[ SECRET POST #1106 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1106 ⌋

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

101.


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102.
(zooey deschanel)


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103.
[Pirate Radio]


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104.
[Chris Pine/Zachary Quinto]


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105.
[Megan Fox]


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106.
[Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer]


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107.
(Bruce Coville's Rod Allbright Alien Adventures)


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108.
[CSI]


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109.
[Mario Andretti and Paul Newman]


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110.
[Fallout 3/Left 4 Dead]


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111.
[One Piece]


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112.
[ADA Cutter - Law and Order]


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113.
[Smallville]


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114.
[Push]


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115.
[Tekken]


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116.
[Yume Nikki]


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117.


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118.
[Amanda Palmer]


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119.
[Smallville]


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120.


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121.
[David Mitchell/Charlie Brooker]


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122.
[Excalibur]


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123.
[2pm ok taecyeon]


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124.
[NCIS]


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125.
[Smallville]


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126.
[Frank Welker]


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127.
[Earth Final Conflict]


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128.
[Persona 3]


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129.
[Teen Titans]


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130. [posted twice]


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131.
[Vocaloid]


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132.
[The Mighty Boosh]


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133.
[princess and the frog]


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134.
[Matthew Gray Gubler]


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135.
[World of Warcraft, Eh?]


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136.
[Lady Gaga]


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137.
[Tattoo]


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138.


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139.
[The Thick of It]


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140.
[Gordeeva & Grinkov]


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141.
[Life]


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142.
[Gossip Girl]


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143.
[Prince of Tennis]


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144.
[Harry Potter]


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145.
[The Saboteur]


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146.
[World of Warcraft]


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147.
[Studio 60 on Sunset Strip]


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148.
[Joyeux Noël]


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149.
["A Might Wind"/Mitch and Mickey]


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150.
[Marble Hornets/Freakazoid]


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151.
[One Tree Hill]


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152.
[criminal minds/virgin suicides]


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153.
[Gamer]


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154.
[Yo-Jin-Bo]


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155.
[Demons/Sanctuary]


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156.
[Prince of Tennis]


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157.
[Deadman Wonderland]


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158.
[Emma Watson]


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159.
[Leave it to Beaver]


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160.
[Higurashi/Umineko]


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161.
[Heroes]


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162.


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163.
[Naruto]


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164.
[Harry Potter]


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165.
[Heroes]


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166.


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167.
[Darksiders]


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168.
[When Cicadas Cry]


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169.
[Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis]


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170.
[Hellsing]


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171.
[star Trek]


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172.
[Burn Notice]


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173.
[Legend of the Seeker]


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174.
[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]


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175. [SPOILERS for Dexter]



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176. [SPOILERS for Hellsing]



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177. [SPOILERS for One Piece]



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178. [SPOILERS for Assassin's Creed 2]



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179. [SPOILERS for House of Night]



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180. [SPOILERS for Heroes]



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181. [SPOILERS for The Invention of Lying]








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Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #158.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 3 - ships it ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

177. [SPOILERS for One Piece]
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[jiori-seth.livejournal.com]

THIS. Impel Down was cool at first, but I'm sick of all the same-old same-old fighting panels (I read the manga)

And I KNOW Ace is gonna live. Or rather, I just get that impression. And while I think the guy's amazing; I think the only way the arc could redeem itself is if he died. :/

I'm bored, but invested in Luffy's rise to power, so.... Yeah. Bring back the crew! I like their snarking friendship better than all this world-wide drama.

[(Anonymous)]

Long battles between people we barely know, instead of the characters we've been following all along, don't exactly make it exciting.

Luffy and Ace are there, and I do hope Luffy saves Ace (or, hell, Ace would do something other than just _kneel_ there), and epic battles obviously work best if they're...epic.

But it is just a really long fight, and I too would like it over.

I'm kind of hoping that the Strawhat crew shows up at the last moment and saves the day.

[jiori-seth.livejournal.com]

Now THAT would be awesome. Didn't think of that, haha.

If like, the ship bursts out of the water, and Zoro's all "While you were busy having a boring fight; I got the ship ready for underwater travel, yo!"

And then there'd be asskickery, and the readers would rejoice.

That would be ideal.

((Ps: Yeah, way to just hang out there, Ace. He's SO not Pirate King material. >__<))

[netbug009.livejournal.com]

"If like, the ship bursts out of the water, and Zoro's all "While you were busy having a boring fight; I got the ship ready for underwater travel, yo!""

This would be the best One Piece related thing ever and instantly make Impel Down and everything related to it totally worth it. Seriously.

[jiori-seth.livejournal.com]

See? My point exactly!

[sindragosa.livejournal.com]

I always used to call One Piece my "Shonen away from Shonen" manga because it seemed to be much more than fights fights fights.

And then Impel Down comes around.

I agree with the above comment, it'd only be redeemable if Ace died. But then again, no one dies in One Piece unless it's in a flashback, soooo... D:

[jonathan-jones.livejournal.com]

I'm loving it, because Luffy and Crocodile team up = fuck yeah.

It really can't be too much longer, given how close he is now.

also he isn't in Impel Down anymore

[unsquared.livejournal.com]

I don't know about you, but I think I get sick of arcs if I follow them weekly. They just feel longer when you're waiting, whether you're reading the manga or watching the anime. Toei has the tendency to draw out material, too. I'm guessing they want Oda to get further ahead so they don't run out of stuff to animate.

Maybe I'm a bitch, but when I was following Water 7/Enies Lobby, my main thought was, "Oh gosh, when is this arc going to end? I want some more happy antics! CRY MOAR, ROBIN." I don't feel that way now, but that's definitely how I felt then, and there's probably some part of me that is saying, "CRY MOAR, ACE." I really come to love arcs only after they end; One Piece makes me feel impatient. I think the series is at its best when you read or watch it in chunks rather than weekly. Each major arc seems to take nearly a year to finish, after all.

