[ SECRET POST #6833 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6833 ⌋

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


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[Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!]



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[Baldur's Gate 3]



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[Rayman]



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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 55 secrets from Secret Submission Post #976.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[case]

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/yW9thjU.png

[goodbyebird]

I think, coming from fandom, we've been spoilt for choice when it comes to cozy fiction for years. I can understand book-only folks falling face first into the trend. It's massively popular in fandom for a reason.

[(Anonymous)]

"Cozy" anything is just so hideously boring to me in general. There's no stakes, no real significant conflict... I mean, at least slice of life stories tend to actually have some sort of conflict, even if it's just interpersonal stuff. That can be interesting!

But cozy stuff? Bleh. Pass.

[(Anonymous)]

I’d guess cozy fantasy just isn’t for you. Baldree is a fun author but he writes too high stakes to be true cozy fantasy.

[volkameria]

Yeah, as a big fan of the cozy genre I hear you there. It's hard to write something cozy without it coming across as too twee/flippant, and so much of the coziness stems from familiar settings/characters that trying to sell us on both a new world *and* new characters *and* that somehow none of the stakes are high enough to cause stress is a tall order.

I'm the Opposite.

[(Anonymous)]

I found L&L unrelentingly dull but really enjoyed Someone You Can Build A Nest In.

[(Anonymous)]

L&L managed to fit a balance of stakes and vibes that a lot of cozy fantasy fails, imo.

[(Anonymous)]

TIL there's a third book

[(Anonymous)]

L&L was my introduction to gentle queer romance and it has a special place in my heart for that. Viv and Tandri’s relationship is exactly what I want in entertainment and it’s exceptionally rare even for het couples.

[(Anonymous)]

I like cozy mysteries/cozy murder mysteries but I've never managed to get into cozy fantasy, even though I like fantasy novels. IDEK. It's a weird concept as a whole, the cozy thing.

Same.

[(Anonymous)]

I love that he started a trend and that people are trying to make lower stakes and slice of life fantasy, but so far they have all fallen short. They are either too cutesy and twee, there are not enough stakes, or it's poorly written. I think I've enjoyed one other of the big titles in the genre and I've tried most of them out.

And people thinking these books didn't start a new genre trend are dumb. Did smaller scale, low stakes, 'cozy' adult fantasy books exist before these? Yes, of course they did, nobody is trying to say they didn't.

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

[(Anonymous)]

Well, it is 34 years old, the same age as the movies Madonna: Truth or Dare, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, and My Girl, the TV shows Clarissa Explains It All, Dinosaurs, and Step by Step, and the songs Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, and Motownphilly by Boyz II Men.

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03. https://i.imgur.com/1uQdwR7.png
[Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!]

[(Anonymous)]

god I hate that animation style. I'm going to go rewatch some YuYu Hakusho to cleanse my eyes.

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04. https://i.imgur.com/qB38ano.png

[(Anonymous)]

What is wrong with it? It is a fine attempt by an amateur home artist to tell a story.

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05. https://i.imgur.com/nh8YARj.png
[Baldur's Gate 3]

[(Anonymous)]

I have this feeling, somehow, that BG3 is the first Baldur's Gate game you've played.

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06. https://i.imgur.com/xQrpQwl.jpeg
[Rayman]

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07. https://i.imgur.com/PpllsG3.png

[(Anonymous)]

UH... yeah, I didn't even think about that being a sexualised scene until now and I still don't see it. Wendy is also the older girl, right? She's around 12 years old if I remember correctly. That was a very "teen approaching puberty" thing to say.

I think Alien:Earth did a very solid job at non sexualising ANYONE. The shots are very tasteful and the outfits too are pretty "normal", both for men and women. Like, I see no overt difference between those gender representation in the series. And the kids are very much treated as kids and nothing else (I was very wary at this in the beginning and I'm quite happy with how they are dealing with them).
The only creep in the series is the boy wonder/Kavalier (and maybe Kirsh lol), but I don't read his creepiness as sexual at all.

I wonder if I'm missing something, though....

ALSO F!S ARE WE LINKING ALIEN:EARTH??? I'm liking it a lot! Sometimes it's kind of stupid, but I really really don't mind. It's in the limit of what I expect in an Alien IP and all the transhumanist stuff really gets me going. I pray that only good stuff happen to Slightly, please. Best TV show of 2025 for me so far.

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08. https://i.imgur.com/Voc9TH1.jpeg

[(Anonymous)]

I've tried to read a few of those popular fae books, but tbh part of my enjoyment of fae from a mythology standpoint is how inhuman and alien they are. And these types of books make them far too human, it strips all the actual fantasy out of the fantasy creature for me. Plus the ML's are the worst kind of toxic fuck-prince that I can't stand. Oh ho he's dominant and pushes the FL around, groundbreaking.

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09. https://i.imgur.com/rr7nGDZ.png

[(Anonymous)]

What a strange thing to have physical revulsion about. I get why this is a secret.

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NS, NF, etc.

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[(Anonymous)]

It'll be open until Sunday's FS post goes up. You can leave your comment secrets here:

https://fandomsecrets.dreamwidth.org/3277931.html?thread=1146063979#cmt1146063979

Cheers,

a secret maker

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Games thread!

[bannedbookweek]

Okay I've downloaded the NYT game app and I've tried playing Wordle and it's....idk, it's a little compelling but also very frustrating.