[ SECRET POST #094 ]

[grayout.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #094 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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Notes:

Sorry it's late!

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 41 secrets from Secret Submission Post #014.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 10th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: Here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[dr-ghost.livejournal.com]

Well, I know that particular picture was a commission, not her own stuff. Her other YoruSoi work never gave off that feeling to me at all and she's actually one of my favourite artists for the pairing, that's the only reason it struck me as so odd XD;;;;

If you get chance, look up some of her other work, just to see if your views stay the same or if I'm just being biased toward a friend. Can't hurt either way. Thanks for clearing up your view on it though :3

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[dusk.livejournal.com]

See the comment above mine. ♥ You can also rent game systems and games from several places, which might cost some money but considerably less than actually buying it. You can also borrow from a friend which should be free.

(frozen comment)

[maeda.livejournal.com]

Shoplifting!

[anigirl15.livejournal.com]

6. I'm only replying because that's been stuck in my head for the past half hour. Timing <3

[ew-younerd.livejournal.com]

If it's a commission then it's more clear to me. I think the artist is good, but that picture definitely gives me the wrong vibe of the couple. But then again, everyone has different interpretations of the pairing, you know? I'm in love with it as an old flame relationship, something that can't be recreated but the feelings still linger; that way it's more bittersweet and romantic to me, I guess? But that's not how it is with everyone. I just see Soi Fong as a woman of duty, now, and Yoruichi as a woman who roams.

I just couldn't see Soi Fong clinging to Yoruichi in the present that way, now. That's too much vulnerability to expose to someone who left you. So it's not really dissing the drawing or anything, just..what's going on in it? XD I'm sure her other stuff is better if it's not as weepy and clingy. I mean, before Yoruichi left I could have bought something like that happening between them...but Soi Fong has changed and has priorities, now, above hot lesbian sex ;)

[vangirl]

...I think I might too.

[vangirl]

8. ...Oh lord that secret turns me on. Can I ask where you found the art? Please? >:

[happy-cupcake.livejournal.com]

10. This secret seems so egotistical. Word of advice for the person: Get over yourself, seriously.

RE: 8

[fairness.livejournal.com]

I'm actually working on an Asch/roku!Natalia AU fic that I'm considering adding Van/Largo to.

I THINK I WOULD HAVE A FOLLOWING IF I DID. THANKS FANDOMSECRETS! :D

[(Anonymous)]

I dislike the artist as well.

I prefer to see the pairing as well -- what it actually is and not the whole whiney girl waiting for someone to save her.

Plus, the artist herself really did something to me in the past I prefer not to speak of.

[thepinkangel.livejournal.com]

I have a soft spot for Van/pre-Akzeriuth Luke... Because it's so much crack and hilarity XD

[(Anonymous)]

Aww, come on, you can't just say that and then not tell what it was!

[kuni-izumi.livejournal.com]

AKSJAKDJ BLACK BOOKS IS LOVE!

[song-of-truth.livejournal.com]

10. I have to ask - what's the big pink-headed thing on the right?

[karel]

1. Word. The one thing keeping me out of the TotA fandom is that I can't afford the game!

[yume-no-kage.livejournal.com]

1. Any fandom you get into would require at least some money to obtain the materials of which you are (or will become) a fan of. Anime, manga, videogames...Barring piracy online and illegal bootlegs, it is to be expected that you, the fan, will be buying the volumes of manga/DVDs of anime/each videogame as they come out, because this in turn shows the creators that there is an interest and not to mention funds them for creating more. If everyone just read scanlations/watched episodes on youtube then nothing new would come out, because the creators would see that noone was buying their work, and would stop.

10. I do the same thing. >.>

[tsurugi.livejournal.com]

It's worth every dollar, I'm telling you. >:

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[ex-discover.livejournal.com]

I HEAR YA.

[vangirl]

Who DOESN'T have a soft spot for those two? Course, deciding whether that spot is soft because it's rotten or not is another matter...

[(Anonymous)]

There's a certain amount of competative behaviour where cosplay is concerned whether intentionally done or not. While I personally don't care if my friends cosplay the same characters I do ... I do understand the reasoning behind this secret. It's not egotistical. It's cosplay and no matter how much you try to not be judgemental, it's going to happen. If someone's not comfortable with that, then they probably shouldn't cosplay.

[(Anonymous)]

Why are replies frozen?

Oh yeah... Fandom Wank finally found us. Now people are going to be zomg paranoid about starting wank. Damn.

dispassion or whoever did the wank report, I hope you're raped and die from blood loss. -_-

[grayout.livejournal.com]

We were getting links to illegal stuff. So uh. Yeah. >>"

[(Anonymous)]

but she has a LIFE outside of Yoruichi, you know :|

Okay, are we reading/watching the same canon? Lmao. She really doesn't. XD That's an integral part of her personality - her fixation with her kitty sensei and the resulting drama and wangst it causes (I'm not referring to the possibility of her being in love with Yoruichi, by the way - I'll leave the shipping wank to someone else). She wasn't designed to be a three dimensional character, as I'm sure the mangaka himself would even tell you. Every Bleach character has a niche they fill, and only a lucky few are developed beyond that.

Yeah, Soi is a captain and a bitchninja and does a few things OTHER than obsess over Yoruichi, but you could count those things on one hand. Sometimes characters aren't exactly designed to be realistic and "whole", you know? If Soi were, she'd be one of the main characters.

I agree with your dislike of that particular artist's portrayal of Soi, though. Soi is definitely not a weak character. That... is like turning Byakuya into a simpering tearful uke. DO NOT WANT.

[(Anonymous)]

The artist is a very good friend of mine and I'm inclined to call bullshit unless you elaborate. So share, plz. :P Otherwise, stop trolling.

[(Anonymous)]

8. Random Guy x Wolverine? XD