[ SECRET POST #1839 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1839 ⌋


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Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 156 secrets from Secret Submission Post #263.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ]
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Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

01. http://i.imgur.com/KGOgS.jpg

[freaksoldier.livejournal.com]

i agree.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. I think that's why you often see secrets/comments here about people being surprised to be having such a great experience in a fandom that they've only just entered but is well-established. Because there are so many people falling over themselves to talk about how nonstop batshit crazy the Supernatural/Glee/My Little Pony/whatever fandom is and how above it they are, that people get this warped idea of those fandoms and think there are no safe spaces or fun communities to hang out in.

[(Anonymous)]

My latest experience with this is on Tumblr, where somebody keeps posting long rants about how awful bashing is, whilst simultaneously throwing fits if people don't tag their posts correctly so Tumblr Savior can save them from having to see the dude they hate because he gets in the way of their OTP. It's so frustrating when somebody waxes lyrical about how they're so above the fandom or the show itself or even the actual concept of bashing, and yet they can't keep their petty hatred from spewing all over the place. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Because fandom's a hobby people use to relax, I kind of get getting bent out of shape about stuff like unwanted content showing up. It's kind of like a fly dropping in your lemonade when you've just settled down to relax.

[(Anonymous)]

I generally prefer to take it easy, but I like to bash shit too. Fun things are fun.

[violence4.livejournal.com]

OP, I agree with you, but I'm mainly here to say the little cartoon on this secret made me laugh :)

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I agree. I don't mind the show-bashing, but when you stalk a BNF so that you can secretly mock all their posts among your friends... definitely reminds me of high school. Heck, I think *I* did that in high school. :|

Anyway, the art on this secret is adorable. :)

[writerserenyty.livejournal.com]

I agree; I mean, I much prefer over-zealous fans, because (at least for the most part) they gain happiness from fandom as opposed to spending all their time wallowing in anger

[neko-9786.livejournal.com]

The fact is Haters gonna Hate!

I also feel bad for them because they miss fun, happy side of fandoms.

[(Anonymous)]

This is so Glee. /pointing the obvious

[(Anonymous)]

This. Though I can't tell if they're talking about g_a or the whole fandom, because the Character A example sounds a lot like ontd_glee's obsessive hate-on for Blaine and Darren Criss.

[elica.livejournal.com]

And Matthew Morrison.
I thought about Glee too and this one community.

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like g_a, the whole fandom doesn't partake in BNF bashing.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I'd put money on this. It was the first thing I thought of.

[(Anonymous)]

But whos's the BNF? Pyro?

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. If I think something stops, I stop watching it. I never understood people who continue to invest in something that they claim to hate.

[elica.livejournal.com]

Especialy knowing how much of TV show, books and movies they are that they could find goo.d No, they're stuck with their hatred. Go figure...

[(Anonymous)]

If they're anon how do you know it's the same people coming back each episode? There are things that I don't care for and I've been vocal about it, but I don't spend every waking moment or even every week bashing it. I don't watch every episode of a show I don't like either, but that doesn't mean I might catch one every so often for whatever reason. I may give it another chance and find it still sucks (in my eyes) and then post somewhere about it and go back to paying attention to things I like. I could keep my opinions to myself, but then I'm able to express them so why not?

[(Anonymous)]

And yet, you could ignore their negativity, all the same.
I do for plenty of well-hated fandoms I enjoy or participate in.

Negativity is not an unquestionable "bad."
You can have just as much fun in hating something, as you can in enjoying it.
It doesn't make you any better than the "haters" to do the latter, so feel free to climb down from your high horse any time.

[blueonblue.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's cathartic to bash something when you love it and then it starts to really, really suck.

(XXXholic)

[(Anonymous)]

I should agree, but sometimes I love the wank. And there are some BNFs who just have it coming.

[(Anonymous)]

This.
By definition, BNFs are BNFs because they are very productive in fandom, or very central to it, being a source of material / news / whatever.
So it's not exactly "easy to ignore", if you want to keep up to date with fandom.

Heck, there's this "medium-named fan" in my fandom that I can't stand because we know each other IRL, there's been drama involved, and most of her opinions irk me.
It turns out that she popped up on the board I'm posting on, and that a lot of people love her there (and in other fandom places) because she wrote popular fics. I wasn't aware of that before I started disliking her, because I don't read fic.
But it makes it really hard for me to ignore her completely. And I can't express myself on the board about it because she's popular so I'd make enemies... And some of her friends / fans are people I like.

So, it is a nuisance I can't really get rid of, because her posts still irk me very often. And I don't want to leave a good board just because she posts there.

[intrigueing.livejournal.com]

I hate them the most because it's so POINTLESS. Why would you bash something you don't care about at all when all it does is ruin other people's fun? If you really like a show/series/whatever and are disappointed in plot twists or bad development or something, or you have some legitimate problem with a work (re: Twilight's portrayal of "romance") I can understand complaining, but what is the fucking point of going "lol I hate this" for no reason?

[(Anonymous)]

I know most people don't get this because they think their way of enjoying themselves is the Only Right Way, but hating things can be fun too.