[ SECRET POST #6826 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6826 ⌋

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


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07. [WARNING for discussion of sexual assault]

[Trails to Azure]



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09. [WARNING for discussion of suicide/self-harm]




















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 41 secrets from Secret Submission Post #975.
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

Revisiting old fandoms - things that stand out

[(Anonymous)]

I am rereading some old fic and it is American military themed and I had totally forgotten how much drama there was around DADT! Just struck me as funny that it was just a normal thing back in the day that really dates the fic now.

Anyone else revisit older fandoms and have little dated things that stuck out to you?

Re: Revisiting old fandoms - things that stand out

[(Anonymous)]

Gay couples having civil unions.

Re: Revisiting old fandoms - things that stand out

[(Anonymous)]

I was in the military during this period, so if the characters are too (like the original Top Gun, they'd better be dealing with this. Also, less acceptance overall. Closeted people would be worried about other characters finding out they're gay for that reason as well.

I had a roommate who was clearly gay but hiding it and I just wanted to say, "you know, I do NOT care. Feel free to vent with me about your girlfriend or whatever, girl," but I respected her wish to be discreet overall. My big boss (senior enlisted) was also gay and I didn't find that out until years later on Facebook. His Wizard of Oz figurines and fondness for musicals should have been a bigger clue, in retrospect.

Re: Revisiting old fandoms - things that stand out

[(Anonymous)]

"they'd better be dealing with it"

Bad news, I have seen the tag "non-period typical lack of homophobia." Though I'm not in any military setting fandoms specifically, it comes up in other slash fics I've browsed that aren't set in the present. (I skip them. Give me the truth.)

Re: Revisiting old fandoms - things that stand out

[(Anonymous)]

DA - see for me I don't need that level of realism. You can just handwave or not even address it and I'm okay with that.

Re: Revisiting old fandoms - things that stand out

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, that's fine, too. They're romances.

I'm only picky about military settings in particular.

It could be noted that the workplaces where I've had the MOST gay friends were military, and most people were out to me/their friends if not their bosses.

Re: Revisiting old fandoms - things that stand out

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, we all have our particulars. I have a friend that was so particular about military details they can't do fandom with realistic military anymore.

Luckily my picky thing is archaeology, which doesn't come up much!

Re: Revisiting old fandoms - things that stand out

[paperghost]

I wouldn't call it a "fandom" because it was a mid comedy show, but the episode of Drawn Together where there's a pretend gay marriage to get health insurance hit different 20 years ago, lol.