[ SECRET POST #103 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #103 ⌋

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

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Early'causeI'mgonnagodienowbye. D:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 35 secrets from Secret Submission Post #015.
Secrets Not Posted: [1] broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [1] breaks px limit.
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Comments

[bedlam14.livejournal.com]

Gahhhhh... that is a really tricky spot to be in. Well... As for her 'I just want to be up on the theories' thing versus her (sounds like blatant) disapproval of various fandom theories... It contradicts itself, doesn't it? Whether or not you like it, people are going to do what they want. It's not your fandom, or your friends'- it's everyone's, and by GOD if that means furries invade and space alien suicide cutters come about, oh well. >.>
Your friend could choose to just stay away from that half of the fandom if she wanted, I wager. No matter how small the fandom (and by jove, I've been in fandoms three people large!), you can always ignore what you're not interested in.
As for not wanting her to judge you... well, everyone judges everyone, don't they? I think this is one of those important fandom things you'll have to face- your friend is having to learn proper fandom socialization, and you're having to learn not to worry so much about what other people think. It's hard, I know, but if you think about how everyone else has to learn things too, maybe that will encourage you!
If she wants to have conversations about 'canon stuff', she should ask people, not stalk their threads. That's just my arrogant analysis, though, so meh....
As for your fandom (I'm kind of curious at this point as to what it is #^__^#) not having any drama, is it the kind of peace harboring tension or is it genuine peace? You might not be the only person that feels this way about your co-mod.

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yes, it is very tricky. *sigh*. And yep, it's very blatant. She's always like "Can't we just enjoy it for what it is?" and others are like yeah, you can enjoy it for what it is, we don't mind, but we'd like to analyse it thanks, and we should be allowed to! If it does get invaded by constant dark fics and abuse and rape and furries (... which i just realised could totally happen if someone got creative with plotbunnies omg...) well, then I wouldn't care, as long as I was still allowed to do what I want to do, and have some people to do it with. :) I agree. It's not my fandom. But it's not hers either, which means that we should be allowed to do what we want without being told off for it. And yep, I guess I'm sort of judging her for her thoughts about it... but... at least I don't follow her around to do it!
I think I'll just have to try and not care what she thinks. It's been driving me crazy not being able to talk about it properly for months because I've been freaking out.
Well, the 'drama' is that half of us think the other half is a bit blind, and they think we're a bit over analytical. :P But we decided that everyone is a fan so it doesn't matter. Honestly, the only non personal drama (people having different levels/types of enjoyment of the canon doesn't count as drama) I can think of is occasional debates about 'what do you think this scene meant?' and who is hottest. haha. Which of course doesn't really matter at all. I think most people don't notice the problems with her. And that's not fandom problem, it's more a personal issue with her.
And, I'd love to tell you what the fandom is, but I can't really without 'outing' who I am, or getting her sent a google alert that I've said the name of it. hah.