[ SECRET POST #190 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #190 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 159 secrets from Secret Submission Post #028.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 ] broken links, 0 not!secrets, [ 1 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] too big.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Sunday, July 15th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

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[glitterbats.livejournal.com]

Or less imaginative. :)

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[(Anonymous)]

non-canon shippers are more than welcome to leave established characters alone and come up with their own ideas instead of screwing with someone else's toys. :*

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[case]

Any non-exactly-canon thing is technically "AU," ... so canon shippers can leave established series alone and come up with their own ideas instead of screwing with someone else's toys, too :*

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[(Anonymous)]

never said we couldn't, baby, but there's a big difference between writing a sex story between a canon couple that's 'technically' AU because it's not canon, and writing one between characters who are usually not only not romantically-involved but not even gay. i'd say those are different levels of screwing with the toys -- say, the former is moving them around on the shelf, and the latter is crushing them with a sledgehammer.

but that's only my two cents, kitten.

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[case]

*purr*

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[glitterbats.livejournal.com]

Agreeing with technophile, and to be honest I don't give a damn if your fic/art is canon or not. Making it believable is the important part. 'Canon' fics can be as trite and unbelievable as the crackist of pairings.

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[(Anonymous)]

oh, i agree on the believable count. but i find it easier to buy 'couple who canonically are involved get stranded here/in this situation/etc.' than 'two guys/girls/whatever who are canonically attracted to members of the opposite sex are suddenly gay for each other!'

same goes for non-canon het pairings, but even those are more believable than sudden gay syndrome, as i like to call slash.

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[glitterbats.livejournal.com]

I can understand that. I get frustrated with 'sudden gay syndrome' as you call it, and I primarily read slash/femmeslash (I have bad luck finding good het. Woe is me.) I personally will let it slide more if the author has said canon character as bisexual, because I know from experience that one can fancy either gender while appearing heterosexual.

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[jurhael.livejournal.com]

ALL fandom work is screwing around with someone else's toys.

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[(Anonymous)]

and that's why i waste my precious time writing those silly disclaimers for my canon-based fic. any other burningly obvious things you'd like to point out for me?

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[(Anonymous)]

Why does liking canon mean you lack imagination?

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[glitterbats.livejournal.com]

It doesn't, actually. I was just returning (what read to me as) passive-aggressive snark in kind. I honestly don't give a flying bat turd what you like as regards to shipping canon and/or non-canon, so long as my preferences are equally respected.

Summary: I was being a bitch, canon or not is all good to me.

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[radarsparks.livejournal.com]

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[glitterbats.livejournal.com]

I didn't want to curse too much, it gives the impression that I'm angrier than I am.

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[radarsparks.livejournal.com]

(frozen comment) tl;dr ensues

[zidane.livejournal.com]

Yannow, I used to care about this sort of thing (lololol Slayers fandom), but these days I just don't. Why can't we just have fandom fun and not get our collective panties in a twist when someone has a different opinion?

And frankly, I've seen quite a number of people ship something JUST TO BE OMGDIFFERENT and that doesn't strike me as necessarily being *creative.* If you can ship it convincingly--good characterization, interesting plot, then yes I'd say you are creative. Slapping two characters together and tossing characterization out the window? Not terribly creative.

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[glitterbats.livejournal.com]

Normally I'm of the same opinion, but people claiming they're better because they ship 'canon' does get my panties in a small wedgie (small, because ship fights are funny dammit. "The man who learns to laugh at himself" and all that.)

I've been guilty of that, I admit. I've shipped something just to see if I could make it believable and get the dynamic of said pairing right. I don't know if it makes me better or worse that I did it for the challenge rather than to be 'creative.' (Because like you said, weird pairing does not creative make.)

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[mojotmonkey.livejournal.com]

...This has nothing to do with anything but uh...y halo thar, Farfarello.

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[glitterbats.livejournal.com]

Y halo thar indeed!

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[zidane.livejournal.com]

For the challenge is fine, it's when people do it to jump up and down and say how different and creative they are is when I start rolling my eyes. I do love a good crack pairing when done just right.

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[glitterbats.livejournal.com]

Agreed on both parts.