[ SECRET POST #5665 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5665 ⌋

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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 33 secrets from Secret Submission Post #811.
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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Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

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[(Anonymous)]

I fully agree. I don't have time for 13 hours so I haven't watched most Netflix shows but I can sneak in an hour a week. Sometimes. So I'm usually current with one D+ or Amazon show.

Idk there's something about the pacing when the creators know they'll be judged by each episode that makes TV better for me.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I think part of the problem with the lack of fan-activity these days is the rushed nature of serial narratives. There is neither space in the narrative to jam fan activity, nor space in the conversation to actually write and develop them.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel so burned out with media in general. Everyone needs to consume the newest show/season as soon as possible and we need to talk about it as rapidly as possible and throw all our thoughts on it everywhere within 2 weeks before the new season for the next big show is released.

I also feel like because everyone is consuming it super fast or at their own pace (IE. I watched "Squid Game" in the span of a weekend LOL but it was like a week or two after the show debuted, one of my friends watched it a week or two after I did and she watched it over the course of about a week) there's no way to have more nuanced discussions. We all just spit out what we think of the show and list our faves and what we hated. And then we move on.

I enjoyed it more with the intent of one episode released for a certain amount of time (I prefer the one week set-up; one episode a day is more or less just releasing it all at once). It gives room for people to feel less pressure to watch ASAP, and because people aren't actively spending all their time consuming the show, while they're waiting they can theorize on their own or rewatch or talk to other people who have also seen it.
And it's way easier to carry a more engaging conversation with others if it's like "Have you seen episode 3?" and go into details of that one episode rather than "What do you think of the show?" or "Which episode is your favorite?" sorts of questions. I feel like due to binge watching all participating parties tend to sound off on their opinions and only actively listen to others' opinions to see where other parties' opinions align or diverge and only focus on that. It makes me feel like discourse around these shows/franchises are so freaking short lived and disappointing in that I wanted more from the fandom but it feels like you have to be there at the right time with the right people to get the best of it. =( And again, it's so short lived. Like, I was so excited what the Squid Game fandom would look like and...it's...not really a fandom. There are fics and memes and a lot of the actors have their own fanbases/fandoms and that's great but it's like...no wonder fandom sucks now. I recognize I'm an old grump yelling at the kids to get off my lawn, but most shows I want to get into and I find fandom spaces lacking. I miss the old internet. LOL

[pantswarrior]

Co-signed. Season 1 of Tiger & Bunny had weekly discussion posts on LJ for the fandom to theorize and so on, and there was so much more engagement, and time for the excitement to build and draw in new fans.

Season 2 they just dropped the first half, there was no time to put forth fan theories and discussions about the plotline up to that point because everyone just watched it, and as a result the "buzz" lasted just a couple of weeks and we still have to wait until October to get new things to discuss... which won't get much discussion because all the stuff that we would be discussing in weekly posts will already be resolved for anyone who marathons it. Sigh.

[(Anonymous)]

Some shorter media is better in one sitting. But most of the time I really miss one episode per week. I need discussions, I need something to wait for. I love how fandom creates through the week. Sometimes I am in the mood for a marathon, but it's easy to wait for a bit, or watch something older

[(Anonymous)]

I've said this before but I find I absorb content better when it's weekly.
Right now I'm burning through Umbrella Academy for the first time and I'm watching one or two eps a day and I keep having to be reminded of what happened.

Versus watching The Boys on a weekly schedule, and it just sticks better.

[(Anonymous)]

I am on both sides of the fence tbh. I don't dislike when stuff drops one week at a time, except that I usually forget that I was watching it lol so I'll still end up 'catching up' and watching a few episodes at a time.

When stuff does drop all at once I still don't end up watching it all at once because I do NOT have that kind of attention span, but it's nice if an episode ends in a cliffhanger knowing I can jump right to the next episode.

I don't really... discuss shows with people? Unless I am watching something someone recced to me, and then in that case they've already watched it so I can give my theories with impunity lol.

I have also never really had a problem avoiding spoilers, but I also don't really care too much about them so if I do run across some (usually here), it's not a big deal for me.

[sparklywalls]

It's really annoying having to pre-emptively block hashtags and whatever and still spoilers get through either because someone you're following straight up just says it out loud untagged or there's something trending (a phrase for example) where your blocks don't catch it and you know enough to guess the context.

Like, I'm not suggesting we have to 100% go back to once a week episodes but I wish all the "don't come here if you haven't watched it yet!" people would recognise that not everyone is e.g. a student with very few responsibilities who can start binging a show at 00:01, stay up all night and sleep it off until the afternoon. Even if I wanted to watch an entire season in one night, it's not possible a lot of the time. My days of being able to survive on multiple nights of no sleep are very much over.

Then the added bonus is that if you're NOT able to watch the show in the first week, the Internet is mostly over it and you have nowhere to squee or comiserate.

[(Anonymous)]

See, I actually don't enjoy weekly stuff at all because if I'm really into something and enjoying it, I want to be able to watch at least a few episodes at a time while I'm still feeling the hype. With weekly stuff the hype usually cools off between episodes so while I still enjoy them, I enjoy them less than I would if I could watch in chunks.

[philstar22]

Marathoning is my favorite way to watch. But I don't have time to marathon these days except on the weekend.

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Netflix has done this format with a few of their shows (Meteor Garden is a favorite mine, I watched it weekly when it was coming out), I wish they did it more.

I'm still pissed off about how they released Jojo Stone Ocean, BRING BACK JOJO FRIDAYS!

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[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't say Sapphire is AS strongly coded as Garnet, but as someone who works in an adult store in a predominantly black area, I have met MANY lesbian couples with Ruby and Sapphire's exact dynamic and vibes.

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[(Anonymous)]

First things first: Thank you lovely Secret Maker for making my secret.

I've been turning this over in my mind ever since I submitted this, and I'm still struggling to get the shape of a story here. I have a decent set up for it, simplistic but decent enough, in one universe Sailor Moon is "real" but her soul has been kidnapped and Sailor Pluto kidnaps a Sailor Moon fan from "our" reality and plugs their soul into her body to keep up the charade until... and now I've got a few different options that I'm still workshopping. I gotta try and work out whether I'm going for comedy or drama; of comedrama, I suppose.

Anyway, thank you Secret Maker. and I hope to keep working on my weird throwback fic. I kinda miss those days so even if the plot (and fandom) is passée by now I still want to drop something in it.

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[(Anonymous)]

"premium choices" should be the new slang term for sex

bonus points if it gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment

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[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for turning my comment into a secret, secret maker!

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[(Anonymous)]

Yes! I love seeing people passionate about what they care about. And it's good to clear up misconceptions in my own mind.

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Secrets you don't want to make...

[(Anonymous)]

[Secret maker note - Another anon posted a "secrets you don't want to make" thread a few days ago. That wasn't me, though. I wasn't planning on making any of those comment secrets because it wasn't clear whether or not they intended to do so or not, and I don't want to step on any toes.]

... but you wouldn't mind if someone else made them for you! As always, including the fandom and full character names is a big help, and I'll try my best to use an appropriate image choice. Just to clarify - it's my intention to make all the secrets left in this thread, so even if they're not marked claimed, they will be made.

I'll monitor this thread until tomorrow's secret post goes up, so feel free to leave your comments until then!

Yours truly,

a secret maker

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