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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-05-03 06:40 pm

[ SECRET POST #1948 ]


⌈ Secret Post #1948 ⌋

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

01. [repeat]


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02.
[Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Touhou Project]


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03.
[Legend of Korra and The Hunger Games]


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04.
[Once Upon a Time]


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05.
[Bradley Whitford]


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06.
[Merlin]


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07.
[Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)]


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08.
[Divergent, Hunger Games, Wither, Claymore, Princess Tutu, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Gurren Lagann]


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09.
[GRR Martin]


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10.
[Hetalia]


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11.
[Legend of the Seeker]


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12.
[Jeeves and Wooster]


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13.
[Katawa Shoujo]


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14. [broken]


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15.
[The Hunger Games]


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16.
[The Voice UK]


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17.
[Martin Freeman]


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18.
[Benedict Cumberbatch]


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19.
[Scandal]


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20.
[Leviathan]


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21.
[Once Upon a Time]


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22.
[Steam Powered Giraffe]


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23.
[Titanic]


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24.
[planescape torment]


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25.
[schindler's list]


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26.
[Dead Poets Society, House]


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27.
[vampire bloodlines]


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28.
[vampire: the masquerade: bloodlines]


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29.
[quest for glory]


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30.
[quills]


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31.
[Legend of Korra]


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32.
[The Pirates! Band of Misfits]


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33.
[Moebius, Leisure Suit Larry]


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34.
[Transformers G1]


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35.
[Knights of the Old Republic]


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36.
[Dragon Age]


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37.
[Dragon Age 2]


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38.
[Mass Effect 3]


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39.
[Mass Effect 3]


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40.
[Mass Effect 3]


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41.
[Mass Effect 3, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 026 secrets from Secret Submission Post #278.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

(Anonymous) 2012-05-06 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
None taken. I know that the US is a very diverse place, and that the potential extremes do not at all represent the majority, but from the outside I do see that potential. I’m curious exactly what makes you think it skewed, if you want to tell me (I know why I think it is, but it’s interesting to see how others view it)?

One of the things that science fiction can do is literalize metaphors, and that’s how I read the book (I’m aware that Atwood doesn’t want to call it SF, but I still read it that way). It’s an exaggeration of the dangers of extreme systems of power, and of extreme points of view. Would it happen in reality? Probably not, but on the other hand totalitarian systems with large populations have existed and do exist. I really don’t think it’s unrealistic for a population (even a rambunctious one) to be lulled into accepting changes that ultimately lead to a system like that (and the system then being difficult to overthrow), if it’s done the right way and the circumstances are right.

I’ve only read two of her books, so I don’t have an opinion of her works in general. I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with criticism in itself, but I can definitely see the frustration if it’s one-sided.

When I said slow I was thinking of it being implemented by degrees rather than all at once, but I’ll concede that I didn’t express what I meant very well. I can see how the timeline is problematic; I think there’s a degree of unrealiability in the narration that might explain some of it, but yeah, problematic.

I suppose we won’t agree on this, but that’s fair enough. You do raise some interesting points!