[ SECRET POST #196 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #196 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #028.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, [ 1 2 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] personal attack.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Saturday, July 21st, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[case]

18. That's why a lot of girls read romance novels instead of watching porn. Uhhh okay, so maybe yaoi is more graphic than romance novels (some of it anyway) but yeah, same idea.

[nanakibh.livejournal.com]

2. Agreed. =\
17. Definite lawl.
18. I love it all. I'm just a perv, though... Maybe you should be glad you don't enjoy it as much? (Well, especially if you're straight, I think. Not that it makes much of a difference.)

[case]

15. Also -- crosses aren't religious unless they've got dead people on 'em, sorry. Crosses uhhh, exist. You know. Outside religion.

[(Anonymous)]

4. I could not agree more! ♥ Though, I do think he's pretty good-looking. Just not in a "OMFG SPARKLY BISHE!!1!" sort of way.

[wolfychan.livejournal.com]

12, you are my new best friend.

[downburst.livejournal.com]

13. Oh god, the Nia hate makes me SAD. Nia is just -- HOW CAN YOU HATE NIA. SHE'S FUCKING ADORABLE ;_;
15. BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
18. Real people porn in general is just -- ick. Plus it's just creepy, since if you think about the actual person and -- yeah. Do not want D:

[fangirlism]

1. Haha I'd do that too if I didn't write for dead/up and coming fandoms.
7. Shota mangas tend to have the cutest artwork. I'm not even into it for the smexing!
9. If you get the right band at the right time, band fandoms can be some of the most mature ones out there. Like, I've been in the Backstreet Boys fandom for nearly 10 years. It's matured so much over that time (in the band's heyday the fandom was as bad as the FOB and P!ATD fandoms now, because of the biggest age demographic). We're college aged die hards with children/school/work/SOs/real lives now and it makes us so tolerant of everything. And the fic... oh the fic. So good!
14. OMG the first one had be bawling! When Pikachu wouldn't fight the Pikachu clone and getting the shit kicked out of it. ;_;
18. D:
20. I resent this with a passion. A major passion. I hate how you're generalizing anime/manga fans. And fat people can cosplay too! It's not a skinny person's hobby. So GTFO your high horse and STFO.

[sarajayechan.livejournal.com]

7. SANSA!! ♥ I so need to get back to reading Martin, I was really liking how Sansa's plot was unfolding.

12. You dork. ♥ That's so cute.

20. Elitist.

22. I know what you mean, but for me it'd depend on how it was given and just how satisfied I was with the story.

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[(Anonymous)]

Cross != RELIGIOUS Crucifix

Crosses are instruments used to punish people. Yes, ONE person that everyone thinks of WAS on a cross, and that on a character to make them goth or something would PISS ME OFF as I'm Roman Catholic, but sweetie, more than one person died on a cross. And a lot of crosses people wear in anime or such aren't ACTUAL crosses because they are two lines of equal size/length BYSECTING each other.

Oh, and did you ever think that the artist might have a reason to put a cross in? Maybe to reinforce the appearance of a monk/priest/someone dedicated to religion? It's also seen as a sign of self punishment, sufferings one must deal with, and atoning for past misdeeds. So sometimes it is completely IN CHARACTER for such imagery to appear on clothing for a character.

My tl;dr point...

Cross != Crucifix showing Jesus (and anyone in higher maths will tell you that != means not equal)

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[randomflavor.livejournal.com]

YES, DISCWORLD LOVE.
Had you seen the Movie? Note the Creepy animated One, THE MOVIE.
HOGFATHER.

Go Download it, He is even BETTER than what I read on that book...

[(Anonymous)]

7 - Akutsu/Dan makes me feel so dirty for liking it....but I do.
18 - You're not the only one. I'm the same way.

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[subversive.livejournal.com]

He's one of my favorites, too. I don't think liking him makes you creepy, either. D: He's so sweet and awesome and LOVES CATS. It's probably more that telling people you love DEATH when they haven't read the books is sort of... er, yeah. Easily misinterpreted.

[exhero.livejournal.com]

2 - Yes agreed! Reno is cool and all but enough is enough. I want more Tseng love damn it.

