[ SECRET POST #5539 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5539 ⌋

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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 45 secrets from Secret Submission Post #793.
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

[case]

Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

(If you think something in this thread is a troll, please ignore it! Conversation is fine, but OT wank makes stuff harder to keep track of in this thread. Thanks.)

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01. https://i.imgur.com/oRfbvjI.png

[(Anonymous)]

That's really beautiful, OP.

[(Anonymous)]

I completely agree.

[(Anonymous)]

We're all human, anon. We all make mistakes. Don't judge yourself as a bad person because of things you've said and done in the past. I'm fairly sure none of them are truly awful or you wouldn't be posting here. Just try to do better in future and extend some graciousness to the young 'uns who are behaving the way you did years ago.

Hope that helps? It's all too easy to spiral - I know that from personal experience.

And yes, redemption arcs are great.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm currently in a fandom that's virulently against redemption arcs for certain characters and I think about this a lot.

[(Anonymous)]

This is very beautiful, OP. Mercy and forgiveness are very important; they give us the space to grow and become better, as we all make mistakes. I think that's a kind way of treating others.

[philstar22]

Right there with you on all counts.

[meadowphoenix]

You know I don't know how mercy/generosity of spirit/forgiveness and redemption arcs/forgiveness are connected for you OP. If mercy or generosity is connected to a redemption arc, it's because it sparks it or continues it, but it's not necessary to the arc itself, and by definition at the end of a redemption arc, it's not mercy or generosity that occurs. Forgiveness itself might be the reward of such an arc (and in traditional arcs it's required), but it's merely a sign of completion, in that immediate forgiveness would not constitute a redemption arc, even after immediate contrition.

So when you talk about your wish for forgiveness, mercy, generousness in connection with your love of redemption arcs, what do you mean?

I will say that I also like narrative mercy and I also like narrative redemption, but I'd want to see a merciful and generous moral standard in practice irl before I could agree that it's useful for me or by me. A lot of religions believe in a similar standard, and then their communities are rampant with abuse.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for making my secret! It's beautiful!

[amalthia]

well said.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree for the most part. Unfortunately it seems people are usually on polar opposite ends. One half woobifies a villain and makes excuses for them the other side acts like they are evil incarnate and deserve to suffer forever.

You can acknowledge the shitty things a character has done and still hope for them to be redeemed or turn themselves around for the better in some way.

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02. https://i.imgur.com/DZXaj0D.jpg

[pantswarrior]

Hahahha, I was just thinking about this myself earlier. I write a draft of the fic, and usually I'm editing as I go. And then after I'm done, I start reading it over from the start and make more edits and corrections. And usually after giving it a once-over, I go over it AT LEAST once more to see how it reads after the editing, and often find more things to edit.

Then I go to post on AO3... and use the spellcheck in their editor in case I missed something, and preview to read through that to check for HTML errors or anything that I still hadn't noticed on all my previous edits.

...And then a week or so after posting, I go back and notice some paragraph where I used the same adjective in two different sentences next to each other because I couldn't decide where I was going to put that descriptor and put it both places.

Every fic is a WIP whether it's posted or not, darnit. :D

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[(Anonymous)]

These secrets are starting to make me dislike this character.

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04. https://i.imgur.com/FOaxMB1.png

[(Anonymous)]

It is a catchy song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an_0IIRDlc4

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05. https://i.imgur.com/sPo2oVn.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

If you want more people to participate why not try putting on an "X fandom celebration" week that asks people to post their creations with a specific hashtag. I know these go around on tumblr, but I think they do them on twitter too?

When I wanted more people to participate in my discord I took it upon myself to throw a little low stress fic exchange. I've also spent a week or two posting daily questions or polls for some low effort comments. I've also seen people do powerpoint shares. If you find just one person to get on board with talking/creating with you it can snowball into a fun time with everyone.

It can feel weird to be the "leader" (I don't like being known as the "server owner" or anything and I always say it's "our server" because it weirds me out to be "in charge"), but basically someone's got to put in the work to create the kind of community they want to be in. Not saying that you specifically crave more participation from other people, but it's something you can try to do if you want.

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[(Anonymous)]

Funnily enough this is probably the worst example you could've chosen. The video that's screencapped is Uncle Roger (the youtuber) featuring an already uploaded video in which Ramsay mentioned him, not the other way around - it's right in the title! Plus Ramsay not only replied, he literally namedropped Uncle Roger and tried to impress him and failed...

It's clearly not real beef though because he also sent Uncle Roger some nice frying pans. lol

So I guess, in the end, they do it because it works, as shown in the example? If you consider 5.3 million subscribers two-bit. Still loling at the worst possible secret example

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[(Anonymous)]

Societies judge what level of risk tolerance and threat they are prepared to accept, I'm glad Gotham is morally above the level of the one that lets the Kyle Rittenouses and George Zimmermans off the hook over lethal vigilantism. After all, when the average Gothamite does pull on a costume and go on a murderspree of supervillains, they get sent to jail. Except Jason Todd.

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[(Anonymous)]

That's genius, OP

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What media have you tried to get into multiple times but just can't?

[(Anonymous)]

Tried reading this very popular fanfic in one of my fandoms. And I just can't.

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