[ SECRET POST #5590 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5590 ⌋

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


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[The Mystic Nine]


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[League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Halo, Devil May Cry]


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[The Lost Tomb]


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[A Heist With Markiplier]


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Transcript by OP

[fscom]

(second comment for length)

Re: Transcript by OP

[fscom]

I used to be an anti.

Maybe not a "true" anti in the sense that someone repeatedly harasses or doxxes folks and sends threats over writing pairings they personally find gross. But as a much younger participant in fandom, for a period of several months, I was an abrasive little shit to anyone who wrote things I considered thoughtless trash and/or wildly inconsistent with canons. A proto-anti, if you will. I didn't keep it to private spaces where I snarked with friends, I actually went around flaming folks in comments. (Writing stories for fandoms that literally have no story/characters? OMG! Why are you wasting everyone's time?! Two people together in the series that you broke apart without explanation, then paired with other people they hate? And one of them is a kid?! How dare you?! REEEE!)

(Also, ha, remember when flaming meant leaving mean comments for folks?)

I even got it in my sad little head that I could CHANGE! THE WORLD! OF FANDOM! if I could JUST! OPEN PEOPLE'S EYES! To the importance of QUALITY WRITING!

Spoiler: that hilarious little crusade didn't end well. I learned pretty quickly that 1) nobody gives a fuck, 2) people are just having fun with fictional settings, and 3) in a place where there are literally zero consequences for having such fun, that made me the bad guy. I mean, how would I like it if I was minding my own business, and some asshole decided they had a say in it? It was a humbling lesson to learn, but one I don't recommend learning through the same route I did.

So I say, if you're an anti: Seriously, just stop. You don't have to justify why you hate something in fandom for any reason (least of all: XYZ is immoral!). It's your right to hate it. It's not your right to hurt real people over something fictional. It's fiction, not a gateway drug to deplorable behavior IRL. Criticize it elsewhere if you must. But don't pretend you're some heroic woke activist for shitting in someone's sandbox.

To the rest of fandom: I apologize for having my head up my ass, and for trying to ruin your fun. My behavior was unacceptable and I don't have an excuse. Since then, I've learned to chill out and click on back buttons more.