12. Me too. XD

[ambiance.livejournal.com]

13. i like nia more than yoko. :x

TIME TO GET PITCHFORK'D, BRB

[karel]

2. God yes. More ELENA and TSENG love, PLEASE.

3. Is that Death from Discworld? If so, WORDSAUCE. He rocks.

13. I like both. :3 Nia is adorable and Yoko is kickass. :D

15. I'm sorry you feel so oppressed, but people have been doing it long before anime and manga happened. :\

18. I just don't like real porn at all. It's not as pretty. :| I know, this makes me horribly shallow, but... real penis is UGLY. D:

20. Thanks! Glad to know I'm doing my job! ♥ Get off your high horse. Do you wear any sort of shirt advertising ANYTHING at all? Do you talk about things you like with your friends when you're out in a public place? If so, you're just as bad. If not, I feel pretty bad for you.

N!F 2- *hugs* It's shitty when people do that. Even if you notice it, once you submit, there's no going back.

[halevy.livejournal.com]

2. Reno wasn't even supposed to be a hot bishie until AC came out. :/ But I liked him and Rude when FFVII came out but I liked Rude more then. ;)

13. Why does everyone hate Nia?

15. Why should it? You're wearing it for religious purposes, people can go fuck themselves if they judge you badly for wearing it. I mean, I'm Sikh and I have a cross. I have an actual little cross and the FMA serpent's cross (SHUT UP I LIKE IT).

17. FUCKING WIN! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I WILL.

20. So... much... anger... ಠ_ಠ

[sarajayechan.livejournal.com]

18. I'm not a fan of live-action porn either. >.>

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

20. Not everyone in fandom is fat. O_o wtf

[powercorrupts.livejournal.com]

5 Apparently, this is the deep south, and they're hugging like brothers. xD

23 I think I understand what you mean. >>

[marikandcloe.livejournal.com]

20. The only thing I can agree with is the people sitting in front of the manga rack. SO ANNOYING. Seriously, they have CHAIRS for a reason. Nothing ticks me off more than seeing people camped out right in front of the book shelf with a stack of manga, or just standing there reading one. I mean also, I might buy one of those mangas! THE BOOK STORE =/= the library!

I may sound over the top on that last point but my reason why? I once bought the final volume of Gravitation and I was excited ya know? I open it up and am in the middle when TWO ENTIRE PAGES are completely BROWN WITH COFFEE STAINS, text is blurred, and ARGH. I couldn't even return it because they'd think I did that myself. I can just imagine whoever sitting there sipping coffee and then spilling it, completely not caring because why would they? They're not the ones who buy it! *mumbles*freeloaders...

/rant

[crackjaw.livejournal.com]

20. What's wrong with wearing anime shirts in public? Way I see it, it's like wearing a band shirt. It's declaring something you like.

21. Wow, I don't see the similarity at all. Oh well!

[sevendials.livejournal.com]

15. I'm not religious, but I wear a silver crucifix necklace all the time. I've only taken it off a few times in the seven years I've owned it, and then it was only through necessity or because the chain had broken. Yes, it started out as a fashion statement ands I'm only wearing it because I like it, but it's become a lot more to me than that. I now consider my crucifix necklace an important part of what makes me me, if only because it's my necklace and I refuse to take it off.

If this makes me a poser, I guess it makes me a poser. But it's my necklace and it's got a lot of sentimental value to me and I also happen to like it, so I'm not going to stop wearing it.

Tangentially, Japan isn't a Christian country so for the Japanese the cross is just a cool fashion statement. Maybe it's annoying to Christians, but by the same token devout Hindus probably aren't too thrilled about all those Ganesha tees, and it's probably best we don't get started on the trinket stores and their little Buddha incense burners. There's barely a religious symbol out there that hasn't been 'cheapened', so to speak, by people outside the faith taking a fancy to it because they think it looks cool and exotic. Why should Asian cultures find crucifixes be any different?

[mysteriousmeat.livejournal.com]

5. errrrr i really doubt that the director added in that scene with hidden ~gay undertones~ for the fangirls

15. lol QQ QQ

[lightpipe.livejournal.com]

15. Now I feel like camwhoring that cross hoodie/sweatpants outfit I've got, all over the internet. The one I bought because it made me think of an inverse Quincy outfit. XD;; Just because I can.

23, you creep me out. D:

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

3. Oh my god I know you. I KNOW YOU. :D (Don't feel creepy, hon; lots of people love him. Myself included, obviously. ♥)

20: On your last point? Already accomplished!