[ SECRET POST #1947 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1947 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 068 secrets from Secret Submission Post #278.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

18. http://i.imgur.com/NFBE2.png

[smittenlotus.livejournal.com]

Does your son like Devil May Cry? At least that's a sign of good taste.

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Wait, I'm confused:

You say you've "discuraged [sic] him from getting into fanfiction", but then you also show him where to find good fanfic?
And why are you dreading the day he joins LJ? Unless you're both in a tiny fandom there's no reason he'll even know who you are. But I can understand why you wouldn't want him sacrificing homework for fanfiction.

[(Anonymous)]

I doubt LJ will be around long enough for this to be an issue.

[tw-31988.livejournal.com]

srsly. i dont think livejournal has that much life left.

Best case scenario: Blogger or wordpress buy us.

[oroburos69.livejournal.com]

The poor kid's in the Devil May Cry Fandom? My memories of that fandom feature some the most awful fic I've ever found.

...actually, you may want to go over some of the worst warnings for him, because tent? It does not mean camping.

[(Anonymous)]

Its soooo weird to think of Moms in fandom.

I'm 21, but I always sort of imagined that if I ever have kids then fandom will suddenly become uninteresting to me and I'll only be interested in *motherhood* stuff.
I guess it doesn't work that way tho, huh?

[(Anonymous)]

Clearly you aren't in the Star Trek fandom. I know tons of Trekkies (including myself) who were introduced to fandom by their parents.

[(Anonymous)]

I've been in fandom since high school. Jump 15 years later and I'm still in fandom (different fandoms, but still).

Just because you get older doesn't necessarily mean you give up your hobbies. You may not be able to stay up until 3 AM reading/writing fic, but that doesn't mean if I have a spare hour between work and cooking dinner I'm not going to write fic or work out or whatever.

(That's not saying people's interests don't change, which they very well for you. But just speaking for myself, I've always liked writing fic and I'll probably keep writing fic. Just like I like running and hanging out with friends, except my friends now are a bunch of Old Marrieds and not the cool singles crowd).

[(Anonymous)]

I remember when I was 21 I thought 30 year-olds in fandom were weird.

That was 10 years ago D:

[(Anonymous)]

Just because someone has kids doesn't mean the rest of their life and interests all vanish. Having kids adds a big time-consuming project to one's life, but it doesn't erase one's identity. If one was into fandom one very well may remain interested, just with less time to spend on it.

(I was about to explain the personal experiences that shaped this opinion but realized they might be identifying info.)

[crimsontriforce.livejournal.com]

Fandom kid of a fandom mom here, and I see lots of touching generational tales over in Myst fandom. So, nope :3

[raichu100.livejournal.com]

Wow, really? I'm also 21 and I know I'll always be into fandom and/or nerdy stuff to some extent. (And I know I want to have kids one day.)

[dazzledfirestar.livejournal.com]

So... you discount the idea that you might want to share something you love (outside of diaper genies) with your kids someday? Because that's a little sad to me.

Becoming a mother doesn't mean you suddenly turn into a Stepford Wife. Your brain doesn't disappear, nor do your interests, hobbies or anything else. And part of the fun for me anyway has been watching my son (he's five) find his own interests that coincide with mine. We had Mom-Son day at a con last weekend. I went home with comics, he went home with an Iron Man doll. I got my love of comics from my dad, I'm passing on my love of the characters to my son. How is that any different from playing baseball together or fixing cars or any other interest a parent might share with their kid?

[kallanda-lee.livejournal.com]

Ya know - I actually did stick to genfic and pretty tame stuff up until about 17. He might just like exploring the universe quite innocently now, and it seems you're keeping an eye on him.

And you know...a day will come when your son will probably read smut. But guess what - that's normal for teen boys.

I think you're doing well: all you can do is to try and guide him and protect him from the very bad cesspools. All in all, it's better not to forbid it, but to supervise it, so it's out in the open and you can discus it even IF he should at some point come across a fic he finds disturbing.

