[ SECRET POST #163 ]

[grayout.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #163 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 128 secrets from Secret Submission Post #024.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Monday, June 18th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: Here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: 8

[pichi.livejournal.com]

The thing so many people miss when it comes to Ken and his angst is that it's in the PRESENT, not the past. He's the one that suffers the most from the life of killing, the one that eventually SNAPS because of it. Yohji goes nuts because of Asuka. Aya somehow becomes more stable the longer he does it, and Omi grew up in it and suffers no guilt at all.

Re: 8

[jenken.livejournal.com]

And after all that, I still wonder why Ken ends up being portrayed as he does. I really don't get where people get the things to make him like he is (like what that icon says, which I love by the way). Where DID some of this stuff come from? Jeez.
You know, the discussion of this secret is bringing me back to this series so much! I'm really glad this was a secret! Now I wish I didn't have to miss Otakon considering Tomokazu Seki will be there.

Re: 8

[pichi.livejournal.com]

You can thank the author of the secret for the icon; she made that too ^_^ As far as where it comes from, I think it's just immature writing, and people not yet understanding -how- to write characters ICly, so they draw largely on their own feelings and reactions of how they think a person should be expected to respond.

It's disappointing to miss him, but I'm sure it won't be the last con he attends :) I'd have liked to attend but I decided on Yaoi-con instead. And hey, getting back into the fandom is good!

Re: 8

[jenken.livejournal.com]

Yes, we've been commenting back and forth. I also know that at least for myself, I got into the series when I was pretty young (somewhere from 13 to 15 maybe?). It was one of the earlier series I got into, and my second series I can think of, that I got into after I got into yaoi (Gundam Wing introducing me, of course). So there are probably a lot of young fans out there that are writing. Not that it's bad, but it might have a hold on the quality.

I've never been to a Yaoi-con, but I hope to attend someday. I hope he comes to another east coast con. @_@ Arg. And yes! That it is!

Re: 8

[sevendials.livejournal.com]

FYI, I've added two extra frames to that icon since I uploaded the version you're using. (They're now point 11.) I remembered something else I see Ken do in badfic all the time which makes no damn sense, namely act like a sexist ass to the random Sues who show up: he's always the one who tells them they totally can't be an assassin because they have boobs. I'm guessing it's because he's not one of the 'cute' ones and so it's perfectly all right for him to be a misogynist, because he's, like, totally not a potential love interest and hey, he likes sport - of course he's a macho idiot! This strikes me as odd since he treats the women he marks time in the same way he does men and in fact barely even notices they're female unless they make it painfully obvious, and is therefore about as non-sexist as you can get.

... so I'm posting with it now, so you can take the new version if you so desire.