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⌈ Secret Post #1097 ⌋

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102.

[Harvest Moon]

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103.

[James McAvoy]

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104.

[The Royle Family]

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[Merlin]

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106.

[Hustle]

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[Kate Beckinsale/Billie Piper]

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108.

[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]

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109.

[The Big Bang Theory]

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110.

[HBO's a song of ice and fire]

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111.

[The Mighty Boosh]

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112.

[Transformers (2007)]

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113.

[Dr Who]

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114.

[G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra]

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115.

[GZSZ]

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116.

[Christina Cole/Tom Riley]

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117.

[Kuroshitsuji]

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118.

[Claude & Louis Simonon]

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119.

[Muppets]

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120.

[King of Queens]

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121.

[Quirrellmort, A Very Potter Musical]

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122.

[So You Think You Can Dance Canada]

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123.

[Princess and the Frog]

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124.

[Persona 3]

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125.

[Val Kilmer, RDJ, and Jude Law]

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126.

[NCIS]

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127.

[Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name]

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128.

[Pokemon]

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129.

[Blackfly]

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130.

[TNA Wrestling]

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131.

[Amar en Tiempos Revueltos]

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132.

[Fullmetal Alchemist]

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133.

[Animorphs]

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134.

[Amanda Palmer]

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135.

[Colin Morgan/Bradley James]

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136.

[Percy Jackson]

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137.

[Star Trek]

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138.

[Manos: Hands of Fate/MST3K]

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139.

[Shakira/Danzig]

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140.

[Howard Wolowitz/The Big Bang Theory]

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141.

[Mint Royale]

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142.

[Dark Angel]

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143.

[Antony Hegarty and Marianne Faithfull]

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144.

[Eureka]

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145.

[Criminal Minds]

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146.

[All Creatures Great and Small]

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[Ray Bolger & Judy Garland]

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[The Beatles]

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149.

[Yuri Lowenthal/Tara Platt]

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150.

[Halo]

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They only like her because there's nothing else out there like her for them to like.

lol wut.

I like her music because I like it. If you don't, oh well. No skin off my back.

I don't get people who feel a need to psychoanalyze liking or disliking certain musical performers. Don't get it anymore than I guess some folks don't get Amanda.

THIS. Why does it have to be a big deal? You either like her or you don't. I don't know why someone even bothers to make a secret/comment with "I don't like her". And the secret there is what? Even worse is people saying they pretended to like her. Really? You have such a small sense of self that you had to pretend to like someone you didn't for the sake of friends? Oh, babies, grow up and grow a spine. You hate her? It's not a big deal! Just let us fans be.

Edited 2010-01-06 22:48 (UTC)

The problem is that I've known fans who won't just let people who hate her, hate her. They treated any dislike of her like it was some kind of blasphemy, and they basically said anyone who didn't just shit their pants over her was an idiot. Do they speak for all fans? Definitely not. But her fans are without a doubt the most obnoxious fans I've ever met, personally, with Gaiman fans coming in a close second. Those two are like a match made in pretentious teenager/Hot Topic demographic heaven.

Well, I think the people dealing with such "friends" who can't accept their differences should find better friends. I've always been very passionate about what I like but I accept if someone doesn't like it. In the end, what's it matter?

In the end, what's it matter?

Well, that's a fair enough point. Let's shake hands on the matter and go get a milkshake.

Ha, chocolate cherry would be my favorite. ;)

That's pretty much my stance on this sort of secret too. I cannot comprehend caring so much about what music my friends like that they feel they have to hide it from me. Disagreement is good when you're not batshit.

The problem is that I've known fans who won't just let people who hate her, hate her. They treated any dislike of her like it was some kind of blasphemy, and they basically said anyone who didn't just shit their pants over her was an idiot.

I've had that experience with "true believer" fans in MANY a fandom, though. Firefly (and Joss Whedon in general), Due South, Battlestar Galactica, U2, etc., just to name a few. It's not a phenomenon exclusive or even in my experience more common in AP fandom than elsewhere.

It sucks when it happens in ANY fandom IMHO. We should be allowed to like and dislike what we want, and trying to push something too hard never works and often leads to resentment and intense hatred instead of the supposed desired effect (goodness knows I run screaming if anyone puts Due South on in my vicinity, after having people try to push it on me too hard too many times...)

Edited 2010-01-06 23:11 (UTC)

Wow, that's so different to any experience I've had. Not a single one of my friends likes her - I constantly get ribbed about liking 'that lady with the armpit hair who looks like a man and can't sing'. It's come to the point when if I find someone who does like her, even incidentally, they are my new best friend. It's practically the default among anyone I know to either not know her music, or claim it makes your ears bleed.

When it comes to obnoxious fans, I feel that if you dislike Lady Gaga you get a lot more backlash, or at least, I have in this case. Perhaps it's because the ones I've physically encountered are all of the high school age variety, but if I dare mention I'm not a Lady Gaga fan, or make a negative comment about her clothing, I get reamed out. I've been told I don't understand real music, that I'm just jealous and wish that I could be like her, that it's no wonder I dress in plain clothes because how dare I not recognize her fashion prowess, etc. I don't see why you can't just not like someone's music, be them Lady Gaga or Amanda Palmer.

Also, Great Mouse Detective=awesome :D

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