I like the current arc, but it's only bursts of excitement. It helps that I am gay for Hancock and a glimpse of her is enough to make me happy. Finally seeing backstory for Ace is amazing, too.

[bamf-girl.livejournal.com]

Dude I felt the exact same way about Water 7. By the end of the arc, I was like, "FINE, FUCK IT. LEAVE ROBIN, LEAVE USOPP, GET GOING DOWN THE FUCKING GRAND LINE." I'm still kind of resentful towards them because of it. ~__~

I'm with you all the way, too. I love One Piece, it's my absolute favorite, but I can't follow it weekly like everyone else. I wait, and wait, and after about three months, I download all the anime I've missed and catch up. Then I'm not left hanging as badly.

[serrende.livejournal.com]

I'm the entire other way around when it comes to that arc - it was Water 7/Enies Lobby that really got me deep into the One Piece Internet fandom fan fiction, forum discussions and all - instead of being more just a regular reader of the manga. Then again, I read it in manga translations first (my country's ahead of the English translations) and only got into the internet when I got way too caught up in that story.

That's probably because I'm a huge Usopp fangirl who could never resent him, though. But I didn't realise it until that arc.

OTOH, I also agree that One Piece grows a lot when read in large chunks as opposed to tiny weekly installments, but being both impatient and scared of getting spoiled I can't stop reading it weekly even so.

[andromeda-2.livejournal.com]

I like the current arc a lot(because of all the awesome teamups and background stories, yay \O/), but I do agree that I wish to see the crew again - especially to find out whether Fat!Sopp and Tranny!Sanji are gonna be canon from now on XDD

I hope this arc is gonna be over soon, so that Ruffy and the others will be together again \O/

[jonathan-jones.livejournal.com]

>Ruffy

My favorite character

[andromeda-2.livejournal.com]

Well, I started off reading the Swedish translations, so...Ruffy it is XD

[jonathan-jones.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know.

It's just amusing.

[oxymoronic3.livejournal.com]

So agreed. I only tend to like Luffy when he's bouncing off of the rest of the crewmates. The chemistry and the Straw Hats are my favorite parts of the series, and having an entire arc revolve around Luffy feels a bit indulgent to me.

Mostly, I just miss the crew. :( I haven't been reading it lately, but I plan to start again once they come back. I've never been a very big fan of Ace at all, either, so that probably has something to do with it. XD

[universejuice.livejournal.com]

Man I am in such the same boat as you, OP. Luffy's a great character, but he can't hold up the whole plot on his own. He needs the balance out of the other Strawhats, all their crazy working together: that's what makes One Piece what it is =|

All these other characters we're catching sight of, sure they're badass, but I'm not in One Piece for all the badass, I'm in it for the humor+badass. I don't know any of these guys, and we don't even know them enough to really feel connected. I can't remember who's on which crew or what their powers from one moment to the next. It's too busy, and I want it to focus and get things back to where we know what's going on.

As others have said, Ace isn't exactly encouraging as a powerful character when he kneels and mopes.

[(Anonymous)]

YES. For the love of God Oda, END THIS ARC ALREADY. IT FEELS LIKE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR. OR JUST KILL ACE. I'M SICK OF HIS WEEPY, USELESS BISHINESS. WHY DOES LUFFY LOVE THIS GUY AGAIN?!

Seriously. Who actually likes or cares about Ace aside from the fangirls?

[jonathan-jones.livejournal.com]

He's cool. Not necessarily a great character by any means, but he serves his purpose well enough.

Even if this arc is dragging.

[serrende.livejournal.com]

I've actually started liking him a lot more this arc, as we've gotten to know him a lot better through flashbacks and interaction - to me, he's become a much deeper character than before. I used to think he was funny and admittedly nice to look at but not very interesting. Oda's made me care about him with this arc. (And how is he supposed to be useful in the fight when he's in chains? It's not like Robin was able to do anything in Enies Lobby until she'd been freed. Doesn't make her a bad character.)

But. That being said, I miss all the other Strawhats so damn badly. And them not being around does lessen my interest in the arc considerably, just like the OP. (Also, I hate that Crocodile's suddenly an ally.)

[mabis.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm loving this epic badass fight between the best pirate in the world and the Admirals. (I'm reading the manga, btw)

[leona-d.livejournal.com]

YES!
I wish Oda would bring them back as soon as possible. ~_~ I dream about dramatic entrance for them or something.

And I'm starting to get confused about who is who and what's going on... The power of ongoings I guess.

[(Anonymous)]

I completely agree with you.

I follow the manga, and I stopped reading the new chapters a few months ago because I was so bored with it, only checking in sometimes to see if anything important has happened.

My problem is that Luffy was never my favorite (out of the nine Strawhats, he's number seven on my list, and only when he's interacting with the others), and One Piece for me was always about the crew, their friendship and crazy adventures together. It's been, what, a year and a half since the others got pushed out of the story? And since I've never been very interested in the villains, Luffy teaming up with them while my favorite characters are nowhere to be seen isn't exactly filling me with glee.

I just want the others back. Once they are, I'll read the things I've skipped.

[serrende.livejournal.com]

I think Bon Clay is awesome. Seriously. He freaking rules - I'm starting to wonder if he isn't the most damn heroic character around apart from some of those who've died in flashback backstories.

Some other new and re-appearing characters are also quite cool. And this arc has made Ace a deeper character for me.

That being said. I want the others back, already. It's just not the same. I love Luffy, but with the rest of the crew gone, it... it just doesn't feel as real to me, dammit.