[ SECRET POST #5913 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #5913 ⌋

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


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[Clockwise from top left: Worm, The Flower That Bloomed Nowhere, Shootaround]



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[Octopath Traveler 2]



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[Arknights]



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[Saiko No Sutoka]



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[FFXIV]


















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 22 secrets from Secret Submission Post #846.
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

[fscom]

03. https://i.imgur.com/c5XxWjU.png
[Clockwise from top left: Worm, The Flower That Bloomed Nowhere, Shootaround]

[philstar22]

The fic that used to be this in my OTP fandom is really OOC. I'm glad that the fandom seems to have moved away from that one and that a lot of people now agree with me that it is OOC.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh, if it’s fic within the fandom, my first thought is the Friendship is Magic Spike/Rarity fic “For the Ones We Love.” That was so popular and so, so garbage. (A tax for bringing up shit: I liked the Spike/Rarity fic “On Pins and Needles.”)

Re: OP

[philstar22]

In my fandom (Sauron/Melkor pairing), the fic is called This Game We Play. I like some of the author's other fics, and I like her writing, but that one just has nearly everyone OOC (at least in my opinion).

Back when I first got into the pairing, there was a page and a half of fics with the tag on AO3, so there wasn't a whole lot to work with. Still a smallish pairing, but a lot more variety in the shipping and a lot more variety in the fics.

[(Anonymous)]

Funny how I seldom know That Fic for every fandom I am into because I don't care for fic.

If it's anything else (fanvideos, comics, etc.) I may have seen it though.

[(Anonymous)]

Slightly confused because I’m intrigued - does this mean there’s a canon storyline or arc in one of these 3 specific works that’s the 800-lb gorilla, or a fanfic? Or that these works are themselves heavy-hitters within a larger subculture? (And if the last one, what are the subcultures represented?)

OP

[(Anonymous)]

I meant that, for instance, if you talk to people who come from the same subculture as Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried, they’ll all be very familiar with Worm, and no one else will be.

The Flower that Bloomed Nowhere draws a specific subtype of weeb (which is odd, because I don’t think it’s Japanese.) They have a thing for mysteries with fantasy elements. Something representative that’s popular a ways beyond their subculture is Umineko: When They Cry.

I’m not entirely clear on what the audience for Shootaround is, beyond “people who read Finnish online comics,” but it’s definitely got some kind of niche. When I tried reading online comics, stuff that was completely unrelated to Shootaround and didn’t even share a genre still had people discussing Shootaround in the comments section.