[ SECRET POST #2015 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2015 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 085 secrets from Secret Submission Post #288.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[stainless]

I don't know. Sometimes people really do seem to say and do things just to get on what they think is your good side, rather than actually thinking about whatever the issue of the day is. I think I sometimes can tell when people go for "the SJ-approved answer" rather than saying something more nuanced like "You know, SJers made me aware of this issue, and now I really agree with [viewpoint.] Some people might think that's going overboard, but I don't, because of [reasons.]"

Like... I'm white so I can't really speak directly to race, but to put it in the context of something I do know firsthand, at the risk of the analogy fitting imperfectly:

Let's say I saw a fanwork that portrayed disability in a way where I felt the writer was just trying to "do disability right" and the characters felt artificial to me.

If the person seemed to be all "I'm Aware Of Disability Issues, See How Good I Am!" I'd wince. But if the person said something like "I never knew this stuff mattered until recently, but it really made a big impression on me when someone told me about it, and I wanted to try to get things right in my fic so I did this" I'd be much more sympathetic.

The "tryhard" would be the person who's looking for brownie points. The sincere ally who's hewing a bit too close to the Official Line and maybe sounding a bit fake but actually trying would be the actual awesome person who actually gets the points for having earned them.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with this comment :)

[stainless]

I'm glad that made sense outside of my own head, anon. *luff*

[(Anonymous)]

But that doesn't seem so much like trying too hard to me as being disingenuous. The person who's trying to learn is actually trying. The person who's looking for asspats is... looking for asspats, not actually trying to portray disability in a thoughtful way.