fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #1744 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1744 ⌋

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

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[tinker tailor soldier spy]

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[Pokemon]

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[Disgaea 2]

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[Reborn]

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[Yahtzee/Cinema Snob]

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[Fruits Basket]

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[Sherlock]

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[Teahouse]

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[Glee]

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[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]

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[Jem]

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[Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII]

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[Sherlock (BBC)]

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[Kingdom Hearts]

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[Reba]

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[South Park/Black Dagger Brotherhood]

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[Society]

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[Paris Hilton/Baccano!!]

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[Paranoia Agent]

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[HIMYM]

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[American Beauty]

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(Phantom of the Opera/Ramin Karimloo/Hadley Fraser/Sierra Boggess)

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24. [repeat]

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[Card Captor Sakura]

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[Steve Jobs]

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(adventure time)

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[Supernatural]

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[Owl City]

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[Game of Thrones]

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[The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary edition]

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[Glee]

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[HP]

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[HP]

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[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]

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[HP]

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37. [TRIGGER WARNING for miscarriage, depression]

[HP]

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 094 secrets from Secret Submission Post #248.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 (yes, AGAIN) - repeat ].
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When I was in high school I'd usually have about four or five books on the go at any one time (I read to darned fast; if I didn't I'd be burning through a regular-sized paperback in under a day, and sometimes I'm in the mood for one kind of story and sometimes another). I still like to read mysteries as books (especially Agatha Christie), not least because there doesn't seem to be too many whodunnits in my main fandoms and also I can read them in the bath.

But whatever genre I'm reading, if I can get it in fanfic, I usually read it there. I get quite put out that i can't read it in the bath, frankly (I love to read in the bath, and even an ereader wouldn't do well with the heat and damp, not to mention any splashes!! Heaven forbid I drop the damned thing in).

But the thing is, I just find it much easier to read something I actually want to read in fanfics. The writing in good ones is no worse than in published books, and the odd errors are a lot less irritating (plus you can contact the author and they can fix it. Read a book a while ago where it was important that the first time two main characters meet they're both in civvys, so as to not give away that one is a cop right away, yet several chapters later it's important that the other character is musing that he's never seen the cop in civvies before. It's a pretty huge mistake and I'm surprised neither the author nor the editor caught it. So (because I am used to fanfic lol) I looked up an email for him and said hi, and pointed the error out.

He took the time to respond, very nicely.

And then I totally felt like a heel. Because he can't just go and change it. Aside from it requiring a fairly reasonable rewrite to fix, there is no physical way to recall and correct several thousand paperbacks. So I've pointed out a massive error he hadn't noticed and can't fix so now I feel like crap for it.

Hmm. Wonder if this is why I mostly just read fanfic now? XD

Actually, if I start a fic and I don't like it, meh, whatever. I just close it and click on another. Nothing lost. If I start a book and don't like it, the effort of going to the library to exchange it (or the annoyance if I paid upwards of $10 minimum for it at a store) is significant enough that i will find myself forcing myself to read something I'm just not enjoying in the hopes it gets better.

And romance I read entirely in fanfics these days. For starters, I know I'm going to like the characters straight off, and for finishers, I know it's not going to be the same goddamned plot over and over and over again. Spunky heroine meets handsome but annoying git under dubious circumstances; several misunderstandings later she realizes he's not so bad after all, and he realizes the annoying moron who he has wanted to strangle since the first page (despite his unmistakable and inexplicable attraction) is actually not as annoying as he thought. Cue wedding, the end. Jesus, even the "Christine returns to the Phantom" plots have more variation!

So, yeah; TL;DR: Like you I find myself reading fewer and fewer books and more and more fanfics!

[ SECRET POST #1744 ]

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