[ SECRET POST #1836 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1836 ⌋

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

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02.
[Star Wars: the Old Republic]


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03.
[seth macfarlane]


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04.
[John Saul/Stephen King]


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05.
[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!]


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06.
[Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake (Batman)]


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07.
[David Archuleta]


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08.
[Ran to Haiiro no Sekai]


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09. [repeat]


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10.
[Black Lagoon]


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11.
[Terra Nova]


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12.
[Digimon]


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13.
[Transformers: Animated]


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14.
[Gerard Butler/Emmy Rossum]


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15.
[Panic! at the Disco]


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16.
[todd and the book of pure evil]


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17.
[Death Note]


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18.
[Rocky]


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19.
[Bomb Girls]


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20.
[Once Upon a Time]


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21.
[Dexter]


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22.
[Alexei Yagudin]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 033 secrets from Secret Submission Post #262.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[kindlycoyote.livejournal.com]

Eh, I can see the appeal even if I dislike the prevalence of the archetype. (I don't think it is a bad archetype when used with a fully developed character, just that it is overused and taken waaaaay too much as the sole 'strong woman' type.)

And I also get the wanting to be someone of a different gender. What I wouldn't give to be the devil-may-care bad-ass trickster type... *daydreams happily*

[rayiroth.livejournal.com]

I think Revy is pretty well done. She's that archtype, but it's also explained why and it wasn't played down as that her bloodlust is more a problem than something good.

[kindlycoyote.livejournal.com]

I'm not familiar with the character in the picture, so I will take your word for it. I was just more talking 'in general' as I assumed the reason of this secret is because the backlash against such a type of female characters that happens. :)

[rayiroth.livejournal.com]

Ah, fair enough. Black Lagoon is pretty well done. For something so over the top, it has the kind of humanity waved in there that I have not seen before.

Things like say, Revy is a homicidal maniac, to the degree that she was detrimental to her employer. The person who would stand up against her bullshit? Rock the timid salary man.

I love the entire cast.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed.

It's hard to put your finger on it, but Revy certainly seems to stand out against the standard '~strong female characters~'. I guess part of it is because she's actually portrayed as a bit of a psychopathic fuck up, and her headstrongness tends to have consequences, they don't stray away from the reality of a lot of the violence either. But there's more to it then that.

And I guess the first fight between her and Roberta comes to mind. What could easily have become 'lol sexy hot girls fight whilst we sexualise them' was instead 'two women exchange blows until they've punched each others faces into bloody ruin'.

Plus the women have actual agency within the series which helps.

[rayiroth.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES YES YES.

That and the Roberta fight is less about "hey guys watch to hot chicks" as you said, but more about two people with their own agenda and their own goals having a punch out. I think that changes a lot.

Most Black Lagoon characters are pretty amazing. I love how Janet is really a badass, she just happened to have her intro as a badass outside of her comfortzone. And Rock? Possibly the most fucked up character in the series without the violence like everyone else.

[(Anonymous)]

Been there. My friends thought it was hilarious when I said I would want to be a female RP character of mine - but it had nothing to do with her being female, and everything to do with her being lithe, athletic and not tired out by five minutes of cardio exercise!

[kindlycoyote.livejournal.com]

Hah, I know, right? Plus a lot of people aren't that attached to gender. I personally like being a girl, but it would be just as cool being a boy IMO. My brain is very 'meh, whatever you have, work it!' XD Some people act as if being the opposite gender would be a death sentence. :/