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

Same here, and I agree.

[anonlulz.livejournal.com]

Can I be the first one to say: "congrats!" ?

Considering that some kids get into terrible wanks that end up ruining lives, even to the point of making a parent die of heart attack, that you keep an eye on him is a sign of good parenting.

(Yeah, yeah, I'd make a terrible buddy!father)

[velvet-mace.livejournal.com]

My son is 12, too, but more into playing games than reading fic. My 10 year old daughter, now, I can see her getting into fandom. I think, if it ever comes up, I'll teach them both how to use the backarrow button, and trust them not to read things that bore or bother them. Eventually, they are going to see icky things, because trolls/tastes/assholes. I'll support them if they are naturally upset, but I'd rather them shrug it off because I shrug it off, than get freaked out because I'm freaked out.

[(Anonymous)]

I may not be a mother, but I've been in fandom for eight years, and I discovered that my youngest sister (who is 13) *isn't* reading gen!fanfiction. Having "the talk" is no fun, but when you're on the internet, you can get a hold of anything, and fandom is not the best place to be "learning" (I'll use this term loosely) about a variety of topics.

I hate to say it, but monitor what your son reads. He's young and significantly vulnerable to what fandom can expose him to, and just as you wouldn't let him see an adult-rated movie or play and adult-rated game, you wouldn't let him view adult-rated material just because it's on the web. Sure, he'll get to the age where he's mature enough to read and understand the material, but take each step as it comes.

Just by showing him the best places to find fanfiction is taking an interest in what he does, and letting him know that he can talk to you about certain content on there can make a huge difference for the later stuff.

[(Anonymous)]

I've been in online fandom for about 7 years now, and it's a huge part of my life.

My 9 1/2 year old was apparently born a little fangirl. She loves Star Wars and Star Trek and DBZ and Harry Potter and Inuyasha and Lord of the Rings. She plays Jedi Mom with her best friend (which is a game that apparently involves climbing trees and killing droids while being moms) and she draws pictures of all the characters of Inuyasha and she was Legolas for Halloween and she has read and cried over the whole HP series while drawing wanted posters of Snape for killing Dumbledore and she thinks Janeway and Seven are in love with each other (she drew a picture of Janeway giving Seven a rose on the back of one of her tests!) with absolutely no prompting from me and one of the best fannish comments she's ever made went something like this--"Mommy, I think Luke and Leia should get married." Me: "Well, they're brother and sister." Kidlet: "Oh, they're aliens. It's probably okay for brother and sister aliens to get married."

I HAVE RAISED A FANCHILD. THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO TO STOP IT. SHE WILL FIND FANDOM. SHE WILL WRITE/READ FANFICTION. IT WILL HAPPEN.

And while I'm a bit unsure on how to handle her eventual desire to have access to my fanfic, I'm pretty proud that I've raised an awesome, nerdly kid who is interested in stories and telling them and re-enacting them and subverting them, and she is gonna be a fandom force when she gets here, y'all.

[(Anonymous)]

Please tell me you don't write fanfic porn and didn't tell your kid about your fanfic porn.

[dentedsky.livejournal.com]

It's possibly quite inevitable, but I think you playing an active role and guiding is good...? My mother got me into Doctor Who, and her mother did as well...

There are guys I know who are 30 who still read gen fanfiction, and they're very - well, nerdy - but cool guys.

[htebazytook.livejournal.com]

i'm more concerned that you've read 7 yrs worth of fanfic, managed to procreate, and STILL can't spell 'discouraged'

[(Anonymous)]

Wow. Does it make you feel better about your self to make fun of others? I really hope that you do not procreate and pass on your rude and childish behavior.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Well, when he does find LJ, make sure you teach him some decent etiquette, especially if he finds his way on fanficrants. That place is a mine field when it comes to proper behaviour.