[ SECRET POST #5205 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5205 ⌋

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


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02.
[When They Cry]


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03.
[Shadow and Bone on Netflix, based on the books by Leigh Bardugo]


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04.
[Word of Honor]


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05.
[I Am Still Alive]


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06.
[Car Talk]


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07.
[A/B/O]








Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 24 secrets from Secret Submission Post #745.
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: Dead dove question

[(Anonymous)]

The Tumblr post doesn't have a long list of rules like that. It's much more free-form. All it means is that the author doesn't moralize.

Here's the actual text of the post:

That post doesn't actually say anything like that! All it says is that it has the tags on the post, the tags accurately describe what's in the fic, and the author doesn't moralize about it. There's no long list of rules of what

Here's the full text: Sometimes, in fandom, we just want to write id-tastic fic that rolls around in tropes that might be viewed as problematic. But we don’t want to address the problematic side of things in this particular fanwork; we just want to roll around and wallow.

It is considered courteous to give readers a heads-up via use of AO3 tags. I propose a tag that signals that a given fanwork is for rolling around, not giving a measured evaluation of anything. The MCU has carved out a space for this sort of fic with the “HYDRA Trash Party” tag, for which I commend them. Trash Party is a bit too specific to cover all of the ground I’m thinking of here, though; I propose “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.”

For those of you not familiar with Arrested Development, Michael Bluth finds a paper bag in the freezer labeled “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.” He opens the bag, finds a dead dove, and reacts as follows:
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[gif of a white man saying “I don’t know what I expected” in a deadpan manner]

The “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” tag would essentially be a “what it says on the tin” metatag, indicating “you see the tropes and concepts tagged here? they are going to appear in this fic. exactly as said. there will not necessarily be any subversion, authorial commentary condemning problematic aspects, or meditation on potential harm. this fic contains dead dove. if you proceed, you should expect to encounter it.”