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⌈ Secret Post #6550 ⌋

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


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Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

(If you think something in this thread is a troll, please ignore it! Conversation is fine, but OT wank makes stuff harder to keep track of in this thread. Thanks.)

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01. https://i.imgur.com/pSWKVyk.jpeg

[(Anonymous)]

That's like 70s anime style, exciting at the time but incredibly dull now because we've all seen it evolve into more complex and interesting forms.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm gonna swing by the theatre this weekend. It's caught my eye and I haven't been to the movies in years

[(Anonymous)]

the ads I've seen on streaming are just awful. the animation is jerky, janky, and unpleasant, I can't imagine sitting through lengthy action scenes with that jank. hard pass.

[(Anonymous)]

Personally, I just don't think the style fits with the overall aesthetic of Middle Earth.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh thanks for the reminder! I do want yo see this. Sorry it isn't your thing.

Having flashbacks to the Rankin/Bass The Hobbit (1977)

[(Anonymous)]

Freaked me out a lot as a kid. We watched it in school for some reason, like mid '80s. Pretty sure I had nightmares about Gollum. I was very wary of anything to do with Tolkien for a long time after that.

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly 'anime Lord of the Rings' had me all excited when I first heard about it, but the actual movie looks meh. I saw a trailer in theaters and all I could think was that the action sequences in Dan-da-dan look cooler and more vibrant, and that's a weekly TV series vs this being a movie.

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I don't mind the style taken alone, but I don't know that it's serving this sort of content very well. Of course, the content itself is... a bit offsides from what I would have expected from something titled "The War of the Rohirrim", so.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, not a fan of the style either. Also really don't like her red hair - not that she has red hair but that weird tomato-y shade bothers me.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't mind the old school design but it has to be well animated and directed not to look flat and generic.

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02. https://i.imgur.com/w5L2giL.png
[Xenoblade 2]

[(Anonymous)]

I don't go here, but hard same OP. Leggings, stockings, or socks of varying lengths can really bring something to an outfit and Mythra benefits from that phenomenon.

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03. https://i.imgur.com/442XNuX.png

[(Anonymous)]

I've been there, friend. And if you don't feel the actual need or want to go back to books, hey, solidarity.

But I'm going to ask -- is it the content, the tagging, the format, the routine, the budget, or some combination? Because I realized that maybe 90% of my not reading physical books was because I'd moved a couple times and didn't have a good place to read a codex format story anymore. Not to mention the library was out of my way and I hadn't built a routine around it. But I wanted to read published books! There were Many that I'd gone "oh yes I do want to read this" and just -- hadn't. I do have a better physical book reading place now, but I still consume a lot of fanfiction and a lot of ebooks.

Most libraries these days have ebooks, with or without a dedicated app for your phone (if you prefer reading on your phone to the computer). The recommendation process, unfortunately, has been Crapified by Libby. But the whole system has brought my ebook budget back down to mostly free credits I get from choosing the no-rush Amazon delivery option. You may have to visit the library in person to get a card and set up your PIN (they often use something derived from your phone number by default) but after that you can operate from either the phone or the computer (Libby app, and your library's subdomain of the Overdrive website, or both). When the library ebooks expire, they just generate a notification and go back to the library without penalty.

And some libraries have phased out fines -- library science has looked into it, and it turns out that fines are not a major source of funding, and result in lower circulation due to people who have started to get fines just Not Engaging anymore. Rather than it being a motivation to get the books back on time. They still generally charge replacement cost if a book is lost or damaged. But if you do have fines that are keeping you from the library, see if the library has a forgiveness program.

For tagging, I've been using The Storygraph -- my usual routine is to find a book that looks interesting in the library app, then look for tags; if I see the little warning symbol that means it's got tags that I would prefer to be prepared for, I make sure to get it in ebook rather than audiobook so it's easier to skim, and so I won't get caught unawares while driving.

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04. https://i.imgur.com/cylp9QQ.png

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Is that supposed to be Socrates cringing?

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05. https://i.imgur.com/q0meGdZ.png

[(Anonymous)]

I don't watch this show but this is adorable.

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06. https://i.imgur.com/K6MGJjQ.png

[(Anonymous)]

Co-signed.

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NS, NF, etc.

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What are your favorite shows where you don't interact with the fandom at all?

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Mine are Only Murders in the Building and Bob's Burgers.

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Games thread!

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Politics thread:

Any threads for explicitly non-fandom politics or non-fandom political news should go here.

Nicely done, NC State Board of Elections

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https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/as-recount-starts-north-carolina-supreme-court-gop-candidate-challenges-60k-ballots/

Some good news anyway.