[ SECRET POST #1505 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1505 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Sorry for early again. ):

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 151 secrets from Secret Submission Post #215.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

07. http://i51.tinypic.com/2q3ccvm.jpg

[noetma.livejournal.com]

nbd bro.

Have a cup of tea.

It'll be ok.

[judo-creature.livejournal.com]

First off, if you're getting so much traffic, I can promise you that your life will probably get instantly worse if you delete your fic, because you'll probably get eighty-nine emails going "why would you do that."

If you hate your fanfic, why not just get a new handle and separate yourself from your old name? You can leave it up for your comfort and for other people's enjoyment, but you don't necessarily have to have it attached to you anymore.

[tambores.livejournal.com]

Don't delete it. :(

I get why you want to move on, but if you say is true, there's tons of people who enjoy your work!

[(Anonymous)]

You've matured as a writer yet you still can't spell "embarrasses."

[(Anonymous)]

Or "competent."

[(Anonymous)]

Bad spelling does not automatically mean bad writing, just sayin'.

[a-mae-zing.livejournal.com]

1) Get help for the depression.
2) Go with what judo_creature said. 'S good advice, and everybody wins.

Hope things work out for you, Anon. *hugs*

[(Anonymous)]

Can I talk for a second from the POV of a fan and a lurker?

Please don't erase the fics.

I love fanfiction. I don't care how old it is and what universe of fandom you are writing for, if I read it and like it, I'd probably review and spread it around. I do it out of respect, because I imagine it warms someone's heart to have someone review their work, which I'm sure they've labored over for a long time. I know that if I wrote anything, it would warm my heart.

But I love finding old, good fics. I love reading them. And I'd feel very sorry if they were gone. I understand your need to grow, but why must your old works be deleted? Isn't there a possibility to disable reviews or just ask nicely "hey, ppl, don't review, k?"

If I see someone specifically asking not to review, I'd not review.

I know it's a bit selfish, but I'm asking you to reconsider. Not because those are the greatest things you'd ever achieve, but because someone out there probably love you fics as much as I love the ones I find, and doesn't want them gone, either.

[(Anonymous)]

First off, get some help with that depression if you aren't already. ((hugs))

Second, please don't delete your fic. I think almost every fanfic author has that 'my older work embarrasses me' thing going on, but it probably isn't as bad as you think it is. If you are still getting positive comments then really you should see that as a good thing.

Also, if people still enjoy your work then think of all the readers you'll upset if you just up and delete everything. I'm sure you must have seen secrets about people deleting stories on here in the past (IIRC there was one just the other day) and despite it being pretty well accepted that it's the author's prerogative if they want to delete, you know how upset people get over it.

Also, if you do get help with the depression, you may feel differently about it later. ((hugs)) again.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sorry you're depressed but I think that deleting your fics isn't going to help at all. And you'll be hurting the fandom. Besides, you might regret later. Depression often leads to bad decisions (been there, done that).

Wish you the best, anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

First off, it's okay if you want to move on from your fanfiction.

But why so embarrased? people like it, so it was probly good.
Many famous authors wrote fanfiction. Even every Baroque writer who wrote about classic myths was doing fanfiction. IT'S NOT BAD!

As a person who likes fanfiction, my advice is not delete it, embrace what you did, because, if you try to run away from your past, your past will always catch you up, they'll know it was you, and they'd ask why you deleted it.

[amusesme.livejournal.com]

My advice is to stop worrying about your fics. Go out and accomplish some things. Set your mind on something you've always wanted to try, gain some cool experiences, go climb a ferris wheel in the middle of the night... WHATEVER. If you really want to delete your fics because you would find it healing (like you are starting over) then do it. If you want to move on, that's your decision. Just do what your heart wants. Don't worry about the rest.

But try not to look down at what you have accomplished. It's obvious that people enjoy your writing. Don't turn that into a bad thing. That is a good thing. I wish you the best, OP!

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like this. So hard.

My most popular fics for each of my fandoms on fanfiction.net suck so hard, but I feel too bad for the people that still enjoy them to delete them.

): And ugh. I saw Matt up there and shame and embarrassment just washed over me. I can literally feel my face turning bright red thinking about what I'd written for that fandom. Mello was so OOC. So. So. OOC.

[(Anonymous)]

Allow me to be the dissenting asshole here.

Believe me, I am in the the same boat as you. Depression, wrote popular fanfic, got lots of positive comments, gave me feelings of self worth. Then I realized it wasn't helping anymore. I would go back to my fic, cringe at the horrific writing, want to delete it...but I would be too afraid because I thought I couldn't handle leaving behind all the positive feedback.

Then one day, I finally bit the bullet and deleted everything - the finished and unfinished stuff, everything. And guess what?

I felt 100% better.

The truth is you don't need that. You are a smart, bright and competent person and that is just the depression talking. You don't need to rely on stuff that is now embarrassing to you to give you a sense of self worth. If you are talented enough to gain that big a following that people are still commenting on your stuff then goddammit you are talented enough to move on to bigger and better things.

So go ahead and delete it. It will hurt at first, but then you will realize that you have kicked depression's ass and don't need others to validate your self-worth. Yes it may suck for the people reading but at the end of the day, your feelings are the only ones that matter.

And, as others have commented before, get help if you haven't already. Don't be afraid to reach out to anyone who looks supportive, on- or off-line.

Believe in the me who believes in you Anon!

[(Anonymous)]

Please don't delete it :(

Disable notifs, move accounts... trust me, it's easier to forget about than you think if you're never being reminded of it. I know it's a selfish thing to ask, but good fics have the ability to turn someone's crappy day into a good one, as silly as that seems.

[(Anonymous)]

If you're a Matt fan you've already lost the game, lol dead after four seconds of screen time. Delete the fic, it's a weight holding you down. The whining of the fans will give you a renewed sense of power!

- not a Mello's opinion

[(Anonymous)]

If you're a Matt fan you've already lost the game, lol dead after four seconds of screen time. Delete the fic, it's a weight holding you down. The whining of the fans will give you a renewed sense of power!

- Wallo Hilbert

[foreba-arone.livejournal.com]

Give people a warning if you delete it if you want. Maybe upload it somewhere like megaupload and give a link to it, though that kind of defeats the purpose. At least that method makes it available to those who really want to read it again but less conspicuous to those who never read it before. Do you what you want. Don't hold back.