[ SECRET POST #7003 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7003 ⌋

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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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Transcript by OP

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I don't think Bridgerton is high-brow by any means and I like it for what it is.

But my god am I sick of people across fandom who insist that we need to 'acknowledge that it's trash' when we're talking about the show or our enjoyment of it. Especially when those same people are into Star Wars or the MCU which are also trashy fun.

Curiously media aimed at men never gets this 'you need to Understand that what you like is actually bad' in order to simply enjoy it. Funny that.

[(Anonymous)]

Eh... I think the latter part is not really on fandom and more due to the fact that trash media for men acknowledges readily and shamelessly that its IS trash, by itself, before anyone has to.

The whole era of penny dreadfuls, pulp comics, and pulp fiction was literally based around the idea of being cheap and low quality. Whereas you wouldn't get romance novels calling themselves cheapo trashtasy because they like to pretend to be more than that and take being called a bodice-ripper as an insult, mostly. Titillating-anything for men is way more shamelessly pitched and much less 'politely' veiled than titillating-anything for women in general

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Neither Star Wars nor the MCU is primarily aimed at men. I think if I had to pick a better example, I'd say the Fast&The Furious movies fit the bill much better and they (and other male centered media) get called trashy plenty. Difference is they don't really pretend not to be.

[(Anonymous)]

Word OP, I enjoy the MCU and Bridgerton, both are equally stupid in their own ways but the former certainly gets elevated above its station because action boom is less shallow than romance I guess?

[(Anonymous)]

You don’t understand OP it’s smutty and het, therefore no one’s allowed to actually like it /s

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oh my gosh I HATE this . I hate when someone who dislikes a thing is like "you need to acknowledge the thing you like actually SUCKS or you're a mindless simp and cringe"

No we don't??? Like your opinion ain't the end all be all. And like saying 'it's imperfect but okay" is not the same as "it's trash but I love it anyway" OR 'it's flawless groundbreaking high art"

There's this wild thing called MODERATION

Demanding that fans have to admit their fave is trash or they're stans/obsessed. That's a good way to become the person nobody invites to parties.

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Fucking right. I can enjoy all the dumb actions movies I want but the moment I also enjoy romance dramas and romcoms suddenly my intelligence is questioned because apparently I can’t tell that those are silly and unrealistic.

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Yes. I didn't get all the upset and excuses over Bridgerton being sex heavy history romances ("why are we praising dumbed down smut history romance?" and "lol it's just hot garbage, don't think too hard about it"). It's like even with fun, average things women need to prove or have an excuse for it to 1) exist, and 2)be OK to like.

It reminded me of a short I saw recently about how in shows/media, male characters don't have to prove they're smart while female characters do. She used "Normal People" as an example of it. The male character is top of the class and many other characters tell him he's smart, while the female character has actual footage of her at work, doing specific schoolwork to prove that she's smart. It's not just other characters telling her she's smart.
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Lmao at all the comments proving OP’s point.

‘I enjoy this thing and shouldn’t have to justify why’

‘Actually you should because we think it’s bad and if you enjoy it clearly you can’t see how bad it is’

Love the subtle implication that people who enjoy romance media can’t tell when it’s silly fun. Because they’re all vapid and dumb I guess? Lol

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[(Anonymous)]

Can't even tell what you're talking about, OP, because the wall of text makes it impossible to read the cover.

Transcript – The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

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I dislike his writing and I hated this series. I read all 3 books to give it a chance, even though I disliked his other work I read. The main character is just so annoying to me. Secret because everyone I know who read him loves his work and I only see praise for him online too. To me he writes girls very much from a guy’s pov. I also think he wrote from that pov to make the series popular.

Bonus secrets – 1. He described Sidney Prescott from Scream as *all brawn* which is so factually incorrect and makes me think he has disdain for girls showing emotion. 2. I see the same people who heap praise on him for writing girls (not women) say it’s weird that Grady Hendrix writes as women. But it’s a double standard and annoying too.

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Trust your instincts OP! That's a lot of words ypu read for something that you knew probably might not be your thing. I'd say keep an eye out for some of these reviewers and what they find interesting in women and use that as a radar for what not to read!

[(Anonymous)]

I have not read any of his books but I have met him, and he was very pleasant. I really need to pick up his stuff.

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I'm with you. His name kept popping up in my reading circles, so I finally read My Heart is a Chainsaw and hated it. The main character was so insufferable and unrealistic, and I felt like the pop culture references were more important to SGJ than an actual plot

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Transcript by OP

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The final closure of MTV was a lot more of an emotional gut punch to me than I would've expected.

"I want my MTV!"

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Transcript by OP

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Clockwise starting from left: Keira Knightley as outraged Elizabeth Bennet from P&P 2005, Caroline Bingley and Louisa Hurst from P&P 1995, Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her daughter Anne from P&P 1995 and the caption: "I am most seriously displeased. Drive on!"

While I delight in all the sass and fury about the new Wuthering Heights adaptation, I'm also enjoying the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Not because the recent teaser trailer looks good because it doesn't.

But because this might finally unite the Pride and Prejudice 1995 and the Pride and Prejudice 2005 fans against a common enemy!

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Love the image. Disagree with the secret.

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NS, NF, etc.

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What authors do you not like?

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Based on 2

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Games thread!

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Episode #184
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https://episode.wtf

I am still bitter that it was closed