[ SECRET POST #6756 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6756 ⌋

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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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/9rwTbyn.png

[dinogrrl]

I can totally see how she'd be a good imaginary conversation-pal.

[tabaqui]

She is so sensible, steady, and kind - she would be perfect!

[(Anonymous)]

I get it, she's a very dependable and steady character, not prone to tolerating any hysterics that aren't necessary (like being in labor!). She'd be the very type to hear you out, offer some advice, and then give you something useful to do while drinking a cuppa, because you might as well occupy your hands to get your mind off of things.

[(Anonymous)]

I've never watched his programme, but that's my Nan to a T!

[(Anonymous)]

I get it. Sometimes when I'm watching the show (from the dumpster fire that is the current United States), she'll go "Oh, lass..." and I instantly feel better (for a little while).

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02. https://i.imgur.com/z9e7eck.png

[(Anonymous)]

You’re not going to believe this but people are allowed to enjoy anachronistic historical fiction. For many, that’s a feature, not a bug. And regency snobs wonder why no one likes you all. At least you’re supporting the authors, I guess? Weird flex to come on here though bragging about being a stuck up asshole. Even for a secret comm, some things are better kept to oneself.

[(Anonymous)]

I get why this is a secret. I'm always torn between "they don't know any better" and "they know and it's wish fulfilment / fantasy". The result is the same, sure, but the starting point is waaaay different. I can't help but wonder... I try not to judge the authors that badly, tho. I think the vast majority of them simply want to play with a fun setting unburdened by the societal bias of that era.

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on execution for me. If something is clearly historical fantasy but 100% rolls with it I can fully accept the setting as it is and have fun with it, like Birdgerton that is not even hiding that it's a romance series set in an AU version of regency England.

But if something is acting like This Is How Things Were I'm going to hate it and I'm not even much of a history nerd, the flagrant misinformation just irks me.

[meadowphoenix]

one thing about historical accuracy about period mores is that exceptions are always made and can and often were made for very ephemeral reasons like charm. i can excuse a lot of heroines as being singular and exceptional fairly easily (they have political or economic backing, the location is singular/fictional, they are supposed to be charming, etc.) because these are reasons why people were allowed to break general mores.

Social mores aren't actually applied evenly, consistently, or equally; we glean what we can from etiquette books, novels, legal decisions, and writings, but those things don't usually tell us who got away with breaking them unless it was of particular interest to the author and so we simply can't know what any singular person would be subject to socially for violations.

There are a lot of fictional heroines (and heroes!) who are doing straight up ridiculous things, but determining what an author "got wrong" about social attitudes is more nebulous than I think we want to admit.

[(Anonymous)]

OP, I once read a book where the publishers included, in the back, a teaser chapter from an upcoming regency setting novel. The tone was modern in a way I didn't vibe with, but that would have been FINE, if it was not for the fact that the heroine, a woman from regency era England, mentioned BOYSENBERRIES, a fruit that was not DEVELOPED before the late 1910s at the earliest, and certainly didn't have any kind of a reach.

Leaving aside the fact that they're nigh impossible to transport and keep fresh rather than as a jam or a syrup, and that they are from Southern California, they just... had not been invented yet!

And because I knew this, I couldn't take a single word after 'boysenberry' seriously, and have put the author on the list of people whose books I will never read.

[(Anonymous)]

I once read a Regency novel where the heroine was an heiress with a fortune of £200,000 and just giggled because the author clearly just chose a big number and didn't try to do any kind of currency conversion. Otherwise they'd know that's an insane amount of money. Or maybe their editor missed the extra zero, who knows?

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[(Anonymous)]

I finally got to watch it the other day and BOOOOY what a roller-coaster! Really really beautifully done!
I hope you are doing OK, OP. This movie deals with a lot of dark stuff and I hope it was as cathartic for you as it was for me.

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[(Anonymous)]

Wow, I had no idea people felt this way. I assume it's because Peter is the only male character in there who's actually around Heidi's age, but you know, sometimes being single is better than being in a relationship with a jealous dude who's unable to regulate his emotions.

Even when I was a kid I thought it was scary how ANGRY Peter got just because Clara existed and was taking Heidi's attention away from him. Destroying her wheelchair is already a dick move, but IMO, if this was a real life scenario it'd be clear that the wheelchair is just a stand-in for Clara herself. All because two girls were off being happy and enjoying themselves without making him the center of their world.

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[philstar22]

I'm not in this fandom. But I hate it when original version fans of things are rude and entitled towards adaption fans. There is nothing wrong with only knowing/liking an adaption. There is nothing wrong with hating an adaption. Personal taste is personal taste. Lets stop policing the fandom.

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[philstar22]

What are some of your favorite soundtracks? Are there any you dislike?

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Historically speaking, someone should be ready for another round by now.

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