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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2023-03-15 06:55 pm

[ SECRET POST #5913 ]


⌈ 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]


















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(Anonymous) 2023-03-16 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
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?)

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(Anonymous) 2023-03-16 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
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.