[ SECRET POST #2030 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2030 ⌋

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

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02.
[Nana to Kaoru, Oyasumi Punpun, Onani Master Kurosawa]


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03.
[Terry Pratchett]


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04.
[The Hollow Crown: Henry IV]


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05.
[Tori Amos]


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06.
[Dragon Age: Origins]


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07.
[Rihanna, S&M]


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08.
[LotR RPF]


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09.
[On the Road]


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10.
[SM Entertainment - Super Junior, SHINee and EXO]


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11.
[Sherlock]


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12.
[Planescape Torment]


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13.
[The Devil in the White City]


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14.
[CATverse]


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15.
[Fate/stay night]


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16.
[Rammstein]


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17.
[Mass Effect]


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18.
[Metalocalypse]


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19.
[Arashi, V6]


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20.
[Legend of Korra]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 063 secrets from Secret Submission Post #290.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ], [ 1 - personal attack ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Going by my own experience, there aren't many other places that hold fast to exclusivity than nearly every aspect/pairing in the LOTR universe. They STILL do it, whether in Sean/Elijah or other OTPs. It was one of the reasons I bailed on LOTR, when I'd been an active participant for almost four years.

What really got my teeth grinding was the selfish nature, as well. It's not just a BNF-gripe, it's the idea that there was (and really, is) a lot of shameless fic-begging, feedback-whoring and other nonsense. If you're not writing fifty different fics of the OTP Of the Week then you're not doing enough, you're a bad fan. I'd written many, many, MANY fics for people, a lot of which weren't my pairing at all, and I'd always be told, "This is so great! I'm going to write one in your pairing now!" and... no dice. After I went through a Christ-ton of hassle in posting a story for a community challenge for a pairing I'd started to hate but wanted to "contribute" for my friends' sakes, I asked myself, "What ARE yo doing this for, anyway? It's not like they care." That was the end of that.

The fandom I'm in now? Couldn't ask for better. No drama, no hassle and no BNF antics running amok. It's funny, that: the bigger the fandom, the bigger the greedy assholes involved. Here's my own confession:

Sometimes I wear an evil smirk in knowing that the LOTR fandom's petering out. After all of the shenanigans, the greed and bloated egos, it's a bit satisfying. If that makes me a jackass, then a jackass I am.

[velvet_mace]

Christ, that sucks. Lotta reader entitlement there.

I didn't get into the LOTR fandom because no one wrote what I wanted to read. There just wasn't very much fic that wasn't very samey (and elf-ridden, elves are boring). An independent writer like the OP (though not that pairing, I don't do RPF) would have been a welcome breath of fresh air. I guess if there was this attitude that everyone has to write the same things, that will stifle creativity.

But seriously, fuck the BNFs. They can write what they like and read what they like, but they don't get to dictate what other people write and read. I really wish people wouldn't give them that power.

[(Anonymous)]

Nod, nod, nod. I don't think the greedies in LOTR fully understand the role they played in the fandom's dying out. There is such a thing as someone being too whiny, or someone in desperate need of a beta trying to claim "It's so exclusive, no one is reading my fic!" but in the end, it came down to who you know rather than how talented you were. Looking back to when I first started writing LOTR, I know a lot of my stories had a newbish, sophomoric and inexperienced quality. They weren't crap, but nothing you'd die to publish. The other problem I had was that I was into the hobbit-angle, and I liked making less-serious, crackish stories. So it didn't matter if the writing had been impeccable, as the fandom was very picky and unappreciative of any story that didn't follow whatever unspoken guidelines there were.

We all play a part in the end. The important thing to do is find your niche, and I have, so.... yep! :-D