fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #192 ]

18. Why oh why is it so hard for people to appreciate BOTH types of animation?! I hate it when people think of me as less of an anime/American animation fan because I like BOTH. One or the other mentalities suck.

They both have their bad qualities. Like those squeaky animes/harem animes that are really low-budget or those really vulgar cartoons that Americans like to produce with lots of bathroom and/or penis jokes. XD;;

Either way, they both have their good qualities and are both awesome. I don't get why people have to be jerks about it. It's like the comic book/manga thing going on. XP

It's stupid.

People just love to not get along. D:

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1. Yeah, and try to explain to your RL friends about anything in fandom. It doesn't work. DX I missed my friend's birthday party to go to ConnectiCon. lol?

22. Amen!~

Well, maybe I'm lucky that my RL friends are more understanding of my fandom obsession. 8DD;;

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IAWTC. Beavis and Butthead FTW!

I love you. Forget the internet, you just fucking won Venus! :D

Agreed - all friends are important for different reasons. However, to be fair, in some cases the situation might
be that the person doesn't have true friends IRL. There's a difference between friends who call you because
they don't have a boyfriend at the moment and need something to do, and friends who actually call because they like
you. Some people feel they have more of those online than in real life, even when online friends can be just as fickle.

Nicely put.

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So is this where we make fun of the amusing fact that Blue's voice actor does Basch's English voice in Final Fantasy XII? Because I think it is.

You can always delude yourself and read scanlations where they have it as 'Raito' :P

I'm still not getting over his name.

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22. It does rule. You're emo, no one cares. OMFG, you don't like -insert RP here-! RABID SNARL! Seriously, though ljsecret is just an emo breeding ground. This place is amusing even if I rarely submit anything to it these days. I stick around for the drama.

3. LOL at the picture
14. It's just for fun, it's not as if we think we're seriously representing the character (at least, most of the people I know). So I guess I need those ego trips...? :(

1. it's not so sad when your fannish friends are smarter than your rl friends -- and less boring. sometimes, you have to go where the fun is, even if that's just online.

14. i agree. it's the kou klan all over again, only with less wank (hint: the wank made them interesting).

16. luckily, i have an excuse. so! who's that? and where can i find 'em?

Fullmetal Alchemist - the emoguy on the left is Nash Tringham, and the guy on the right is Vercio/Belsio/however you feel like spelling it. They are old and only appeared in two episodes each (and Nash was only in flashbacks because he's dead), but they're so gay for each other.

Even if Nash has kids. Yeah.

18. Anything I say about the statement will just be a repeat of what everyone else has said, so all I can say is:

...no Xiaolin Showdown? That's the only cartoon besides Animaniacs that I'd buy boxed DVD sets for. (Already have the Animaniacs ones)

Avatar has some of the most amusing and awesome fight scenes ever. That's the number one reason I watch it.

21. It's a ridiculous name whether it's Light or Raito. EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S STUPID. Even Misa commented on what an odd name it was, and she's well, Misa. This is what, the third secret mentioning his name? LET'S MOVE ON NOW. Can we at least make fun of a different character's name at least? D:

MERRO YERRO! :o

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7. I have to know what animation this image is from. It's GORGEOUS.

17. nothing related; I just wish more anime had character designs as good as E7 :B

18. WORD. :ob

21. At least you're accepting he's "Light" and not calling him "Raito" lolz.

1. I love both my offline and online friends, but being from as small a town as I am, it's hard to find others with the things I enjoy, in common. I find more people online that have the same morals and interests as I do - so I can understand feeling closer to online friends.

2. Aww, that's no reason not to enjoy a convention or other event - you don't need to cosplay, to have fun... And it's not a crime to cosplay, if you're overweight. A lot of people cosplay characters they don't realistically look like.

3. Okay, first.... That picture is disturbingly cute.
Secondly- yeah, not that exactly, but I've certainly learned some interesting things I didn't know the mechanics of, before fandom.
Fandom teaches things.

7. Okay, up until the 'I think I like the pretty profiles' better, I was really thinking "So what? Make the RP anyway." At worst only a couple of people will be interested in it... Smaller RPs are easier to organize and manage as a mod, anyway.
And I feel you on the hating to advertise front. You could ask someone else to do it, or what I tend to do is advertise in like three comms a night (and I don't advertise every day.) so it's not spamming everyone with the same ad over and over.

Ummm... I'm just trying to be helpful. If you don't really want to start an RP, 'cause you think you'd lose interest- ignore me.
~~and people do see things on GJ. It is a legit site... That's where I participated in and made all of my first RPs.~~

11. Err.... I'm not looking for a fight, but seriously, the only thing I liked about that show was Daria.

12. I do this too, whether with friends or relationships. Just seeing myself and someone I know in a certain dynamic between two characters - and loving to see the two characters together and interacting, because of it.
I also don't tell the person...

16. That pains me in more ways than I can explain. Although, in their defense- it might have more to do with how few scenes the characters were in, than the fact that they're not pretty little boys?
I don't know the person, so I could be completely nuts. Obviously, his sons weren't in many episodes, themselves. I just think it's easier to ignore those small scenes than... Well, Russell's loud.

That's an awesome ship... Someone should write something for

fma_rare for it.

