[ SECRET POST #1946 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1946 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 092 secrets from Secret Submission Post #278.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - hit/ship/spiration ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

Just keep in mind that some people are going to get details wrong that you thought you made abundantly clear but apparently didn't. Otherwise as long as you're open-minded I think it will be fun times.

[(Anonymous)]

lol, I could handle that I think. I've already had a story peer reviewed with hilarious results (reviewer kept going on and on about phallic symbols - which were totally unintentional!) it's funny more than anything to me.

question though: do authors ever give further details or address fan interpretation online? I always come up with a ton of backstory and psychology for my characters, and I feel like I'd totally want to post that stuff online. not to yell at anyone getting it wrong, but just to put all the info out their if fans or fanficers want it.

is that done?

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

You need only look at Pottermore, which is pretty much that for J.K. Rowling. Historically it's rarely been done, but with the advent of DVD extras and such it's become more common for creators to talk directly to fans about their works and ideas, including ideas they thought of that didn't make it into the final story. There are also creators who put out supplementary materials, like comics that flesh out TV shows, or books that flesh out video games, and any similar combination of media. The anime Code Geass had a number of miniature scenes that were published separately from the main show, some audio-only and some with audio and visuals.
Some people will consider any word from the author's mouth to be gospel, if you'll pardon the expression. Some fans will only consider published supplementary material canon, but not the author's words outside of some kind of narrative format. Typically these people subscribe to the "death of the author" theory but aren't hardcore about it; sometimes, even not taking the words to heart, they will acknowledge that it exists on a "higher plane" of sorts compared to fan speculation, because the mind from which those ideas came is the same mind from which the story came, and the story developed in the juices of those ideas. The hardcore DOTA folks include an annoying vocal minority of upset people who complain bitterly every time an author answers questions for interested parties, because it goes against their head canon, because they feel that once a story has been published it's now "owned" in a sense by the public, and the author pushing their "head canon" on everybody else is somehow wrong. More reasonable hardcore DOTA folks typically just ignore supplemental materials.
There is sort of a careful balancing act here between two reasonable ideas:
1. There are plenty of things an author would have put into the story if they had had time, space, and a good opportunity to fit it in somehow
2. A story exists on its own as a discrete and whole work of art.
I find that there is value in considering the author as well as considering the work alone and separately.

ANYWAY. TL;DR yes it is done and you can do it, especially if you're just putting it out there for whoever wants it

[nyxelestia.livejournal.com]

I remember when I was making up a species for a book a long time ago. I made up the physiology and culture/characteristics of the species a certain way just because I thought it looked cool, but people kept seeing a really deep symbolic meaning in them which I hadn't intended, and I always went, "Uh, yeah, that's totally what I meant! *innocent whistle*"

But yeah, I also look forward to getting published and seeing what fandom makes of it. I imagine a lot of it will end up a gigantic shipping mess, but hopefully enough of it will be set apart from the shipping to make it interesting. :)