[ SECRET POST #168 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #168 ⌋

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Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #024.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Saturday, June 23rd, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: Here.
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Comments

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[sevendials.livejournal.com]

... I thought I was the only one who did this.

I hate it when characters or pairings are described as everyone's favorite in fic summaries or in messages or - well, pretty much anywhere. It makes me want to dislike them just to be contrary even when I like them already. More of then than not, though, my fandom uses it to describe pairings and characters I'm totally indifferent to at best and think are utterly stupid and irritating at worst. Please to stop telling me how you think I ought to think about [Character X], 'kay, fandom? I'm quite capable of making up my own mind up on who my favorite Insert Inane Character Trait Here is.

I really wish that more people could get their heads around the idea that their favorite character isn't universally popular - and not only will they not be universally popular with the fans, they won't be universally liked and respected or lusted after by the rest of the goddamn cast, either. Why can't certain fan authors stop turning the rest of the cast, regardless of gender, into a bunch of squeeing [Character X] fangirls, utterly ignoring whether the characters in question even LIKE the guy or girl they're lighting up like this?

... oh, that's right. Because that takes actual thought.