [SPOILERS for The Last Book in the Universe]



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09. [SPOILERS for The Penthouse 2]



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10. [WARNING for mention of sexual assault]



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Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #743.
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.

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Friday secret count

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01. https://i.imgur.com/JtcPGca.jpeg

[(Anonymous)]

Oh boy, those are awkward. Probably well-intentioned, but awkward. I still have some sympathy for fan translators because I'm not fluent in any language but English and translating between two different languages with very complicated idioms while trying to retain the original spirit of the book... I just can't imagine how hard that must be. But every time I see sentences like this, my fingers itch to just rewrite the whole damn thing. It wouldn't be a proper translation, it'd be my interpretation of what I think the author was trying to say, phrased more smoothly. Something like:

Ancient plum trees bloomed in the courtyard, white petals falling on the snow. When the wind rose, it carried the scent of the plum blossoms with it.


As dusk descended, moonlight pooled in the shadowy eaves like cool water.

[(Anonymous)]

Do they do it for free?

[sabotabby]

I still think they're great people who are doing their best and I respect them for it.

I've both worked in editing translations and had my writing translated. In fact, just today I was helping my friend, who speaks English better than I do, translate something from another language and while she knew the words, making it make sense was a two-person job. You kind of need to do the literal translation, which is what this looks like, and then you need a second person to make it make sense in the new language.

Don't get me wrong—I desperately want to do this with some of the fan translations I've seen. But it's a labour-intensive job and I don't have the time and energy to do that kind of thing for free.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree that these translations are really awkward, but translating’s hard. I’m bilingual and a TA for a kindergarten class, so during Zoom, I get asked to translate even though I’m not an official interpreter. If it’s conversation and instruction, I can do it, but sometimes I get asked to translate the picture books we’re reading and that gets really hard, especially for books that rhyme like Dr. Seuss ones.

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02. https://i.imgur.com/tYnJpMZ.png

[(Anonymous)]

I don't believe the conspiracy theories at all but considering he is effectively out of the royal family now, I'd say they did find a way to get rid of him in that sense...

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03. https://i.imgur.com/PfG7V2e.png

[(Anonymous)]

I'm confused

OP seems to interpret the quote as saying that Page would be uncomfortable performing in female roles as an actor. Like OP's point seems to be, why would Page feel more uncomfortable playing a female role as opposed to playing a dragon, or whatever.

But it seems to me that Page is saying that he felt uncomfortable playing the part of, and being perceived as, a woman in everyday life, in his own person and in public perception of him as a person. And that seems like a totally different thing than what OP is talking about - it's quite different to have people perceive you a certain way in an acting role compared to perceiving you that way in real life. Even an actor doesn't necessarily want to be playing a role all the time.

Idk maybe I'm missing something but I feel like OP's point doesn't add up for me

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04. https://i.imgur.com/kdMoC10.jpeg

[(Anonymous)]

I remember watching it thinking that it wasn't that bad and then it just never continued. R.i.p that show

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05. https://i.imgur.com/W8lshJz.jpg

[philstar22]

Honestly I don't get what the big deal is with "racebending" Tolkien's characters. Some of them have their skin colors mentioned, but a lot don't. So why not have some of them be POCs? No, that wasn't Tolkien's personal vision, but the fandom doesn't have an obligation to follow his personal vision in their interpretations of everything. Personally, I love the idea of Fingon being black. We know very little about Fingolfin's wife, Anaire, so maybe she was a black elf.

It makes the most sense in my opinion to make some of the elves POC. With the men, it is fairly clear that they are meant to be the ancestors of western humanity and thus almost certainly at least mostly white. And making villains POC makes me uncomfortable. But making elves (and dwarves) POCs can absolutely work.

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06. https://i.imgur.com/zndKiGf.png

[philstar22]

I do really love it, but for me it is third best after Lion King and Moana. It is pretty awesome, though. It is one of the 5 Disney soundtracks (along with the other two I mentioned, Little Mermaid and Mulan are the 4th and 5th) where I love much of the score as well as the songs and have it on my ipod.

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07. https://i.imgur.com/hGl9gHE.png

[(Anonymous)]

Ha, yeah, I was always struck by the outfits girls were allowed to wear to school in shows and movies, too, back when I was a teen. My school definitely wouldn't have let us get by with a lot of those kinds of looks, either.

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08. [SPOILERS for The Last Book in the Universe]
https://i.imgur.com/hpN4eLp.png

[kaijinscendre]

man, I owned and read this book as a kid and don't remember a single thing about it.

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09. [SPOILERS for The Penthouse 2]
https://i.imgur.com/AHsQ4uy.png

[(Anonymous)]

Shit, i still need to watch PH1

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10. [WARNING for mention of sexual assault]
https://i.imgur.com/jIZDGBn.png

[(Anonymous)]

As far as I can tell gross gore was just his screen name. It didn't look like he was sharing gory stuff on twitch.

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11. [WARNING for mention of dubcon]
https://i.imgur.com/JLlEy36.jpg

[mishey22]

Oh. Okay then.

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12. [WARNING for mention of rape]
https://i.imgur.com/3Z5qcvt.png

[(Anonymous)]

Why haven't I read THAT ItaNaru fic? That was my ship when I first got into Naruto lol.

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13. [WARNING for mention of noncon/underage shipping]
https://i.imgur.com/F1Xdxqh.png

Transcript

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My first Fanfiction.net fic was a Naruto/Itachi where Itachi was actually a spy infiltrating Akatsuki and they had sex right next chapter, I was 12.

My first AO3 fics were Ichabod/Horseman no-con after watching Sleepy Hollow in Spanish on a trip, I was 15.

S!B: I just remembered this after rewatching Sleepy Hollow and wanted to share it somewhere, but too shy to share it anywhere else but here.

OBS: I don't condone minors reading these types of fics, but this also isn't a complaint of these fics existing! I wasn't affected negatively in any way and was old enough to know what I was clicking on.

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Medical Shows

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What are your favorite medical shows?

I'm currently rewatching Saving Hope, which is one of my favorites. My top favorite is ER. I like the early seasons of Grey's Anatomy. I like Call the Midwife a lot. Code Black was great and cancelled far too early. I like parts of Chicago Med, although I hate Will and dislike Natalie. Of course, House was good, at least for 4 seasons. Early Scrubs was good. All Creatures Great and Small is a vet show, but it is great (both versions).

Also, I like several of the vet shows on Animal planet. Dr. K: Exotic Animal ER, Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet, The Vet Life, and Dr. T: Lone Star Vet.

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