[ SECRET POST #6012 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6012 ⌋

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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 08 secrets from Secret Submission Post #859.
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]

04. https://i.imgur.com/UYQf5bs.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

You seem pretentious.

[(Anonymous)]

I love this. The joy you get, the no fucks given, and the pretentiousness. Yeah it's a bit of an asshole attitude but there's also something really lovely about it. Keep on being you and doing what brings you joy.

[philstar22]

Write for the Tolkien fandom. It would be really appropriate for his works for fanfic authors to have fun with words. And I'm pretty sure the fandom would love it.

You could just... not post.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, if you truly don't want readers who have 'fucked up' by trying to understand your works that can be, by your own admittance, inaccessible, and you are the audience you are writing for.

Re: You could just... not post.

[(Anonymous)]

Did you miss the part where they also enjoy when someone gets what they're doing?

Re: You could just... not post.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

No, I did not miss that part. I just think that if a writer is complaining that readers have 'fucked up' by not getting private jokes, odd turns of phrase, etc. then that writer is kind of a dick about it and maybe shouldn't post publicly until they get their self-importance in check. Now, if that writer has posted warnings in their notes about what they have in their fics and they ask readers not to comment wanting explanations and the readers still do, those readers have fucked up, not by their confusion, but by commenting and not paying attention to the warnings.

Re: You could just... not post.

[(Anonymous)]

Why? Unless this person replies with “lol you Nellie” who cares? The commentator will never know.

Re: You could just... not post.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I don't know that they aren't a dick to people who ask for help if they get confused. And also, because they're putting it on fandomsecrets, some people are going to wonder if they're being judged by writers in general for not getting everything, and worry about admitting that when they comment.

Which, aside from sucking for readers, is a crappy result for other writers. Because most of us ARE trying to be understood and we actually learn things from knowing what things we can hint at, versus what things will just be puzzling.

Re: You could just... not post.

[(Anonymous)]

But then they wouldn't have the satisfaction of knowing that a few readers occasionally qualify to join their special club!

[feotakahari]

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1984:_Misinterpretation

[(Anonymous)]

I'm impressed. That's the perfect way to articulate what's wrong with this secret.

[(Anonymous)]

Jeez, OP. Tell me you're self-involved and emotionally immature without telling me you're self-involved and emotionally immature.

[(Anonymous)]

True manic pixie dreamgirl behaviour.

[(Anonymous)]

You know, I'm here for this secret! I have a series of fixa I've never published (because honestly, they're for me) and a lot of them are tied in. And I love the call backs! If I ever did post them, I'd be so jazzed about someone reading all of them and enjoying them as much as I enjoyed writing and reading it!

I wouldn't go so far as to "don't read it then", but if someone did ask to explain, I would likely refer them to the fic that it's mentioned in.

[(Anonymous)]

Nothing wrong with this. Until you refer to anyone who 'doesn't get' your work as having 'fucked up' that is. That transcends quirky and takes you straight into absolute arrogant dickbag territory

[(Anonymous)]

Might be a bit of a troll but prefer the honesty. I’m over people demanding I reblog fics. Or whining about AI for gods sake.

Oh I have a rant I should make a secret. Someone who is CONSTANTLY writing about how they pirate content bitching about AI insisting she knows some of her WIP have been stolen? First, you write fanfic! Based on other people’s property! And you steal shut all the time!

Oh man. Sorry to thread jack needed that off my chest.

I write for an audience of one. I think I’m hilarious and sexy. I don’t mind if no one else agrees but it’s kind sweet if they do.

[(Anonymous)]

So you:

- write primarily for yourself, but
- enjoy other people getting what your write, but
--> get actively angry if you have to explain what you write to someone

May I kindly suggest that explaining some of what you write (I'm talking the the in-jokes or references) might increase your audience of like-minded individuals with actually little effort from you.

[(Anonymous)]

If this happens to you often, I'd wager you are, in fact, the one who fucked up in their quirky language use.

[(Anonymous)]

Andrew Hussey, is that you?

[(Anonymous)]

I like the cut of your jib.

[pantswarrior]

...Yeah, I was with you up until the end.

I try to make my "part of a series but largely self-contained" fics as accessible as possible by saying in an opening note something like "You don't *need* to have read X, Y, and Z before you read this, but some of the jokes/references/etc. will make more sense if you do." If the reader is someone I know well enough that they ask me, I am happy to explain it! But honestly I'm just happy if anyone is reading it at all, regardless of the viewpoint they're reading it from.