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fandomsecrets2012-01-20 07:34 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-01-20 07:34 pm
[ SECRET POST #1844 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1844 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
01.
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02. [broken]
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03.
[Venture Bros]
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04.
[Benedict Cumberbatch]
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05.
[Dungeons of Dredmor]
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06.
[One Direction]
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07.
[ASoIaF]
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08.
[That Guy With The Glasses]
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09.
[The Black Jewels Series]
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10.
[Les Miserables]
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11.
[Doug Walker/That Guy With The Glasses]
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12.
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13.
[Tripping Over You]
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14.
[Supernatural]
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15.
[Todd Klein]
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16.
[Bakuman]
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17.
[Dragon Age 2]
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18.
[VVVVVV]
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19.
[Sherlock Holmes]
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20.
[House M.D]
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21.
[Charmed]
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22.
[Farscape]
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23.
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24.
[Miss A and Wonder Girls]
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25.
[Pepsi Man]
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26.
[the hunger games / lady gaga]
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27.
[Friends]
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28.
[Star Trek: TNG]
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29.
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30.
[Anno 1790]
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31.
[Happy Endings]
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32.
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33.
[Doctor Who]
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34.
[The Muppets 2011]
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35.
[Hetalia]
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36.
[Dune]
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37.
[Bravestarr]
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38.
[Dreamstone]
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[ ----- SPOILERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]
39. [SPOILERS for Pottermore]
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40. [SPOILERS for something not specified]
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41. [SPOILERS for Berserk]
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[ ----- TRIGGERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]
42. [TRIGGER WARNING for incest, shota]
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43. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]
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44. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]
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45. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]
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46. [TRIGGER WARNING for suicide]
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47. [TRIGGER WARNING for dub-con, domestic abuse, BDSM]
[House]
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #263.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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When someone says a series "saved their life" it doesn't mean their lives will henceforth revolve around that series, or that that series is the most important thing in their life. It means that, for whatever reason, when they hit the very bottom and needed something, anything to distract them from the fact that their life was a fucking disaster, that series was it. It could be because it was an escape from reality, it could be because they related to a character, it could be because the message of the show affected them positively. It doesn't mean that the series was "so much better than the entire rest of your life," and in fact, overcoming depression so you can actually live your life means that the people who post those secrets are probably a lot fucking happier as a result.
Depression is not something you can logically understand, it's not something you can pick apart like that because it's not logical. It's a bunch of fucked up brain chemicals misfiring all the goddamn time. A depressed person doesn't sit down with a list and go, "Hm, you know objectively Star Trek is the most important thing in my life." It just happens-- you get so apathetic about absolutely everything that having an interest is an achievement. And yeah, from an outsider's perspective it seems hilariously silly that a show or a book or a movie could be that 'thing' that keeps you from the worst, but it's not as if the depressed person chose that to be their lifeline. It's pretty shitty of you to criticize anything that keeps a person from killing themselves. Saying a show saved your life doesn't speak to the quality of your life (then or now), nor does it prove whether your life was "worth it" or not. (Wow, gross btw.) It means that when your brain was failing and misfiring and making all sorts of fucked up assumptions, it latched onto something that kept you around. Thank god.
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(Anonymous) 2012-01-21 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)Thank you for articulating what this feels like.