[ SECRET POST #6062 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6062 ⌋

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


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["The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns]



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06. [SPOILERS for Marvel Secret Invasion]




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07. [SPOILERS for Star Trek Discovery]




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08. [WARNING for discussion of transphobia]




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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #866.
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

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, like read another book, for real.

[(Anonymous)]

Tbh I think most Harry Potter fandom stuff that's currently popular is fairly divorced from the books and is largely it's own thing

Like all the youths in Marauders fandom, that stuff barely comes from the books at all

[(Anonymous)]

Listen, I'm not big into HP anymore, but "read another book" is not the smarter-than-you-because-I-read-so-much sounding advice you think it is. I have friends who read over 100 books a year and still participate in fandoms for their favorites of all time, and some maybe not so favorites but books that have lots of fandom potential. It's a modern, silly, capitalist mindset that has invaded fandom in very recent times that we must be constantly throwing out the old to make room for the new, and that still liking anything after a few months means that your tastes are old and stale.

[(Anonymous)]

Are there no books they can find that are better than the ones written by a terf? Like none?

[(Anonymous)]

Not everyone agrees she's a terf.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Oh, she's totally a terf.

It's just that not everyone can control their hyperfixation. It's very neurotypical of people to be like, "well just read another book!" Maybe my brain won't let me, Susan.

[(Anonymous)]

It's just that not everyone can control their hyperfixation. It's very neurotypical of people to be like, "well just read another book!" Maybe my brain won't let me, Susan.

+.5

I didn't choose this.

But, you know what, it's actually fine. Even if I could choose it, and turn my hyperfixation on and off at will. Because liking a media property /= thinking the creator can do no wrong. Fandom is not for JKR. It's for US. And it's okay, and fine, for fandom to be for the fans, and not the creator, it's okay for us to carve our place in it and refuse to leave.

If you refuse to interact with people who are still into HP, that's your call, you can interact or not interact with whoever you choose for whatever reason you choose. Sometimes it's a stupid, grandstanding reason not to interact with someone; sometimes it's anxiety or bad experiences because you ARE trans. You could also choose the middle ground of proceeding with caution around HP fans, or outright asking them about their opinions. It's your life, do what you're comfortable with, as will I. (For instance, I do not knowingly interact with people who assume negative things about me as a person based on the fic I read/write.)

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Because liking a media property /= thinking the creator can do no wrong

YES! I was specifically responding to "ReAD aNoTHer BoOk" but you are absolutely right that what you like does not say anything moralistic about you as a person. And anyone making those assumptions is a dick. It's like saying all horror fans are stupid. All true crime fans are Karen bootlickers. All romance fans are twits. Objectively not true!

OP, you can choose not to interact with whoever you'd like, but you can't make any kind of judgement about someone just because they like a media property without being a dick.

Something something book by its cover something.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

That too.