[ SECRET POST #1751 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1751 ⌋

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

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02.

[Skins Gen 2]

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03.

[Resident Evil]

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04.

[Wiglaf and Mordred]

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05.

[Natsume Yuujinchou]

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06.

[Stargate Atlantis]

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07.

[Magic by the Lake]

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08.

[Downton Abbey]

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09.

[Discworld]

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10.

[EverymanHYBRID]

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11.

[Talent Finland]

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12.

[Team NChick]

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13.

[Devil May Cry]

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14.

[Gunnerkrigg Court]

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15.

[Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol]

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16.

[Babe Pig in the City/Dark City/Tekkon Kinkreet]

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17.

[Boardwalk Empire]

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18.

[Boy Meets World]

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19.

[Sanctuary]

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20.

[Final Fantasy VII]

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21.

[HP]

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22.

[Nick Frost, Simon Pegg]

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23.

[Girly and Gunnerkrigg Court]

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24.

[V for Vendetta]

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25.

[Tintin]

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26.

[Sons of Anarchy]

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27.

[Beauty and the Beast]

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28.

[Del Barrio's "Curiah City"]

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29.

[Atsushi Kousaka]

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30.

[Portal]

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31.

[An Education]

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32.

[HP]

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33.

[Serenity Rose]

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34.

[Terry Jones]

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35.

[Sanctuary]

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36.

[Mirage of Blaze]

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37.

[AKB48]

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38.

[Silent Hill]

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39.

[Brendan Fraser]

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40.

[Pokemon]

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41.

[Stephen Merchant]

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42.

[Downton Abbey]

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43.

[Pleasantville]

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44.

[Galaxy Quest]

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45.

[Final Fantasy VII]

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46.

[Nanoha Strikers]

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47.

[Foo Fighters]








Notes:

If your secret contains the name or logo of the series or is addressed like "Dear Fandom X, I think Y about you" there's no need to mark down the fandom again in the post. (Kinda figured this was a given, but…)

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 110 secrets from Secret Submission Post #250.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - hit/ship/spiration ], [ 1 - repeats ]
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Saying that it's alright to hide the queers because that's how it is

...I never said it was alright. O_o I just said that I could see his reasoning for taking his time and being careful about how he presented those relationships.

[fearless-rabbit.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I exaggerated. I was sleepy and grumpy at the time, so.

I guess I'm just trying to say that there have been queers written honestly and openly for YA stuff. Not hidden in subtext forever, not 'they seem very close...", not connected with otherness- queer characters that come out and say it, and narratives that don't turn away right before a not-just-friends moment comes up. And nothing bad happened to the people who wrote that. They may have lost a portion of their audience, but they probably gained some new readers, so most likely it just about balances out.

When someone hides their queers, which I do believe that to some extent Tom is doing, it shows that they care more about not offending the anti-gay people (and not being the one to get people angry) than the actual queers in the audience. I can understand a queer person choosing not to bring down MORE homophobia on themselves, but straight people already are rarely affected by homophobia. If a straight person decides that a tiny bit of what the queers face every day is too big of a price to be inclusive, they are not a real ally. Bigots should not be compromised with. They should be taught better, and part of that is taking a hard line that their bigotry is not acceptable.

Of course, this is just my opinion. If you are queer and you are okay with straight authors handling their queer characters with kid gloves, then that's okay. But I'm not, and many other queers aren't, and that's okay too.