[ SECRET POST #1620 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1620 ⌋


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


01.
[Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai]



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02.
[Hetalia]


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03.
[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]


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04.
[Michael Silas/Asiel Hardison, Lady Gaga's dancers]


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05.
[Tiger & Bunny]


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06.
[Evangelion]


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07.
[Zero Punctuation]


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08.
[The Catherine Tate Show]


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09.
[Grimgrimoire]


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10.
[wonderful days, guyver, cowboy bebop, texhnolyze, togainu no chi, black lagoon, samurai champloo, aishiteruze baby, tenjo tenge]


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11.
[X-Men: First Class]


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12.
[Tales of the Abyss]


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13.
[Human Target]


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14.
[A Song of Ice and Fire]


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15.
[Masterchef Australia]


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16.
[Sucker Punch]


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17.
[Mystique]


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18.
[Workaholics]


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19.
[Mark Reads]


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20.
[Jamie Campbell Bower ]


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21.
[Hey Arnold!]












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22. [SPOILERS for Homestuck]



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23. [SPOILERS for Gintama]



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24. [SPOILERS for Kamen Rider Kabuto]



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25. [SPOILERS for Loveless]



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26. [SPOILERS for Doctor Who]



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27. [SPOILERS for Mockingjay]



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28. [SPOILERS for Kung Fu Panda 2]

















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29. [TRIGGER WARNING for non-con]



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30. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

[Game of Thrones]


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31. [TRIGGER WARNING for eating disorders]



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32. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]



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33. [TRIGGER WARNING for transphobia?]



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34. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

[SPN]


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35. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape, pedophilia]



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36. [TRIGGER WARNING for eating disorders]



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37. [TRIGGER WARNING for self-injury, suicide]

[Manic Street Preachers]






Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #231.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments and concerns should go here.

Comments

[agnes-bean.livejournal.com]

(That is, if you read more. I would encourage you to try the second book at some point -- that's where it starts to pick up and go off in really interesting directions, IMO.

I think that's also why I/others found your original comment so off putting: Basically everyone I've talked to agrees that the series gets more complex and interesting after GoT, so it's really too early for you to make the call that ASOIAF is "NOT" how strong female characters are done. I don't know if you would/will, but going by your definition, in my mind almost if not all of his female POV characters ARE strong characters.)

[thegreymoon.livejournal.com]

I'll probably read them eventually, when I can find someone who bought them in paperback to lend them to me! The first one definitely hasn't convinced me to buy them myself and my local library doesn't have them. There are many people saying a lot of nice things about the series as a whole and I am too curious not to give it another chance when it becomes convenient. ^__^

Edit: I admit that my original comment was a little rude and I do apologise. As for my definition of 'strong' characters, I suppose that we all have different expectations from our literature and GRRM just failed to measure up to my standards. But then again, my expectations may have just been a little too high when I started reading. I'd probably have enjoyed the book if I had discovered it before all the hype.

(*deleted comment to repost with edit*)

[elialshadowpine]

This is kinda off-topic, but on the subject of libraries not having books you want... there are sites like Paperback Swap for book swapping and BooksFree (a Netflix-like service for books). I haven't used the former, but I've heard good things about it; I've used the latter, when I lived in an area where the library system SUCKED. Might be worth looking into! :)

[thegreymoon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Unfortunately, I do not live in the US and shipping books in from anywhere costs a fortune. It is cheaper just to buy them and I'm very picky when it comes to buying books! ^__^

I still haven't gotten into the habit of reading books in digital format as easily as the regular ink-and-paper ones, unfortunately... :(

[elialshadowpine]

Aw... you might google around a little though, there might be something similar in your country :)

I don't have an e-reader so I haven't gotten into reading digitally either. I like to curl up in bed or the bath with my reading and unfortunately, can't really drag the desktop around with me.....

[agnes-bean.livejournal.com]

I admit that my original comment was a little rude and I do apologise.
Apology accepted :)

s for my definition of 'strong' characters, I suppose that we all have different expectations from our literature and GRRM just failed to measure up to my standards. But then again, my expectations may have just been a little too high when I started reading. I'd probably have enjoyed the book if I had discovered it before all the hype.

Oh, I totally no what you mean about that -- as I said, that's basically how I felt after reading GoT (not just about female characters, even. I was like "well, that was kind of cool, but WHY does everyone love this so much."). I don't think your standards are too high at all, I just think the books get more interesting later.

I'm glad you hear you're planning to read more when you can! I actually had the same kind of thought at the end of GoT -- I took about a two week break between reading GoT and reading ACOK because I knew I was going to see a a friend who could lend ACOK to me, and didn't feel like paying for it. However, by the time I got around to book three, I bought it, because there was no way I was waiting even a day for more :)

[thegreymoon.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree that everything I said above extends to all the characters, not just the female ones. The reason I focused on the women is because GRRM seems to be getting pats on the back all over the place for writing these 'awesome' female characters (and they were the point of the secret in question), so I came to the novel expecting just that and ended up disappointed. I mean, yes, it is nice to have women integral to a story in a way more meaningful than a plot device for two men to fight over, but these characters were nothing groundbreaking, or something that hasn't already been written many times over (at least not as far as the first book was concerned).

In any case, you have all convinced me that the series does get better and that I should definitely continue reading, so thanks! ^__^