[ SECRET POST #1967 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1967 ⌋

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

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Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, you're right on the in-class thing. But it seems like OP has fled out-of-school fan gatherings of one sort or another. As long as a teacher didn't take time out of class, I don't see why being a fan would be such an issue. So what if you see your teacher or principal at a fan event for Twilight/Sherlock/One Piece? Maybe it's a little bit awkward, but I don't think it would be any more awkward than seeing a distant cousin or that barista who always takes your order at Starbucks, in the sense of, "Oh, wow, that person actually has a life outside of teaching me at school/sending me Christmas cards every year/making my coffee," which admittedly can be awkward. But enough to be a real issue? I wouldn't think so. *shrugs* Or maybe that's just me? IDK.

To be fair, OP, I totally get you on the "too weird or not weird enough" thing. I'm kind of in that same awkward no-man's-land, so it's kind of weird to talk fandom with people IRL. But being in education shouldn't put a damper on your fan life.

[(Anonymous)]

My best friend is a counselor at a public middle school in the US Bible Belt, and she has to be super careful about how she behaves in public. Sweet little Susie and her mom run into my friend at a dinner out and there's a table full of alcohol, whether or not she's drunk? BAD. My friend is seen bellydancing at a gathering downtown in bedazzled bra and split skirt performance attire? BAD. She's not into fandom, but I imagine it would be equally as BAD because here fandom activity and local con goers are pretty heavily equated with sexual deviance. A presumed sexual deviant in a middle school? You can probably guess that'd be MEGA-BAD.

[(Anonymous)]

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Ew. That sounds awful tbh - having to carefully censor yourself in public at all times. I don't think I'd be able to do it.

Just curious - what do you mean by "sexually deviant"? Someone who isn't straight-and-vanilla? Someone who has lots of sex or deviates from Christian ideals of what sex should be (whatever those ideals are, since not all Christians agree)? Something else?

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much all of the above. Anything outside monogamous heterosexual missionary within the bounds of marriage. She's got a long-term boyfriend but they're not engaged, and we've had discussions about her fears that her principal'll find some reason to punish or get rid of her if she should accidentally become pregnant.

Also, the only con here locally got its greatest amount of press ever when it hosted a few furry panels years ago. So that's the association the general public has.

[(Anonymous)]

I've lived in two states in the US South and taught in both at the collegiate level, and you are absolutely right about how careful you have to be in public. If you're not conservative, Protestant Christian, straight, and white in the places I've lived, you're already suspect anyways.

[(Anonymous)]

OP: That's been basically my experience, too. Based on my appearance and general behavior, I typically don't code to people as fannish or alternative lifestyle, which is helpful for maintaining privacy as it relates to my job but makes it hard to connect with peers in my age bracket with the same interests.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

*nods*

I know exactly what you mean. (Especially when some of the colleagues who I had decided to trust, and who spend most of their time role playing a fucking Vampire the Masquerade game for fuck's sake and who should be my peeps) decided to side with the crazy evil boss of tenure denying doom in her decision. I have kinda decided not to make any RL friends anymore. LOL *sigh* It's just too risky.

[otakugal15.livejournal.com]

Hmm....here in my city we have a furry con that pops up every year...(or is that occasionally?), a con that's been here 30+ years, and new anime con.

They also has some of that stigma as well, but not nearly as bad. And I think that's just because my city is pretty much the only "liberal" city in the entire state.

(if anyone got any of that then, hi possible neighbors!!)

[(Anonymous)]

OP: I am best known in my main fandom for writing sometimes plotty smut between characters that were older teens during the canon of their series. Most of the time it was future-fic with them aged up, but a few times it wasn't because teens 15+ having sex is pretty reflective of reality. Do I want to risk a student, particularly one who's not the best student and may be looking for an upper hand, connecting me with my fandom identity and the "child porn" I've written? No.

Some of my fandoms are anime, too, and while it's way more acceptable to be an anime fan now than it was when I started, there are still plenty of negative preconceptions for that interest alone.