[ SECRET POST #7001 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7001 ⌋

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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 32 secrets from Secret Submission Post #1000.
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

[fscom]

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Transcript by OP

[fscom]

There's a recc'er who has been going for over 20 years, posting a multi-fandom rec list every month. I absolutely love their taste, we share most fandoms, the ones we don't they tend to convince me to join - they are the Gardner Dozois of fanfic for me.

But last month most of the entries on the rec list were for Heated Rivalry. I'm glad they've found a new fandom, and they owe me NOTHING, but still...

[(Anonymous)]

...link?

+1

[(Anonymous)]

seconding the request :praying emoji:

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[(Anonymous)]

So the secret is you’re bitter they like something you don’t? Or you’re bitter they recced stuff in the current popular fandom? Something else? You cut the secret off right when you got to the secret part.

(frozen comment) Uh...

[(Anonymous)]

The secret doesn't sound bitter at all. About anything.

(frozen comment) Re: Uh...

[(Anonymous)]

No one said it did.

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[(Anonymous)]

DA

..... comment OP literally said it? It was the first sentence. Like...

(frozen comment) Re: Uh...

[(Anonymous)]

The first two lines of the comment ask if OP is bitter. The third asks if the secret is something else.

(frozen comment) Re: Uh...

[(Anonymous)]

Read more carefully before commenting. This is good advice for everything, not just FS.

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[(Anonymous)]

The secret doesn't say anything about being bitter? Do you find you often have trouble with reading comprehension and writing that leaves assumptioms up to the reader rather than specifically stating everything? Not being an ass, honestly curious.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm pretty sure I know exactly who you're referring to... and I had exactly the same reaction.

[(Anonymous)]

Please drop a link. I actually am in the Heated Rivalry fandom and would love a list of recs, lol

[(Anonymous)]

I just wanted to say that the phrase "the Gardner Dozois of fanfic" made me laugh. Thanks, OP!

[(Anonymous)]

That's me when an entire group of writers I read turned to 911. Some Heated Rivalry has started creeping in, and even though I haven't seen it yet I'm so goddamned happy for them to gtf away from 911.

[(Anonymous)]

fucking same. I have not seen the turn to Heated Rivalry yet, but jesus christ when everyone got into 911 years ago and there was nothing else being shared... I don't miss that time. It actually got me to distance myself from a lot of fandom spaces and unfollow a ton of writers on AO3.

[(Anonymous)]

When that happened I thought, oh, this must be a great show if everyone is going there! I couldn't get through the first episode. I still don't understand why it's so popular. Having such a shit show get such a large share of the fandom drove me mad!

[(Anonymous)]

AAAH are you me? I also tried to watch the show, lasted one episode and an half (I gave the pilot some grace, but I wanted to quit almost immediately) and proceeded to wonder why all my favourite fan writers/artists migrated to such a piece of shit canon for years to come.
The biggest migration I saw was from destiel writers and WTF why would someone who is into supernatural and writes mostly canon verse (that's what I was heavily into at the time) be into a show like that??? It's a fucking mystery to me.

One of my best friend is a gay men who is very into Buddie. He writes fics and I get his love for the characters and fandom, I do, but every time he talks to me about their character arcs in the show and what's up with the fandom I'm bored to tears. I don't get it. And it's been going for, what??? 8 years now???

That sucks

[(Anonymous)]

I have a few people I follow like that, even luring me into new fandoms like you said, but when they go somewhere you can't follow it is such a silly specific kind of letdown or sadness.

[(Anonymous)]

So what is the secret?

[(Anonymous)]

It's implied that Heated Rivalry is not a fandom OP is in, so when that fandom took over their favorite reccer's rec list, they reacted similarly to the image in the secret, which is [Facepalm.] because they aren't interested in that and would rather have recs of fics in other fandoms.

This is probably a secret because they aren't going to go complain to the reccer about it, who is providing a free service that they enjoyed before.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Yw :)

[(Anonymous)]

Very well said!

My take

[(Anonymous)]

OP doesn't like Heated Rivalry and is sad or disappointed someone they follow for recs is all in on it.