[ SECRET POST #1727 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #1727 ⌋


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


01.



__________________________________________________

02.


__________________________________________________

03.


__________________________________________________

04.


__________________________________________________

05.


__________________________________________________

06.


__________________________________________________

07.


__________________________________________________

08.


__________________________________________________

09.


__________________________________________________

10.


__________________________________________________

11.


__________________________________________________

12.


__________________________________________________

13.


__________________________________________________

14.


__________________________________________________

15.


__________________________________________________

16.


__________________________________________________

17.


__________________________________________________

18.


__________________________________________________

19.


__________________________________________________

20.


__________________________________________________

21.


__________________________________________________

22.


__________________________________________________

23.


__________________________________________________

24.


__________________________________________________

25.


__________________________________________________

26.


__________________________________________________

27.


__________________________________________________

28.


__________________________________________________

29.


__________________________________________________

30.


__________________________________________________

31.


__________________________________________________

32.


__________________________________________________

33.


__________________________________________________

34.


__________________________________________________

35.


__________________________________________________

36.


__________________________________________________

37.




Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 09 pages, 203 secrets from Secret Submission Post #247.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - hit/ship/spiration ], [ 0 - omgiknowthem ], [ 0 - take it to comments ], [ 0 - repeats ]
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't have a rule about it or anything, but I usually skip over these because they pretty much give away the entire plot before you even start reading.

"Will Rarity ever find her true love?" Gee, I wonder :|

[(Anonymous)]

How is that any more revealing than "Rarity discovers her true love" or "Character A/Rarity."

I admit the question format can sound trite at best but it does what a summary is supposed to do.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not, but the thing is that nobody would ever write that; instead they ask a question to make it appear more ambiguous. It has the exact same effect, that's why it's so annoying.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think most people who write that are trying to make it sound like a great mystery or think they're pulling the wool over anyone's eyes. Most of them are just mimicking what they've seen other people/book covers/movie trailers do. Use a hook to try to convey information. Going by how many people I see struggle to summarize stories, I generally applaud any effort to convey specific information.

Also, it can be used to set a tone. "Will Rarity ever find true love?" Implies, perhaps, that Rarity is actively searching for true love. Whereas, "Rarity finds true love" could mean that it just falls in her lap.

but the thing is that nobody would ever write that;

I think I might be reading this wrong? I do write "Rarity finds true love, Rarity/Character A" type summaries all the time and see them all the time, so...

[velvet-mace.livejournal.com]

Just as a counterpoint, sometimes the plot isn't hurt by being spoiled. For example: "Barry was unworthy of her lowest attentions, so why did she sleep with him?" Knowing that there will be fucked-up-yet-consensual porn is actually an enticement (to the right audience).

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

You know, I think "why" questions are a lot more effective, but in my observation, they're very rarely used. It's almost always "Will Bob reveal his feelings for Stan?" or "Will everyone get out alive?" or some such.