[ SECRET POST #2003 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2003 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 040 secrets from Secret Submission Post #286.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: This-ity This-erson!

[(Anonymous)]

Don't feel bad about dropping it. I read the whole thing through and regretted it. Not only because of the reasons you mentioned but also because after a while it became obvious that the author was using the fic for their own therapy-type thing for some real emotional and mental, um, I don't know what to call it, difficulties? They eventually admitted it but only after I read all of it...

I don't have a problem with authors using fic for therapeutic reasons but I would have preferred a warning about it so I could avoid it. I'm not really into going through other people's trauma.

That, and it felt like it came out of nowhere for the fic, pacing-wise. Also, the constant angst got very tiring. Once one angsty thing ends another one crops up. You never get a breather. While that works for some people, it didn't for me.

Overall, what started out as something I kinda enjoyed crashed and burned into something I trudged through, because damn it, I'm not a quitter. I shit you not; I read the whole thing because I was just stubborn about finishing something I started. I don't know why I chose then to be stubborn about that kind of thing.

Sorry about this long, rambly response. I just want you to know you missed nothing.

Re: This-ity This-erson!

[fingalsanteater]

Heh heh, no problem and thanks. I'm kind of a lurker in fandoms and sometimes there's that fic that you just want to have long and serious conversations about. 'Observations' was one of those fics. I was exactly like you. I enjoyed it first; then, I was soured on it by the homophobia but I kept going, because- darn it- I was already so far in. Then, there was the chapter were the author copy and pasted straight from a 'Firefly' episode and, like, put Mal and Zoe's dialogue right into the mouths of Kirk and Uhura and I couldn't go any further.

I personally wouldn't reccomend the fic, but I won't begrudge those who enjoyed it.

That's an interesting (and sad) tidbit about the author. Now I'm kind of morbidly curious about that aspect of the fic, though I'm not into going through someone else's trauma either.

Re: This-ity This-erson!

[(Anonymous)]

Holy shit, I-I did not know that. Wow. I've never seen Firefly so I didn't catch it. I'm surprised she wasn't called out. Maybe she was and I missed it.

Yeah, I feel the same way. I'm pretty much a, "whatever floats your boat" kinda person. You know, as long as it's not hurting anyone.

Yeah, I felt bad for her. Eh, I'll just say it was around the ending and it kinda didn't make a lot of sense, character or story-wise. Kinda came out of nowhere and was something I couldn't fully understand. I feel I didn't know what was going on when I read it. Anyway, I think it was about trust, betrayal, depression, torture maybe and a whole bunch of other stuff I can't clearly define but knew was wrong (off?) when I read it. I also felt the ending just kinda ended. Like, wait, it's done now? How did that happen?

I think you're making a good call if you're not into that sort of thing even if you are morbidly curious. I don't think you’d get much enjoyment out of it.