fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #763 ]

⌈ Secret Post #763 ⌋

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

101.

__________________________________________________

102.

[Drake and Josh]

__________________________________________________

103.

__________________________________________________

104.

[BSG]

__________________________________________________

105.

__________________________________________________

106.

__________________________________________________

107.

[Vampire Knight]

__________________________________________________

108.

[Demons]

__________________________________________________

109.

__________________________________________________

110.

[Life]

__________________________________________________

111.

[Roswell]

__________________________________________________

112.

[Ga-Rei -Zero-]

__________________________________________________

113.

__________________________________________________

114.

[Sailor Moon]

__________________________________________________

115.

[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]

__________________________________________________

116.

__________________________________________________

117.

__________________________________________________

118.

[Persona 4]

__________________________________________________

119.

[Ryan Ross; Panic! at the Disco]

__________________________________________________

120.

[Persona 4]

__________________________________________________

121.

__________________________________________________

122.

__________________________________________________

123.

[Bleach, Yoruichi]

__________________________________________________

124.

[Celtic Thunder]

__________________________________________________

125.

__________________________________________________

126.

[Underworld Trilogy]

__________________________________________________

127.

__________________________________________________

128.

[Ursula, the Little Mermaid]

__________________________________________________

129.

[Guiding Light]

__________________________________________________

130.

[CyberSix]

__________________________________________________

131.

__________________________________________________

132.

__________________________________________________

133.

__________________________________________________

134.

[FT Island]

__________________________________________________

135.

__________________________________________________

136.

[Big Fat Quiz of the Year]

__________________________________________________

137.

__________________________________________________

138.

__________________________________________________

139.

[Torchwood]

__________________________________________________

140.

__________________________________________________

141.

__________________________________________________

142.

__________________________________________________

143.

[Runaways, Karolina/Xavin]

__________________________________________________

144.

__________________________________________________

145.

[Simpsons, Rod and Todd]

__________________________________________________

146.

[Joe Loves Crappy Movies (webcomic), Twilight]

__________________________________________________

147.

[Utena]

__________________________________________________

148.

[Doctor Who/RPS/Russell T. Davies/Benjamin Cook]

__________________________________________________

149.

[The Munsters]

__________________________________________________

150.

[Adventures of Pete and Pete]

__________________________________________________

151.

__________________________________________________

152.

__________________________________________________

153.

[Jimi Hendrix/Janis Joplin]

__________________________________________________

154.

[Taylor Lautner; Twilight Movies]

__________________________________________________

155.

[FF13]

__________________________________________________

156.

__________________________________________________

157.

__________________________________________________

158.

[Nick Swardson]

__________________________________________________

159.

__________________________________________________

160.

__________________________________________________

161.

__________________________________________________

162.

__________________________________________________

163.

(Rachel Maddow, Susan Mikula, Keith Olbermann)

__________________________________________________

164.

__________________________________________________

165.

__________________________________________________

166.

__________________________________________________

167.

__________________________________________________

168.

__________________________________________________

169.

[Earth: Final Conflict, Da'an]

__________________________________________________

170.

__________________________________________________

171.

__________________________________________________

172.

[Ouran, Persona 4]

__________________________________________________

173.

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #109.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - doing it wrong ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I'll concede the point about RPS being like and better than gossip magazines. But I'd still say that if RPS and gossip magazines are pretty much similar, then they are both the cause and result of celebrity worship. RPS is perhaps just celebrity worship sublimated into something that doesn't take itself as seriously.

You're right, there are many sources of characterization to choose from when writing RPS. I'd just prefer to read stories where the writer has actually done a good amount of research.

I find that even if you write about background characters, there are always hints in the canon that you can pick up that probably aid in characterization, even if it's something as simple as, "This character really likes eating chocolate." Say you're writing about a child character who only gets a passing mention and that's it. Theoretically, one can still glean some characterization from, for example, the personalities of his/her parents (which tends to affect upbringing), the setting (where the child is growing up), etc. I don't see anything wrong with taking liberties with characterizing someone who gets no more than a brief mention, of course, but these hints need to be considered. I've found that many fic writers just turn these types of characters into Mary Sues. IMHO, if you really don't have enough info about a character, and you can't avoid turning him/her into a Mary Sue/self-insert, it might be a good idea not to write about him/her.

RPS is perhaps just celebrity worship sublimated into something that doesn't take itself as seriously.

That's probably the case for some fanfiction, yeah. But I don't think all of it qualifies. Just like with other fanfiction, people don't write only about those they think are perfect; they'll write about people who they like but frustrate them sometimes, people with whom they have a love/hate relationship, people who they don't particularly like as individuals at all but do like as part of a group, etc. I've seen a number of stories that are more of a character study of certain celebrities many people don't like. I don't think you categorize everything as "celebrity worship sublimated into something else" any more than you can categorize fictional-person fanfiction as series-worship or similar.

I'd just prefer to read stories where the writer has actually done a good amount of research.

Which is possible with RPS. :)

find that even if you write about background characters, there are always hints in the canon that you can pick up that probably aid in characterization, even if it's something as simple as, "This character really likes eating chocolate."

That's true, but you can't always.

Going back to my previous example from Harry Potter, Astoria Malfoy did not even appear in any previous books. She has one mention in the epilogue of the last book. We have no information on her parents, and while she has a sister, I don't believe we really receive any information on her sister other than her sister's House at Hogwarts. You can probably glean a few things from that information and who she marries, but other than that, you have nothing, literally. And you have no information that supports it being true -- it's all guessing. However, if you are writing about her husband (and son, if applicable), I don't see how you can get by without mentioning her and making a few guesses about her personality.

But when you take those liberties with a background character, which you say you don't see anything wrong with, I fail to see how that is more informed/researched than writing about a real person for whom you have a wealth of information.

Well, you convinced me. I still won't read a lot of RPS if at all, just because there's I always get a bit of cognitive dissonance whenever I read a real person's name in something that's supposed to be fictional, and I'm just not a huge fan of AUs, but that's about all I can argue against it right now. Congrats. XD

(Sorry to have bothered you about this for so long; I was just curious as to what your arguments were.)

That I understand! There are plenty of fandoms, ships, etc., I can't read just because of small personal reasons.

(Sorry to have bothered you about this for so long; I was just curious as to what your arguments were.)

No worries -- it's been a while since I've had a discussion like that and I enjoy it. :)

[ SECRET POST #763 ]

Re: 156

Re: 156

Re: 156

Re: 156