18. A lot of anime sucks, a lot of American cartoons suck. It's all about finding the ones that work for you and just enjoying them. Yes, hearing it all the time gets damn annoying - but so do comments like these, where you seem to think you or your preference is BETTER.
It's not better, just because you like it more.

But Foster's, and Mulan, and Kim Possible... All good choices.
~~KP was so my Harry Potter~~

19. Hahaha... You are not alone. A lot of girls just assume boys are girls without asking. And it is easier to pass for whatever you want, through a computer screen.

21. I wish I could get past the fact that his name is Light. All these fandom!secrets about it drive me crazy... I'm not even into that series.

22. ..... Maybe I'm missing something plainly obvious here. From what I've noticed fandomsecrets averages 4 pages of comments a secret post, and ljsecret averages 7-11. Though I do have to say I enjoy it much better here, and don't even submit secrets to lj, usually.

not!fandom [2] - IAWTS.
Completely. I'm so sick of people making secrets for the amusement or wank, or angst, drama, to see how gullible we are... Whatever.
Some people relate to secrets, and it's harder to agree with the more obscure ones if for all you know, it's only there to cause trouble.

not!fandom [2]:
Exactly. And then there's the trollmice causing trouble here, and then there's the "can I add this person or do I have to worry they're only wanting to be added to mock my flist," elsewhere and I'm tired of it. It's not cool to only get fun from pissing in everyone else's food.

That is pretty funny.

14. AGREED. THANK YOU. <3

17. I wasn't crushed either.. i liked them, but i honestly didn't give a Nirvash fart that they died--i figured they were going to die anyways and made my peace earlier on.

1. I love all my friends. Just some I feel more comfortable talking to than others, sometimes I make plans to be around for something online and vice versa. Now, I do have a lot more inside jokes with my online friends, but I'm more than happy to go through the incredibly long explaination of the jokes to my real life friends. :c I try my best to balance them out.

14. LAWL sorry, I didn't make some of the awesomest online friends ever through blogcrews. It was just my imagination

16. ...People talk about Russel and Fletcher...but didn't watch the canon? o_o I'M CONFUSED. And, for the record, I could totally see that ship. ♥

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THANKS A LOT, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

18. I like them both. Sue me. Generalizations about the noses being the same are so 90s. Honestly, though. Cartoons are storytelling, no matter what country they're from or style they're done in. Sometimes the stories are deep, sometimes they're just fun. It doesn't really do any good bashing one style of storytelling because it's not American unless you're going to bash everyone else's. What about the Canadian cartoons, man? D: I LIKE CANADIAN CARTOONS TOO. And Chinese cartoons when I can find them these days. I like all forms of storytelling

16. ...People talk about Russel and Fletcher...but didn't watch the canon? o_o I'M CONFUSED. And, for the record, I could totally see that ship. ♥

Apparently, given how many times I've had this conversation:

"Russel and Fletcher are awesome!"

"I know! :D Hey, did you notice how gay for each other Nash and Vercio were?"

"Who are they? lololol"

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avatar isn't anime? lols.
hey ilu
even if i hate danny phantom, ILU

18. mmm... Should I say it? heh, I will. OY! Secret poster! Wanna know a secret? By saying that all anime sucks... You're just as bad as the people that say that all american made animation sucks! LOL HIPOCRISY! =DDD

Not!Secret 1. Or whatever the "Kingdom Hearts 2 is over rated" is banner. Roxas a Gary-Stu, and Kairi a Mary-Sue? Care to list your reasons for saying so? <3 Oh and by the way, Disney only gave them the VA's and the Disney characters. Everything else was made by Square-Enix.

14-Agreed.

17-Which fandom is this?

19-...FTM?

19. Female to Male. It's an abreviation used to describe female transexuals that are either transitioning, or have already transtioned to male.

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14. I've never understood blog crews, it's always sort of bothered me because I, admittedly, thought it was some sort of roleplay thing.

17. I really wasn't impacted by their deaths either though it's been a while since I saw what happened.

18. I totally agree. I know a few people who cannot stand American animation but I'm a total nut for it.

19. I didn't realise there were so many transgendered people in fandom. I harldy knew and only discovered people this last year once I was diagnosed.

22. I totally agree. Completely and utterly. I think it rules too.

#2 - The baby in that pic is adorable!

#22 - I feel bad for agreeing with you. I mean, theoretically RL secrets are more important, but ninety percent of them are identical oh-I-am-so-miserable-and-weird look-at-meeee pleas. I just want to reach through my computer screen, grab a random person who posted one of the RL secrets, drag them through, and scream in their face "Your therapist cares! I DON'T!"

And I feel bad for thinking that. Especially since I've experienced depression myself and know that sometimes when you're going through something that rough you've gotta get it out any way you can, and besides they're not exactly MAKING me look at the things. But I still do think it. Am I a horrible person for that?

20, if you're still around, what fandom is that picture from?

Heh, I love both western and eastern animation. I just love animation in general. Both sides have their ups and downs, and there are bad shows and good shows just like in anything. Cartoons are good for their light-hearted approach to it and animé is good because there's lots of different types of animé with different moods and ratings, while in the west cartoons are GENERALLY reserved for comedy and kids.

On a different note:

Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends <3

Whoever made this secret, I want to find you and friend you. :( This fandom is so small but it's great seeing other people actually into it.

I fear I can't friend you. I don't actually have an LJ account. I just lurk here.

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