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⌈ Secret Post #1655 ⌋

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

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[The Secret of NIMH/Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]

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[Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle]

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[Homestuck]

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[Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh!]

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[True Grit]

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[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]

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[Pretty Little Liars]

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[I'm From Barcelona]

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[SJR]

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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]

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(Lindsay Ellis/Channel Awesome)

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[Teahouse]

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[HIM (band), Bam Margera]

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[Mahou Sensei Negima!]

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[Russell T. Davies]

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[Britney Spears]

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[Rome]

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[Channel Awesome/That Guy With the Glasses]

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[Voltron Force, Last Exile]

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[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]

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[Victorious]

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[Glee]

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[Eerie Cuties]

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[Last of the Summer Wine]

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[The League of Gentlemen]

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[Channel Awesome/That Guy With the Glasses]

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[Agora]

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[Doctor Who]

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[Hannah Murray]

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[Jem]

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[Florence + the Machine (Cosmic Love)]

[ ----- SPOILERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]

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33. [ SPOILERS for Hanna (movie)]

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34. [ SPOILERS for Supernatural]

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35. [ SPOILERS for Scott Pilgrim (movie)]

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36. [ SPOILERS for Sheryl: Kiss in the Galaxy]

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37. [ SPOILERS for Doctor Who]

[ ----- TRIGGERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]

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38. [ TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

[A:tLA]

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39. [ TRIGGER WARNING for incest]

[The Borgias]

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40. [ TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

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41. [ TRIGGER WARNING for domestic abuse]

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42. [ TRIGGER WARNING for incest]

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43. [ TRIGGER WARNING for stalking]

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44. [ TRIGGER WARNING for child sexual abuse ]

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Why do people always assume that if someone is very invested in a series or fandom, they have no life outside of that series or fandom? I really don't understand this mentality. It applies to a few people, sure, but there are plenty of functional, well-adjusted people with a social life whose downtime is almost completely devoted to a certain series or fandom.

IA. It's baffling to me that this stereotype still exists.

i totally agree with you on this.

I'll take a stab it's because there are a lot of people who really don't have that much free time outside of work and school. It's get up, go to work and/or school, come home and sleep. It leaves little time for social life and devoted fandom (as opposed to casually dabbling in memes and discussion). It gives the impression that if you spend a lot of time in fandom then you must be devoting all your spare time to it and sacrificing an outside social life. Obviously it's not the case as different people work different hours, but I'd say those are the exceptions and not the rule.

Hmm. There's also the concept of devotion vs. time. For instance, while I'm part of the Potter generation, and I love it to death, I'm not part of the online fandom, hence why I specified a difference between "series" and "fandom" in my original post. I've read the books, watched the movies, done a little research into the "expanded" universe and written a little fanfiction. But honestly I haven't put a lot of TIME into my devotion. I still feel all the love for the characters, all the pain at the loss of some that I loved, and all the nostalgia coming from the end of the series.

I personally think that normal, functioning people are the rule instead of the exception. You just don't see it because they keep their devotion a hobby and separate from their social, student, or work life, and unless you're close friends with them you'd never know about those interests.

But see I don't see that as being too invested in something. Doing what you just said (enjoying the canon, dabbling in fanfiction, reading up on some expanded universe works) to me is normal invested interest for a series someone likes a lot. Someone who is very invested goes above and beyond that which does consume more time. Even if it's just spent with every thought that enters their mind is about that interest. I don't deny that you love the series very much. It's all in how you present that love. "Very invested" to me is a nice way of saying "obsessed." What you do is perfectly normal and, yes, the rule. And in regards to exceptions I was referring to people who work irregular hours vs. normal hours.

Ah, I misunderstood, haha.
But the point still stands that I believe you can be quite immersed in and emotional about a work or a fandom and still be functional and successful in a work or school environment, and have friends and romantic relationships, a combination of which usually make up what people mean to obtain when they say "get a life."

finally someone said it. internet high five.

Because this is the impression these kinds of hysterics give off. People who post they are ill or depressed or whatever else because of a book/movie, there are other people who will think they have issues. Don't want to see it posted, don't post that a movie has made you feel your life is over. You being general you, not the OP of this comment. There are people online who do have a life outside fandoms and there are those who do not. The vast majority of people are not in fandom in this world, fandom is a small % of those who surf the net.

People do think it's an over reaction and people do think there is something wrong with someone who can't cope and has a medical minor or not to a movie series ending. Social downtime for a hobby such as fandom is fine, that's why most of us are here. Complete hysterics and becoming depressed, bedridden or getting hives: they need help.

It's not healthy. The reason I am posting anon is, quite frankly, these people worry me. Far better to let them see what people really think of them and for me to post a note behind their name to stay far away from them so I know they have 'issues'.

I think hives are a little different than hysterics and becoming bedridden or legitimately depressed. With hives, a person is still able to go about their everyday activities. Hives person didn't strike me as being rendered unable to function with either their stress at the end of the series or the hives that stress caused. As long as they don't let it bleed into other aspects of their life and affect their performance more than a small amount for a short time, it still doesn't strike me as being as big of a deal as the more dramatic reactions.

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